The Spirit of '67 | ||||
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Released | November 28, 1966 | |||
Recorded | 1966 | |||
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Length | 31:46 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Terry Melcher | |||
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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.
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.
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Adapted from the liner notes of Now Sounds 2015 reissue, [5] except where noted:
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