These guys will forever be classic to me, from their earlier years as a frat-rock band, the 1965-67 prime years ("Kicks," "Just Like Me," etc.), even their later experiments with psychedelia on albums like Collage and Alias Pink Puzz.
Around 1971, they dudded out big time, toning down their rock influences and becoming more straight pop. "Indian Reservation" would have been considered hard rock for Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods, or Paper Lace, but for the Raiders it was a slight step down. I still kinda like the song in spite of itself, but I'd rather hear "Steppin' Out," or "The Great Airplane Strike," or "Let Me," or "Orbit" (tuff instrumental from their frat-rock years)...
Well, I think it's high time the Raiders got their ILM propers, so here ya go...
― Rev. Hoodoo, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 04:49 (sixteen years ago) link
classic. search everything. one of my top ten favorite bands of all time. also search two Brotherhood albums and Friendsound album. those being just as near and dear to my heart as anything by the raiders proper.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
oh also: Terry Melcher is god.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Another decent Raiders-related album: Keith Allison In Action, released some three years before he joined the band as bassist. At least one song, "Louise," uses the same backing track as the Raiders' version.
― Rev. Hoodoo, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
the later stuff - which i still dig - isn't the work of a band though. it's mostly mark or mark and terry or even just terry and sometimes paul and sometimes who the hell knows who. indian reservation was a solo mark recording that just ended up raiders material.
THE BROTHERHOOD HAD RIPPED THEM ASUNDER. but it's cool. how much do i love drake levin? i love him THIS MUCH.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I think that was him who produced the Revolution! LP, right? You can sorta hear a mild Pet Sounds influence on that album, since he and Mark Lindsay were hanging with Brian Wilson at the time. And I think that's Ry Cooder playing slide guitar onm "Wanting You."
― Rev. Hoodoo, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I think Terry may have been out of the picture after '68.
As far as "Indian Reservation," that whole album plays more like one of Mark's adult-contemporary solo albums than anything the Raiders had done up to that point. They sorta got the feeling back on their final LP, Country Wine, which was divided into a fast side and a slow side. But like with most final albums, you could tell it was time for the Raiders to hang it up. (Which they didn't quite do - they immediately hit the Vegas circuit and ground out a few more singles before quietly disbanding in the mid-seventies. I'm not counting the current revival-show Raiders, that's a whole 'nother thing.)
― Rev. Hoodoo, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 05:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic for "Him Or Me" all by itself.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 07:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Just talking about this with a friend. He played live at our Catholic elementary school, and we all sang along in a huge circle. To that first song.
― Tape Store, Friday, 27 June 2008 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
They were the house band for Dick Clark's "where the action is", which was hosted by steve alaimo who later went on to become the "Al" in Alston records...which turned into TK
Miami shizzle.
And Van Dyke Parks worked with them and was discovered by brian wilson in the process leading to smile
― PappaWheelie V, Friday, 27 June 2008 04:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Little-known fact: Phil "Fang" Volk, former bassist for Paul Revere and the Raiders, is currently manager of the Sam Ash music store in Las Vegas, NV. Or he was as of last October. Nice guy.
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Friday, 27 June 2008 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
just like me is pretty much the perfect pop song.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 27 June 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
"Hungry" is one of THEE jams of all time.
― inhibitionist, Saturday, 28 June 2008 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
is Spirit of 67 a good record? i saw it for $5 at a antique store and almost bought it
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP Raiders guitarist Drake Levinhttp://mza-garage.blogspot.com/2009/07/drake-levin-rip.html
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 9 July 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Scott S will be bummed. :-(
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 July 2009 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link
aw man, i am bummed. :((( he was truly the coolest dude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfLbVwp5Km8
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 July 2009 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Also classic: Mark Lindsay's score for Shogun Assassin
― kickstand. kickstand? kickstand! (los blue jeans), Thursday, 9 July 2009 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP, that friendsound album is so great.
― next stop: NOWHERE, i wanna get off (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 July 2009 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I heart this song a lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsngjk26zY
(Spiritualized could do a terrific cover of this)
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 30 October 2009 07:43 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP Paul Revere
http://www.paulrevereandtheraiders.com
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 October 2014 06:44 (nine years ago) link
Awww. RIP!
― sink floyd (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 October 2014 07:44 (nine years ago) link
RIP
― You Better Go Ahn (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 October 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
My favourite after "Just Like Me" (can't tell what the two clips above are):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_CZ8gV3yRU
And "Indian Reservation" is one of the more charmingly inane K-Tel songs (actually solo Mark Lindsay according to Wikipedia; I thought at first the obit was in reference to Mark Lindsay--I forget there actually was a Paul Revere).
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 October 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
Forgot "Him or Me," that's great too.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 October 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA5X12RuoEY
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 October 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea4OgV7wGHs
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 October 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
― the late great, Monday, 6 October 2014 04:13 (nine years ago) link
Love all the garage rock hits and would feel bad that I had forgot a few of them except that happens more and more often these days, and never stopped or was embarrassed by liking "Indian Reservation," which I first heard it at the age of eight or nine- I didn't hear the other stuff until I was in my early twenties, don't think it was in rotation on WCBS-FM, is that possible?
― You Better Go Ahn (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 October 2014 04:32 (nine years ago) link
Although "Indian Reservation" seems to share some siren sonorities with something like "The Night Chicago Died" feel like it is a little tougher and better conceived and executed, whereas the latter is an unstable, uneasy undercooked mix of bubblegum and harder rock, remaining on the far side of Guilty Pleasure with its companion piece "Billy Don't Be A Hero."/strawman
― You Better Go Ahn (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 October 2014 04:37 (nine years ago) link
He was 76.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 6 October 2014 09:16 (nine years ago) link
"You been steppin' out with THE COBBLER!"
Currently spinning a MONO Greatest Hits (with the book!) I found for $1 this weekend.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 23:49 (four years ago) link
Dueling Fuzz & Tremolo on "The Great Airplane Strike" = Chef's Kiss!
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
i made a tape for a friend a few years back — called “heavy paul” — that was just all the groovy fuzzed out tracks spanning a handful of records.
when those fuckers get heavy it’s pretty sweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6DLSsVM2Yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtqK-fn8m5g
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 04:32 (four years ago) link
*bump* because of discussion on Monkees thread
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 January 2021 06:48 (three years ago) link
Only recent became aware that “Kicks” was written as a message to Gerry Goffin.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 January 2021 06:55 (three years ago) link
Over a year late on this, but that was an awesome find. The original mono mixes crush the stereo mixes and '80s/'90s-era remixes. A few companies have started putting them all back into print in the last few years. All the mono 45's have been done, and they're getting to the albums too (the good ones). Most people will probably fine with the hits, but I've grown to appreciate Revolution! and quite a few deep cuts. There's probably two or three dozen tracks that I'd consider keepers.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 2 January 2021 08:51 (three years ago) link
I listened to a 30-track compilation called Kicks 1963-1972; the only song of theirs I'd ever encountered on radio or TV was the title track, plus a couple on the Nuggets box. Mark Lindsay's voice regularly crosses the line from cocky to smarmy for me, and the hooks are OK but not great. I was impressed by their shamelessness about copying whatever had been on the AM radio six months earlier. Probably the only keeper for me is "Louie Go Home". I'm glad to know more about them now, anyway.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 12 April 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
I own that comp and have the exact same reactions. I do like their "Steppin' Stone" better than the Monkees'.
― Josefa, Monday, 12 April 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
https://i.makeagif.com/media/3-31-2017/uMHUI0.gif
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 April 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
Some English band covered “Louie Go Home” (possibly the only UK cover of a Paul Revere & The Raiders tune):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZqjNZtRQ4
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 12 April 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
possibly the only UK cover of a Paul Revere & The Raiders tune
Nope. "Louie Go Home" was also by Davie Jones & The King Bees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcKZl0EYhVI
Heard the singer had to change his name. wonder whatever happened to him?
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 April 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Just across this pretty good cover version of “I Can See For Miles” by Mark Lindsay and Wayne Kramer released as a digital single last year, apparently from a 2012 Who tribute album.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 November 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHc2uco-Mrw
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 November 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
Apparently Mark Lindsay really needed to potty, and mean old Ed wouldn't let him...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5kGbBNJQl8
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 23:23 (eight months ago) link
PR&tR defy "Classic or Dud", they are equally both.
― Deflatormouse, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 23:39 (eight months ago) link
Mark Lindsay has a show on the Underground Garage channel on SiriusXM that focuses on all sorts of American Rock'n'Soul, and it's weird to hear him spout (probably scripted) enthusiasm for Apples In Stereo.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 23:48 (eight months ago) link
They could be a pretty good band - not a great one, but not one deserving of complete dismissal either. The original mono mixes are worth seeking out because all the stereo versions of their music have kind of sucked (either vintage or remixed). It was only in the last decade or so that a lot of them were finally made available in the digital age. (I think the Midnight Ride LP is really the only one left that truly deserves a mono reissue.)
Best heard via compilations, I just made my own - one single disc, almost all original mono mixes, and all that I need from them:
1 Louie, Louie 02:452 Louie-Go Home 02:453 Mojo Workout 02:234 Over You 02:165 Sometimes 02:306 Oo Poo Pah Doo 02:287 Crisco Party / Walking the Dog (live) 06:258 Steppin' Out 02:139 Just Like Me 02:2510 I'm Not Your Stepping Stone 02:4511 Kicks 02:2912 Ballad Of A Useless Man 02:1413 Take A Look At Yourself 01:4814 Hungry 03:0015 There She Goes 01:4816 (You're A) Bad Girl 02:0117 Louise 02:0318 The Great Airplane Strike 03:0119 In My Community 02:1020 Good Thing 03:0521 Undecided Man 01:4822 Why Why Why (Is It So Hard) 02:3923 Ups And Downs 02:5324 Leslie 02:2425 Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be? 02:4426 Mo'reen 02:3127 Gone - Movin' On 02:3828 I Had A Dream 02:2229 Legend Of Paul Revere 03:0830 Peace Of Mind 02:30
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 23:50 (eight months ago) link
looks good. I'd probably add "Time after Time" and "Prince of Peace"
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 23:56 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukOm8AuxLEY
pretty good as far as stones rips go
drum intro to the track that follows on that album, "Ride on my Shoulder" = decent sample fodder.
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 00:04 (eight months ago) link