by Brian Dubin
WE'RE NOT JUST ANYBODY by THE DOVERS
The Dovers were a pop group from Santa Barbara in the mid-1960s. As most groups of their time, they were heavily influenced by the Beatles. Though, they made much shorter, (and in my opinion) poppier songs. The band was not around for very long - they released 3 or 4 singles then broke up, thus making them a sought after band by record collectors.
All of the songs on this record (which are actually all of the songs they ever recorded) are incredibly catchy and poppy with the exception of the song "The Third Eye," which is a psychedelic masterpiece. The song appears on the compilation Thirty Seconds Before the Calico Wall (which you can find at places like Bomp!). Another song of theirs. "She's Gone," appears on the compilation Pebbles Vol. 2.
Sadly, We're Not Just Anybody is out of print, but if you can find a way to download this album, I highly recommend you doing so because these are some of the catchiest, unheard pop songs from the '60s.
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after panda bear sampled the song "what am i going to do," and i found out the dovers were from my hometown of santa barbara, i HAD to have the record. i emailed misty lane records, an italian label that releases old "teen sound" records. they shipped a copy of this album to california for like 40 dollars but it was totally worth it. all 8 songs are definitely worth 5 bucks.
http://www.mistylane.it/ try emailing him if you're serious about it
Posted by: brian | May 16, 2010 at 05:03 AM