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

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The Spirit of '67
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ReleasedNovember 28, 1966
Recorded1966
Genre
Length31:46
Label Columbia
Producer Terry Melcher
Paul Revere & the Raiders chronology
Midnight Ride
(1966)
The Spirit of '67
(1966)
Revolution!
(1967)
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The Spirit of '67 is the sixth studio album by American rock band 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" and with "Oh! To Be A Man" omitted) by Harmony in 1971, [3] by Sundazed on CD in 1996 (with three bonus tracks) and in 2015 by Friday Music on 180g clear red vinyl.

Contents

The album's two biggest chart hits — "Good Thing" and "Hungry" — both feature in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , as do two other tracks by the band. "Good Thing" also features the film's trailer.

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

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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)
  12. "(You're A) Bad Girl" (B. Johnston) (Bonus Track)
  13. "Hungry" (Alternate mix) (Bonus Track)
  14. "The Great Airplane Strike" (Single version) (Bonus Track)

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of Now Sounds 2015 reissue, [5] except where noted:

Paul Revere & the Raiders

Additional personnel

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