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The Story of the Lovin' Spoonful Online vScFE (Mobile ebook) "Do You Believe In Magic?" - The Story Of The Lovin' Spoonful Online [vScFE.ebook] "Do You Believe In Magic?" - The Story Of The Lovin' Spoonful Pdf Free Simon Wordsworth audiobook | *ebooks | Download PDF | ePub | DOC Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #709477 in eBooks 2014-01-13 2014-01-13File Name: B00HV1EK8E | File size: 67.Mb Simon Wordsworth : "Do You Believe In Magic?" - The Story Of The Lovin' Spoonful before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised "Do You Believe In Magic?" - The Story Of The Lovin' Spoonful: 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. It's Like Trying To Tell A Stranger About The Best American Band In 1966, The Best Year In American Pop Music (Fact Not Opinion)By baldwin86I've been waiting for this book (or one like it) for several years, after googleing and seeing Karl Baker's Simon Wordsworth's name associated with such since around 2000. My nature with any Rock book about that era is to go immediately to the index and hit the "L's", so this is like money from home. Even though I'm happy just to see anything like this in print, my nitty picky nature takes over. Most of the info in the book was familiar to me via various Goldmine, Hit Parader, Fusion articles read collected over the past 50 years, but it is nice to have in one place, even if it is Kindle. Since it is Kindle, are allowances made for misinformation (minor, but a proof reader would've helped), lack of sources, etc? Minor points, Warm Baby is on the 2nd lp Daydream, not their 1st and the Sammy Davis reference is from Hullabloo not Hollywood Palace, again minor but if some things I know are wrong, what about other items I'm am less familiar with.I learned the band was like any other, individuals complaining of lack of acknowledgement of contributions, others rewriting history, in- group jealousies, personality clashes and surprise, surprise.....Money!I knew Sebastian was whipped, but I had no idea. It's a shame, but it proves Lenny Bruce's point, that no matter how big, powerful, important you are, everyone has a lover that stuck it in broke it off.I knew Yanovsky was a loose cannon, but no idea just how self destructive he was.Things I would've like to seen expanded on, and/or not even mentioned : Sebastian's relationship with Dylan in 1964 (documented in Gilbert's 'Forever Young'), the atmosphere in the studio during the Tiger Lily sessions (rumor of being locked in the studio with a sizeable amount of weed), the Esquire Magazine photo shoot, the 1966 Newport Festival appearance, the Six O'Clock sessions (Zal's last Spoonful recording, Jacobsen out, Wissert in). Six O'Clock, the band's last great breath, was their successful attempt at a studio production that still kept the focus of the original band but played well with 1967's musical atmosphere. The Everything Playing sessions are covered with the spectre of Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds being the elephant in the room, egos, loss of the group's original musical vision, the studio chaos and then, finally Wissert's issues which are a surprising revelation.The author's critiques of the music reminds me of the Annie Hall scene, where Alvy Singer pulls Marshall Mcluhan out behind a potted plant to inform a critic that he knows little of what he is critiquing. I'm being harsh, but the author starts off saying he got the Spoonful bug from Everything Playing, preferring Full Measure to Nashville Cats, dismisses Hums and Sebastian's Tarzana Kid, and surprisingly finds no evidence of the Spoonful in the Sonny Cher single 'But You Mine'. So any musical opinion regarding things I have not heard (Yester's 1968 Boston tape, etc.) must be taken with a grain of salt. There are other instances, so most of my reading was just "I'm here for the facts ma'am".And we do get just the facts in a lot of cases and that is where the meat is. I'm sure some of the band Jacobsen may regret some opinions given, maybe not, my eyes glazed over in the financial sections, I had little interest in some of Yester's bio with MFQ, but did enjoy the sidetracks to the Fifth Ave Band. Also, the info on the 'One Trick Pony' appearance and the semi reunion with John, Joe Steve in 1986 at Johns Hopkins Univ and the following night in D.C. (which was at the Wax Museum and John opened for NRBQ, who back up the three Spoons during their stage performance, all of which was not documented in the book).If you are a fan of the group, get the book, it's cheap, it's a fun read and until next summer it's the only thing out there.Then there will be Steve Boone's story, "Hotter Than A Matchhead" coming out in August, that may or may not back up, or reiterate the opinions/ feelings stated. I'll get that and read it with great anticipation. There is so little about the band documented, a group that over a 2 year period put out 3 great lp's, 2 soundtracks (I love Lily's tracks, A Cool Million Phil's Theme show what a tight ensemble they were) and the one dysfunctional album after Zal left.Almost 50 years later, the Magic's still there for me.....please, sir, tell me more!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This interesting and comprehensive story of the best American rock group of the 1960s was a long ...By A ReaderThis interesting and comprehensive story of the best American rock group of the 1960s was a long time in coming. Full disclosure: I have been a huge fan since the day I first heard "Do You Believe in Magic" in 1965. Mr. Wordsworth has done a prodigious job in telling the story of John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky, who passed away in 2002 (replaced by Jerry Yester in 1967), Joe Butler and Steve Boone, who emerged from New York's Greenwich Village folk-rock scene in 1965 and who were an American super group from 1965 -1967.They even did soundtracks for the early work of Woody Allen and Francis Ford Coppola. Yester, Butler and Boone still perform today (and quite well) as the Lovin' Spoonful. The group sound - a combination of folk, rock, country, blues and jug band remains a unique contribution - "Good Time Music" - to American pop. The author did extraordinarily extensive interviews with the group and the cast of producers, arrangers, record company execs, etc. The book is a good proxy for the social/cultural history of the time - the folk rockers all appear - Mamas and Papas, Byrds, Turtles and many others - even the Beatles, who were fans. The author meticulously goes through the chronology and comments extensively on almost all the songs on every album - and with descriptions of relatively obscure appearances. The intra-group disagreements and rivalries are all here - there hardly has ever been a rock group without them- but there have been far worse. While the author is unquestionably a fan, the account is by no means sugar-coated. The story ends with the group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 - when the book was completed - but not published until 2014 as an e-book. Pending Steve Boone's just published book, it is hard not to see this book as the most comprehensive biography of this seminal, and unique, group. It is a very worthy contribution to the history of the times.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Finally a book about The Lovin' SpoonfulBy Gary P. CohenI have been a fan of the Spoonful's since their inception, and have remained loyal to their solo efforts as well, but their history was still a mystery to me. Mr. Wordsworth book was a revelation and I devoured it in 3 intense sittings. I then went back and listened to all the albums as though hearing them for the first time in 50 years - and in some ways, I was. The Spoonful was the best part of the 60's music for me, and Sebastian's contribution to the rock-n-roll legacy is unsurpassed, if undervalued. I recommend this book to those who grew up with the music, as it will shed new light on the era as well as the band. I also suggest the younger generations read it is as well as it'll turn them on to good time music - something we don't have much of these days.Bravo, Mr. Wordsworth THIS IS THE FIRST VERSION OF THE BOOK WHICH WAS REVISED AND UPDATED IN SEPTEMBER 2014 (WITH THE ADDITION OF OVER 50 PHOTOGRAPHS) AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK. "Do You Believe In Magic" is the first biography of The Lovin' Spoonful. Written, but not published, in 2000, it tells the story of the group who emerged from the Night Owl in New York's Greenwich Village to the last ever reformation of the original line-up at the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame.The first group to have their first seven singles reach the top ten in the USA, The Lovin' Spoonful are primarily known for their hits "Summer In The City", "Daydream" "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice", "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?", "Darling Be Home Soon" and of course "Do You Believe In Magic?" John Sebastian also had a US No1 with "Welcome Back".Including interviews with all the members John Sebastian, Zalman Yanovsky, Steve Boone, Joe Butler and Jerry Yester.
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