Good Friday (album)

"Friday on My Mind" / "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It"
Good Friday
Studio album by The Easybeats
Released	May 1967
Recorded	September 1966 - March 1967
Studio	IBC Studios, London; Olympic Studios, London;
Genre	Beat, psychedelic pop
Length	34:09
Label	United Artists
Producer	Shel Talmy
The Easybeats chronology
Singles from Good Friday
	"Friday on My Mind" / "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It"; Released: 14 October 1966; "Who'll Be the One" / "Saturday Night"; Released: 17 March 1967;

Good Friday is the fourth studio album by The Easybeats, released in May 1967. It was the first album released after the band signed an international recording deal with United Artists Records. The original UK album was released in May 1967. Although "Friday on My Mind" was a big single in the UK, the album failed to make the top 40.

Due to contractual issues, there was no official album release of this material in the band's home country of Australia.[1] The songs "Friday on My Mind", "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It" and "Pretty Girl" were released on the greatest hits package The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl, while other songs would appear on various EP's.[1] The UK version was later reissued by Repertoire Records (but re-titled Friday on My Mind like the US release) and featured twelve bonus tracks.

On April 16, 2016, the mono version of the album was re-released on vinyl by Varèse Sarabande as an exclusive for Record Store Day.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Harry Vanda and George Young except as noted.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"River Deep, Mountain High" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector)	3:57
2.	"Do You Have a Soul" (the CD release uses the shorter 2:58 found on the Friday on My Mind album)	3:38
3.	"Saturday Night"	3:24
4.	"You Me, We Love"	3:22
5.	"Pretty Girl"	2:16
6.	"Friday on My Mind"	2:42

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Happy is the Man"	2:41
2.	"Hound Dog" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)	3:17
3.	"Who'll Be the One"	2:36
4.	"Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It" (George Young)	2:07
5.	"Remember Sam"	2:32
6.	"See Line Woman" (Trad., arr. Harry Vanda and George Young)	3:14

1992 Repertoire Records CD reissue bonus tracks (under the title 'Friday on My Mind')
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Heaven and Hell"		2:28
14.	"Do You Have A Soul" (Longer Version from the Good Friday album)		3:38
15.	"Women (Make You Feel Alright)"	Stevie Wright, Young	2:35
16.	"All Gone Boy" (alternate remix)		2:30
17.	"You Me, We Love" (alternate remix)		3:20
18.	"Lisa" (alternate remix)		3:06

2005 Repertoire Records CD reissue bonus tracks (under the title 'Friday on My Mind')
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Women (Make You Feel Alright)" (Single Mix, 1966)	Stevie Wright; George Young	2:36
14.	"Do You Have a Soul" (Longer Version from the Good Friday album, 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:59
15.	"You Me, We Love" (from French EP UAE 36.112,[3] 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	3:24
16.	"Lisa" (from French EP UAE 36.112, 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	3:13
17.	"All Gone Boy" (from French EP UAE 36.117,[4] 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:32
18.	"Friday on My Mind" (Mono Single Mix, 1966)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:42
19.	"Made My Bed Gonna Lie in It" (Mono Single Mix, 1966)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:08
20.	"Who'll Be the One" (Mono Single Mix, 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:38
21.	"Saturday Night" (Mono Single Mix, 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	3:26
22.	"Heaven and Hell" (Mono Single Mix, 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:43
23.	"Pretty Girl" (Mono Single Mix, 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:17
24.	"Heaven and Hell" (Australian LP Version, 1967)	Harry Vanda; George Young	2:42

The North American release - Friday on My Mind

see: main article

The North American version was re-titled Friday On My Mind and also issued in the same month with a different album cover and running order from the UK release.[1] This version omitted "Hound Dog" and replaced it with "Women" (re-titled "Make You Feel Alright (Women)") from the It's 2 Easy album. The US version has never appeared on CD.

Personnel

The Easybeats

Stevie Wright - vocals
Harry Vanda - vocals, lead guitar
George Young - vocals, rhythm guitar
Dick Diamonde - bass guitar
Snowy Fleet - drums

Production Team

Shel Talmy - producer
Glynn Johns - engineer

References

Tait, John (2010). "The London cursade". Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. Sydney, NSW: New South. pp. 69–72. ISBN 978 1 74223 217 1.
"Record Store Day - Special Release". Record Store Day. Record Store Day. 2016. Retrieved 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
http://www.45cat.com/record/36112uae
http://www.45cat.com/record/36117uae

External links

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[Tait-1] Tait, John (2010). "The London cursade". Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. Sydney, NSW: New South. pp. 69–72. ISBN 978 1 74223 217 1.

[rsd2016-2] "Record Store Day - Special Release". Record Store Day. Record Store Day. 2016. Retrieved 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[3] ttp://www.45cat.com/record/36112uae

[4] ttp://www.45cat.com/record/36117uae

The Easybeats
Dick Diamonde Harry Vanda Stevie Wright George Young Snowy Fleet Tony Cahill
Studio albums	Easy It's 2 Easy Volume 3 Good Friday Friday On My Mind Vigil Friends
Compilation albums	The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl The Best of The Easybeats Volume 2 The Shame Just Drained Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1969 The Definitive Series
Singles	"For My Woman" "She's So Fine" "Wedding Ring" "Women (Make You Feel Alright) "Come and See Her" "Sorry" "Friday on My Mind" "Who'll Be the One" "Heaven and Hell" "Falling Off the Edge of the World" "The Music Goes 'Round My Head" "Hello, How Are You" "Land of Make Believe" "Good Times" "Lay Me Down and Die "St. Louis" "Peculiar Hole in the Sky"
Extended play	Easyfever
Related articles	Discography Friday On My Mind (TV miniseries)