left & above: rare promo copy of the new single
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left & above: rare promo copy of the new single |
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April 1966 saw the Searchers
first release without Chris Curtis. On a Far East Tour The Rolling Stones
had offered them a track from their Aftermath lp: Take It Or Leave It. Their
new drummer John Blunt plays on it totally different to Chris. Mike Pender sings lead, double tracked sometimes. The other side is written by John McNally: Don’t Hide It Away – a very nice and underrated ballad (By the way it’s a waltz, sung by Mike). In the UK it went to no. 31 and stayed in the charts for six weeks. According to Frank Allen they took Blunt because he was cheap. His favourite drummer was Keith Moon, this also shows his drumming style. This choice weakened the group, a thing there Searchers weren’t probabely aware of. Below you can see John Blunt on his very first TV show with the Searchers – and his first TV show at all. |
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 The single as it came out in Denmark, catalogue number like all the other releases: Pye 7N- 17094. |
 on the right: one of three different releases from the Netherlands on the Pye Negram label. Below there are the two others from this country. |
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  Take It Or Leave was the group's biggest hit in the Netherlands: it charted on May 14th 1966, went to no. 5 and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks.
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Lower charts positions also meant to look for new occasions to play at. After endless one night concerts they played for a couple of days in cabaret. |
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On the left you can see the New Zealand release of the Searchers’ rarest ep from 1966 Take Me For What I’m Worth (with Too many Miles and the new single). It was their seconds ep that didn’t reach the charts (the first one was Searchers 65). But this even sold poorer than it’s predecessor. If you have this one be glad and keep it!!! The English cover is identical. Back see below.
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