Magic People

Prior to working with Rick Shorter on the album, the group's single "If I Call You By Some Name" bw "Copper Penny" was produced by him. He wrote the A side, which became a hit in Canada in January 1967. The single reached number 6 on Toronto’s CHUM chart with single sales reaching 35,000. This raised their profile, and after playing at the Café au Go Go, they attracted the right attention. An album deal was promptly struck with the Verve record label, initially on their Verve Folkways imprint and ultimately Verve Forecast. The group stayed in New York City from late April to early May 1967 and over the course of two sessions at Columbia's 30th Street studio on April 27 and May 4 recorded an album's worth of songs with Shorter producing, which included "Magic People", "Think I Care" and the B-side "White Song".NicholasJennings.com - [http://www.nicholasjennings.com/the-paupers-dig-deep-1966-1968 Liner Notes: The Paupers – Dig Deep 1966-1968]Cashbox Magazine, Canada, Thu, 10/15/2015 - [http://cashboxcanada.ca/6921/proudly-canadian-paupers Proudly Canadian: The Paupers] A re-recording of "If I Call You By Some Name" and the outtake "Love and Racing" from these sessions remain unissued.

The finished product which was released on July 1, 1967, was produced and arranged by Rick Shorter with help from The Paupers and under the production supervision of Jerry Schoenbaum and John Court.Discogs - [https://www.discogs.com/The-Paupers-Magic-People/release/1654438 The Paupers – Magic People]

Both mono and stereo versions of the album were released on vinyl in 1967.Goldmine Record Album Price Guide, By Dave Thompson - [https://books.google.com/books?id=1cNDDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Magic+People%22The+Paupers&pg=PA531 Page 531] The album would peak at number 178 in the U.S. charts.The Virgin encyclopedia of sixties music, Colin Larkin - [https://books.google.com/books?id=HLo7AQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+Paupers%22Magic+People%22178 Page 340 Paupers]

The album was released on CD in 2008 by Pacemaker Entertainment with additional tracks.Canuckistan Music - [http://www.canuckistanmusic.com/index.php?maid=165 The Paupers, Magic People - Michael Panontin]

All songs written by Adam Mitchell and Skip Prokop.

;Side A

1. "Magic People" - 2:43
2. "It's Your Mind" - 5:20
3. "Black Thank You Package" - 3:12
4. "Let Me Be" - 3:10
5. "Think I Care" - 3:55

;Side B

6. "One Rainy Day" - 2:20
7. "Tudor Impressions" - 4:13
8. "Simple Deed" - 2:43
9. "My Love Hides Your View" - 3:20
10. "You And Me" - 2:40

• Adam Mitchell - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, organ on "You and Me"
• Skip Prokop - drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Chuck Beal - lead guitar
• Dennis Gerrard - bass, backing vocals

The group biography which appears in the original sleeve notes mentions that "Skip [Prokop] and Adam [Mitchell] do the lead singing"; while Prokop indeed performed occasional lead vocals for the group, all the lead vocals on Magic People were performed by Mitchell.

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Category:1967 debut albums

Category:The Paupers albums

Category:Verve Forecast Records albums