Jim Valley (Paul Revere and The Raiders) - Try,Try,Try (1967) video free download

Zev Feldman

PRETTY FROM 67

Bea Daly

I remember the song. 

Nesta Abbott

I really like this! It has a catchy turn!! 

Nesta Abbott

I really like this! It has a catchy turn!! 

Colin Sanders

entered Vancouver's CKLG chart August 12, 1967

Marty Silvert

I loved this song and it made me happy.

mrrayjd

My pleasure...and don't you just love YouTube.

ColeHan100

you did it!! I knew someone would have this on here. I havent seen this cover pic since the record came out. THANKS!

Stuckinthe6Ts

I agree. To walk away from the music business and do something truly worthwhile is a measure of the man.

mrrayjd

Boy,was he in the wrong band...but seriously,I believe all you say to be correct.The work he has done since leaving The Raiders has given him the enjoyment and happiness he deserves.

Stuckinthe6Ts

From all I've read, Harpo was a genuinely nice guy who didn't like being on the road and all the after-hours partying.

Stuckinthe6Ts

Other sources say Drake played on half of the "Spirit of '67", mostly recorded before he served his time in the National Guard. If not Jim on the other half, the Wrecking Crew is the obvious answer. The guitar on "Him Or Me" sounds a bit like Tommy Tedesco's work. Of all artists, PR&TR seem to be the only group that the Wrecking Crew denies playing for in the studio, except for Hal Blaine on "Indian Reservation". That doesn't mean they didn't, but they've denied it.

Rknbkr12

I saw Jim perform all the hits with The Raiders live but was later informed by an unimpeachable source that Drake played ALL of the guitar on all of the recordings except "Him or Me," which was done by the Wrecking Crew.

Stuckinthe6Ts

I know Jim's picture is on "Spirit of '67," but can someone tell me if he actually played on all the tracks. Were some of the tracks already "in the can" with Drake on guitar before Jim joined? I was lucky enough to see Jim with the Raiders in concert and thought he handled the solos very well, especially "Just Like Me" and "Good Thing", but have never been able to make a fair comparison without knowing which tracks Jim handled lead guitar on.

Stuckinthe6Ts

Harpo was selected for personality as well as musicianship. He was no slacker on the guitar, but he fit in perfectly with the zany antics onstage, and would have been great on Where the Action Is, if he had been around during that period. Personally, I liked "There is Love", his other "big" release. But I think he was/is too gentle a soul for the rock scene, and he was a victim of a period when hard rock pushed out soft rock as a dominant force.

rslitman

In Meadowbrook, PA, there are two parallel roads on opposite sides of some railroad tracks (but the areas on both sides of the tracks are both nice - no bad side of the tracks here). One is called Lindsay Lane, and the other is called Valley Road. And when I discovered this, my first thought was, two members of Paul Revere & the Raiders!

mrrayjd

@GentlemanTony This is probably as commercial as Jim was going to get and certainly he should have been allowed something on the 'Spirit' album.Let's face it,if Smitty could get a cut and Jim couldn't,you can appreciate his frustration.

GentlemanTony

Not a strong enough tune to be a single, but this is better than half of the Spirit of '67 album and should have made the cut.

Roosterruler

This makes me smile!

Nick Lewis

Very much under utilized, excellent tunesmith in his own right.

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