Revelation: Revolution '69

Revelation: Revolution '69
Studio album by
the Lovin' Spoonful featuring Joe Butler
ReleasedOctober 7, 1968 (1968-10-07)[1]
Genre
Length32:06
LabelKama Sutra
ProducerBob Finiz, Chip Douglas
The Lovin' Spoonful chronology
Everything Playing
(1967) 		Revelation: Revolution '69
(1968) 		The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful
(1970)
Singles from Revelation: Revolution '69
  1. "Never Goin' Back"
    Released: June 5, 1968[1]
  2. "(Till I) Run with You" / "Revelation: Revolution '69"
    Released: August 20, 1968[2]
  3. "Me About You" / "Amazing Air"
    Released: c. January 1969[3][4]

Revelation: Revolution '69 is the fifth studio album by the Lovin' Spoonful, released in late 1968.[5] Though credited to "The Lovin' Spoonful featuring Joe Butler",[6] the album features only Butler, the band's drummer, playing with session musicians.[7]

Following John Sebastian's departure from the Lovin' Spoonful in June 1968, the remaining members of the band had little contact with one another. Butler received permission from executives at Kama Sutra Records to record and produce an album under the band's name, which he did without the involvement of either Steve Boone or Jerry Yester.[8] The album did not chart,[9] and it is generally omitted from lists of the Lovin' Spoonful's discography.[10]

  1. ^ a b Ruppli & Novitsky 1998, p. 396.
  2. ^ Ruppli & Novitsky 1998, p. 405.
  3. ^ Billboard Review Panel (February 1, 1969). "Spotlight Singles". Billboard. p. 79.
  4. ^ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. February 1, 1969. p. 64.
  5. ^ Boone & Moss 2014, p. 195.
  6. ^ Anon. (1968). Revelation: Revolution '69 (Liner notes). The Lovin' Spoonful featuring Joe Butler. Kama Sutra. KLPS-8073.
  7. ^ Boone & Moss 2014, pp. 191–192, 195–196.
  8. ^ Boone & Moss 2014, pp. 192, 195–196.
  9. ^ "The Lovin' Spoonful Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  10. ^ Boone & Moss 2014, p. 196: "Revelation: Revolution '69 is generally dismissed by critics and is often left unmentioned in Spoonful discographies ..."