Paul Revere & The Raiders includes: Mark Lindsay, Michael Smith, Drake Levin, Phil Volk. Producers: Bruce Johnston, Roger Hart, Terry Melcher. Compilation producer: Bob Irwin. Principally recorded live at Columbia Studios, on September 24, 1964. Originally released on Columbia Records. Includes liner notes by David Fricke. The Dead Sea Scrolls of early '60s punk? This astonishing two disc set--most of which has been sitting, unheard, in the Columbia Records vaults since the Johnson administration--consists in part of outtakes, early singles, and album sides. The bulk of the package, however, is made up of an extremely well-recorded live-in-the-studio concert set performed in front of an enthusiastic audience of high school kids in late '64. The Raiders bulldoze their way through the R&B hits of the period with seemingly telepathic interplay, showmanship (guitarist Drake Levin plays a guitar solo behind his head on "Whole Lotta Nothin'"--take that, Jimi Hendrix!), and utter wanton disrespect for the canons of good taste. A priceless document of the last innocent period in rock history, this is in essence a real-life version of the Toga Party scene in ANIMAL HOUSE.

• Genre: Rock
• Format: CD
• Released: 11/28/2000