Dec 18, 2009

MIKE BLOOMFIELD/AL KOOPER/STEVE STILLS - SUPER SESSION (COLUMBIA 1968) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve + 4 bonus




BY REQUEST...
"Super Session" grew out of a single nine hour jam in 1968 by guitarists Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield and multi-instrumentalist Al Kooper. Kooper and Bloomfield had both previously worked in support of Bob Dylan, in concert and appearing on his ground-breaking classic, Highway 61 Revisited.
Kooper, fresh from having assembled and recorded the inaugural incarnation of Blood, Sweat & Tears, booked two days of studio time with Bloomfield in May 1968 in Los Angeles. They recruited keyboardist Barry Goldberg and bassist Harvey Brooks, both members of the band that Bloomfield was in the process of leaving, Electric Flag, and well-known session drummer "Fast" Eddie Hoh. On the first day the quintet recorded the first side of the album, tracks one through five of the CD version; the next day, Bloomfield, who was a heroin addict, abruptly disappeared after suffering an attack of what was euphemistically referred to as "chronic insomnia." Kooper hastily called on Stephen Stills to sit in for Bloomfield on what would become the second side of the album, tracks six through nine, including a lengthy cover version of Donovan's "Season of the Witch."
Some overdubbed horns were later added while the album was being mixed, which were eventually subtracted from the bonus tracks on this CD version. The album, which cost just $13,000 to make, was a top-20 hit which garnered a Gold Record award. Kooper forgave Bloomfield, and the two of them made several concert appearances after the album was released. One of these concerts was made into the live album "The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper".
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7 comments:

gregory said...

Dear Georgie,

You make my day. Every time I face the cover of this incredible disc my feeling are mixed. A great pleasure for the exceptional music and a deep sadness for the loss of Mike Bloomfield. I remember the day at February of 1981 that I heard the death of Mike from the radio station of the US base.
Αρχηγέ σε ευχαριστώ πολύ, το βραδάκι θα ακούσω τον original στο πικάκ και τον cardboard. Δηλαδή μουσική πανδαισία... Να περμένω και το "A Long Time Comin'";
Με αληθινή εκτίμηση,
Love & Peace

Anonymous said...

i own this (dear me, must be my 4th version of this great disc!). just wanted to let you know that i'm still extremely grateful you posted mike bloomfield's "live at bill graham's fillmore" in flac, it was so very kind of you! best wishes, ubique

Anonymous said...

Love it! Thanks.
Zim

Georgie Hirezola said...

"A Long Time Comin' " is...coming soon.....
Thanks all of you guys.
Georgie+++++++++

Gregg δεν νομιζω να περιμενεις και τα προσωπικα του (παρ'ολο που τα πηρα kαι αυτα ο μ....), γιατι δεν αξιζουν τιποτα μπροστα σε αυτα εδω!!!
Greets++++++

gregory said...

It's probably better we just keep on rockin' in the free world.
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Όντως για τα προσωπικά του έχεις δίκιο, π.χ. το "It's Not Killing Me" είναι μέτριο αν και έχει τις στιγμές του, το ίδιο και το "Triumvirate". Εντάξει μην ψέγεις τον εαυτόν σου, εγώ σε καταλαβαίνω. Τα έχω κάνει εγώ αυτά κατ'επανάληψη.
Εάν υπάρχουν θα περίμενα το "The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper" και το "Child Is Father To The Man" καθώς και τα προσωπικά του Kooper (New York City, Easy Does It).
Πάντως είναι παρήγορο να βλέπεις ότι μπορείς να συντονίζεσαι με ανθρώπους και μ'αυτό το τρόπο επικοινωνίας... Σου δίνει κουράγιο και ελπίδα. Για αυτά τα δύο ειδικά σε ευγνωμονώ.
Με αληθινή εκτίμηση,
Love & Peace

gregory said...

Dear all,

Merry Chrismas and Happy New Year...
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Τζώρτζη,

Καλά Χριστούγεννα και ευτυχισμένος ο καινούργιος Χρόνος. Με υγεία σ'εσένα και τους δικού σου.
Με αληθινή εκτίμηση,
Αγάπη & Ειρήνη

Anonymous said...

dzięki za super muzę. szacunek, stary!