The Johnstons started as a kind of sunshine-folk group, in 1966, they published a bunch of singles for the labels PYE (1966-67, most of which mono) and BigT (1968-70), and recorded their first LP for Transatlantic in 1968, "The Johnstons". Their second album was this, "Give a damn" again in 1968, which included some of the original BIG T singles.
Shortly after, for reason unknown to me, the labels Polydor (in UK) and Tetragrammaton (in the USA) republished the same tracks list of this Transatlantic album, including "My house" / "The wherefore and the why" (absent on the "Give a damn" LP), on a compilation entitled "Both sides now".
Therefore, practically, these two LPs contain the same songs, but "Give a damn" lacks the above mentioned single, while "Both sides now" lacks "Julia" and "Urge for going". So, what I 'm going to post here is this: the complete "Give a damn" album with the songs "My house" / " The wherefore..." as bonus tracks.
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As to the Johnstons' early mono singles, the Marble Arch / Hallmark label packed them on a compilation album named "The travellin people" in 1969, where the songs are re-channeled into stereo. This LP will also soon appear.
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