The Hollies - The Essential Collection (1997)

The album sets off in chronological order with the band's first five singles and adds as a bonus their version of Poison Ivy. This was recorded at drummer Bobby Elliott's first session with the band on 11 October 1963, which produced the single Stay, but remained unreleased until 1978 when it turned up on an Australian album, and had never been on CD until this release. Although a generous further eleven UK singles are included, after this they are interspersed with a B-side (So Lonely, the flip of Look Through Any Window) and eight album tracks. Oddly enough, although all the A-sides are in stereo (except Stay), the other nine tracks are all in mono.