Paul Revere and The Raiders | ||
| Allmusic Biography : One of the most popular and entertaining rock groups of the 1960s, Paul Revere & the Raiders enjoyed seven years of serious chart action, and during their three biggest years (1966-1969), sold records in numbers behind only the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. And their hits -- "Steppin Out," "Just Like Me," "Hungry," "Him or Me -- Whats It Gonna Be," and "Kicks" in particular -- are now seen by compilers as bold, unpretentious pieces of 60s rock & roll with a defiant, punk edge. Paul Revere was born Paul Revere Dick on January 7, 1938 in Harvard, Nebraska. He learned to play the piano as a boy, and developed a keen appreciation for the work of Spike Jones & His City Slickers. He joined his first real band while in his teens, and was later joined by 16-year-old Mark Lindsay (b. March 9, 1942), a singer/saxman who ended up replacing the groups vocalist. Called the Downbeats, they were popular at local dances, and cut a demo for Gardena Records in Los Angeles, where the companys owner was interested in issuing a record, but only if they changed their name. Reveres given name was such a natural as a gimmick that they became Paul Revere & the Raiders. Their third single, a Jerry Lee Lewis-style instrumental, charted low in the Hot 100, and by the middle of 1963, they were one of the major music attractions in the Pacific Northwest. The song "Louie, Louie," which theyd picked up from their rivals the Kingsmen, got them a local release that was picked up by Columbia Records, which not only released it nationally but signed Paul Revere & the Raiders to a contract. Their next big break came in 1965 when their producer, Terry Melcher, suggested that they update their sound. He got them to create music that was a mix of fast-paced, guitar-and-vocal-dominated Beach Boys-style rock & roll, and also the more intense and intimidating brand of R&B; produced by the Rolling Stones. Their new sound debuted with the single "Steppin Out," a Revere-Lindsay original that was released during the summer of 1965. And they suddenly sounded punk -- like cool (yet frustrated) suburban white teenagers, which was the audience they were aiming for. Mark Lindsay sounded the way every male teen 14 through 17 pictured himself looking and acting at the age of 21, free and ready to say what he felt like and make it stick. "Steppin Out" coincided with the groups debut on the new Dick Clark afternoon music showcase Where the Action Is, which went on the air on June 27, 1965. The bandmembers had gone through a visual metamorphosis, adding Revolutionary War-style outfits to their look, and they stood out for playing straight-ahead rock & roll and having fun doing it. Their second album. Just Like Us!, released in early 1966, was a landmark record, filled with great songs and even better performances, and earned a gold record award. The group also learned quickly, under Melchers guidance, how far they could go in making records. By the time of their next album, Midnight Ride, released three months later, and, Spirit of 67, issued in November of 1966, the group members were playing multiple instruments. Those albums went gold, lofted high and long into the charts by the hit singles "Kicks" -- a great song that managed to be cool and anti-drug -- "Hungry," "Good Thing," and "Him or Me -- Whats It Gonna Be." Their fortunes took a downturn, however, when Where the Action Is went off the air in the spring of 1967, and by 1968 the Raiders were looking for a newer sound; and in addition to trying to figure out what would sell for the group, Lindsay developed aspirations as a solo singer (later enjoying a huge MOR hit with "Arizona"). And suddenly it was 1969, the era of the "Woodstock Nation," and "Paul Revere & the Raiders," with their goofy costumes, seemed more than a little outmoded. In a quest to shed their 60s image, the group switched to the name "the Raiders" in 1970. And suddenly, the Raiders tried to sound serious, heavy, and very modern. The result was the Collage album, a very strong rock record, built largely on songs by Lindsay and new member Keith Allison, that never found an audience. And the "Raiders" name change only seemed to confuse wary fans -- where was Mark Lindsay? The group kept plugging along, however, and seemed to strike gold with their next single. The Raiders took a John D. Loudermilk song called "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" and cut a version that shot all the way to number one, their first chart-topper in their history. The problem was that they just couldnt sustain the momentum, or translate the sales of the single into parallel LP sales, or hold the public or radio programmers interest from one single to the next. By 1975, Columbia Records had abandoned the group, and Lindsay had parted company with Revere. In the following decades, a version of the group that was as much devoted to comedy as music performed under the leadership of Paul Revere. Meanwhile, their old music continued to command respect, with a parade of serious reissue labels -- spearheaded by Sundazed, Frances Magic Records, and Australias Raven Records -- reissuing audiophile-quality expanded-disc versions of the groups entire Columbia Records library. Revere continued to front the band on the nostalgia circuit into the new millennium, although health issues prevented him from touring during July of 2014; in October of that year he died of cancer at his home in Garden Valley, Idaho at the age of 76. The group continued performing as "Paul Reveres Raiders," led by Pauls son Jamie Revere and featuring Darren Dowler on lead vocals. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 18 Title: Like, Long Hair Released: 1961 Tracks: 12 Duration: 25:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Like, Long Hair (01:58) 2 All Night Long (02:30) 3 Summer Time (02:17) 4 Tall Cool One (02:34) 5 Wabash Blues (01:40) 6 Concert In "F" Sharp (01:05) 7 Beatnick Sticks (02:00) 8 Swinging Shepherd Blues (01:55) 9 Groovey (01:50) 10 The Last Mile (02:35) 11 Road Runner (02:35) 12 Moon Dawg (02:20) |
| Like, Long Hair : Allmusic album Review : Gardena Records issued Paul Revere & the Raiders debut album in the wake of the Top 40 success of the instrumental "Like, Long Hair," and much of it is in the same vein as the single, which is a boogie-woogie arrangement of Rachmaninoffs "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor." Pianist and bandleader Paul Revere and saxophonist (and occasional vocalist) Mark Lindsay lead the instrumental attack, as they boogie up such numbers as Gershwins "Summertime" and also provide the groups covers of bar band R&B; standards like "Road Runner." Its lively, if basic music, but offers little hint that the group would go on to make polished pop/rock in a few years. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 18 Title: Just Like Us! Released: 1966 Tracks: 12 Duration: 30:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Steppin’ Out (02:13) 2 Doggone (02:50) 3 Out of Sight (02:35) 4 Baby, Please Don’t Go (02:30) 5 I Know (02:30) 6 Night Train (02:30) 7 Just Like Me (02:35) 8 Catch the Wind (02:00) 9 (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction (03:17) 10 I’m Cryin’ (03:05) 11 New Orleans (02:57) 12 Action (01:28) |
 | Album: 3 of 18 Title: Midnight Ride Released: 1966 Tracks: 15 Duration: 41:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Kicks (02:29) 2 Theres Always Tomorrow (02:47) 3 Little Girl in the 4th Row (03:12) 4 Ballad of a Useless Man (02:14) 5 Im Not Your Stepping Stone (02:47) 6 There She Goes (01:49) 7 All I Really Need Is You (03:28) 8 Get It On (03:24) 9 Louie, Go Home (02:41) 10 Take a Look at Yourself (01:50) 11 Melody for an Unknown Girl (02:17) 12 Shake It Up (single-Only Flip of Kicks) (04:08) 13 Little Girl in the 4th Row (Italian version) (03:06) 14 Ss 396 (02:38) 15 Corvair Baby (03:00) |
| Midnight Ride : Allmusic album Review : Midnight Ride marked just about the pinnacle of Paul Revere & the Raiders history as a source of great albums. Even more to their credit, most of the music on Midnight Ride was written by the bandmembers themselves, and not just Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere, but Phil Volk, Drake Levin, and Mike Smith getting a shared songwriting credit. The irony is that this was the last album on which that egalitarian spirit was to dominate; alongside the tight, hard, eminently danceable rock & roll sounds that comprise about two-thirds of this album, there are signs of the softer, more introspective balladry that lead singer Mark Lindsay was starting to favor in his songwriting ("Little Girl in the Fourth Row," etc.). It was this stylistic break, coupled with disputes over which bandmembers were to get their songs represented on the groups albums, that led to Levins departure following the release of this album, which helped precipitate a stylistic drift away from the sound that defined the group. The Sundazed reissue, released in February 2000, has been remixed from the original three-track session masters, yet remains true to the bands original sound, and the album has been enhanced with the presence of three rocking bonus tracks (two of them car songs -- cool!). "Kicks" is still the coolest song here, but the Sundazed version rocks a lot harder with the extra tracks, and is a lot more fun. There are also new notes by Volk and Levin, in which both look back with honesty yet a great deal of warmth and enjoyment for what they did, and what they were doing around the time of this album. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 18 Title: The Spirit of 67 Released: 1966-11 Tracks: 14 Duration: 41:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Good Thing (03:06) 2 All About Her (03:03) 3 In My Community (02:11) 4 Louise (02:05) 5 Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard) (03:00) 6 Oh! To Be a Man (03:05) 7 Hungry (02:55) 8 Undecided Man (01:50) 9 Our Candidate (02:53) 10 1001 Arabian Nights (04:27) 11 The Great Airplane Strike (03:14) 12 (Youre a) Bad Girl (02:01) 13 Hungry (alternate version) (03:34) 14 The Great Airplane Strike (04:09) |
| The Spirit of '67 : Allmusic album Review : 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 groups 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 groups 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 1967s 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. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 18 Title: A Christmas Present... And Past Released: 1967 Tracks: 10 Duration: 25:24 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Wear a Smile at Christmas (01:33) 2 Jingle Bells (From Hollywood - Special Guest Soloists Elaine Gibford & Paul Edward Connors) (03:08) 3 Brotherly Love (Adaptation of Greensleeves) (02:09) 4 Rain, Sleet, Snow (02:52) 5 Peace (03:19) 6 Valley Forge (03:03) 7 Dear Mr. Claus (02:34) 8 Macys Window (01:29) 9 Christmas Spirit (02:02) 10 A Heavy Christmas Message (03:15) |
 | Album: 6 of 18 Title: Revolution! Released: 1967 Tracks: 14 Duration: 38:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Him or Me - Whats It Gonna Be? (02:51) 2 Reno (02:31) 3 Upon Your Leaving (03:15) 4 MoReen (02:33) 5 Wanting You (02:55) 6 Gone - Movin On (02:30) 7 I Had a Dream (02:23) 8 Tighter (01:59) 9 Make It With Me (03:10) 10 Aint Nobody Who Can Do It Like Leslie Can (02:21) 11 I Hear a Voice (02:53) 12 Ups and Downs (02:52) 13 Try Some of Mine (02:48) 14 Legend of Paul Revere (03:49) |
 | Album: 7 of 18 Title: Indian Reservation Released: 1971 Tracks: 10 Duration: 32:55 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Indian Reservation (02:52) 2 The Shape of Things to Come (03:21) 3 Prince of Peace (03:26) 4 Heaven Help Us All (03:20) 5 Take Me Home (04:04) 6 Just Remember Youre My Sunshine (02:41) 7 Come in, Youll Get Pneumonia (03:07) 8 Eve of Destruction (03:16) 9 Birds of a Feather (02:47) 10 Turkey (04:01) |
| Indian Reservation : Allmusic album Review : John D. Loudermilks composition "Indian Reservation (Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)," a Native American protest song, doesnt have much to do with The Raiders earlier music or image. But a hit is a hit is a hit, and the song went to number one in the summer of 1971, briefly resurrecting what had been a nearly moribund recording career for The Raiders. The inevitable cash-in album was an oddly thrown-together affair, including Raiders versions of songs like "The Shape of Things to Come" (from the movie Wild in the Streets, for which singer Mark Lindsay had been short-listed as the lead) and "Eve of Destruction" (guess it was the protest angle that got it on). Then there was Leon Russells "Prince of Peace" (Russell once subbed for Revere on a tour, so maybe there was some payback here) and the recent Stevie Wonder hit "Heaven Help Us All." None of this sounded like Raiders material, but it did resemble the kind of stuff Lindsay was covering under his own name. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 18 Title: Greatest Hits Released: 1987 Tracks: 11 Duration: 29:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Louie, Louie (02:44) 2 Louie, Go Home (02:41) 3 Steppin’ Out (02:14) 4 Just Like Me (02:24) 5 Melody for an Unknown Girl (02:01) 6 Kicks (02:24) 7 Hungry (02:58) 8 The Great Airplane Strike (03:09) 9 Good Thing (03:03) 10 Ups and Downs (02:49) 11 Legend of Paul Revere (03:10) |
| Greatest Hits : Allmusic album Review : Paul Revere and the Raiders scored seven chart hits between the fall of 1965 and the winter of 1967, and all of them -- "Steppin Out," "Just Like Me," "Kicks," "Hungry," "The Great Airplane Strike," "Good Thing," and "Ups and Downs" -- were included among the 11 tracks on the groups first hits collection. Also included were "Louie, Louie," the Raiders first Columbia single, and its follow-up, "Louie, Go Home," a B-side instrumental, plus the newly penned "Legend of Paul Revere," which told the bands story. Thus, the album traced the band from its beginnings as a Northwest club band to its reign as an L.A. pop/rock success. There would be more hits, but this brief compilation (it originally ran under 30 minutes) contained the essence of the Raiders most successful period and indeed marked the end of the bands lineup, as the rhythm section split to form another group, leaving Revere and lead singer Mark Lindsay to recruit a new edition of the Raiders. [The 2000 CD reissue on Columbia/Legacy adds four bonus tracks: "Him or Me -- Whats It Gonna Be?" (their biggest post-1966 hit of the 1960s), "Im Not Your Steppin Stone" (which predated the Monkees version), "Action," and "Peace of Mind."] | ||
 | Album: 9 of 18 Title: The Legend of Paul Revere Released: 1990 Tracks: 55 Duration: 2:31:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Beatnick Sticks (02:11) 2 Like, Long Hair (01:56) 3 Midnite Ride (02:31) 4 Slippin and Slidin (remix) (02:25) 5 Louie, Louie (02:44) 6 Night Train (02:54) 7 Louie-Go Home (02:44) 8 Have Love Will Travel (02:32) 9 Over You (02:13) 10 Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (remix) (03:02) 11 Hi-Heel Sneakers (remix) (02:47) 12 Searchin (remix) (02:32) 13 Dont You Just Know It (remix) (03:36) 14 Irresistable You (remix) (03:09) 15 Maybelline (remix) (02:29) 16 Ooh Poo Pah Doo (remix) (02:45) 17 Sometimes (remix) (02:29) 18 Steppin Out (remix) (02:15) 19 Blue Fox (remix) (02:29) 20 Just Like Me (remix) (02:25) 21 Action (01:29) 22 SS 396 (remix) (02:28) 23 Corvair Baby (remix) (02:14) 24 Kicks (remix) (02:28) 25 Shake It Up (remix) (04:03) 26 Hungry (remix) (02:54) 27 The Great Airplane Strike (remix) (02:55) 28 Good Thing (remix) (03:02) 29 Ups and Downs (02:50) 1 Legend of Paul Revere (03:06) 2 Him or Me - Whats It Gonna Be? (02:40) 3 I Had a Dream (02:19) 4 Peace of Mind (02:26) 5 Too Much Talk (02:28) 6 Happening 68 (01:46) 7 Dont Take It So Hard (02:24) 8 Cinderella Sunshine (02:17) 9 Its Happening (02:44) 10 Judge GTO Breakaway (remix) (02:43) 11 Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (02:45) 12 Let Me (02:41) 13 We Gotta All Get Together (03:00) 14 Just Seventeen (03:50) 15 Gone Movin On (02:37) 16 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) (02:53) 17 Birds of a Feather (02:37) 18 Country Wine (02:31) 19 Powder Blue Mercedes Queen (03:02) 20 Song Seller (03:31) 21 A Simple Song (02:57) 22 Love Music (03:42) 23 (If I Had It to Do All Over Again, Id Do It) All Over You (02:45) 24 Tobacco Road (remix) (03:31) 25 Angels of Mercy (03:30) 26 Chain of Fools (03:47) |
| The Legend of Paul Revere : Allmusic album Review : This double-CD set presents a real conundrum, on a lot of levels. For starters, on its face, 55 songs may well seem like overkill to the casual fan who only knows or remembers (or thinks they only remember) five or six big hits by Paul Revere & the Raiders. And there are more modest single-CD collections to be found on this band that seem less daunting. But as it turns out -- for those who give this set a try -- Paul Revere & the Raiders did have just enough hits, when coupled with a sufficient number of respected album tracks and B-sides, to sustain a double-CD set. And that goes double for anyone who likes plain old rock & roll -- even when this band got ambitious and a little bit progressive and serious, they never lost sight of the value of a great beat and carefully placed vocal and instrumental hooks, and they were always fun. The truth is, whether it was the classic lineup playing frat rock or an early-70s version of the band delving into more complex songs, these guys delivered high-quality music across a decade, from 1964 through 1974, and its all represented here. And amazingly, this was the first Raiders compilation to include "Indian Reservation," the groups only number one hit, or to place it alongside their earlier round of hits, so that one can hear their progression from Pacific Northwest dance rock to smoothly professional AM pop/rock, absorbing elements of the British Invasion, garage punk, and psychedelia along the way. And the funny thing about this collection is that it came about through a series of accidents and misconceptions. Back when Columbia Records U.S. division first got into the compact disc marketplace in the late 80s, it had reissued the 1967-vintage 11-song Raiders Greatest Hits album as a budget CD (one of the first such low-priced releases in the digital format). The latter had sold well but also elicited a large number of letters, and vociferous articles in the music magazines of the time, complaining about both the sound quality on the CD and the fact that there were only those 11 Raiders songs out on CD, which didnt really reflect the groups output or even their full range of hits. During the period that followed, Columbia became Sony Music and the "Legacy" imprint, devised to exploit the companys vintage music holdings, was established. The Legend of Paul Revere was among their earliest releases on that line -- and, ironically enough, it never did sell the way it was anticipated; as it turned out, the hundreds of letters (so it was reported by someone close to the project) complaining about the budget Greatest Hits CD werent the tip of an iceberg, as was assumed, but the whole iceberg; additionally, there were further complaints about the double-CD sets use of remixes on various single tracks that had only ever appeared in mono, and other instances of tampering with the groups classic recordings. In the end, it seemed as though The Legend of Paul Revere was a failure -- except that it has kept selling across almost 20 years (and is still in print as of 2009), and remains the most comprehensive collection ever done on the band. And it did serve as something of a dry run for subsequent Legacy ventures involving the Byrds and other acts from Columbias past, which were done differently and more to the satisfaction of fans, precisely because of what the company learned from this release. And even if you forget the back-story, this is still 150 minutes of big fun. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 18 Title: 63 -67: The Essential Ride Released: 1995 Tracks: 20 Duration: 59:24 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Louie, Louie (02:44) 2 Mojo Workout (02:23) 3 Over You (02:16) 4 Crisco Party / Walking the Dog (06:25) 5 Steppin Out (02:32) 6 Just Like Me (02:34) 7 Im Not Your Stepping Stone (02:45) 8 Kicks (02:27) 9 Ballad of a Useless Man (02:11) 10 Louie Go Home (02:40) 11 Take a Look at Yourself (01:48) 12 Hungry (03:34) 13 (Youre a) Bad Girl (02:01) 14 Louise (02:08) 15 The Great Airplane Strike (05:43) 16 In My Community (02:10) 17 Good Thing (03:04) 18 Why Why Why (Is It So Hard) (02:51) 19 Ups & Downs (02:52) 20 Him or Me - Whats it Going to Be (04:10) |
 | Album: 11 of 18 Title: Something Happening Released: 1996-11-19 Tracks: 14 Duration: 44:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Happening Intro / Too Much Talk (03:49) 2 Happens Every Day (02:47) 3 Burn Like a Candle (04:39) 4 Observation From Flight 285 (03:21) 5 Get Out of My Mind (04:57) 6 Dont Take It So Hard (02:23) 7 Communication, Parts 1 & 2 (05:11) 8 Love Makes the World Go Round (02:33) 9 Free (02:25) 10 The Good Times (03:59) 11 Happening 68 (02:24) 12 Too Much Talk (02:12) 13 Happening 68 (TV version) (01:34) 14 Theme From Its Happening (02:44) |
| Something Happening : Allmusic album Review : Having previously scored big through their association with the Dick Clark TV show Where The Action Is, Paul Revere & the Raiders seemed a good bet -- from the point of view of Columbia Records -- to hit again in Clarks new series, Happening 68 (later renamed Its Happening). Unfortunately, 1968 wasnt 1965, and the group had neither the command of the most relevant rock sounds of the later era nor the ear of younger teen listeners in the same way. Something Happening showcased this problem: something was, indeed, happening to the groups sound, and it wasnt good. Paul Revere & the Raiders had abandoned the sneering garage band sound that had fueled their earlier success, taken one detour to a white soul sound through Chips Momans studio on Goin to Memphis (essentially a Mark Lindsay solo record), then tried to come back with this album, the first produced entirely by Lindsay. This time out, the group delivers some melodic but very tepid psychedelia ("Happens Every Day," "Free," "The Good Times") and lightweight pop/rock ("Love Makes the World Go Round") interspersed with tracks that do manifest a sharper edge, such as "Get Out of My Head," where the mix of punk defiance, light textured string section, and horn backup is genuinely exciting and engaging (but to get to it, one has to listen through a minute of sound effects and a trippy fade-down); "Dont Take It So Hard," a punchy imitation "Paperback Writer"; and the extended punk-psychedelic jam "Communication." On the groups earlier records, songs like these would have been the tolerable flatter spots in between the moments of greatness, but on Something Happening they are the albums peaks. As to the semi-title track, "Happening 68," it does present some pleasant guitar and keyboard flourishes but is otherwise undistinguished. The 1996 Sundazed reissue sounds great, but the bonus tracks are mostly associated with the show Happening 68, all combining to make this one of the less compelling re-releases of the groups work. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 18 Title: Alias Pink Puzz Released: 2000-02-01 Tracks: 15 Duration: 49:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Let Me (04:00) 2 Thank You (03:04) 3 Frankfort Side Street (03:04) 4 Hay Babro (02:33) 5 Louisiana Redbone (02:07) 6 Here Comes the Pain (03:13) 7 The Original Handy Man (02:30) 8 I Need You (02:16) 9 Down in Amsterdam (03:01) 10 I Dont Know (05:31) 11 Freeborn Man (03:32) 12 Let Me (single version) (02:34) 13 Too Much Talk (demo version) (02:28) 14 Get Out of My Mind (demo version) (02:56) 15 I Dont Know (alternate version) (06:24) |
| Alias Pink Puzz : Allmusic album Review : The title was a reference to the bands ruse of submitting a new record to an L.A. radio station under the alias and earning airplay until it was discovered that "Pink Puzz" was really Paul Revere & the Raiders. That was the Raiders dilemma -- they could still get attention for their singles, such as the Top 40 rocker "Let Me!" that led off this collection, but hip FM radio didnt want to know. Actually, since Mark Lindsays muse was taking him in a pop-swamp rock direction not far removed from what Elvis Presley was doing at the time, maybe that made sense. Lindsays increasingly autobiographical material concerned itself with the pleasures and travails of being a rock star on the road, and though he could bring conviction to such material, singing about the dilemma of missing his limo cant have endeared him to his fans. As it was, Alias Pink Puzz charted higher than any Raiders album in two years, but stayed in the charts fewer weeks than any since 1965. Maybe what they needed to do was change their name for real... | ||
 | Album: 13 of 18 Title: Hard n Heavy (With Marshmallow) Released: 2003 Tracks: 19 Duration: 1:00:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (02:45) 2 Money Cant Buy Me (03:37) 3 Time After Time (04:20) 4 Ride on My Shoulder (02:53) 5 Without You (04:53) 6 Trishalana (02:48) 7 Out on That Road (03:41) 8 Hard and Heavy 5-String Soul Banjo (03:20) 9 Where You Goin Girl (02:44) 10 Cinderella Sunshine (04:20) 11 Call on Me (03:12) 12 Leslie (02:20) 13 Cinderella Sunshine (02:02) 14 Its Happening (02:42) 15 Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (02:36) 16 Without You (04:01) 17 Do Unto Others (02:14) 18 Theme From Its Happening (02:43) 19 Judge Gto Breakaway (02:44) |
| Hard 'n' Heavy (With Marshmallow) : Allmusic album Review : By the time of Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded Hard N Heavy late in 1968, Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere were the only remaining original members of the band -- yet, surprisingly, this album consisted entirely of band originals, which is a pretty daring move for the first long-player featuring a new lineup of any band; even more amazing is that its all good music. Bassist/guitarist Keith Allison, in particular, proved himself a special asset to the group throughout this album, not only with some very ballsy playing but three killer hard-rocking songs (co-written with Mark Lindsay) -- the Stones-like "Time After Time" and "Out on That Road," and "Without You." These alternate with Lindsays smoother, generally more pop-oriented solo originals, and some competent, even catchy songs written by guitarist Freddy Weller and drummer Joe Correro. Lindsays "Cinderella Sunshine" is the highlight of the album, appearing on the 2000 Sundazed Records reissue in both its album incarnation and its shorter, punchier single version. Theres also an uncredited 16th track, "Everybody Loves Swingy," written for a Mattel doll, thats one of the most infectious rock & roll numbers ever cut by the band. Its presence also spotlights a conundrum that the Raiders faced in 1969 -- it was a sign of just how much this band liked to make music that people could hum and dance to, and didnt care for the "counterculture," the soon-to-be Woodstock Nation, and other touchstones of late-60s credibility; it might have been a sign that this band was never going to get with it, as far as rock credibility in the late 60s, but heard today, the "Swingy" jingle seems poignantly innocent and honest, as well as being a catchy little song. The sound is, as usual for Sundazed, impeccable. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 18 Title: Kicks! 1963 - 1972: The Anthology Released: 2005-06-21 Tracks: 30 Duration: 1:17:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Louie, Louie (02:44) 2 Steppin Out (02:32) 3 Just Like Me (02:32) 4 Kicks (02:29) 5 Action (01:29) 6 Hungry (02:58) 7 Im Not Your Stepping Stone (02:48) 8 Louie, Go Home (02:41) 9 Ballad of a Useless Man (02:14) 10 The Great Airplane Strike (02:59) 11 Good Thing (03:05) 12 Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard) (02:54) 13 Louise (02:08) 14 Him or Me - Whats It Gonna Be? (02:52) 15 MoReen (02:31) 16 Gone Movin On (02:36) 17 Tighter (02:01) 18 I Had a Dream (02:23) 19 Ups and Downs (02:50) 20 Peace of Mind (02:03) 21 Too Much Talk (02:14) 22 Cinderella Sunshine (02:02) 23 Dont Take It So Hard (02:24) 24 Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (02:48) 25 Let Me (02:32) 26 Just Seventeen (03:51) 27 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) (02:53) 28 Birds of a Feather (02:37) 29 Country Wine (02:31) 30 Powder Blue Mercedes Queen (02:56) |
 | Album: 15 of 18 Title: Hungry for Kicks: Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69 Released: 2009 Tracks: 27 Duration: 1:10:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Kicks (02:28) 2 Him or Me - Whats It Gonna Be? (02:51) 3 Hungry (02:55) 4 Let Me (45 version) (02:30) 5 Just Like Me (02:32) 6 Too Much Talk (45 version) (02:12) 7 Ups and Downs (02:48) 8 Im Not Your Stepping Stone (02:47) 9 Good Thing (03:04) 10 I Had a Dream (02:19) 11 Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (45 mix) (02:35) 12 Steppin Out (02:29) 13 Peace of Mind (45 version) (02:25) 14 We Gotta All Get Together (03:00) 15 The Great Airplane Strike (45 version) (04:09) 16 Louie, Go Home (02:38) 17 Gone - Movin On (02:30) 18 Cinderella Sunshine (45 version) (01:59) 19 Action (01:28) 20 Dont Take It So Hard (02:24) 21 Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard) (02:54) 22 Ballad of a Useless Man (02:11) 23 Tighter (01:59) 24 Freeborn Man (03:32) 25 Observation From Flight 285 (in3/4 time) (03:22) 26 Louise (02:05) 27 Theme From Its Happening (45 version) (02:44) |
| Hungry for Kicks: Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69 : Allmusic album Review : Hungry for Kicks: Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69 does an effective job of chronicling the majority of Paul Revere & the Raiders biggest hits from the mid- to late 60s. Most of the familiar radio tracks are featured, including "Kicks," "Hungry," and "Good Thing." Also included are the 45 versions of seven tracks and several great album cuts, many of equal quality to the hits. Tracks like "Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard)," "Ballad of a Useless Man," and "Louise" are would-be chart-toppers that got away. What separates this set from similar PR&R compilations is the omission of the R&B; cover versions that were prevalent on their original LPs. Raucous and fun as they are, the discarded R&B; covers leave the listener focused on the Raiders as an innovative pop band as opposed to the kings of frat party rock. Rev-Ola did a fantastic job putting this package together, with rare photos, picture sleeves, and informative liner notes. | ||
 | Album: 16 of 18 Title: The Essential Paul Revere & The Raiders Released: 2011-03-15 Tracks: 36 Duration: 1:40:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Louie, Louie (02:44) 2 Over You (02:17) 3 My Wife Cant Cook (02:30) 4 Steppin Out (02:29) 5 Just Like Me (02:36) 6 Ride Your Fury (02:48) 7 Kicks (02:31) 8 Shake It Up (04:08) 9 Louie, Go Home (02:43) 10 Hungry (03:00) 11 The Great Airplane Strike (03:01) 12 Louise (02:11) 13 Good Thing (03:08) 14 Ups and Downs (02:50) 15 Him or Me - Whats It Gonna Be? (02:55) 16 Moreen (02:35) 17 I Had a Dream (02:24) 18 Goin to Memphis (02:45) 1 Do Unto Others (02:17) 2 Peace of Mind (02:30) 3 Too Much Talk (02:19) 4 Happening 68 (01:38) 5 Dont Take It So Hard (02:28) 6 Cinderella Sunshine (02:04) 7 Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (02:50) 8 Let Me! (04:01) 9 Freeborn Man (03:37) 10 Judge GTO Breakaway (02:49) 11 We Gotta All Get Together (03:02) 12 Just Seventeen (03:53) 13 Gone Movin On (02:42) 14 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) (02:57) 15 Birds of a Feather (02:45) 16 Country Wine (02:34) 17 Powder Blue Mercedes Queen (03:09) 18 Song Seller (03:34) |
| The Essential Paul Revere & The Raiders : Allmusic album Review : Trumping Raven’s 2005 Kicks! The Anthology by a full disc, Columbia/Legacy’s 2001 The Essential Paul Revere & the Raiders is a generous double-disc, 36-track collection that is nevertheless slightly shorter than the comparable 1990 collection The Legend of Paul Revere. Only the diligent hardcore will notice the missing songs as every major song is here, from the crunching rockers “Louie, Louie,” “Steppin’ Out,” and “Kicks” to the super-slick soft rock sensations of the early ‘70s “Indian Reservation” and “Country Wine.” For those who only want big hits -- or only want the group’s earliest rock & roll -- this is too much, but for those who like to dig deeper, this Essential proves that Paul Revere & the Raiders had plenty of pop treasures buried in their catalog. | ||
 | Album: 17 of 18 Title: Evolution to Revolution: 5 Classic Albums Released: 2013 Tracks: 57 Duration: 2:37:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 You Can’t Sit Down (04:05) 2 Money (That’s What I Want) (03:15) 3 Louie Louie (02:51) 4 Do You Love Me (03:53) 5 Big Boy Pete (02:42) 6 Oo Poo Pah Doo (03:11) 7 Sometimes (02:44) 8 Gone (01:48) 9 These Are Bad Times (For Me and My Baby) (02:54) 10 Fever (02:53) 11 Time Is On My Side (02:38) 12 A Kiss To Remember By You (02:16) 13 Steppin’ Out (02:32) 14 Doggone (02:50) 15 Out Of Sight (02:58) 16 Baby, Please Don’t Go (02:31) 17 I Know (03:08) 18 Night Train (02:55) 19 Just Like Me (02:34) 20 Catch The Wind (02:12) 21 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (03:18) 22 I’m Crying (03:07) 23 New Orleans (03:04) 24 Action (01:29) 25 Kicks (02:28) 26 There’s Always Tomorrow (02:44) 27 Little Girl In The 4th Row (03:09) 28 Ballad Of Useless Man (02:11) 1 I’m Not Your Stepping Stone (02:48) 2 There She Goes (01:46) 3 All I Really Need Is You (03:26) 4 Get It On (03:22) 5 Louie, Go Home (02:40) 6 Take a Look at Yourself (01:47) 7 Melody for an Unknown Girl (02:14) 8 Good Thing (03:04) 9 All About Her (03:01) 10 In My Community (02:09) 11 Louise (02:08) 12 Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard) (02:57) 13 Oh! To Be a Man (03:04) 14 Hungry (02:57) 15 Undecided Man (01:49) 16 Our Candidate (02:52) 17 1001 Arabian Nights (04:25) 18 The Great Airplane Strike (03:10) 19 Him or Me - What’s It Gonna Be? (02:51) 20 Reno (02:29) 21 Upon Your Leaving (03:13) 22 Mo’reen (02:31) 23 Wanting You (02:53) 24 Gone - Movin’ On (02:36) 25 I Had a Dream (02:21) 26 Tighter (02:00) 27 Make It with Me (03:09) 28 Ain’t Nobody Who Can Do It Like Leslie Can (02:20) 29 I Hear a Voice (02:48) |
| Evolution to Revolution: 5 Classic Albums : Allmusic album Review : They may have looked like a thrown-together cartoon band with their Revolutionary War outfits and various slapstick gimmicks, but Paul Revere & the Raiders were actually a veteran R&B; cover band out of the Northwest, and when fame found them working as a house cover band on the teen television show Where the Action Is in the mid-60s, they were ready to run with the spotlight, and charted several solid singles like "Steppin Out," "Just Like Me," "Kicks," "Hungry," "Im Not Your Stepping Stone," and "Good Thing" that were sharp, well sung and played, and full of a kind of sassy, garage punk attitude that eventually rendered the prop uniforms they wore obsolete. This double-disc set compiles five albums the band released for Columbia Records between 1965 and 1967, and it essentially captures the core of the Raiders legacy, containing all of the above hit singles plus innumerable covers of frat house classics like "Louie, Louie," but for this band, covers werent exactly filler, since they handled them so well. When all was said and done, for a couple of years Paul Revere & the Raiders managed to walk that difficult line between the pop teen magazines and actual musical relevancy, and if the groups albums werent exactly scene changers, the singles they released during the bands prime still shine pretty well and brightly. | ||
 | Album: 18 of 18 Title: The Complete Columbia Singles Released: 2015 Tracks: 66 Duration: 3:07:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Louie, Louie (02:45) 2 Night Train (02:57) 3 Louie-Go Home (02:45) 4 Have Love, Will Travel (02:33) 5 Over You (02:16) 6 Swim (01:56) 7 Sometimes (02:30) 8 Oo Poo Pah Doo (02:28) 9 Steppin’ Out (02:13) 10 Blue Fox (02:34) 11 SS 396 (02:31) 12 Corvair Baby (02:14) 13 Just Like Me (02:25) 14 B.F.D.R.F. Blues (05:09) 15 Kicks (02:29) 16 Shake It Up (04:06) 17 Hungry (03:00) 18 There She Goes (01:48) 19 The Great Airplane Strike (03:01) 20 In My Community (02:10) 21 Good Thing (03:05) 22 Undecided Man (01:48) 1 Ups and Downs (02:53) 2 Leslie (02:24) 3 Him or Me - What’s It Gonna Be? (02:44) 4 Legend of Paul Revere (03:08) 5 I Had a Dream (02:22) 6 Upon Your Leaving (03:14) 7 Peace of Mind (02:30) 8 Do Unto Others (02:17) 9 Rain, Sleet, Snow (02:53) 10 Brotherly Love (Adaptation of ’Greensleeves’) (02:11) 11 Too Much Talk (02:18) 12 Happening ’68 (01:48) 13 Dont Take It So Hard (02:31) 14 Observation From Flight 285 (In 3\4 Time) (02:57) 15 Cinderella Sunshine (02:04) 16 Theme From It’s Happening (02:46) 17 Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (02:38) 18 Without You (04:02) 19 Let Me! (02:33) 20 I Don’t Know (03:40) 21 Judge Gto Breakaway (02:48) 22 Song for Swingy (02:38) 1 We Gotta All Get Together (03:01) 2 Frankfort Side Street (03:03) 3 Just Seventeen (03:52) 4 Sorceress With Blue Eyes (04:19) 5 Gone Movin’ On (02:41) 6 Interlude (To Be Forgotten) (02:36) 7 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) (02:56) 8 Terry’s Tune (03:24) 9 Birds of a Feather (02:45) 10 The Turkey (04:07) 11 Country Wine (02:32) 12 It’s So Hard Getting Up Today (02:45) 13 Powder Blue Mercedes Queen (03:08) 14 Golden Girls Sometimes (02:42) 15 Song Seller (03:35) 16 A Simple Song (03:05) 17 Love Music (03:43) 18 Goodbye, No. 9 (02:59) 19 (If I Had It to Do All Over Again, I’d Do It) All Over You (02:44) 20 Seaboard Line Boogie (03:11) 21 Your Love (Is the Only Love) (03:10) 22 Gonna Have a Good Time (02:58) |
| The Complete Columbia Singles : Allmusic album Review : The most versatile of the R&B-steeped; bar bands that played the club circuit in the Pacific Northwest in the early 60s, Paul Revere & the Raiders at their best somehow managed to merge Spike Jones, King Curtis, James Brown, the Byrds, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Kinks, and the Rolling Stones into one rollicking pop pastiche. They also had energy, drive, and ambition, and they knew how -- and were willing -- to play the game. This three-disc, 66-track set collects all of the singles, both A- and B-sides, the group released for Columbia Records between 1963 and 1975. There’s a little bit of everything here, from crisp soul-jazz (“Night Train,” “Swim,” “Terry’s Tune”) to California surf (“Corvair Baby”), R&B; country (“Leslie,” “Seaboard Line Boogie”), Beatlesque pop (“There She Goes,” “Him or Me -- What’s It Gonna Be?”), and the punk garage sound of the band’s biggest hits (“Just Like Me,” “Kicks,” “Hungry,” “Good Thing”). It adds up to a pretty concise portrait of a remarkably entertaining band whose pretensions only occasionally overwhelmed its R&B-fueled; pop energy. | ||