NEW * Good Thing - Paul Revere & The Raiders {Stereo} 1966

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1966-67......#4 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #5 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #3 Canada
Original video edited and remastered with HQ stereo sound.
Paul Revere & the Raiders are an American rock band from Boise, Idaho. Formed in 1958, the band released their first hit single three years later, "Like, Long Hair", which reached number 38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following a few minor charting singles, including a version of "Louie Louie", the band worked with producer Terry Melcher in updating their sound, combining fast-paced, guitar-and-vocal-dominated rock and roll with an intimidating R&B flavor. The result was a string of commercially successful singles, beginning with 1965's "Steppin' Out" and continuing with "Just Like Me", which reached number 11 on the Hot 100, as well as "Kicks", "Hungry", and "Good Thing", all of which peaked inside the top 10. In addition, the band's three 1966 studio albums—Just Like Us!, Midnight Ride, and The Spirit of '67—were each certified gold in the United States.
As it happened, “Good Thing” was the last song those Raiders members recorded together. That’s Revere on organ, Mike “Smitty” Smith on drums, Phil Volk on bass, Drake Levin on guitar, and Lindsay, of course, singing lead.
“The band was on fire,” says Lindsay. “We were in a very unique place [being] on [the afternoon TV variety show] Where the Action Is five days a week.” “Good Thing” was surrounded on the chart by many all time classics.
The single, released in December 1966, quickly climbed the charts, reaching #4 on January 21, 1967, blocked at the top by the Monkees, among others.
Their Hot 100 hits from this period include "Kicks" (no. 4), "Hungry" (no. 6), "The Great Airplane Strike" (no. 20), "Good Thing" (no. 4) and "Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?" (no. 5). Of these, "Kicks" emerged as their best-known hit – a hip-sounding record with an anti-drug message, written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and originally earmarked for the Animals. (Mann later revealed in interviews that the song was written about their friend, fellow 1960s songwriter Gerry Goffin, whose ongoing drug problems were interfering with his career and his relationship with then wife Carole King.)