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.
New Seekers Sentimental Seventies:
The Best of
the New Seekers
(Newsound 2000
NST039)
Sentimental Seventies
The Best of the New Seekers
Tracks:
I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Fire and Rain Medley: Fire & Rain / My Sweet Lord / Day By Day | Alright My Love | Brand New Song [should read: Brand New Day]" | Come On World | Crying Time | Dedicated To The One I Love | Everything's Changed [should read: Everything Changing] | Vado Via | Here, There And Everywhere | Look What They've Done To My Song [should read: Look, Look]" | Me And My Guitar | Melting Pot | Just An Old Fashioned Love Song | The Greatest Song I've Ever Heard | You're The One | Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show | Friends Medley: Friends / With A Little Help From My Friends
Original recordings featuring Lyn Paul, most of them taken from the New Seekers' 1974 album Together.
Beware some mistakes! Although most of the tracks on this CD were recorded by the line-up of the New Seekers that included Peter Oliver, the cover photos feature the line-up with Peter Doyle. The photo on the inside, which lists the band members by name, is actually a later line-up featuring Kathy Ann Rae and Danny Finn!
Tracks:
You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Just An Old Fashioned Love Song | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Dedicated To The One I Love | The Greatest Song I Ever Heard [should read: The Greatest Song I've Ever Heard] | Cryin' Time | You're The One | Brand New Day | Vado Via | Fire and Rain Medley | Everything Is Changing [should read: Everything Changing] | Look, Look | Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show | Come On World | Me And My Guitar | Here, There And Everywhere | Friends Medley: Friends / With A Little Help From My Friends | Melting Pot
Original recordings featuring Lyn Paul, many of them taken from the New Seekers' 1974 album Together. This CD has been deleted.
Pictured above (left to right): Marty Kristian, Lyn Paul, Peter Doyle, Eve Graham and Paul Layton.
New Seekers The Singles
(BX 546-2)
The Singles
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
The most comprehensive of all the New Seekers' compilations, this CD traces the group's development from their folksy first single Meet My Lord (released in 1969 before Lyn Paul joined the group) through to their farewell single Sing Hallelujah (released after the group had split up in 1974). A number of the tracks on the CD, including Meet My Lord, appear on CD for the first time. The CD also contains a number of singles that were not released in the UK - Beautiful People (originally a B-side in the USA), Tonight (released as a single only in Australia and the USA), For You We Sing (Australia, Far East and Europe), Dance, Dance, Dance (USA) and Song For You And Me (USA). All of the tracks on this CD are original recordings.
The CD comes with an informative and well-illustrated 12 page colour booklet, marred only by one small mistake - the commentary on the New Seekers' career mistakenly claims that Lyn Paul was "originally from Melbourne, Australia."
Seekers /
New Seekers Something Old,
Something New
(SEEK 260211)
Something Old, Something New
Seekers Side 1: I'll Never Find Another You | Turn Turn Turn | On The Other Side | Morningtown Ride | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Emerald City | We Shall Not Be Moved | Someday, One Day Side 2: A World Of Our Own | Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen | Georgy Girl | When Will The Good Apples Fall | Island Of Dreams | Study War No More | Love Is Kind, Love Is Wine | The Carnival Is Over
New Seekers Side 3: 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 | Star | Circles Side 4: 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 gate-fold double album featuring 31 songs by the Seekers and the New Seekers, released in Australia in 1984. The New Seekers are pictured as a foursome - Marty Kristian, Donna Jones, Mick Flinn and Paul Layton. Lyn Paul is not featured on these recordings.
Catalogue Number: EMI Australia SEEK 260211 Released:1984
Tracks: CD 1: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | It's A Beautiful Day | Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma | Alright My Love | When There's No Love Left | Nickel Song | One | Never Ending Song Of Love | Beautiful People | Look What You've Done | Child Of Mine | There's A Light | Blackberry Way | Ain't Love Easy | I'll Be Home | Doggone My Soul | Evergreen | Something In The Way He Moves | No Mans Land | Move Me Lord | Dance, Dance, Dance | Georgy Girl / Ticket To Ride | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Changes IV | One By One | I Can Say You're Beautiful
CD 2: You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Sing Out | Song Sung Blue | The World I Wish For You | Out On The Edge Of Beyond | When I Was Small | Jean's Little Street Café | Captain Stormy | Songs Of Praise | Circles | I Saw The Light | Morning Has Broken | Holy Rolling | Beautiful | Why Can't We All Get Together | Come Softly To Me | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Brand New Song | Feeling | Reaching Out For Someone | Everything Changing | Goin' Back | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | Somebody Somewhere | Goodbye Is Just Another Word | Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)
The most comprehensive compilation of songs by the New Seekers ever released on CD. Fifty-two tracks in all, twenty-one of them new to CD. Best of all, there are no fakes - these are all original recordings.
Catalogue Number: Universal 983201-2 (slimline CD case) / 984885-2 (double-depth CD case) Released: 20th February 2006 / 30th April 2007
New Seekers Songbook 1970-74 (CD cover).
New Seekers Super Stars
(SUPER 049)
Super Stars: The New Seekers
Tracks:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | Never Ending Song Of Love | Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me | Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma | Circles | I Get A Little Sentimental Over You | I Wanna Go Back | Come Softly To Me | Anthem | Forever On My Mind | Shambala | Stay
A CD pressed in Germany and released in the Netherlands, this is an album of re-recordings which does not feature Lyn Paul singing on any of the tracks, even though it has her picture on the cover. This album was also released as a CD with the title Gold.
