The Spirit of '67 (Paul Revere & the Raiders album)

The Spirit of '67
Studio album by Paul Revere & the Raiders
Released November 28, 1966
Recorded 1966
Genre Pop rock, rock and roll, garage rock, protopunk
Label Columbia
Producer Terry Melcher
Paul Revere & the Raiders chronology
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Allmusic[1]

The Spirit of '67 is the sixth studio album by American pop rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders. Produced by Terry Melcher and released in November 1966 by Columbia Records (CS 9395), and featured the singles Hungry, The Great Airplane Strike, and Good Thing. The album would be reissued on LP (with the title "Good Thing") by Harmony in 1977, by Sundazed on CD in 1996 (with three bonus tracks) and in 2015 by Friday Music on 180g clear red vinyl.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Good Thing" (M. Lindsay, T. Melcher)3:03
2."All About Her" (R. Gerhardt, M. Lindsay, T. Melcher)3:01
3."In My Community" (P. Volk)2:09
4."Louise" (L. Kincaid)2:08
5."Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard)" (P. Volk)2:57
6."Oh! To Be a Man" (M. Lindsay, P. Revere)3:02
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Hungry" (B. Mann, C. Weill)2:57
8."Undecided Man" (P. Revere, M. Lindsay)1:48
9."Our Candidate" (M. Smith)2:49
10."1001 Arabian Nights" (M. Lindsay, T. Melcher)4:25
11."The Great Airplane Strike" (P. Revere, T. Melcher, M. Lindsay)3:27

[2]

Sundazed Records (1996 CD issue, SC 6095)

  1. "Good Thing" (M. Lindsay, T. Melcher)
  2. "All About Her" (R. Gerhardt, M. Lindsay, T. Melcher)
  3. "In My Community" (P. Volk)
  4. "Louise" (L. Kincaid)
  5. "Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard)" (P. Volk)
  6. "Oh! To Be A Man" (M. Lindsay, P. Revere)
  7. "Hungry" (B. Mann, C. Weill)
  8. "Undecided Man" (P. Revere, M. Lindsay)
  9. "Our Candidate" (M. Smith)
  10. "1001 Arabian Nights" (M. Lindsay, T. Mercher)
  11. "The Great Airplane Strike" (P. Revere, T. Melcher, M. Lindsay)

Bonus tracks

  1. "(You're A) Bad Girl"
  2. "Hungry" (Alternate mix)
  3. "The Great Airplane Strike" (Single version)

Personnel

  • Paul Revere – keyboards
  • Mark Lindsay – lead vocals (except as indicated), saxophone
  • Phil "Fang" Volk – bass, lead vocals on "In My Community" and "Why? Why? Why?"
  • Michael "Smitty" Smith – drums, lead vocals on "Our Candidate"
  • Drake "The Kid" Levin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim "Harpo" Valley – guitar
  • Terry Melcher – producer, arranger, conductor
  • Mort Garson – arranger, conductor

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Spirit of '67: Paul Revere & Raiders: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
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