BLOOMFIELD - KOOPER - STILLS Super Session 1968 UK CBS 1st STEREO - NEAR MINT
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84
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£ 84
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Oct 20, 2016
Sold Date
Oct 10, 2016
Start Date
£ 24
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12
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Great Britain
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BLOOMFIELD/KOOPER/STILLS Super Session 1968 UK CBS 1st STEREO - NEAR MINT
MIKE BLOOMFIELD - AL KOOPER - STEVE STILLSSuper Sessions
UK CBS (S 63396) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (July 1968)
RECORDED IN NINE HOURS OF STUDIO JAMMING
'The music on this record was performed spontaneously by the personnel as listed. The horns were added later as an afterthought" (Al Kooper - Liner Notes)
FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE BLUES WITH SOME 'POP' ELEMENTS; 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry' AND SOME FANTASTIC PHASING; 'You Don't Love Me' THIS IS A REALLY EXCEPTIONAL PIECE OF WORK WHICH SOUNDS JUST AS FRESH AND VIBRANT TODAY AS IT DID PRACTICALLY 50 YEARS AGO
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - BARLEY PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE DEEP ORANGE CBS LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: SBPG 63396 A1 / SBPG 63396 B1
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE “Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London W11. Patent Pending” - AN ORIGINAL *MONO* SHELL WITH *STEREO* LABEL TO THE BACK
COMPLETE WITH THE POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '077' (July 1967)
Super Session is an album that grew out of nine hours of studio jamming 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, the next day, Bloomfield, who was addicted to heroin at the time, 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, including a lengthy cover version of Donovan's "Season of the Witch."
Side 1: Mike Blooomfield And Al Kooper
Albert's Shuffle (6:43)
Stop (4:23)
Man's Temptation (3:25)
His Holy Modal Majesty (9:13)
Really (5:29)
Side 2: Steve Stills And Al Kooper
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (3:30)
Season Of The Witch (11:07)
You Don't Love Me (4:12)
Harvey's Tune (2:09)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked and fresh labels - barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but harmless wispy hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
In keeping with its barely played status my play-check at volume found little to fault - just a touch of low-level surface between some of the track and a couple of light ticks - nothing really and I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins A sensational (and largely overlooked) record - very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Some rub to the text on the spine and a tiny crease top corner otherwise sharp and clean - fine example
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779 (GS 7.0.4 (779))
