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Last updated in January 14, 1998


Friday on My Mind LP

"Friday on My Mind"

(Repertoire Records REP 4162-WY)

1

River Deep, Mountain High

Spector/Greenwich/Barry

3.55

2

Do You Have A Soul

Vanda/Young

2.38

3

Saturday Night

Vanda/Young

3.25

4

You Me, We Love

Vanda/Young

3.20

5

Pretty Girl

Vanda/Young

2.15

6

Friday On My Mind

Wright/Young

2.40

7

Happy Is The Man

Wright/Young

2.40

8

Hound Dog

Leiber/Stoller

3.14

9

Who'll Be The One

Vanda/Young

2.33

10

Made My Bed Gonna Lie In It

Young

2.04

11

Remember Sam

Vanda/Young

2.28

12

See Line Woman

Trad.-arr. Vanda/Young

3.08


*Commentary of the additional tracks are on this page.

"Friday On My Mind" is the best album of The Easybeats. Of course they kept many good songs unreleased, I have to say "This is THE BEST OF ORIGINALLY RELEASED ALBUMS". Most of their unreleased songs composed well are included in "The Shame Just Drained". The songs written by Vanda/Young are really thousands! It was a starting point of their career (The peak of their career was in the 70's).

This album contains two cover tracks. Though composing by themselves is an originality of The Easybeats, their "River Deep And Mountain High","Hound Dog" is excellent! "River" is originally a Ike and Tina Turner's hit song. "Hound Dog" is a Presley number. The Easybeats are a five-piece band with no keyboards. The ambient silence of the songs are an essence of garage rock, I think. Both of them have Easy-sound. (g)

A geek number in this album is "See Line Woman", which is a traditional song newly arranged by Vanda/Young. I don't know how to express that rythm. It is a wichy psychedelic song. Maybe Harry chose the song to record. He's on lead vocal and plays the guitar. In fact it's not so good. But, in 1966, how many groups tried such a experimental rythm pattern and sound ? It was a simultaneously conducted with The Beatles' "Tommorrow Never Knows".

"Pretty Girl","Do You Have A Soul", "Happy Is The Man". These songs could have been A-side of single record. Is there anyone who can tell me why "Who'll Be The One" was sellected to the next single of "Friday"?

"Friday on My Mind" is the best known song of The Easybeats. It is also a title number of this album. In the UK this album is named "Good Friday". Probably the difference of the album name was a strategic error. The Easybeats made amounts of mistakes and errors. So many versions of a song, Not appropriate in promotion, And many times of turn style. "Friday On My Mind" is some kind of display of their confusion. I don't know why the next single of "Friday" was "Who'll Be The One". Even "Sorry" could be impressive to English people. There may be a misconception about the band and/or rock music.

The album ends with ominous "See Line Woman". It is not befitting to such a pop album. Confusion becomes worse in the next album "Vigil". The second UK album was killed with some reason, and "Vigil" was conducted. It was a shame that The Easybeats couldn't make their own ideas come true in the second UK album. In fact, "The Shame Just Drained", which was a compilation of rare tracks and many of them was from the scrapped album, was better than the former released albums("Vigil" and "Friends").

----- Katsutoshi Tanahashi (An Easyfan) -----


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