Chad and Jeremy released a multitude of records over their time together as a group in the USA, but what about their home country? Here's a helpful list of UK releases from the 1960s.

UK 45 RPM singles

"Yesterday's Gone"/"Lemon Tree" (Ember 180; September 1963)

This single became a quick first hit for C&J, regardless of the inherent distribution problems involved with having signed with a label as small as Ember. The duo had been spotted by famous composer (and Ember partner) John Barry while playing at the now legendary Tina's Coffee Bar, for $15 and meals a night. Barry immediately saw their talent and signed them up in July of 1963. After the first session delivered the fantastic Chad-composed "Yesterday's Gone", the duo seemed well on their way to a very successful career. With John Barry at the helm as producer, things looked bright for the young (and not yet mop topped) folk duo.

Pictured top is the very first C&J record - the rare original pressing of "Yesterday's Gone". Ember was in the process of phasing out this older label style in late 1963, and C&J had a limited number of their first record appear on the original label. Right is the second pressing of the record - made when it actually started to garner some interest - and it is far far more common than the original batch.

"Like I Love You Today"/"Early In The Morning" (Ember 186; January 1964)

This track did not have quite the impact that "Yesterday's Gone" did, but had enough of one for C&J to get their first non-UK deal, one with Australia's Festival Records. Festival would issue virtually all of the Ember era recordings, including their own versions of the duo's US format LPs. This single features the rare "Early In The Morning", the only originally released Ember track to never appear in America. To this day, the duo partly blames the flop status of this record on the Daily Express digging up a photo of Jeremy at the Queen's Coronation. How cute..how upper class...how nothing like what a 'proper' musician should look like when the entire Merseybeat community were desperately trying to pretend like they were as working class as could be!

"A Summer Song"/"No Tears For Johnny" (United Artists UP 1062; July 31st, 1964)

Ember surrenders, enter United Artists. Apparently, after seeing what "Yesterday's Gone" had done in the USA, and having avoided spending any of their own money recording C&J's first album, Ember decided that perhaps their distribution system wasn't giving C&J the break they deserved. So they licenced the third C&J single (destined to become a smash hit in the USA) to United Artists for the UK market. The theory was likely that UA had more resources than Ember, and that a licensed hit was better than an in-house flop. Regardless, this one didn't reach the top of the dustbin, much less the top of the charts! A couple of interesting notes appear on the label of this 45. First, it is the only on-record credit for Johnnie Spence, who provided orchestral accompaniment during the Talmy sessions, and second it lists the tracks as "A U.S.A. Recording", as if that'll help move units in the middle of the Merseybeat revolution! For the record (ha ha!) this was recorded at CTS Studios in the UK with Shel Talmy producing, although it was made with US money - the LP session being funded by Lou Guarino of World Artists. This release actually is an alternate version of the track featuring a different vocal performance. This version was later released in the USA on a Sire Records British Invasion compilation in 1974, and on CD via first a greatest hits called "Baby Boomer Classics", and later on the Repertoire CD and the 2006 "Sing For You" Japanese reissue. The original mono single mix, however, is only on the single - so happy hunting.

"If She Was Mine"/"Willow Weep For Me" (United Artist UP 1070; November 1964)

This record had its sides reversed for UK release as a follow up to United Artists release of "A Summer Song". The fact that it was the final United Artists licenced single probably speaks more than words can say about how well it did. Oddly, there is an 'Ember' version of the record, but it was manufactured for Canadian released by World Artists, and with a silver and black "Ember" label shoved on it. Ember had all but washed their hands of the duo, with World Artists footing the bill for all recordings, but Ember still technically owned all the masters and after this flirtation with UA they would again be the duo's record label (barring UA slipping out one more release - an EP below).

"If I Loved You"/"No Tears For Johnny" (Ember 205; February 1965)

The duo's 'triumphant' return to their original label after a six month spell licenced out to United Artists. For the occassion , Ember splashed the cash with one of the very few UK singles of any artist in this era to feature a picture sleeve (pictured here). It seems Ember thought a little push would make this one succeed where all their other strategies had failed, but it wasn't to be. As in the USA, these tracks were released to coincide with the release of "Chad and Jeremy Sing For You", although in this case that title refers to their the first UK LP. This single quickly sank into oblivion, but, thankfully the US market more than made up for it. Why Ember chose to exclude "Donna, Donna" and go with the older "No Tears For Johnnie" is probably to do with them trying to make the duo seem 'substantial' rather than just pop hitmakers. No matter, as "Donna, Donna" would replace the US choice of b-side on the very next (and final Ember label) single.

"What Do You Want With Me?"/"Donna Donna" (Ember 217; April 1965)

Ember's last foray into C&J 45s was released to coincide with the issuance of the second UK C&J LP, "Chad and Jeremy's Second Album". This time they went with a side from the new LP, combined with a b-side from the first LP. Why they didn't keep the b-side as "A Very Good Year" is anyone's guess. Mine is that they didn't want the duo to appear to be a bit too 'adult contemporary' (to use a bit of modern parlance), and put an Andy Williams hit out as a b-side.

"Before and After"/"Evil-Hearted Me" (CBS 201769; May, 1965)

Their first record with a major label was an enormous success in the USA, but did almost nothing in the UK. It is clear that CBS wanted to try to harden their image, by selecting "Evil-Hearted Me" rather than "Marianne" as the b-side, but this disc still went largely unheard amongst English speakers on the European side of the pond. On the continent and beyond there would be a huge campaign by Columbia to get C&J heard by the listening public, resulting in some degree of success in places like Holland and Italy. In those cases, the releases generally corresponded with the US ones - for example this single was released everywhere else in the world with "Fare Thee Well [Marianne]" as its b-side.

"I Don't Wanna Lose You Baby"/"Pennies" (CBS 201814; October, 1965)

Another unsuccessful attempt to generate interest in C&J in their home country (though by this point they were now firmly implanted in the USA).

[Jeremy Clyde] "I Love My Love"/"Anytime" (CBS 201823; October 1965)

Contrary to popular belief, Jeremy was actually the first of the duo to release a solo single. Released to promote Jeremy's appearance in the London play "Passion Flower Hotel", "I Love My Love" is a complete re-recording of the sappy 4+ minute a side, which also features as Jeremy's big solo song in the play. The b side, "Anytime", would be re-recorded a month later by C&J, and the Jeremy solo version would never see release other than on this single. The C&J one fared even worse, not seeing release until a 1992 CD compilation entitled "Painted Dayglow Smile". This disc and the soundtrack LP for "Passion Flower Hotel" mark the only return of John Barry as producer for a C or J project. As for the single itself, Jeremy does not regard it very fondly today because "it was not the kind of record I would have issued". The next release was the kind of record Jeremy would have issued, but it too would have an ignominious fate.

"Teenage Failure"/"Early Mornin' Rain" (CBS 202035; February, 1966)

CBS valiantly tries again with a C&J single, though they could take some comfort in the fact that with one was a flop all over the world! They must have had some degree of raised expectations given Jeremy's high profile in the UK in the fall and winter (starring in a West End play), but alas it was not to be.

"Distant Shores"/"Last Night" (CBS 202279; August, 1966)

Imagine the A&R meeting at CBS when this one, another big hit stateside, did virtually nothing in the UK. CBS had been very patient with C&J records in the UK, but clearly, without the group coming to the UK to promote the records, there was very little chance of a hit, regardless of how good the tracks were.

"You are She"/"I Won't Cry" (CBS 202397; October,1966)

The end of the line for CBS, and for UK C&J records released within the group's original lifetime.

UK EPs

Yesterday's Gone (Ember EMB E.P. 4543; spring 1964)

Yesterday's Gone/Lemon Tree/Like I Love You Today/Early In The Morning

This record, C&J's only Ember EP was designed to cash in on the first two hit singles. EPs were a very common format in 1960s Britain and were frequently used to repackage hit singles in order to get fans to buy the same record one more time. Particularly helpful in grabbing customers is the fact that in the UK singles almost never had sleeves. EPs on the other hand were more about looks than sound, so of course they have nice picture covers. This picture cover is of enormous interest to fans of C&J, since it is one of the only records to picture them as they were when they first recorded "Yesterday's Gone" with a rare photo of the duo as they were in the immediate pre-fame period, with Chad sporting a particularly short haircut, photos of which he can't even bear to see 40 years later!

Chad and Jeremy (United Artists UAEP 1008; late 1964)

Yesterday's Gone/If She Was Mine/Too Soon/September In The Rain/Now And Forever/Willow Weep For Me

UA tried one last time with the duo, compiling their only UK hit and their most recent single sides together with three sides then-unreleased in the UK from the group's first US album. Another embarrassingly pre-mop top photograph on this one makes me wonder if anyone at Ember (the licensor) had heard of international mail. Yes, it went absolutely nowhere. And yes, UA gave up after this. Ember got the rights back beginning with the "If I Loved You Single" in early 1965.

UK LPs

Live Folk At The Mayfair Theatre (Ember FA 2014; summer 1964)

[Various Artists LP includes] If I Had My Way/(This Morning)/(Ain't That Just Like Me)/If I Had a Hammer/Yesterday's Gone/(Stanley and Dora)

This LP featuring a very rare early live performance was released as a part of Ember's "Famous Artist Series" of LPs to cash in on the success of the "Yesterday's Gone" single and to desperately try to generate home-based interest in the now US hitmakers. The tracks in parentheses are not actually listed on the record label, but are definitely present in the grooves.

Chad and Jeremy Sing For You (Ember NR 5021; spring 1965)

Yesterday's Gone/If She Was Mine/Willow Weep for Me/No Tears for Johnny/The Truth Often Hurts the Heart/If I Loved You/September in the Rain/Like I Love You Today/Donna Donna/A Summer Song/Dirty Old Town/From A Window

C&J's first UK LP. All of these tracks have been released on the Repertoire CD "Sing For You/Second Album", and there was a Japanese reissue CD in 2007 with the original cover art. This LP is a mixture of Shel Talmy tracks from the first US LP, the John Barry produced "Yesterday's Gone" and "Like I Love You Today" and Jimmy Haskell's "If I Loved You", "Donna Donna", and "From A Window".

Passion Flower Hotel (CBS Records BPG 62598; fall 1965)

[Includes Jeremy performances of]What A Question/I Love My Love/Something Different

While technically not a C&J LP, this LP is the cast recording to the play which Jeremy featured in for several months in 1965, during which time Chad stayed in California with mononucleosis, and Jeremy took a deal to appear on the London West End stage. The version of "I Love My Love" on this LP is as it was performed in the play, rather than the more commercial version released as a Jeremy solo single. This soundtrack, produced by John Barry, was re-released on a rare UK CD in the early 1990s.

Chad And Jeremy's Second Album (Ember NR 5031; spring 1966)

What Do You Want With Me/My Coloring Book/If You've Got A Heart/No Other Baby/Now And Forever/Too Soon My Love/Girl From Ipanema/Four Strong Winds/Only Those In Love/You Know What/Sleep Little Boy/My How The Time Goes By/It Was A Very Good Year

Chad and Jeremy's second UK LP. By this time they had virtually no career in the UK, and most of this was recorded specifically for the USA market. "Now And Forever" and "Too Soon My Love" were produced by Shel Talmy, the rest was done in New York by Jimmy Haskell. The LP (and the one below) was released roughly concurrently with the US release of "Best Of" by Capitol Records, and features Capitol's mixes of some tracks. The tracks originally recorded for the US 'Sing For You' LP and not reissued by Capitol ("No Other Baby", "You Know What", and "Sleep Little Boy") are featured in unique mixes here with that distinctive Capitol Records echo-chamber effect. It is available in its entirety on the Repertoire import CD "Sing For You/Second Album" as well as on the Japanese mini-LP reissue CD from 2007. Those discs feature the post-1991 CD remix versions of the tracks, but than means they're in stereo unlike original copies of this LP.

John Barry Meets Chad and Jeremy (Ember NR 5032; spring 1966)

[Various Artists LP includes] Yesterday's Gone/Lemon Tree/Like I Love You Today/No Tears For Johnnie

This rip-off LP is the Chad & Jeremy equivalent of the Beatles' "The Beatles and Frank Ifield" USA VJ Records release. Four tracks repackaged with a popular second artist, and the implication that this material is new. Of course, it's just a rehash of four already released tracks in an attempt to cash in on the recent UK release of "Before and After", and the big new Columbia Records deal. This, of course, didn't work because even with proper distribution the duo couldn't get another UK hit. Oddly, "No Tears For Johnny" isn't even one of the John Barry-produced tracks! Features eight instrumentals by John Barry of his movie classics, such as "From Russia With Love", and the "007 Theme". This LP was apparently also released in Canada as Capitol (S)T 6126 on July 26th, 1965.

The Best of Chad & Jeremy (Ember 5036; spring 1966)

A Summer Song/What Do You Want with Me/Too Soon My Love/Only Those in Love/Like I Love You Today/If I Loved You/Willow Weep for Me/My How the Time Goes By/Yesterday's Gone/If You've Got a Heart/From a Window

Ember's UK version of Capitol's first C&J compilation. By this point poor C&J were living in Encino and couldn't get arrested in the UK as musicians, so this LP did nothing just like the rest of them. Ember seemed resigned to this fate, not even attempting to repackage this LP that was clearly designed with the US market involved.

Chad and Jeremy (Regal Zonophone SREG 1087; early 1968)

My Coloring Book/What Do You Want With Me/From A Window/If You've Got A Heart/ No Other Baby/Donna Donna/Girl From Ipanema/Four Strong Winds/Only Those In Love/ You Know What/No Tears For Johnnie/My How The Time Goes By

A UK reissue version of their second US LP (or close enough) manufactured by an EMI subsidiary. Notice that the track "Sleep Little Boy" was replaced with "No Tears For Johnnie". Why? Probably to make the duo look terribly current, given the wars then raging. This is actually quite a tough one to come by, as by this point their careers were over in the US, much less in the UK. The cover is a riot, but I won't spoil it for those of you hunting it out. It was a bit sad that in the UK they were still being viewed as short-haired folk stylists, when by this point they were actually masters of lysergically inspired sitar-laden psychedelic music - which is exactly what Regal Zonophone normally specialised in at this point - with the Move being amongst their biggest artists.

People Past and Present: The Duke of Wellington (Argo/Decca Records ZPL 1158; 1971)

[spoken word LP on JC's famous great-grandfather features Jeremy doing some of the readings]

This LP, recorded in association with the National Portrait Gallery, has absolutely nothing to do with either Chad & Jeremy or with music. It is included for completeness' sake, and features readings by Robert Harris, Jeremy Clyde and Rachel Kempson. The content was written by Elizabeth Longford.

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