Land of Make Believe (The Easybeats song)

"Land of Make Believe"
Cover of the 1968 Italian single
Single by The Easybeats
from the album Vigil
B-side "We All Live Happily"
"Good Times" [Australia]
Released July, 1968
Format 7" single
Recorded Olympic Studios, London, 1967
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length 3:12
Label Parlophone (Australia), United Artists Records
Songwriter(s) Harry Vanda and George Young
Producer(s) The Easybeats & Mike Vaughan (Uncredited: Glyn Johns[1])
The Easybeats singles chronology
"Hello, How Are You"
(1967)		 "Land of Make Believe"
(1968)		 "Good Times"
(1968)

"Hello, How Are You"
(1967)		 "Land of Make Believe"
(1968)		 "Good Times"
(1968)

"Land of Make Believe" is a 1968 song and single by Australian rock group The Easybeats, which was written by band members George Young and Harry Vanda. It was also released on the band's fifth album Vigil.

Background

The song was originally recorded during the band's aborted recording sessions at Olympic Studios with producer Glyn Johns in mid 1967. After the band returned from their US tour in September, they resumed work on the song again with arranger Bill Shepherd.[1] This later version featured string overdubs that would only appear on the Italian release of the song and the 1975 reissue of The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl.

The song would be released as a single promoting the album Vigil in July, 1968.

Tracklisting

  1. Land of Make Believe
  2. We All Live Happily

Australian single release

  1. Land of Make Believe
  2. Good Times

Charts

Chart (1968) Peak
position
Australian Go-Set Charts 22

References

  1. 1 2 Tait, John (2010). Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. Australia: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-1-74223-217-1.


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