In addition to the New Seekers' original albums, an almost bewildering number of compilation albums have been released. Many of these contain the New Seekers' original recordings featuring Lyn Paul but many contain re-recordings of the New Seekers' hits by a later line-up. To help you distinguish which of these are the "real thing" the New Seekers' compilation albums are listed below.
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New Seekers Greatest Hits
(Cleo
CLMC 00238-2)
Greatest Hits
Side 1:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Never Ending Song Of Love | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Shambala | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Stay
Side 2:
Circles | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Come Softly To Me | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Forever On My Mind | I Wanna Go Back | Runaway | Anthem
Made in Italy, this cassette of re-recordings does not feature Lyn Paul singing on any of the tracks (though she is featured on the cover photo). This compilation was also released on CD on the Arcade label with the title Rem!nd.
Label / Catalogue Number: Cleo CLMC 00238-2 Released: Date unknown
New Seekers, Greatest Hits (Cleo CLMC 00238-2)
Pictured (left to right): Marty Kristian, Paul Layton, Eve Graham, Lyn Paul and Peter Doyle.
Greatest Hits
Side 1:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Never Ending Song Of Love | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Shambala | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Stay | Circles | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Come Softly To Me | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Forever On My Mind | I Wanna Go Back | Runaway | Anthem
Manufactured in the EU and released in 2000, this Greatest Hits compilation had been previously released on cassette (Cleo CLMC 00238-2 - see above) and on CD with the title Rem!nd. The CD contains re-recordings and does not feature Lyn Paul singing on any of the tracks (though she is featured on the cover photo).
Pictured (left to right): Paul Layton, Marty Kristian, Eve Graham, Lyn Paul and Peter Doyle.
New Seekers Greatest Hits
(Hollywood Nites
HNC 0002)
Greatest Hits
Tracks:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Circles | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Anthem | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Never Ending Song Of Love | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Come Softly To Me | I Wanna Go Back | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Shambala | Forever On My Mind | Runaway | Stay | The Power Of Love
Although it features Lyn Paul on the sleeve, this CD contains re-recordings of the New Seekers' original hits featuring Donna Jones on lead vocal. Two years earlier this CD had been released on the Object label as part of their series The Collection.
Label / Catalogue Number: Hollywood Nites HNC 0002 Released:1989
New Seekers Greatest Hits
(Mercury
565 381-2)
Greatest Hits
Tracks:
Never Ending Song Of Love | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Circles | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | For You We Sing | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Come Softly To Me | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Melting Pot | Georgy Girl / Ticket To Ride | Good Old Fashioned Music | Nickel Song | Beautiful People | Morning Has Broken | Idaho | Goin' Back | Sing Out | Sweet Louise | Boom Town | Cincinnati | Your Song | Nevertheless | Oh Ich Will Betteln, Ich Will Stehlen
A German CD of original recordings including the New Seekers singing Beg, Steal Or Borrow in German. A "must have" for all Lyn Paul fans!
Pictured above (left to right): Lyn Paul, Peter Doyle and Eve Graham (top), Marty Kristian and Paul Layton (bottom).
New Seekers Greatest Hits
(Philips
845 398-2)
Greatest Hits
Tracks:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Come Softly To Me | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Morning Has Broken | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Circles | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Your Song | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) | Day By Day | Georgy Girl / Ticket To Ride | Just An Old Fashioned Love Song | Goodbye Is Just Another Word | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Goin' Back | Never Ending Song Of Love
A CD of original recordings which includes all of the New Seekers' UK hit singles from 1970-74. A review of the CD in Record Collector magazine said:
"Some people never forgave original Seeker Keith Potger for this attempt to restyle this quintet of up-and-coming musicians and singers on the lines of the popular Australian MOR-folk hit machine from the previous decade. But no-one could doubt the band's appeal..."
(Record Collector, Number 149, January 1992)
This compilation was released in Indonesia, manufactured under exclusive license by PT Suara Sentral Sejati (Catalogue number: 771/8453984 - cassette).
Label / Catalogue Number: Philips 845 398-2 Released:11th April 1991 All tracks available downloads (MP3 format) from:Amazon, HMV, iTunes, Play.com.
New Seekers Greatest Hits
(Prima
PXCD 110)
Greatest Hits
Side 1:
Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Circles | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Anthem (One Day In Every Week) | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Shambala | Forever On My Mind | Stay
Side 2:
You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Never Ending Song Of Love | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Come Softly To Me | I Wanna Go Back | Hello Again * | The Power Of Love | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
This album features re-recordings of the New Seekers' original hits. It was released in the UK on CD by Prima Records and on cassette by Arena Records.
* Note: the track listed as Hello Again is actually a song by Marty Kristian titled Hello. This is not the song Hello Again, also written by Marty Kristian, which appeared on the 1970 album The New Seekers. Hello was first released in the early '80s on the double casstte Greatest Hits... Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.
Label / Catalogue Number: Arena Records ARA 1011 / Prima PXCD 110 Released:1987
New Seekers Greatest Hits
(Starlight
3885022)
Greatest Hits: The Starlight Collection
Tracks:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Never Ending Song Of Love | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Shambala | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Stay | Circles | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Come Softly To Me | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Forever On My Mind | I Wanna Go Back | Runaway | Anthem
A Dutch CD of re-recordings which does not feature Lyn Paul singing on any of the tracks (though she is featured on the cover photo). This compilation was also released on CD on the Arcade label with the title Rem!nd.
Label / Catalogue Number: Galaxy Music Ltd. 3885022 Released:1994
New Seekers Greatest Hits
(That's Pop
TP 001)
Greatest Hits
Tracks:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma | Stay | Shambala | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Forever On My Mind | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Runaway | Never Ending Song Of Love | I Wanna Go Back | Anthem | The Power Of Love | Circles | Come Softly To Me
The sleeve pictures Lyn Paul singing with the New Seekers, but the CD actually contains re-recordings of their original hits, with Lyn's vocals replaced by those of Donna Jones.
Label / Catalogue Number: That's Pop TP 001 Released:1990
Greatest Hits: The Collection
Tracks:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Circles | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Anthem | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Never Ending Song Of Love | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Come Softly To Me | I Wanna Go Back | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Shambala | Forever On My Mind | Runaway | Stay | The Power Of Love
Re-recordings of the New Seekers' original hits featuring Donna Jones on lead vocal.
Label / Catalogue Number: Object Enterprises OR 0025 Released:August 1987
New Seekers, Greatest Hits (The Collection)
Pictured (left to right): Danny Finn, Kathy Ann Rae, Marty Kristian, Eve Graham and Paul Layton.
New Seekers Greatest Hits...
Vol. 1
(Autograph
ASK 701)
Greatest Hits... Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Vol. 1:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Circles | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Anthem | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Shambala | Forever On My Mind | Runaway | Stay
Vol. 2:
You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Never Ending Song Of Love | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Come Softly To Me | I Wanna Go Back | The Father, The Son And The Undermined Magician | Hello | The Power Of Love | Moving Sensation | It Won't Be The Same
Re-recordings of the New Seekers' original hits featuring Donna Jones on lead vocal, together with some newer recordings, six of which had never been released before - The Father, The Son And The Undermined Magician, Hello, It Won't Be The Same, Moving Sensation, The Power Of Love and Stay. It Won't Be The Same was later used on the B-side of the New Seekers' 1985 single Let The Bells Ring Out Forever.
Tracks:
Meet My Lord | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | When There's No Love Left | Beautiful People | Nickel Song | Never Ending Song Of Love | Good Old Fashioned Music | Tonight | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Beg Steal Or Borrow | Circles | For You We Sing | Dance, Dance, Dance | Come Softly To Me | Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me | Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) | Goodbye Is Just Another Word | We've Got To Do It Now | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Song For You And Me | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Sing Hallelujah
This 22-track CD has an identical track listing to another BR Music compilation album, The Singles.
Label / Catalogue Number: BR Music BX 546-1 Released: 2003
New Seekers The Hits
In Perfect Harmony
Side 1:
Overture | Never Ending Song Of Love | Morning Has Broken | Good Old Fashioned Music | Nickel Song | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Side 2:
Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Circles | Just An Old Fashioned Love Song | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Day By Day | Beautiful People
A compilation of original recordings featuring the New Seekers' early hits. A review of the album in Record Mirror highlighted the group's "very good reading of Morning Has Broken." (Record Mirror, 22nd September 1973, page 11)
An album with the same title was released in Japan but with a different cover and track listing. The two versions of this album actually only have four tacks in common: Overture, Good Old Fashioned Music, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing and Day By Day.
New Seekers It's Been Too Long
Greatest Hits
& More
(Universal 5320608)
It's Been Too Long • Greatest Hits & More
Tracks:
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma | Never Ending Song Of Love | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Circles | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Nickel Song | Goodbye Is Just Another Word | Good Old Fashioned Music | I Wanna Go Back | Anthem | It's So Nice | Come Softly To Me | When There's No Love Left | It's Been Too Long (Mick Flinn / Steve Kipner) | I Can't Breathe (Mick Flinn / Paul Layton) | Lifeline To Love (Mick Flinn / Paul Layton) | Blackberry Way Medley | Hallelujah Medley | Just Another Lesson (Marty Kristian)
For the first time on CD - the New Seekers' Polydor hits (featuring Lyn Paul and Peter Doyle) and the group's three more minor hits for CBS (featuring Eve Graham and Danny Finn). Piggy-backing on the classic hits, the 2009 line-up of the New Seekers added five recordings of their own. The album also includes a previously unreleased track from 1982 by Marty Kristian, Just Another Lesson.
It’s Been Too Long entered the UK album chart at number 17 and spent five weeks in the Top 75. Speaking to The Beat magazine in 2014, Paul Layton said: "to enter the chart so high was a real bonus. This was the week in which eight of Michael Jackson’s albums were re-released and all went Top 20, so imagine had this of not happened.”
Label / Catalogue Number: Universal Music 5320608 Released: 13th July 2009 All tracks available downloads (MP3 format) from:Amazon, HMV, iTunes, Play.com.
New Seekers, It's Been Too Long (back of CD).
The Rubettes
and the New Seekers Juke Box Jive
(HIB 10019-2)
Juke Box Jive
Tracks:
The Rubettes, Sugar Baby Love | The Rubettes, Tonight | The Rubettes, Juke Box Jive | The Rubettes, I Can Do It | The Rubettes, Foe Dee Oh Dee | The Rubettes, Let's Be Used to Be | The Rubettes, Making Love in the Rain | The Rubettes, Breakdown | New Seekers, Never Ending Song Of Love | New Seekers, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | New Seekers, Beg, Steal Or Borrow | New Seekers, Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | New Seekers, Stay | New Seekers, Circles | New Seekers, Forever On My Mind | New Seekers, Runaway
A compilation CD, made in Germany, featuring re-recordings of some of the New Seekers' and The Rubettes' hits. The two groups had been previously packaged together on the album That Good Old-Times.
Label / Catalogue Number: ZYX Music / Galaxy Music HIB 10019-2 Released:1999
New Seekers Look What
They've Done
To My Song, Ma
(Contour 2870 342)
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
Side 1:
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma | Sing Out | All Right My Love | Why Can't We All Get Together | Friend Of Jesus | Blackberry Way
Side 2:
Song Sung Blue | Nickel Song | Rainmaker | Out On The Edge Of Beyond | Captain Stormy | Morning Has Broken
A cut-price collection of original recordings, this album includes seven songs that had not been made available on any of the New Seekers' previous UK albums - Captain Stormy, Friend Of Jesus, Nickel Song, Rainmaker, Out On The Edge Of Beyond, Sing Out and Why Can't We All Get Together.
"It's typical Seekers treatment for the songs and because most of them are tried favourites, fairly good value if they are your meat." (Disc, 18th August 1973, page 20)
Side 1:
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