{"product_id":"the-lovin-spoonful_what-a-day-for-a-daydream-the-complete-recordings-1965-1969_2026_soc","title":"What A Day For A Daydream - The Complete Recordings 1965-1969","description":"7 CD box set, 170 tracks, gathering the complete recordings from the 1960s by The Lovin' Spoonful.Mastering by Alec Palao, Grammy-nominated archivist and producer.Contains their first four studio albums: « Do You Believe In Magic » (1965), « Daydream » (1966), « Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful » (1966) and « Everything Playing » (1967), in stereo and mono, as well as the stereo mixes of their two soundtrack albums: « The Lovin' SpoonfulIn Woody Allen's » « What's Up Tiger Lily?» (1966) and « You're A Big Boy Now » (1967).Also contains the final album led by Joe Butler, « Revelation: Revolution '69 » (1969), the solo album by original guitarist Zal Yanovsky, « Alive And Well In Argentina » (1968), as well as the stereo and mono versions of the early Lovin' Spoonful tracks included on the 1966 Elektra compilation « What's Shakin' », with the mono mixes appearing on CD for the first time.Including all their hits: « Do You Believe In Magic » (US #9), « You Didn't Have To Be So Nice » (US #10), « Daydream » (US #2, UK #2), « Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind » (US #2), « Summer In The City » (US #1, UK #8), « Rain On The Roof » (US #10), « Nashville Cats » (US #8, UK #26), « Darling Be Home Soon » (US #14), « Six O'Clock » (US #18) and « She Is Still A Mystery » (US #27).Bonus tracks include « Alley Oop », an alternate take from their first album sessions, as well as demos, alternate versions and instrumentals.The first seven singles by The Lovin' Spoonful gave them seven consecutive Top 10 hits in the US. Often described as the American answer to the Beatles, The Lovin' Spoonful were much more than that. They emerged during the Greenwich Village folk boom and, alongside the British Invasion, achieved meteoric success with their \"good-time music,\" an exhilarating blend of jug band, blues, folk, rock and roll, and generous pop.Lois Wilson, from MOJO magazine, describes the band members in the liner notes: \"John Sebastian, an immensely talented, often underrated songwriter with an extraordinary command of words and melody; Zalman Yanovsky, a protean guitarist, capable of playing saturated psychedelia, mercurial blues, and fingerpicked folk; then Steve Boone and Joe Butler, on bass and drums respectively, who brought a rock 'n' roll structure with the lightness of a jazz musician.\"The Beatles themselves were influenced by them on « Good Day Sunshine », while Johnny Cash covered the Spoonful's « Darlin' Companion ».","brand":"The Lovin' Spoonful","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57489917247832,"sku":null,"price":23872943.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/the-lovin-spoonful_what-a-day-for-a-daydream-the-complete-recordings-1965-1969_2026_soc","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}