Amazing how far those bass synths already were in the sixties!!! I could swear I hear an orchestra, but there is just nothing those fine instruments from Fender can't do with a little signal processing.
I know it's (and they were) uncool, but I always liked the Hollies. I saw them live once in 76 or 77, they weren't a huge draw anymore (though The Air That I Breathe, Write On and Sandy had been comparatively recent chart hits back then), but could still comfortably fill the 1.500 or so seater hall in my home town (which didn't see a lot of pop or rock bands) and the effortless array of hits old and new kept you throughly entertained. Great vocals too. They're one of those bands whose covers I inevitably prefer to the originals. Long Tall Woman was their encore and it saw them turn into a hard rock band for a few minutes, convincingly so, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks had great pipes.