Like To Get To Know You [Import]

Spanky & Our Gang | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00004GJUF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #638,539 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Swingin' Gate

2. Prescription For The Blues

3. Three Ways From Tomorrow

4. My Bill

5. Sunday Mornin'

6. Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')

7. Suzanne

8. Stuperflabbergasted

9. Like To Get To Know You

10. Chick-A-Ding-Ding

11. Stardust

12. Coda (Like To Get To Know You)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese reissue/ worldwide CD debut of album by this '60s folk/ pop/ rock group often compared to the Mamas & Papas. Originally released on the Mercury label in 1968, this was the group's third album. 1999 release. Standard jewelcase. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars LIKE TO GET TO KNOW SPANKY & OUR GANG, January 26, 2001

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Chris Doyle (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like To Get To Know You (Audio CD)

One Christmas Day a couple of years back I was listening to local radio when the LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU single came on - first time I had heard it on radio for years. I phoned the station and spoke to the deejay - found we both loved this kind of 60s music and have remained friends since. That's what the music of SPANKY AND OUR GANG does, It's feelgood, light and friendly. I bought the vinyl copy of the album in the summer of 1968 and hearing these tracks again evoke memories of that year. Standout tracks are SUNDAY MORNING, ECHOES (Everybody's Talking)and 3 WAYS FROM TOMORROW which was good to hear again. One minor complaint - the reissue could have included bonus tracks like the single mono versions of LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU (the track on the album is different) and 3 WAYS FROM TOMORROW - but this is still worth listening to. Now - let me get back to 1968....

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still great to have on CD (at long last...), February 4, 2000

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gruggy woof (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like To Get To Know You (Audio CD)

Too bad the re-mastering by VIVID SOUND so clearly reveals the limitations of the analog recording process. The HISS is ever-present on this delightful set of looney tunes.

Still, its great to have a digital version, my LP is just about dead and I'm not quite ready to open the sealed cut-out I got before the demise of records. Many inventive production chances taken by Scharf/Dorough team on their first S&OG LP.

The "Wild-eyed at the Ball" suite is the icing on this cake!

Worth the wait for this import to arrive... a little pricey, but a fun memento to the mid-sixties and the clever and talented Gang.

(The "translated to English" lyrics insert is hilarious! I imagine it was accomplished phonetically, as many bare little resemblance to the actual lyrics!)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listening fun with Spanky and the Gang, May 8, 2000

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"maxnikka" (Sonoma County, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like To Get To Know You (Audio CD)

I always had a great time playing the 8-track version of this album in my car back in the late sixties/early seventies. Every song reminds me of the fun times I had. Great music from Spanky and the Gang with their distinctive sound. The title song and Sunday morning, especially, are wonderful.