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Trying to make as much money out of the group as possible they had to record a third lp: The release date in the UK was April 1964, Pye NPL 18092. It entered the lp charts on May 30th went to no. 4 and stayed for 17 weeks. This was better than SUGAR & SPICE lp had done. |
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“It's The Searchers was in fact the title of its second issue. On the initial cover design the words had been prefixed with the in-vogue but excruciatingly embarrassing It’s Fab, It's Gear, fab and gear being cute, if toe-curlingly mawkish, slang promoted in conversation by none other than those custodians of hip, the Beatles. But not even an endorsement from John, Paul, George and Ringo could convince them that this could do anything but rob them of their credibility. They demanded that Pye should withdraw the record and reissue it with the offending words removed. Such was their power that their demands were met although there could be little doubt that in the end the cost of such an operation would be deducted from royalties. A few stray 'Fab, Gear' copies did find their way onto the market.” Frank Allen, The Searchers And Me, St. Bride’s Major 2009, Page 141
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| UK | It’s The Searchers & It's Fab, It's Gear, It's The S. | Pye Records | NPL 18092 | Apr. 64 |
| Ger | The Searchers (Cover) - It’s The Searchers (Label) | Vogue | LDV 17008 | 1964 |
| SA | It’s The Searchers | Parlophone | PMJC ?? | 1964 |
| Philippines | It’s The Searchers | Pye Dyny | NPL 18092 | 1964 |
| Taiwan | It’s The Searchers | World Record | SLW 1561 | 1964 |
| Aus | It’s The Searchers | Astor | PLP 1125 | 1964 |
| NZ | It’s The Searchers | Pye Records | NPL 18092 | 1964 |
| Argentina | It’s The Searchers (Asi Somos) | Pye Music Hall | 12568 | 1964 |
| Canada | It’s The Searchers | Pye | NPL 30047 | 1964 |
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Although
the back cover tells us WHO SINGS WHAT there have to be done some
corrections: Mike sings lead on IT'S IN HER KISS; SEA OF HEARTBREAK; SHIMMY
SHIMMY, NEEDLES AND PINS, CAN'T HELP FORGIVING YOU and DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE
AWAY (often supported by Chris). The rest of WHO SINGS WHAT is correct. |
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| above: German release on the Vogue label |
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above and below: Canadian LP, 12 tracks only, omitting Needles... and Don't Throw...but they are mentioned in Who Sings What
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rare Canadian misprint:Tracks belong to Meet The Searchers from 1963 |
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| Above and below: Record from Argentina, here titled Asi Somos which means: As We Are |
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Similar LPs
| USA | This Is Us | Kapp | KL 1409 (mono) | 1964 |
| USA | This Is Us | Kapp | KS 3409 (stereo) | 1964 |
| USA | This Is Us | Kapp Tape | KTL 41086 | 1964 |
| USA | This Is Us | Kapp Little LP | KS 3409 (stereo) | 1964 |
| Thailand | This Is Us | Formosa Records | SFWK-CE | 1964 |
| South Africa | Shake | Pye | PL 2001 | 1965 |
| Japan | Love Potion No. 9 | SLP | Stereophonic IX 2244 T | 1965 |
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above: US stereo record, below tape version of This Is Us
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on the left: release Thailand, track list see US LP, below US Little LP |
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Japanese LP from 1965 |
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An Overview
The Singles
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above: Rare single released in Peru, Pye 7N.15505. Below Sea Of Heartbreak as single A-side from Denmark.
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| Hi Heel sneakers - the B-side of the American success Love Potion No. 9 - was also taken from It's The Searchers. (see Love Potion No. 9.) Others tracks (Sea Of Heartbeak, This Empty Place and Can't Help Forgiving You) from that LP were used for the EP The Searchers Play The System.Early 1965 Pye Spain released What Have They Done To The Rain / This Feeling Inside together with two tracks from It's The Searchers: It's In Her Kiss and This Empty Place. |