The Buffalo Springfield

Self-Titled

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US 1967 (original US 1966) This includes "For What It's Worth" not present on the '66 issue.

Atco Records - SD 33-200-A

Stephen Stills was from Dallas, Texas but moved everywhere during his early and teen years due to his father's status in the Military. He picked up (guitar) and became part of several bands, including The Continentals with Don Felder, who played with The Eagles. Stills was a solo artist with guitar and vocals at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village and became part of the Au Go Go Singers, a group of vocalists from an off-Broadway theater production hired by Howard Soloman, who owned The Café Au Go Go. 
A year later The Au Go Go Singers broke apart, members Roy Michaels (banjo), Rick Geiger (guitar), Michael Scott (bass) and Jean Gurney (vocals) reverted back to their former folk roots as a group called The Bay Singers. Stephen Stills (guitar, vocals) joined them and together they wrote new songs. Jim Friendman managed the group and renamed them The Company. They toured Canada and were scheduled as the headlining act at The Fourth Dimension in Thunder Bay, Ontario supported by The Squires, a band that included Neil Young.
Stills and Young met, exchanged pleasantries and moved on. Stephen moved to Los Angeles and became a session musician. He tried out for a new TV show called The Monkees but was turned down. It was Stephen Stills who recommended Peter Tork for the show. Richie Furay (guitar, vocals), who was also with the former Au Go Go Singers, was asked to join Stills and  flew out to California to help form the new band.
Neil Young (guitar, vocals) and Bruce Palmer (bass) also picked up to join Stills in LA, and it was pure luck that they found each other. Dewey Martin was a known (drummer) in Ontario but had made his mark in Nashville as a session drummer for such artists as Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers and others. Dickie Davis managed the proposed band and knew Jim Dickson, who represented The Byrds. Jim suggested that they should hire Dewey. 
The band name was credited to the name of a steamroller, Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company. Putting songs together, their first performance was at The Troubadour on April 11, 1966 but The Whiskey A Go Go was persuaded to give them a try and they became the house band in support of Johnny Rivers for three weeks. 
Record companies started lining up to sign them to a deal. Ahmet Ertegun, from Atlantic Records, gave them an advance and signed the band to a four-record contract. They went to Gold Star Studios and recorded their first single, "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing", that peaked in the top 50 locally but faltered nationally. A full self-titled album was recorded in September of that year (1966).
Meanwhile the Sunset Strip Curfew Riots started and counterculture clashes occurred between the Police and the youth who were crowding the streets and causing traffic congestion. A loitering ordinance was passed to enforce a strict curfew for 10pm. Rallies and demonstrations occurred with 1000s of people gathering in protest, peaceful initially; but tensions caused trouble and many of the dance clubs, where the rock music occurred, began to close down.
The altercations caused Stephen to write a song "For What It's Worth". The band went to Columbia Studios and a separate single was released at the same time as the album in December. The song shot up the charts and peaked nationally at #7. A second pressing of the album included the hit song and it was released in March of '67. They toured with The Beach Boys nationally and returned for recording sessions on their next LP.
But Bruce Palmer got heavy into drugs and was always getting arrested. He was deported twice. Disguising himself and returning to the states he reunited with Steve and Neil sporadically. But things got out of control and he was fired from the band for good. The album got finished with some songs involving a session bassist. They brought in Jim Messina, who produced the second album, to fill the void left by Bruce Palmer, permanently on (bass). 
Neil was branching off doing solo sessions and was replaced for such events on stage with Doug Hastings for a short while and David Crosby when they played at The Monterey Pop Festival. The band was breaking apart with the final straw coming at a rehearsal party where Neil Young, Richie Furay and Jim Messina were arrested for marijuana. Steve escaped through a window. The band officially broke apart. The final album, Last Time Around, was recorded with each in the studio separately and songs from various outtakes from the past.
Neil singed with Warner Bros. for a solo career, Steve Stills formed Crosby, Stills and Nash and Richie with Jim Messina formed Poco.
Musically folk rock, psych and country flavorings. All the familiar voices in one.
This was their first LP. A 1967 second issue on the Atco label. Includes "For What It's Worth".
Cover has some slight shelf, edge and corner wear. Record has several light hairlines and marks. Record plays with some light noise between cuts and in the quieter moments. Proper Atco logo inner sleeve.

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