PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS-LIKE LONG HAIR-GARDENA-VG++

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1961 LP by Paul Revere and the Raiders-Like Long Hair

• Vinyl       VG++ (almost rates M- except for sleeve scuffs)
• Jacket    M-
• Sleeve   Original
• Label     Gardena LP-G-1000
• Year       1961
• Original  Yes

No other rock & roll band has experienced the rollercoaster ups and downs in reputation that Paul Revere & the Raiders have known across 40 years in music. One of the most popular and entertaining groups of the 1960s, they enjoyed 10 years of serious chart action, and during their three biggest years (1966-69) got as much radio play as any group of that decade, sold records in numbers second only to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and received nearly as much coverage in the music press of the period (which included a lot of teen fan magazines) as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. Yet when most histories of rock started getting written, Paul Revere & the Raiders were scarcely mentioned -- at best, they were usually a footnote to the boom years of the late '60s.

The band's roots go back to the late '50s, although musically they can trace their inspiration to the mid-'40s. Paul Revere was born on Jan. 7, 1938 in Harvard, Nebraska, but was raised in Boise, Idaho. He learned to play the piano and fell under the influence of boogie-woogie during the late '40s -- he also developed a keen appreciation of the work of Spike Jones & His City Slickers.

Revere was still in his teens, a high-school dropout, trained barber, and restauranteur when rock & roll took over the airwaves and the charts, and it was the early hits of Jerry Lee Lewis , in particular, that became the catalyst that pushed him to join a band. He did just that in 1957, at age 19. Next aboard was 16-year-old Mark Lindsay (b. Mar. 9, 1942), who heard Revere's group play, asked to sing with them, and ended up replacing the band's vocalist. Their group, which became known as the Downbeats, was one of the few, if not the only resident rock & roll band in Idaho, and were popular at local dances. They cut a demo that got them to Gardena Records in Los Angeles, where the company's owner, John Guss, was interested in issuing a record on them -- but only if they changed their name. Paul Revere's given name was such a natural as a gimmick, that Guss urged them to use it.

Their debut single, "Beatnick Sticks," was somewhere midway between Spike Jones 's general output and Kim Fowley 's "Nutrocker" (recorded by B. Bumble & the Stingers), a parody of "Chopsticks" that rocked like a Jerry Lee Lewis number. It never charted but got some airplay and interest locally. The follow-up single, "Paul Revere's Ride," again elicited local interest but little enthusiasm elsewhere. Their third single, the instrumental "Like Long Hair" (co-authored by Kim Fowley), however, made the Top 40 in the spring of 1961. Somewhere midway between Rachmaninoff and Jerry Lee Lewis , the record was fast and hard-hitting as well as very catchy, and it showed off the early '60s Paul Revere & the Raiders. That line-up, in addition to Revere and Lindsay, included Bill Hibbert on bass, Jerry Labrum on drums, Richard White and Robert White on guitars.

So here is their first album in a string of many spanning decades.

While most of their sound was pop rock they could blend folk, blues and occaisional psychedelic into the fabric.

I've been collecting records for over thirty years and am aware of the variety of grading philosophies that abound, including the "Goldmine" standard.

My records are graded by traditional Goldmine standards. I don't sell records with a grading of less VG unless it is obscenely rare in any condition.

Most of my records will grade from VG+ to M- with a conservative approach that dictates a borderline record will receive a lower grading rather than a "push" higher. 

M- / Visually without blemishes save for very minor lines or scuffs that are most likely attributable to sleeve marks, Sonically with no or virtually no sound other than that of the recording itself (no pops,crackles, ticks or hissing).

VG+ / More obvious visual signs of imperfections, pressing imperfections (bubbles for example, that do not impact play quality) light "skid" marks that can be seen but not "felt", some perceptable noise between tracks or at lead in, general sound  quality during play is uncompromised.

VG / Recording is visually and sonically of high quality, without skips or excessive noise during playback.

In some extreme instances I will submit a grading of R.M.F. (which means Rare Musical Find) to advise it is something special to consider.

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