EVERLY BROTHERS-"THE COLLECTOR" (W/ LYRICS)

"Two Yanks in England" is an album by The Everly Brothers, released in 1966.
"Of all the American rock stars who began recording in the 1950s, the Everly Brothers were among the most influential on the British Invasion, from the Beatles on downward. And among the great 1950s rock stars, the Everly Brothers were among the ones most influenced by the British Invasion. Too, by the mid-1960s the Everly Brothers were far more popular in the UK than they were in the US, scoring two big hit singles ("The Price of Love" and "Love Is Strange") in Britain in 1965. It made sense, then, to arrange for the Everlys to record an album in London in mid-1966, with mucho help from one of the British Invasion bands most indebted to the Everly Brothers' harmonies, the Hollies. If the resulting album, Two Yanks in England, smacked of a gimmick concept, it wasn't of any great consequence. For the music it yielded was in fact quite good, enduring as one of the duo's betterWarner Brothers 1960s albums." (Richie Unterberger,) LYRICS: I'm a collector of beautiful things
I capture and keep them
And pin down their wings
Red butterflies
Green dragonflies
Pretty blue beetles
But she will be
My most precious prize

I'm a collector of beautiful things
I capture and keep them
And pin down their wings

No longer free
She begs to be free
With no-one to help her
She'll learn to care
Depending on me

No longer free
She begs to be free
With no-one to help her
She'll learn to care
Depending on me

I'm a collector of beautiful things
And I have collected a beautiful dream

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[everlyman]

Hi there, Great video of a great often underestimated Eb Bros LP ... thanks for posting.

A query .... at around 1min 43secs on you show the back of the LP.

What country is this LP from ... it's not the UK or USA release.

roland .... everlyman

[333ohmy]

@everlyman- I don't know- I just found the picture on a google search! Thanks for watching!  Ron

[belovia50]

A new one for me. Thanks, Mary and 333ohnny. Lovely. *****.

[333ohmy]

@belovia50 - you are very welcome!  Ron

[choyustl]

Its a great song, but having seen the movie , by the same title, that inspired the song---- gives it a much different feel.

[Johnboy50011]

This should have been released as a single. In my opinion definitely among their best

[rwells47]

@Swan1947- thanks Lois!

[Swan1947]

Awesome video

Lois

[everlyman]

Hi Ron,

Just found out it is a .... French .... LP

[333ohmy]

@AGibsonJ- thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!  Ron