Buckinghams - Greatest Hits (1969) Vinyl LP • Best of, Kind of a Drag

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Vinyl plays nicely, except for a few light crackles during "Don't You Care" (play-graded). Cover has moderate scuffing and discoloration with darker spots (front/back); some surface "bubbling" on front near bottom left. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); one seam partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Minor shelf-wear along top-edge; heavier wear and developing split along bottom edge. Some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. '2-eye' red Columbia label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Don't You Care
2. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
3. Back In Love Again
4. Why Don't You Love Me
5. I'll Go Crazy
6. Susan
7. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
8. And Our Love
9. Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
10. Foreign Policy
11. Kind Of A Drag

About The Record:

Greatest Hits, by Buckinghams, is a compilation album that encapsulates the Chicago-based sunshine-pop band's most successful period from 1966 to 1968, showcasing their signature horn-driven sound. The album includes their chart-topping hit Kind of a Drag, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart in 1967, marking a significant milestone as it became a defining track of the era's AM radio sound. Other notable hit singles featured are Don’t You Care, Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song), Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, and Susan, all of which were Top 10 hits that solidified the band’s influence in the 1960s pop-rock scene. The inclusion of Lawdy Miss Clawdy, a non-LP single and a cover of Lloyd Price’s 1952 R&B hit, adds historical value as a minor hit from their early USA Records days. Historically significant, the album reflects the Buckinghams' role in pioneering the "Chicago horn sound," influencing later brass-rock bands like Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago, under the production guidance of James William Guercio.