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PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS

Featuring Mark Lindsay

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 -- What's 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...

"ALIAS PINK PUZZ Featuring: LET ME!"

Arranged and Produced by Mark Lindsay

1969     LP     COLUMBIA RECORDS     CS 99O5   STEREO

PRINTED IN USA    ORIGINAL COPY

""TWO EYES 360 SOUND" COLUMBIA LABEL

GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL:  COLUMBIA - RED "TWO EYES 360 SOUND" LABEL - BLACK & WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (front & rear) CS 9905

Catalog on labels: CS 9905 (XSM 150656) / CS 9905 (XSM 150657)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): T 2 XSM-150656-1D   (Stamped): o  V

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): T 1 XSM-150657-1D   (Stamped): o  B

On labels: rim text reads <®"Columbia" Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.>

Produced by Terry Melcher

Arranged by Terry Melcher & The Raiders

On back cover: Tracklist & Credits

Manufactured by Columbia........®"Columbia" Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: LET ME! - THANK YOU - FRANKFORT SIDE STREET

HEY BABRO - LOUISIANA REDBONE - HERE COMES THE PAIN

Side B: THE ORIGINAL HANDY MAN - I NEED YOU

DOWN IN AMSTERDAM - I DON'T KNOW - FREEBORN MAN

  grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

 

The title was a reference to the band's 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 didn't want to know. Actually, since Mark Lindsay's 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. Lindsay's 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 can't 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...(AllMusic)