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The Seekers consisted of high school classmates Athol Guy on (upright) bass, Keith Potger on 12-string guitar, and Bruce Woodley on guitar, who were joined by singer Judith Durham, who was actually a jazz-singer with perfect pitch dabbling in singing folk songs. The other important figure in their story was Tom Springfield, the brother of singer Dusty Springfield, who wrote most of their top hits once the group got to England. There they also met a young Paul Simon, who wrote "Someday One Day" for the Seekers.
What makes "The Very Best of the Seekers" worthy of the hyperbolic title is that in addition to all of the group's recognizable hits it includes their versions of several folk standards, from the traditional "Whiskey in the Jar" to Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind." The more folk albums you listen to from the Sixties the more you will discover that you can find covers of the same songs over and over again, which in this case means the Seekers doing "Kumbaya," "Lemon Tree," "Five Hundred Miles," "The Gypsy Rover," and "The Water is Wide." Then for good measure there are some Australian songs, both familiar ("Waltzing Matilda") and not ("South Australia"). The best thing I can say about this album is that even without all of the essentially hits of the Seekers it would still be worth having.
They had five huge hits in the UK – I'll never find another you, A world of our own, The carnival is over, Morningtown ride and Georgy girl. Three of them went all the way to number one and the other two came close. In America, Georgy girl was their biggest hit though A world of our own also made thr top five. They gained further recognition via Sonny James, who covered I'll never find another you and A world of our own, taking them to the top of the country charts.
Someday one day, Walk with me, When will the good apples fall and Emerald city were less successful but still excellent. Island of dreams is a cover of a song that was a top five UK hit for the Springfields – a group that included Tom Springfield, who became producer for the Seekers after his sister, Dusty, went solo.
The final twelve songs contain a mix of mostly traditional folk songs from Ireland, Australia and America, though there are one or two contemporary songs here, most famously Blowing in the wind.
This is an excellent introduction to the music of the Seekers.
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