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The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful

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Released
  
1970

Artist
  
The Lovin' Spoonful

Label
  
Kama Sutra Records

Length
  
30:04

Release date
  
1970

Genre
  
Folk rock

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The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful (1970)
  
The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology (1990)

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The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful is a compilation album of The Lovin' Spoonful hits spanning their career through the 1960s and the 1970s released in 1970.

Contents

The cover features clay sculptures of the band, with the band's signature lack of eyes, nose or mouth sculpted by Ollie Alpert and photographed by Bob Bailey. The motive is a clay remake of the cartoon image of the earlier "The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful" album.

Track listing

  1. "Younger Girl" (John Sebastian) – 2:23
  2. "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (John Sebastian) – 2:06
  3. "Daydream" (John Sebastian) – 2:18
  4. "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (John Sebastian/Steve Boone) – 2:29
  5. "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (John Sebastian) – 2:00
  6. "Do You Believe in Magic?" (John Sebastian) – 2:04
  7. "Summer in the City" (John Sebastian/Mark Sebastian/Steve Boone) – 2:39
  8. "Rain on the Roof" (John Sebastian) – 2:13
  9. "Six O'Clock" (John Sebastian) – 2:38
  10. "Darling Be Home Soon" (John Sebastian) – 3:34
  11. "Till I Run with You" (Alan Gordon/Gary Bonner) - 1:52
  12. "Never Going Back" (John Stewart) - 2:48

Songs

1Younger Girl2:23
2Didn't Want to Have to Do It2:06
3Day Dream2:20

References

The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful Wikipedia
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