Any Love For The Hollyridge Strings?

Perhaps the best instrumental interpreters of the Beatles' music. And their music was featured on 'The Beatles Story' album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiZW-RXu3Rw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiW3EybjMbY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWagWTgBedo&feature=related

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Collector's Choice has several Hollyridge Strings Lp's on CD..worth checking out! I have Several Beatles' Songbooks Lp's of the Hollyridge Strings!

 

I'd forgot to mention:they also have a 3-CD set of the Best of their "Beatles Songbook" Lp's on the GSC Label!

 

Yep !

Would like to have more of the H.S. LPs released on CD.

 

When I first heard that instrumental version of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" at the beginning of "The Beatles Story" I thought it was the George Martin orchestra. When I finally heard Martin's album, I was disappointed that it was not the same recording. Then a friend told me the "Beatles Story" version was by the Hollyridge Strings. Too bad not many of their albums seem to be available on CD. Where can this 3-CD set be obtained? It's not listed on Amazon.

 

Collector's Choice Music has it,as well as Rediscover Music,too (It's not Available in stores,BTW!)

 

I love me some Hollyridge Strings, especially their Christmas Favorites album. Talk about a perennial favorite in my house come December! Their Beach Boys and Nat "King" Cole song books are quite good, as is the Elvis LP/CD of theirs, but I can't say I reach for that one all too often.

I am thrilled, though, that CCM was able to liscence The Hollyridge Strings albums from Capitol that they did. It's superb 1960s easy listening, IMHO.

I do wish CCM would reissue the complete Hollyridge Strings Beatles song book albums on CD, but I'm not holding my breath. Maybe one day...

 

Maybe they're waiting for the licencing on those others,Get2Me...they'd done that to the Kingston Trio's Guard Capitol Lp's..let's hope they are successval in this!Keep yer digits crossed!

 

They are fun LPs but I would hardly consider them "the best instrumental interpreters of Beatles music". Their style defined the term "elevator music". From an instrumental/arrangement standpoint I much prefer the George Martin stuff.

 

I recently picked up a sealed copy of The Hollyridge Strings' "Beatles Song Book" album (the first of five volumes) and was so impressed with it I've decided to seek out the other volumes. I don't know whether I'm turning into my grandfather or if, after watching several season of "Mad Men," I just have a bizarre new appreciation for orchestral arrangements of rock classics, but whatever my problem is, I really like this first album. I've heard some tracks from the other volumes, and a few of those are particularly nice, including "Penny Lane" and "Here Comes The Sun."

I see that the CD versions mentioned above are demanding big prices ($70 to $100) on ebay and elsewhere -- and the albums aren't on iTunes. To me, a re-release should be a no-brainer for Capitol. I wonder why these albums aren't available on CD or for download?

 

Nope.

 

I have 3 or 4 of the Beatles LPs, make nice background music sometimes when I'm on the computer.

 

To me, they're very evocative arrangements, epitomizing mid-60s, pseudo-hip bachelor pad music. Of course, that's only a good thing if you happen to like that kind of music. I have several volumes of Capitol's Ultra Lounge Series, and the Hollyridge Strings albums would fit nicely alongside those -- although the Ultra Lounge Series tended to favor the more extreme styles of music, while the Hollyridge Strings albums steer to the middle of the road.

This first album clocks in at just 26 minutes, but I guess that was comparable to some of The Beatles' actual albums on Capitol at that time...

 

Yes. Ever since I erroneously bought "The Beatles Songbook"* thinking it was by The Beatles. Still have it and still love it.

*Not the 1964 US release, but the Aussie budget compilation from 1983...


Got a few CDs of their Beatles music - one from the US and one from Japan.

 

I would love to see their stuff re-released. I have the Beatle compilation and Christmas CD.

 

Their Christmas Album

 

Here are all of the Hollyridge Strings albums (and a few misc singles) in YouTube playlists

Beatles - Includes The Beatles Song Book (1964), The Beatles Songbook Volume 2 (1965), The New Beatles Songbook (1966), The Beatles Songbook Volume 4 (1967), The Beatles Songbook Volume 5 (1968) and The George, John, Paul & Ringo Songbook (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43XrN1hnUVvFtHNyYmAgW3Qd

Beach Boys - Includes The Beach Boys Song Book (1964) and The Beach Boys Song Book, Volume 2 (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43XRZF_6jTmee49bGpvaqIJ9

Nat King Cole - Includes The Nat King Cole Songbook (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43ULKMqZQqx_JNmcl7I3zKd7

Four Seasons - The Hollyridge Strings play Instrumental Versions of Hits Made Famous by The Four Seasons (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43V5Jb5dBtZBAFcj_yp_2SzA

Elvis Presley - The Hollyridge Strings play Instrumental Versions of Hits Made Famous by Elvis Presley (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43VCu-m5gwn4yBrfTZfmW2E_

Simon & Garfunkel - The Hollyridge Strings Play the Hits of Simon & Garfunkel (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43VX4HpJbcB8U-KrmNQQ11i_

Oldies but Goldies (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43W4kxLYNe3syLDcovr_qLP8

Hits of the 70's (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43WfgXKGI9nQySmdmTMM__sl

Christmas Favorites (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9759D7AA7C36A075

Misc. singles
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86BP0YER43WSZAh-2M4yJ96_YL3thw2Z

 

No problem...all from vinyl, took me ages to track all the albums down and do all the needledrops....hope it sounds ok.

 

I never owned any of these way back when, but I remember them fondly because they were advertised along with the Beatles catalog on the backs of the early Capitol Beatles albums.

 

I have 3 or 4 of them I have picked up from budget bins, all Beatles, nice background music while on the computer. Would like to hear the H.S. Beach Boys.

 

Did the compilation I posted above ever get released in the US? I ask because the tapes used came from Capitol, and carry the matrix numbers ST 28083/4. The sleeve states "(P) Capitol".

I love the tracklisting, and my needledrop is still my goto copy for my Hollyridge Strings Beatles fix:

01 - Hey Jude
02 - Let It Be
03 - Can't Buy Me Love
04 - Something
05 - And I Love Her
06 - Strawberry Fields Forever
07 - Eleanor Rigby
08 - Penny Lane
09 - Yesterday
10 - Michelle
11 - She Loves You
12 - The Long And Winding Road
13 - All My Loving
14 - Magical Mystery Tour