A Session With The DAVE CLARK 5

Original released on LP Columbia (EMI) 33SX 1598

(UK, May 1964)

The group's debut LP did well in England but, as was the custom in the early days of the British Invasion, it had to be finessed into the United States. For the Dave Clark Five's U.S. debut, Epic Records wisely decided to combine the band's British singles and B-sides onto what became the "Glad All Over" album, delivering one of the label's biggest selling long-players up to that time. With that success behind them, and the public eager for more, the label then released "A Session With The Dave Clark Five" virtually intact in America, but titled "Return!". As the group's first venture in making an LP, it's not as strong as their later efforts, though it does show off their range around the sound that would make them international stars. The lack of the presence of a hit single, however, leaves it weaker than most of the group's American-released LPs. (Bruce Eder in AllMusic)