This is not an Easybeats album. "Show Me The Way To St. Louis" is the group '45, but the rest is from a bulk of songwriters Harry Vanda and George Young demos for other artists, made in a home studio late sixties. Apparently the two handeled all instruments and vocals, with some additional drums from Tony Cahill. Not originally planned for release, most tracks comes through thin and unbalanced and some in fake stereo. On the plus side there's a couple of very good songs and with right arrangements and production it could have been great. First Australian and UK issues - as "Friends" - had eleven tracks. This German variation came as a ten track, omitting "Watching The World Go By" and "Holding On", but adding "Gonna Make It" which also showed up as B-side on the Australian "I Love Marie" single. Most of the cuts have writers credit "Leon Russell", but he had nothing to do with it. Wanda/Young used "Russell" as a pseudonym and adding "Leon" was just an ignorant mistake by the record company. In all the album's not a mind blowing experience, but for those deep into sixties music history and recordings or die hard fans of Easybeats it's not that bad. First press had label as shown here and fully laminated cover. (Btw this version of "St. Louis" is fake stereo. If you want the original mono mix on LP with top audio, try the UK 1969 Polydor "Mencap" sampler instead http://monolover.blogspot.se/2012/06/hit-69-582079-69.html ) (GÖXÄ*)
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