"I'm Alive"  (Clint Ballard; Shapiro Bernstein & Co Ltd) 2:24

Recorded 5 May 1965. Originally released as Parlophone R5287on 21 May 1965. Charts 27 May 1965; UK #1

The Hollies: Allan Clarke (vocals), Erick Haydock (bass guitar), Graham Nash (guitar, vocals), Tony Hicks (guitar), Bobby Elliot (drums).

Produced by Ron Richards with Peter Bown (engineer)

1988. The British Invasion: The History of British Rock [2:16]. Santa Monica: Rhino Records Inc. [Rhino R2 70320]

Only one guitar part appears in most of the song with the solo dubbed in later. The guitar sound is the same for both suggesting that only one guitarist (Hicks?) played on this recording. [Clayson (1996:134) suggests that Nash seldom played guitar in performance, but rather would "continue hacking an inaudible rhythm guitar unconnected to any power point."]

	Section	Time	Meas.	Description	Text
	intro	0:00	8	ensemble with rhythmic chorus	—
A	Verse	0:	18	double-tracked solo vocals
B	Chorus	:	28	solo vocal over sustaining chorus > 3-part harmony on hook	b
A	Verse	:	18	as above	c
B	Chorus	:	28	as above	b
A	Verse	:	18	guitar solo added on separate track	—
B	Chorus	:	28	as above	b
B'	Coda	:	8	repeat hook and briefly double the time count	b'

Text
Did you ever see a man with no heart, Baby that was me. Just a lonely, lonely man with no heart, till you set me free.	a
Now I can breathe, I can see, I can touch, I can feel. I can taste all the sugar sweetness in your kiss, You give me all the things[/love] I've ever missed, I never felt like this, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive.	b
I used to think that I was livin', Baby I was wrong. No I never knew a thing about livin', till you came along.	c

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