The Best Of PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS

Although I have CD reissues of nearly all of the original Paul Revere & the Raiders albums, I wish the group were represented by a definitive best-of disc. Every Raiders comp I've ever seen omits something essential (the incredible "Time After Time" being a prime example of that). 

So here's what I'd like in a hypothetical 30-track The Best Of Paul Revere & the Raiders. It only includes material released when Mark Lindsay was still in the group, and it's a simple slappin' together of the hits and a few key album tracks. I didn't put a lot of thought into it, and it wouldn't surprise me to discover I forgot something that absolutely oughtta be here. But I remembered "Time After Time," which puts my collection one up on any of the Raiders compilations that actually exist in the real world.

And all you stations

Across the nation

Please play our records for your congregation.

1. Like, Long Hair

2. Louie Louie
3. Sometimes
4. Steppin' Out
5. Just Like Me
6. Kicks
7. I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
8. Louie, Go Home
9. Hungry
10. Good Thing

11. The Great Airplane Strike
12. Ups And Downs
13. Him Or Me--What's It Gonna Be?
14. The Legend Of Paul Revere
15. I Had A Dream

16. Gone--Movin' On
17. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
18. Cinderella Sunshine
19. Time After Time
20. Too Much Talk [album version]

21. Don't Take It So Hard
22. Let Me!

23. I Don't Know
24. Just Seventeen
25. The Boys In The Band
26. Think Twice
27. Indian Reservation
28. Birds Of A Feather
29. Song Seller
30. Powder Blue Mercedes Queen

TIP THE BLOGGER: CC's Tip Jar!

You can support this blog by becoming a patron on Patreon: Fund me, baby! 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/ You can read about our history here.

The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:

Volume 1: download
Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio:  CD or download

Carl's writin' a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1)will contain 165 essays about 165 tracks, each one of 'em THE greatest record ever made. An infinite number of records can each be the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Updated initial information can be seen here: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (Volume 1).