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Seven months after their latest flop the Searchers were in a desperate situation. Tony Hatch – who had produced all their records for Pye – and the Searchers parted |
company – due to musical differences. So November 1967 saw the first ever Searchers own production and the first single with both sides written by the group.Second Hand Dealer was written by Mike (music) and Frank (lyrics), although credited to McNally / Pender. The other side Crazy Dreams was credited to John and Mike but it was John all by himself |
Aus | Secondhand Dealer / Crazy Dreams | Astor | AP 1449 | 1968 |
UK | Secondhand Dealer / Crazy Dreams | Pye Records | 7N 17424 Try | Nov 11th 1967 |
NL | Secondhand Dealer / Crazy Dreams | Pye Records | 7N 17424 | Nov 11th 1967 |
DK | Secondhand Dealer / Crazy Dreams | Pye Records | 7N 17424 | Nov 11th 1967 |
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above: UK promo and two differents pressings
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We were on a tour of Sweden in 1966. Chris Curtis was out of the band and
John Blunt was on drums. At one gig we were supported by a group called The
Second Hand Dealers. We were all intrigued by the name and Mike Pender and I
decided to write a song with that title. I can`t remember now which came
first, the tune or the lyrics but the tune was entirely Mike`s and the
lyrics were entirely mine. Frank Allen (thanks to Peter) |
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above: New Zealand and Australia
The lack of success caused Pye not to renew their record contract. So in their fifth year with Pye they were fired. |
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above and left: NL record below: Danish cover It took another year until our group could issue another single |