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Billy Nicholls

Would You Believe

Label: Charly Records

Format: LP

Genre: Experimental

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€29.00
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YES, BELIEVE IT! The highly prized Immediate Records treasure finally gets an official worldwide release almost sixty years after the 100 advance promotional copies landed on radio station desks

Charly Records kick-off their Immediate Records 60th Anniversary celebrations with this landmark album by the then teenager, and still little-known, Billy Nicholls.

This cult-status, 12 track album, is drenched in sunshine psychrock and is often cited as Swinging London’s answer to the Beachboys’ masterpiece Pet Sounds. The lavish arrangements were presided over by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones with input from the Small Faces and Arthur Greenslade with Ronnie Lane producing.

In retrospect, Would You Believe, is an astonishing accomplishment that was conceived and crafted by a 16-years old kid from Shepherds Bush and on its journey rubbed shoulders with George Harrison, Beatles publisher Dick James, Immediate impresario Andrew Loog Oldham and a host of British rock royalty.

 

 

Details
Cat. number: CHIMCP009
Year: 2025
Notes:
Executive Producer for this reissue : ℗ 1968 Immediate Records. Outside UK : © 2025 Charly Records Ltd. Inside UK : © 2025 Sanctuary Records. Group Ltd., a BMG Company. Original Immediate Recordings. Courtesy of Charly Acquisitions Ltd. Licensed from LicenseMusic.com