Favorite Best-Of Albums: The Seekers – Capitol Collectors Series

If I ever get to Australia, I want to find a good pub that features a Seekers cover band.

 

The group could perhaps be considered part of the British Invasion, inasmuch as the native Australians first found success in England. That’s where they met Tom Springfield (brother of Dusty), who produced them and wrote much of their material. Their sound, which one historian described as “too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock”, nevertheless worked nicely, highlighted by Judith Durham’s vocals. The AllMusic.com entry for this collection, by Greg Adams, provides a nice summary:

 

The Seekers' folk-pop sound formed a bridge between the Kingston Trio and the Association, putting the Australian quartet in the same international quasi-folk neighborhood as the Sandpipers and Peter & Gordon. "Georgy Girl" and "I'll Never Find Another You" were the group's two big hits, but their repertoire included everything from traditional folk songs and spirituals to pure pop. With strummy acoustic guitars and intricate vocal arrangements, the Seekers paved the way for the folk-oriented pop vocal groups that followed.

 

Favorite Tracks:

The Carnival Is Over

I’ll Never Find Another You

Rattler

A World Of Our Own

Someday, One Day

 

Island Of Dreams

Morningtown Ride

When The Good Apples Fall (On The Other Side Of My Fence)

Georgy Girl

Cloudy