The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology
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The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology is a compilation album by the folk rock
group The Lovin' Spoonful
, released in 1990.
The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology focuses mainly on The Lovin' Spoonful's 1965-1966 releases with a few obscure tracks such as "Pow!" from their What's Up, Tiger Lily? soundtrack and "Good Time Music", an early song found on a label sampler
. All the band's biggest hits are included as well as a booklet with comments about the songs from John Sebastian
.
wrote "Unquestionably the finest collection of a major band that did much to launch American folk-rock in the mid-'60s. Anthology jams 26 cuts onto a single CD, including all of their hits and some of their strongest album tracks, drawing mostly from their 1965-1966 prime."
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
group The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful is an American pop rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of "Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck Berry," prompting his friend, Fritz Richmond, to suggest the name...
, released in 1990.
The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology focuses mainly on The Lovin' Spoonful's 1965-1966 releases with a few obscure tracks such as "Pow!" from their What's Up, Tiger Lily? soundtrack and "Good Time Music", an early song found on a label sampler
What's Shakin'
-Side One:# "Good Time Music" – The Lovin' Spoonful# "Almost Grown" – The Lovin' Spoonful# "Spoonful" – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band# "Off the Wall" – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band...
. All the band's biggest hits are included as well as a booklet with comments about the songs from John Sebastian
John Sebastian
John Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...
.
Reception
In his Allmusic review, music critic Richie UnterbergerRichie Unterberger
Richie Unterberger is a US author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.-Life and writing:Having worked as a DJ at WXPN in Philadelphia, he started reviewing records for Op magazine in 1983...
wrote "Unquestionably the finest collection of a major band that did much to launch American folk-rock in the mid-'60s. Anthology jams 26 cuts onto a single CD, including all of their hits and some of their strongest album tracks, drawing mostly from their 1965-1966 prime."
Track listing
- "Good Time Music" (John SebastianJohn SebastianJohn Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...
) – 3:06 - "Do You Believe In MagicDo You Believe in Magic (song)-Track listings:-Release history:-Chart performance:...
" (Sebastian) – 2:04 - "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (Steve BooneSteve BooneSteve Boone is the bass guitarist for the rock band, The Lovin' Spoonful.After the Lovin' Spoonful stopped touring in 1968, Boone went to work producing an album for Mercury Records by the Oxpetals. Soon after finishing the album Boone bought a 56 ft sailboat 'Cygnus' and moved onto it in the...
, Sebastian) – 2:31 - "Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind?" (Sebastian) – 1:58
- "You Baby" (Mann, Phil SpectorPhil SpectorPhillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
, Weil) – 2:55 - "Younger Girl" (Sebastian) – 2:19
- "Fishin' Blues" Traditional– 2:00
- "Daydream" (Sebastian) – 2:18
- "Jug Band Music" (Sebastian) – 2:51
- "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (Sebastian) – 2:36
- "Summer in the CitySummer in the City"Summer in the City" is the title of a song recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, written by Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone. It came from their album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful and it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966...
" (Boone, Sebastian, Mark Sebastian) – 2:39 - "Pow!" (Boone, Joe Butler, Sebastian, Zal YanovskyZal YanovskyZalman "Zal" Yanovsky was a Canadian rock musician. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964...
) – 2:28 - "Rain on the Roof" (Sebastian) – 2:11
- "Nashville Cats" (Sebastian) – 2:34
- "Full Measure" (Boone, Sebastian) – 2:40
- "Lovin' You" (Sebastian) – 2:28
- "Coconut Grove" (Sebastian, Yanovsky) – 2:42
- "Darling Be Home Soon" (Boone, Sebastian) – 3:31
- "You're a Big Boy Now" (Boone, Butler, Sebastian) – 2:38
- "Lonely (Amy's Theme" (Sebastian) – 3:19
- "Six O'Clock" (Sebastian) – 2:41
- "She Is Still a Mystery" (Sebastian) – 3:02
- "Money" (Sebastian) – 1:54
- "Younger Generation" (Sebastian) – 2:40
- "Never Going Back" (John StewartJohn Stewart (musician)John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...
) – 2:44 - "Me About You" (Garry Bonner, Alan GordonAlan Gordon (songwriter)Alan Gordon was an American songwriter best known for songs recorded by The Turtles, Petula Clark, and Barbra Streisand...
) – 3:48
Personnel
- John SebastianJohn SebastianJohn Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...
– vocals, guitar, autoharp - Steve BooneSteve BooneSteve Boone is the bass guitarist for the rock band, The Lovin' Spoonful.After the Lovin' Spoonful stopped touring in 1968, Boone went to work producing an album for Mercury Records by the Oxpetals. Soon after finishing the album Boone bought a 56 ft sailboat 'Cygnus' and moved onto it in the...
– bass, vocals - Joe Butler – drums, percussion, vocals
- Zal YanovskyZal YanovskyZalman "Zal" Yanovsky was a Canadian rock musician. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964...
– guitar, vocals - Jerry YesterJerry YesterJerry Yester is an American folk rock musician, record producer, and arranger.Growing up in Burbank, California, Yester formed a duo with brother Jim Yester, the Yester Brothers, and starting playing folk clubs in Los Angeles in 1960...
– guitar, vocals