Like to Get to Know You (album) explained

Like to Get to Know You
Type:studio
Artist:Spanky and Our Gang
Cover:Like to get to know you.jpg
Released:April 1968
Studio:Western Recorders, Hollywood, California; Impact Sound Studios, New York City; Universal Recording Studio, Chicago
Genre:Folk rock, jazz pop, psychedelic rock, garage rock, sunshine pop
Length:32:34
Label:Mercury
Producer:Bob Dorough, Stuart Scharf
Prev Title:Spanky & Our Gang
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:Without Rhythm or Reason (Anything You Choose)
Next Year:1969

Like to Get to Know You is the second studio album by Spanky and Our Gang, released in 1968. It is the first of their albums to exhibit their signature sound, partially owing to it being produced by two different people than their debut album.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote the album "was harder-rocking, bluesier, and more inventive in its folk stylings than anything on their debut album. The mix of sounds was actually quite startling in its own time and is engaging even 30 some years later."

Track listing

  1. "The Swingin' Gate" (John Ferrell, Geoffrey Meyers) lead vocals: Malcolm Hale, John Seiter, Spanky McFarlane – 2:14
  2. "Prescription for the Blues" (Little Brother Montgomery, Red Saunders) lead vocals: Spanky McFarlane – 3:07
  3. "Three Ways from Tomorrow" (Lefty Baker) lead vocals: Lefty Baker– 3:25
  4. "My Bill" (Bob Dorough, Daniel Greenburg, Monte Ghertler) – 2:27
  5. "Sunday Mornin'" (Margo Guryan) lead vocals: Spanky McFarlane – 3:54
  6. "Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')" (Fred Neil) lead vocals: Malcolm Hale – 3:10
  7. "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:47
  8. "Stuperflabbergasted" (F. Summers, R. Bruce, Carlos Bernal) lead vocals: Lefty Baker– 1:10
  9. "Like to Get to Know You" (Stuart Scharf) lead vocals: Lefty Baker, Malcolm Hale, Kenny Hodges, Spanky McFarlane – 2:15
  10. "Chick-a-Ding-Ding" (Stuart Scharf) lead vocals: Nigel Pickering, Spanky McFarlane – 2:23
  11. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) lead vocals: Spanky McFarlane, Nigel Pickering – 3:32
  12. "Coda (Like to Get to Know You)" (Stuart Scharf) lead vocals: Lefty Baker, Malcolm Hale – 0:59

Personnel

Spanky and Our Gang

The band recorded the instrumental tracks for "Three Ways from Tomorrow," "Suzanne," and "Stuperflabbergasted." Studio musicians recorded the rest

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