Paul Revere & The Raiders: Ride Your Pony 7" (Sundazed Music/2012)

Paul Revere & The Raiders were one of the most successful bands of the 1960's. They had a total of 15 Top 40 hit singles, were the house band on Dick Clark's variety program Where The Action Is and leaders  Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere co-hosted Happening '68 and It's Happening. They've also influenced a slew of bands with their blend of Garage Rock and Protopunk sound.

On Record Store Day in 2012 Sundazed Music released a single of outtakes on Red Vinyl. Both songs were produced by Terry Melcher (Melcher was responsible for the bands biggest 60's hits). A cover of the Lee Dorsey classic “Ride Your Pony” appears on the A-Side. Recorded in the Summer of 1965 for the Just Like Us! Album, the track would have been right at home on the album as it's something of a mini-rave-up of a 60's rock dance track.

The B-Side is the original “(You're A) Bad Girl”. It was recorded for The Spirit Of '67 album a year later than the A-Side, and it's a definite stand-out track. The verses are lightly psychedelic and the song itself, retrospectively sounds like it was a hit. It would have been a nice addition to the charts during the late-Summer of 1966.

If you've not heard Paul Revere & The Raiders and a fan of garage rock or sixties pop, you should definitely purchase this single. 


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Thanks to: Sundazed Music and Domenic Priore.