Do You Believe in Magic
by The Lovin' Spoonful
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1965
- Label: Kama Sutra
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:59
- Community rating: 3.87/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Joe Butler, John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Zal Yanovsky
Album Notes & Community Reviews
John Sebastian and his bandmates applied the informal, acoustic energy of Greenwich Village jug bands to electric pop-rock instrumentation. The integration of autoharps, driving basslines, and bright vocal harmonies helped establish the optimistic, radio-friendly sound of American folk-rock.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, folk, jangly, bluesy, acoustic
Tracklist
- Do You Believe in Magic? (2:05)
- Blues In The Bottle (2:10)
- Sportin' Life (4:03)
- My Gal (2:35)
- You Baby (2:53)
- Fishin' Blues (1:59)
- Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind? (1:59)
- Wild About My Lovin' (2:34)
- The Other Side Of This Life (2:28)
- Younger Girl (2:17)
- On The Road Again (1:50)
- Night Owl Blues (3:00)
- Alley Oop - Previously Unreleased (2:14)
- Younger Girl - Alternate Take/Previously Unreleased Demo Version (2:38)
- Blues In The Bottle - Alternate Take/Previously Unreleased (3:00)
- Wild About My Lovin' - Alternate Take/Previously Unreleased (2:36)
- The Other Side Of This Life - Alternate Take/Previously Unreleased Instrumental Version (2:31)
Credits
- The Lovin' Spoonful - primary artist
- Joel Tanner - design [cover]
- Joe Butler - drums
- Steve Boone - electric bass
- Val Valentin - engineer [director of engineering]
- Zal Yanovsky - lead guitar
- Antonia Duren - liner notes
- Peter Stampfel - liner notes
- Chuck Stewart - photography by [cover]
- Erik Jacobsen - producer
- John Sebastian - vocals, guitar, autoharp, harmonica, written-by
- Traditional - written-by
- Mann And Weil - written-by
- Phil Spector - written-by
- Fred Neil - written-by