BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND-EAST -- WEST- ELEKTRA BLOOMFIELD
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35
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46
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ALMOST A U.$. MAYALL, PAUL BUTTERFIELD LED MANY VERSIONS OF THIS BAND BUT THIS WAS THE CLASSIC LINE UP. FEATURING THE DUAL GUITARS OF MIKE BLOOMFIELD AND ELVIN BISHOP ALONG WITH BUTTERFIELD'S HARP AND MARK NAFTALAN'S KEYBOARDS. THIS ALL WHITE FRONT LINE HAD A BLACK RHYTHM SECTION IN BILLY DAVENPORT ON DRUMS AND JEROME ARNOLD (FROM HOWLIN' WOLF'S BAND) ON BASS. FOR '66 WHEN THIS CAME OUT IT WAS MILES AHEAD OF ITS TIME. ON THE SECOND TRACK NAFTALAN MAKES HIS MARK ON THEIR COVER OF THE NU ORLINS CLASSIC, "GET OUT OF MY LIFE, WOMAN". FROM THERE BUTTERFIELD'S SHARP ORIGINAL LYRICS SHOW THRU WITH THE ALBUM THEN TAKING A LEFT TURN WITH THE SOLOING OF BLOOMFIELD AND NAFTALAN SHOWING A NEW DIRECTION ON "WORK SONG". SIDE TWO STARTS WITH A COUPLE OF EXCELLENT BUTTERFIELD ORIGINALS, "MARY, MARY" AND "TWO TRAINS RUNNING" FOLLOWED BY A BISHOP VOCAL ON "NEVER SAY NO" AND THEN, WOW!! THE TITLE TRACK IS AN EMBARKATION IN TO THE BLUES MEETS THE TAJ MAHAL MEETS JAZZ. RHYTHMS AND SOLOS WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE A SHORT VACATION EAST IN THIS GROUNDBREAKING FORAY WHICH EVOLVES THRU 13 MINS. THE ALBUM WAS PRODUCED BY JAC HOLZMAN AND WAS ON ELEKTRA WITH THE ORIGINAL ORANGE LABEL. ALBUM AND SLEEVE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH Cat. No. EKL-315.
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