''Like to Get to Know You'' is the second studio

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Spanky and Our Gang Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s sunshine pop band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' comedies of the 1930s (known to modern audiences as ''The Little Rascals''), because of the si ...

, released in 1968. It is the first of their albums to exhibit their signature sound, partially owing to it being produced by two different people than their debut album.

Reception

Writing for

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, music critic Bruce Eder wrote the album "was harder-rocking, bluesier, and more inventive in its folk stylings than anything on their debut album. The mix of sounds was actually quite startling in its own time and is engaging even 30 some years later."

Track listing

# "The Swingin' Gate" (John Ferrell, Geoffrey Meyers) lead vocals: Malcolm Hale, John Seiter, Spanky McFarlane – 2:14 # "Prescription for the Blues" (

Little Brother Montgomery Eurreal Wilford "Little Brother" Montgomery (April 18, 1906 – September 6, 1985) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer. Largely self-taught, Montgomery was an important blues pianist with an original style. He was a ...

, Bruce Saunders) lead vocals: Spanky McFarlane – 3:07 # "Three Ways from Tomorrow" (Lefty Baker) lead vocals: Lefty Baker– 3:25 # "My Bill" (

Bob Dorough Robert Lrod Dorough (December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American bebop and cool jazz vocalist, pianist, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Dorough became famous as the composer and performer of songs in the TV series ''School ...

, Daniel Greenburg, Monte Ghertler) – 2:27 # " Sunday Mornin'" (

Margo Guryan Margo Guryan (September 20, 1937 – November 8, 2021) was an American songwriter, singer, musician and lyricist. As a songwriter, her work was first recorded in 1958, although it was for her 1960s song " Sunday Mornin'", a hit for both Spanky a ...

) lead vocals: Spanky McFarlane – 3:54 # " Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')" (

Fred Neil Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material&n ...

) lead vocals: Malcolm Hale – 3:10 # " Suzanne" (

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

) – 3:47 # "Stuperflabbergasted" (Bruce Summers, Carlos Bernal) lead vocals: Lefty Baker– 1:10 # "

Like to Get to Know You "Like to Get to Know You" is a 1968 song from Spanky and Our Gang. Written by Stuart Scharf, the song debuted at No. 71 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on April 20, 1968, and peaked at No. 17 on June 8, 1968.''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955- ...

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Stuart Scharf Stuart Scharf (1941 – November 8, 2007) was an American composer, guitarist, and record producer. Scharf grew up in Crown Heights and attended Winthrop Junior High School. Scharf graduated, with honors, from CCNY in 1962 (mathematics majo ...

) lead vocals: Lefty Baker, Malcolm Hale, Kenny Hodges, Spanky McFarlane – 2:15 # "Chick-a-Ding-Ding" (Stuart Scharf) lead vocals:

Nigel Pickering Nigel Pickering (born Fredy Ray Pickering; June 15 1929 - May 5 2011) was an American folk rock musician, who co-founded and was a songwriter for Spanky And Our Gang. Career Nigel Pickering was born Fredy Ray Pickering in 1929 in Pontiac, Mis ...

, Spanky McFarlane – 2:23 # " Stardust" (

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

Mitchell Parish Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...

) lead vocals: Spanky McFarlane, Nigel Pickering – 3:32 # "Coda (Like to Get to Know You)" (Stuart Scharf) lead vocals: Lefty Baker, Malcolm Hale – 0:59

Personnel

;Spanky and Our Gang * Spanky McFarlane - vocals * Malcolm Hale - lead guitar, trombone, vocals * Lefty Baker - lead guitar, banjo, vocals * Nigel Pickering - rhythm guitar, vocals * Kenny Hodges - bass, vocals *

John Seiter John Seiter (born August 17, 1944) is an American musician. He is best known for his work as a drummer for Spanky and Our Gang and The Turtles. Biography Seiter's first official credit came on a 1972 recording of ''Peter and the Wolf'' for Uni ...

- drums, vocals The band recorded the instrumental tracks for "Three Ways from Tomorrow," "Suzanne," and "Stuperflabbergasted." Studio musicians recorded the rest *

Mike Deasy Michael William Deasy (born February 4, 1941) is an American rock and jazz guitarist. As a session musician, he played on numerous hit singles and albums recorded in Los Angeles in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He is sometimes credited as Mike De ...

- guitar *Walter Raim - 12-string guitar *Chet Amsterdam,

Larry Knechtel Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon ...

, Richard Davis - bass *

Red Rhodes Orville J. Rhodes, better known as Red Rhodes or O. J. Rhodes (December 30, 1930 – August 20, 1995), was an American pedal steel guitarist. His mother taught him to play the Dobro at the age of five, but at the age of fifteen he switched to ...

- steel guitar *

Artie Schroeck Arthur Bruce Schroeck (born October 10, 1938) is an American musician, best known for arranging and composing popular songs and jingles. He has won multiple Clio Awards, such as when he composed the music for the 1981 ABC-TV promo "Now is t ...

- organ, piano *Bill LaVorgna, Donald MacDonald,

Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...

- drums *

Lee Katzman Lee Katzman (May 17, 1928 – August 1, 2013) was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography Katzman was Chicago-born and Indianapolis-raised. In his early career, Katzman played primarily in big band settings. Arriving in New York in the late 40's, ...

- trumpet

References

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