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the easybeats - Vigil (1968)

Track listing:
  1. Good Times 3:23
  2. What In The World 2:18
  3. Falling Off The Edge Of The World 3:00
  4. The Music Goes Round My Head 2:51
  5. Can't Take My Eyes Off You 3:34
  6. Sha La La 3:10
  7. Come In You'll Get Pneumonia 3:46
  8. See Saw 2:39
  9. Land Of Make Believe 3:13
  10. Fancy Seeing You Here 2:36
  11. Hello, How Are You 3:19
  12. Hit The Road Jack 2:57
  13. We All Live Happily Together 4:05
  14. I Can't Stand It 2:56
  15. Good Times (Alternate Mix, Alternate Version) 3:22
  16. Lay Me Down And Die (Instrumental) (Single A Side) 3:02
  17. Lay Me Down And Die (Vocal Version) (From Australian Releas 2:52
  18. Bring A Little Lovin' (Demo Version From Australian Release 2:25
  19. The Music Goes Round My Head (Fast Version From Italian Rel 2:20
  20. Hello, How Are You (Original (Alternate) Version From Aust 4:03
  21. Come In You'll Get Pneumonia (First Version (Alternate Mix) F 3:26
  22. Falling Off The Edge Of The World (Second (Alternate) Version 2:36

Notes

Exactly what happened to the Easybeats between Friday on My Mind in 1967 and this release later in 1968 is something of a mystery. Vigil is as disjointed and lifeless for long stretches as Friday on My Mind was inspired, the group falling into routine pop/rock. There's a real sense of simply going through the motions of making music, and no originality to speak of on most of the songs -- two of the exceptions, "Falling Off the Edge of the World" and "Land of Make Believe," sound like leftovers from Friday on My Mind, which is a welcome relief, but don't justify the purchase of this album, except by the most hardcore fans. The third, "I Can't Stand It," is a solid straight-ahead rocker that could have come off of one of the group's first two Australian albums, except that they would have done it with a quicker tempo in those days; and "Good Times" is a pleasant throwback to the same era, and livelier than anything else on this album.