Artist: The Overlanders
Title: Michelle, The Pye Anthology
Year Of Release: 1963-65/2001
Label: Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Beat
Quality: WAV (tracks)
Total Time: 01:17:32

Tracklist:
01. Summer Skies and Golden Sands
02. Call of the Wild
03. Movin'
04. Rainbow
05. Yesterday's Gone
06. Gone the Rainbow
07. Don't It Make You Feel Good
08. Sing a Song of Sadness
09. If I Gave You
10. I Wonder Why
11. Leaves Are Falling
12. Delia's Gone
13. Along Came Jones
14. Walking the Soles Off My Shoes
15. Freight Train
16. Take the Bucket to the Well
17. Room Enough for You and Me
18. January
19. Michelle
20. Cradle of Love
21. My Life
22. Girl from Indiana
23. Go Where You Wanna Go
24. Don't Let It Happen Again
25. Anna Marie
26. This Land
27. Circle Lines Blues
28. Love Is Strange
29. Shanghai Rooster
30. Have a Drink on Me
31. Pick a Bale Medley: Pick a Bail of Cotton/Sally Don't You Grieve/Goodni

The original trio were:
Paul Arnold – lead guitar, vocals (born Paul Arnold Friswell, 18 August 1942, Bretford, Rugby, Warwickshire)
Laurie Mason – piano, percussion, vocals (born 1 November 1940, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)
Peter Bartholomew – guitar, vocals (born 20 May 1941, Andover, Hampshire)

Originally playing folk songs, the band found success hard to come by during the beat era, and so converted to a more mainstream sound. In 1964, they had a regional hit in the Chicago area of the United States, and in Australia, with a cover of "Don't It Make You Feel Good", a song written and recorded by The Shadows in UK. That same year, their rendition of Chad Stuart's "Yesterday's Gone" received much airplay in the US, and became a minor hit.

Although they released twelve singles on the Pye record label between 1963 and 1966, the Overlanders' only British hit was a cover version of the Beatles' "Michelle". It reached number 1 on the Record Retailer chart (subsequently the UK Singles Chart) in January 1966. In doing so, the single beat off a rival recording of "Michelle" by David and Jonathan, whose version was produced by George Martin and featured arrangements by Tony Hatch.

A collection of complete recordings, titled Michelle: The Pye Anthology, was released on CD by Castle Records in 2001.