^Gotta disagree. The second half is solid IMHO (and Jerry Reid from the first half is also good).
I'm going to disagree with Ned (and Dave Marsh!) about Chase too, but I'm a sucker for these sorts of (literally, here) overblown brass arrangements. Hitherto, I'd only known the song from (an even more overblown) instrumental arrangement by German session musicians on this groovy compilation. Have saved the Chase s/t album on Spotify!
I own Don Fardon's version of Indian Reservation, but The Raiders' take may be better.
Nice harmonies on "Games" - reminded me of early Quo as much as CSNY.
Still voting for Mike Curb though.
― Jeff W, Monday, 2 July 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
I totally missed this one, but the right song won.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
I voted for the runner-up.Has there been one of these yet without a Mark Lindsay vocal somewhere?
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
Agree that "Draggin' the Line" is an all-time classic, but I always feel a tinge of embarrassment every time I hear it because I first heard it via this garish soft-metal cover from the opening credits of the movie Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIAVBV2fbTc
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 9 July 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link