Friday, July 10, 2009

Paul Revere and the Raiders - Revolution! (Columbia 2721)

For those who are not familiar with this very well known band, read this. For the rest of you, offered here is one of their lesser known albums. Revolution! released in 1967 shows a very different Raiders style unrealized by their previous efforts. Heavy psychedelia is the main theme throughout with the exception of the more traditional sounding Him Or Me-What's It Gonna Be and the obligatory novelty, Ain't Nobody Who Can Do It Like Leslie Can. Most of the LP takes on a hard soul-inspired, dreamy-but-not-sleeping tone with plenty of echo chamber trappings. Make It With Me, is the highlight of the LP bringing a never before heard potential energy that has left these once unchristened ears of mine dumbstruck. The huge crescendos of this and Wanting You leave the listener divided against himself in choosing which side to replay next. I Hear A Voice is a simple and beautiful end to the trip, the revolution complete. Aside from the horrible sleeve, everything about this album rocks. The potential of the group was realized effortlessly by these five brilliant musicians. This group was hardly a gimmick at this point.


FLAC: 2,304kbps @ 48khz 24bit ORIGINAL MONO LP.
ALERT ME OF ANY DOWNLOADING ERRORS.

Paul Revere and the Raiders - Revolution! (Columbia 2721) PART 1
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Revolution! (Columbia 2721) PART 2
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Revolution! (Columbia 2721) PART 3
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Revolution! (Columbia 2721) PART 4

1 comments:

Pablo Cazorla (aka The Bomber) said...

great man...
this lp is amazing
also the rip...
ouuuhhhh yeahhhhhhhh