The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful

The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 1967[1]
RecordedJune 1965 – March 1966[2]
GenreFolk rock[3]
Length29:10
LabelKama Sutra
ProducerErik Jacobsen
The Lovin' Spoonful chronology
Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful
(1966)
The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful
(1967)
You're a Big Boy Now
(1967)

The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful is a 1967 compilation album by the Lovin' Spoonful featuring hits and other tracks from their first three albums. It charted the highest of the group's career, hitting number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart.

The album also included 9" x 12" individual color photos ("Suitable for framing", as labeled) of John Sebastian, Joe Butler, Steve Boone, and Zal Yanovsky.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^
    • Edmonds, Ben (2002). Do You Believe in Magic (Liner notes). The Lovin' Spoonful. Buddha Records, Kama Sutra Records. 74465 99730 2.
    • Diken, Dennis (2002). Daydream (Liner notes). The Lovin' Spoonful. Buddha, BMG Heritage. 74465 99731 2.
    • Richards, Sam (September 2021). Bonner, Michael (ed.). "The Making of ... Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful". UNCUT. No. 292. pp. 92–94.
  3. ^ Nelson, Paul (1980). "Folk Rock". In Miller, Jim (ed.). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll (Revised and Updated ed.). New York City: Random House. pp. 231–234. ISBN 0-394-73938-8 – via the Internet Archive.