“Come The Day” by The Seekers - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1966Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s

TJR says

A full turn to the contemporary from the Melbourne 4-piece who were in a good place in 1966, as the liner notes tell: “At last we have produced an album of songs written in our time. Come the day, perhaps, when this selection will remind you, and us, of a very happy time in our lives.” Their stock was high, having been named “Best New Group of 1965” at the 1966 New Musical Express Poll Winners Awards, and they appeared at the subsequent Wembley Arena concert, alongside the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield and the Animals. They can be a hit or a miss for me but when they're good, they're very good. Opener “Come The Day”, written by the group's guitarist Bruce Woodley, is sprightly and uplifting, looking forward to the day when “the trumpets of war will cease to blow”; amen to that brothers and sisters. Biblical positivity is to the fore on “Turn, Turn, Turn”, a fantastic rendition of the tune created by Pete Seeger in the late 50s. Excellent harmonizers, they're well placed to cover “California Dreamin’” and, although they could never hope to match the Mamas and Papas classic for dynamism, it's a job well done.

The Jukebox Rebel
01–Jan–2011

Tracklist
A1 [02:10] 8.4.png The Seekers - Come The Day (Bruce Woodley) Folk
A2 [02:40] 5.1.png The Seekers - Island Of Dreams (Tom Springfield) Country
A3 [03:30] 6.3.png The Seekers - The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton) Folk
A4 [02:16] 3.5.png The Seekers - All Over The World (Françoise Hardy) Songwriter
A5 [02:10] 3.9.png The Seekers - Red Rubber Ball (Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley) Folk
A6 [02:16] 5.1.png The Seekers - Well, Well, Well (Bob Gibson, Hamilton Camp) Folk
B1 [02:20] 6.0.png The Seekers - Georgy Girl (Tom Springfield, Jim Dale) Pop
B2 [02:26] 4.3.png The Seekers - Yesterday (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Songwriter
B3 [02:18] 4.0.png The Seekers - I Wish You Could Be Here (Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley) Songwriter
B4 [03:16] 8.0.png The Seekers - Turn, Turn, Turn (Traditional, Pete Seeger) Folk
B5 [02:26] 4.7.png The Seekers - Lousiana Man (Doug Kershaw) Country
B6 [02:30] 6.5.png The Seekers - California Dreamin’ (John Phillips, Michelle Phillips) Folk Rock / Americana

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