Looking for song information, tough one

tom3

Super Member
LIstening to the Beatles channel on Siriusxm the other day, heard a song listed as by Silkie, You've got to hide your love away. Sort of a folk rock version. Find this on Youtube and places but it's a short version at 2 minutes or so. The song on Sirius was at least a minute longer, sounded like John Lennon on the early bars, and had a pretty decent electric guitar solo in the middle. Awesome version of the song I thought, can't find it anywhere or even find that it exists. But I heard it on there and the scrolling info banner listed it as noted. It's out there somewhere, anyone got a lead?
 
There are some third party sellers on amazon selling a CD that was produced in 2009:
https://www.amazon.com/Youve-Hide-Y...TF8&qid=1539915407&sr=8-1&keywords=the+silkie

Discogs indicates that other than the original LP from 68 the only other options are this CD and another CD released slightly earlier as well as a few 45s issued in the 80s. Also says that the Beatles were involved in the production of the song.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1636554-The-Silkie

The Silkie
Real Name:
Silvia Tatler, Mike Ramsden, Ivor Aylesbury, Kevin Cunningham
Profile:
The Silkie were an English folk music group. Their name derived from an Orcadian song The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry, which they sometimes performed. They were briefly considered to be the English equivalent of Peter, Paul and Mary, with their common repertoire of Bob Dylan songs, and the original Australian folk group, The Seekers. The original quartet were Hull University students and consisted of Sylvia Tatler (vocals), Mike Ramsden (guitar and vocals), Ivor Aylesbury (guitar and vocals) and Kevin Cunningham (double bass). The group received help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison to record their cover version of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" on 9 August 1965 at the IBC Studios at about the same time as The Beatles' own version was being released on their album Help! The song charted in the UK at # 28 and also reached # 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the same year. John Lennon produced while Paul McCartney played the guitar and George Harrison kept time by tapping his guitar and also playing the tambourine. When the recording was completed, Lennon was so pleased with it that he rang Brian Epstein, played it over the phone to him, and told him that they had just recorded a Number 1 hit. The Silkie had been scheduled to tour the United States in December 1965 and had even been booked to appear on both the Ed Sullivan Show and American Bandstand, but were unable to obtain the necessary visas and work permits so the tour was subsequently cancelled. Two further singles released in 1966 failed to make the UK or U.S. charts and The Silkie finally split up.
 
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