Allan Clarke: new album out on Sept 20 !!! Details to follow soon...

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i thought he has problems with his voice????

An immediate purchase!

the allan clarke solo catalog:

My Real Name Is 'arold (1972)
Headroom (1973)
Allan Clarke (1974)
I've Got Time (1976)
I Wasn't Born Yesterday (1978)
The Only One (1980)
Legendary Heroes (1980)
Reasons To Believe (1990)


hmmmmmmmmm.

Yay!!!! Maybe I'll get my dream Nash & Clarke tour yet!!!@

Courtesy of The Hollies fan site "Elevated Observations", and direct info from the man himself, Allan's new album is titled "Resurgence." Due out Sept 20, with the first single "Journey Of Regret" due out July 12. And on a major label at that, BMG! Who wooda thunkit?

Allan has been quietly working on this, and word got out a few months ago he was shopping it around to record labels. Rumour mongers have been speculating whether he was able to secure Graham Nash for a possible backup vocal. No word on that yet, but Graham was actually leaking the word out back in July of 2018 that Allan was indeed recording again.

Here's to hoping this is super fantastic fab gear groovy keen !!!

Resurgence is up for pre-order at Amazon UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TPYXV9K/?tag=imwan-21

And I trust that Amazon USA will be listing it soon.

We now have the album's cover image and tracklist in the first post, and here's the first sample:

Fantabulous, thanks Linda! Allan sounds in excellent fine form, strong voice, love the guitars...

Interesting titles on the album, wonder if he's doing some covers, and a Long Cool Woman part 2, fascinating...

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Apparently there are no covers, as Allan has supposedly written all these songs himself.

Amazon UK autographed CD:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07V4PMZSC/?tag=imwan-21

Amazon UK vinyl LP:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TMRRQG8/?tag=imwan-21

Description
Allan Clarke, one of the most distinguished voices in British music history, makes a dramatic return to the musical frontline — and no one is more surprised than Clarke himself. Clarke's place in pop-rock folklore is unshakeable. As co-founder and lead vocalist with the mighty Hollies, he was the frontman of such indelible singles as 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother,' 'The Air That I Breathe,' 'I'm Alive’,'Long Cool Woman’ and dozens more. Between 1963 and 1988, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees amassed an incredible 18 top ten and 30 top 40 UK hits and sold scores of millions of singles and albums all over the world. As a soloist, Clarke recorded eight greatly admired studio albums between 1972 and 1989 which enhanced his reputation both as a composer and an astute interpreter of other writers. He was, for example, one of the first artists to cover the work of an emerging New Jersey talent called Bruce Springsteen, who would later thank him personally for his early reading of '4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy).' But now, Allan is ready to add a new chapter to his unique story, some 20 years after he retired from music to spend time with his family. The atmospheric, country-rock flavoured 'Journey Of Regret' is the first taste of the upcoming album by the hugely-admired singer and writer, aptly titled Resurgence. The background to Clarke's reemergence is a tale of new technology, encouragement from his loved ones and a gift for songcraft that stayed with him even when he left the stage. In 2017, he started writing poetry, of which one piece was musically interpreted by the Los Angeles-based musician Carla Olson. It inspired Allan to do his own version. “For many years, people have asked 'Why don't you go back singing?',” he says. “What I couldn't do was perform Hollies songs anymore. But what I should have said was that there may be a time when I'll be able to sing, because I'll be doing songs that maybe I'll write myself. It was always on the back burner. “But then I said to my son Toby, who's been involved musically in the family since the year he was born, 'I've got a song I've done on guitar, but I don't know what to do with it, what do you suggest?' He said 'You should learn to use GarageBand,' and showed me how.” Newly-equipped with the means to make his own music at his own pace, the creative floodgates opened. Clarke brought in Francis Haines, a former collaborator, as producer and arranger, and soon a body of work was taking shape. Even at that stage, Allan wasn't thinking of the project as an album — but then word reached one of his countless industry admirers, BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch. A deal was struck, and Clarke's Resurgence was official. One of 2019's most unexpected albums is also one of its most exhilarating. As Allan says himself: “It's given me a new lease of life in doing something I thought I'd never do again.”

12 min interview with Allan, plugging his album on the Alan Dyke show The Wall of Sound.
To the BBC !! Yeah, yeah, yeah !!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07hpk3g

Another new song from Allan = "Long Cool Woman's Back In Town"

From this BBC radio show link:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07gb6wn

2:14:50 "Journey of Regret"
2:19:07 interview with Allan
2:25:08 "Long Cool Woman's Back In Town"

And yet another new song from Allan = "I'm Comin' Home"

From this BBC radio show:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07fng5h

1:37 "Journey of Regret"
1:42 interview with Allan
1:47 "I'm Comin' Home"

10 min video interview with Allan on Sky News, good stuff.

Teaser: he and Graham Nash had dinner 2 nights ago, they had a chat about maybe doing something together in the future. Maybe recording, and then see what comes from that...

I'm beginning to think that Clarke, Nash, Hicks and Elliott will make a reunion album before Davies, Davies and Avory do.

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2 more videos are up (for those who didn't wanna scroll thru the above radio shows).
Here bee "Long Cool Woman's Back In Town" :

And "I'm Coming Home" :

Better late than never, this excellent CD will be getting a domestic release on November 15th:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TPYXV9K/?tag=imwan-20

Also better late than never, the album's first proper promo video:

For any others who ordered the signed edition, note that the CD comes shrink-wrapped and does not outwardly appear to be signed. Feel free to open it and enjoy, as the autograph appears on the back of the CD booklet.

If you can stand one more Allan radio interview show, this might be the best one yet. 1 hour long, great question & answers, some Hollies classics, and Allan new solo stuff. On the BBC, yeah, yeah, yeah !!! Fast forward to minute # 61:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0008wb6