Product Description
Allan Clarke, of course, made his name as lead singer with The Hollies, Manchester’s answer to The Beatles, who enjoyed huge success across the 60s and early 70s.

In 1972, he embarked on a solo career on Epic Records with his debut album My Real Name Is ‘Arold (a reference to his true Christian name – Allan being his middle name). The following years, he moved to EMI and stayed for four years and three albums, which have been out-of-print on CD for some time.

Headroom, the first of Allan’s EMI albums, sported a Magritte-styled cover and opened with ‘Complete Controllable Man’. Clarke produced the album himself, sang and played guitar, with help from guitarist Ray Glynn and keyboard player Kirk Duncan (both ex-The Mirage and Jawbone), Elton John’s bassist Dee Murray and legendary session drummer Tony Newman. It spawned the single ‘Who?’.

Newman and Glynn stayed for 1974’s self-titled album, with bass courtesy of the talented Herbie Flowers (who’d played with Lou Reed among many others) and the ubiquitous pianist Peter Robinson (ex-Quatermass). From it, ‘Sideshow’ was issued as a 45.

After a non-album single – a cover version of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born To Run’ – in 1975, Allan returned with his third and final EMI album, I’ve Got Time, in 1976. It opened with another Springsteen song, ‘Blinded By The Light’ – indeed, the LP consisted entirely of cover versions. ‘Living In Love’ (originally by The Sutherland Brothers) was chosen as a 7”.

Disc One of our Sideshow compilation contains the first two LPs. Disc Two presents the third LP plus the bonus singles.

CD1
Headroom:
1. Complete Controllable Man
2. People Of That Kind
3. Fishin'
4. Who?
5. Drift Away
6. Shift Lovin' Lady
7. I Look In Your Eyes
8. Give Us A Song
9. Would You Believe (Revisited)

Allan Clarke:
10. Don't Let Me Down Again
11. Can't Get On
12. I'll Be Home
13. I Wanna Sail Into Your Life
14. Sideshow
15. If I Were The Priest
16. New Americans
17. Love, Love, Love
18. Send Me Some Lovin'

CD2
I've Got Time:
1. Blinded By The Light
2. Light A Light
3. We've Got Time
4. Stand By Me
5. The Long Way
6. Hallelujah Freedom
7. If You Think You Know How To Love Me
8. If You Walked Away
9. Sunrise
10. Living In Love
11. Finale

Bonus Tracks:
12. Born To Run
13. Why Don't You Call

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I4581FY/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I4581FY/?tag=imwan-21

Here's the original 1974 promo video for the track they named this collection after, "Sideshow":

i think, if i recall correctly, clarke's fist 3 albums also came out this way.

This package contains Clarke's second, third and fourth solo albums. You might be thinking of the old BGO issue of the same albums:

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could be, i wasn't sure, but i knew there was something.

it was this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009IQLOW/?tag=imwan-21

you are correct, the same three....odd?