‘Continue Here’ with The Zombies

Never-before-released comp of non-LP sides out now

November 2, 2026November 2, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beachwood Park Records, Begin Here, Chris White, Colin Blunstone, Continue Here, Hugh Grundy, Odessey and Oracle, Rod Argent, The Zombies

British rock legends The Zombies have just released a new collection that culls together all of the non-album singles and b-sides that the band peppered across the landscape between the releases of Begin Here and their psych-pop masterpiece Odessey and Oracle.

Following the remastered mono editions of Begin and Odessey, Continue Here has also been released in all formats.

The amount of singles released by The Zombies was not unusual in the mid-1960s.

“It was very much a singles-orientated market in those days,” recalls lead singer Colin Blunstone. “Albums were almost an afterthought. After the sudden success of ‘She’s Not There,’ the band was under constant pressure from Decca Records to record and release a new single every six weeks! Rod (Argent) and Chris (White) would have to sit in the back of the tour bus to write songs every chance they got, and then we’d rush into the studio whenever there was a break. I tried my own hand at songwriting for the band during this time, and we recorded my two first songs, which are included in this new release!”

The Zombies *Continue Here*, Beachwood Park Records 2026

Few of these singles made an impact on the charts when originally released, however, the songs were soon embraced by other artists. A cover of “I Love You” by San Jose band People! made the Billboard Top 20 in 1968, while a 16-year-old Tom Petty began a life-long obsession with The Zombies after hearing “I Want You Back Again” on the radio (the song later became a regular feature of his live set with The Heartbreakers), and Sonny & Cher improbably cut their own version of “Leave Me Be” for 1966’s The Wondrous World of Sonny & Cher.

Continue Here (Mono Remastered) includes new original artwork by Darren Evans, liner notes by renowned rock critic David Fricke and the CD and digital editions include an extra track, “I’m Going Home (Mono Remastered).” The release is again being overseen by Matthew and Jamie White (sons of founding member Chris White) and mastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering. The album will be available as a black LP, indie exclusive coke bottle clear LP, Zombies exclusive London Calling LP, Levitation exclusive Splatter Scene LP and CD.

“It is an enduring mystery of the British Invasion: how The Zombies, one of its biggest, overnight sensations, made some of the finest forward-pop music of 1965 and 1966 in near-total obscurity,” writes Fricke in the liner notes. “Continue Here is the first, full account on LP of those wilderness years in the original mono mixes – eight singles; songs for a film score; three ’64 gems left off Begin Here. The Zombies are at their rapidly evolving best in bold, new songs by Argent, White and (for the first time) Blunstone with bracing, inventive arrangements and stunning vocal cascades — the explosive joy in ‘Whenever You’re Ready,’; the moody spell of ‘I Love You,’ the dark drive through ‘Just Out of Reach,’ the pure raveup ‘Indication.’

“Continue Here is the sound of a golden age, a rich run of ambition and innovation by a band learning on the job and sharpening its gifts in a blur of sessions and tours: Argent’s ‘Whenever You’re Ready,’ a ’65 stunner in the vocal image of the Impressions; White’s ‘Don’t Go Away,’ an autumnal ’65 pleasure of jangling guitar and fluid harmonies; Blunstone’s chamber-folk ballad ‘How We Were Before,’ a ’66 B-side recorded in July 1965 and already showing the way to Odessey and Oracle.”

VIDEO: The Zombies “Indication”

The Zombies recently hosted their third Begin Here Festival over Halloween weekend in the band’s hometown of St. Albans in the United Kingdom. All four surviving members of the group — lead singer Blunstone, keyboardist Rod Argent, bassist Chris White and drummer Hugh Grundy — were on hand for the festivities, which included autograph signings, Q&A sessions and other Zombies-related activities in addition to a weekend full of musical performances. The most important one was the return of Argent to the stage in two years, where he accompanied Blunstone for a special performance inside the St. Albans Cathedral.

In 2023, The Zombies acquired the rights to their catalog from Marquis Enterprises, Ltd., a UK production company who the band signed with as teens in 1964. Managing all aspects of manufacturing, distro and licensing for the group’s new imprint Beechwood Park Records is being handled by Q-Prime, whose co-founder Cliff Burstein says, “There’s a very narrow window in a Venn diagram where love, admiration and business overlap. That’s what the deal is all about.”

Continue Here (Mono Remastered) tracklisting