Paul Revere and The Raiders - Spirit Of '67 (Red White & Blue Swirl vinyl)
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Paul Revere – keyboards
Mark Lindsay – lead vocals (except on "In My Community", "Why? Why? Why?", and "Our Candidate"), saxophone, percussion
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 – arranger, conductor
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Red, White & Blue Swirl
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded in 1966
Produced by Terry Melcher
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1966
Reissued in 2020
Tracks:
Side B:
- Good Thing
- All About Her
- In My Community
- Louise
- Why? Why? Why?
- Oh! To Be A Man
Side B:
- Hungry
- Undecided Man
- Our Candidate
- 1001 Arabian Nights
- The Great Airplane Strike
Reviews:
“The Spirit of '67, I think, is one of our best albums. Apparently Quentin Tarantino thought so too, as he included two of those singles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and gave the LP cover and vinyl a cameo." Mark Lindsay
“The Spirit of '67, Paul Revere and the Raiders' third gold-selling, Top Ten album to be released in 1966, marked the triumph of the group's in-house writing team of lead singer Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere, and producer Terry Melcher. "Hungry," the Top Ten follow-up to "Kicks," was written, like the earlier hit, by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, but Lindsay-Revere-Melcher then hit the Top 40 with "The Great Airplane Strike" and the Top Ten with "Good Thing." (Actually, Revere was not a writer on "Good Thing," as subsequent releases indicated.) Those hits anchored this collection, which was filled out by showcases for bassist Phil Volk and drummer Mark Smith (guitarist Drake Levin had been replaced by Jim Valley), plus some secondary material by the group's leaders. As usual, they were listening closely to their peers, and much of the material had the twangy guitar-rock sound common to 1966, though some of the experimental eclecticism that would lead to the elaborate productions of 1967's Sgt. Pepper psychedelic era was also apparent in songs like "Oh! To Be a Man" and "Undecided Man" (the latter a near-copy of the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby"). This stylistic trend following did not bode well for the future, but for the moment, Paul Revere and the Raiders were riding high.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 3,93 / 5