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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
By the time of the album's release in November 1970, a new line-up of the group was in place. Joining [[Eve Graham]] and [[Marty Kristian]] were new members [[Lyn Paul]], [[Peter Doyle (singer)|Peter Doyle]] and [[Paul Layton]] as well as [[Keith Potger]] himself. The group had experienced their first success by now with the hit single "What Have They Done to My Song Ma", produced by David Mackay, which had reached #44 in the UK charts and got as high as #14 in the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and #2 in Canada.<ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=5483 Chartstats - UK chart information]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenewseekers.com/new_seekers_web_site_202.htm Official site - US singles]</ref> This as well as some of the other songs had already been recorded by the earlier line-up, although continuing member Eve Graham sang lead on many of the songs. The album cover photo was taken shortly after the new line-up were in place during the group's summer season of concerts at [[Great Yarmouth]] (the picture features them standing under the town's [[pier]]).<ref>[http://www.thenewseekers.com/new_seekers_web_site_178.htm Official website - Album information]</ref>
By the time of the album's release in November 1970, a new line-up of the group was in place. Joining [[Eve Graham]] and [[Marty Kristian]] were new members [[Lyn Paul]], [[Peter Doyle (singer)|Peter Doyle]] and [[Paul Layton]] as well as [[Keith Potger]] himself. The group had by now made its UK chart debut, the single "What Have They Done to My Song Ma", produced by David Mackay, which having reached #44 in the UK charts: the track - re-entitled "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" had become a major hit in both North America (US #14/ Canada #2) - and Australia (#3). <ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=5483 Chartstats - UK chart information]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenewseekers.com/new_seekers_web_site_202.htm Official site - US singles]</ref> That track as well as some of the other songs had already been recorded by the earlier line-up, although continuing member Eve Graham sang lead on many of the songs. The album cover photo was taken shortly after the new line-up were in place during the group's summer season of concerts at [[Great Yarmouth]] (the picture features them standing under the town's [[pier]]).<ref>[http://www.thenewseekers.com/new_seekers_web_site_178.htm Official website - Album information]</ref>


No further singles were taken from the album and it failed to chart in the UK. In the US it went unreleased despite the hit single.
No further singles were issued from the album and it failed to chart in the UK: the group's next album ''[[Beautiful People (album)|Beautiful People]]'' would be the group's first international release and would include "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" in its non-UK editions.


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

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Keith Potger and the New Seekers is a 1970 album by the UK-based pop group The New Seekers. It was the group's second album and their only one to feature the group's founder Keith Potger as a member.

Overview

By the time of the album's release in November 1970, a new line-up of the group was in place. Joining Eve Graham and Marty Kristian were new members Lyn Paul, Peter Doyle and Paul Layton as well as Keith Potger himself. The group had by now made its UK chart debut, the single "What Have They Done to My Song Ma", produced by David Mackay, which having reached #44 in the UK charts: the track - re-entitled "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" had become a major hit in both North America (US #14/ Canada #2) - and Australia (#3). [1][2] That track as well as some of the other songs had already been recorded by the earlier line-up, although continuing member Eve Graham sang lead on many of the songs. The album cover photo was taken shortly after the new line-up were in place during the group's summer season of concerts at Great Yarmouth (the picture features them standing under the town's pier).[3]

No further singles were issued from the album and it failed to chart in the UK: the group's next album Beautiful People would be the group's first international release and would include "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" in its non-UK editions.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "What Have They Done to My Song Ma" (Melanie Safka)
  2. "Follow the Wind" (Barry Gibb)
  3. "Here, There and Everywhere" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  4. "Shine People Shine" (Rob Lovett, Brian Peacock)
  5. "All Right My Love" (Keith Potger, David Groom)
  6. "Rounderlay" (Heath)

Side Two

  1. "It's a Beautiful Day" (Rob Lovett, Brian Peacock)
  2. "Gentle On My Mind" (John Hartford)
  3. "Anything You Might Say" (Hans Poulsen, Bruce Woodley)
  4. "Evenings Make Me Blue" (Keith Potger, David Groom)
  5. "Mrs Robinson" (Paul Simon)
  6. "I'm a Train" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood)

References

  1. ^ Chartstats - UK chart information
  2. ^ Official site - US singles
  3. ^ Official website - Album information
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