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| | Super Session | | | Music Artist : | | Bloomfield | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sony | | Release Date : | | 2003-04-08 | | Store Price : | | $7.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Albert's Shuffle
2. Stop
3. Man's Temptation
4. His Holy Modal Majesty
5. Really
6. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
7. Season of the Witch
8. You Don't Love Me
9. Harvey's Tune
10. Albert's Shuffle [2002 Remix w/o Horns][*]
11. Season of the Witch [2002 Remix w/o Horns][*]
12. Blues for Nothing [*]
13. Fat Grey Cloud [Live][#][*]
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 One of the best
Submitted on: 2009-10-03 |
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| This CD contains some of Mike Bloomfield's guitar hero work. He was the BEST white blues guitarist of all time (with Peter Green being a very, very close 2nd). When Bloomfield was 'on' no one could touch his playing. |
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 Stands up to the test of time, but poor remastering warrants only 3-stars
Submitted on: 2009-04-27 |
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| I bought the original LP in 1968, still own it, and think it holds up well to the test of time. BUT, this "24-bit remastered CD" sounds like somebody took sandpaper to the audio - All the dynamics and life of the original mix on the original LP are missing here! A quick extract of this CD and comparison to a 24-bit capture of the LP on my PC shows why! Heavy compression of about 6db (making it twice as loud for you non-techies) was applied to the final mix used for this "rematered" CD. Yes it plays LOUD, but every single dynamic has been squashed - sax wails, guitar note bending, drum rims shots! Go find somone with a copy of the LP and rip a NOT-REMASTERED CD copy of the original mix, then, and only then, may you pass judgement on the "original" - Peace! |
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 Some damn fine stuff here
Submitted on: 2009-03-12 |
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There's more than enough great playing here to make this disk well worth the price of purchase. Albert's Shuffle & Stop get things off to a tremendous start. His Holy Modal Majesty (what the hell did that mean?) is a wonderful jam, it must have influenced Duane Allman who was just coming into his own around this same time.
The Stills stuff is not quite as strong as the Bloomfield stuff. It Takes a Lot to Laugh..., a Dylan cover, is pretty good. Season of the Witch is totally re-imagined from the Donovan original. Still haven't decided what I think of it. You Don't Love Me sounds really dated, in my opinion. Man's Temptation & Harvey's Tune are not strong.
Alas, the version I had doesn't include the 4 bonus tracks. I might have enjoyed hearing Albert's Shuffle & Train w/o the horns, which definitely feel like they were plunked down rudely on top of the rest of the mix. |
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Stop
Submitted on: 2008-08-22 |
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| "Stop" never fails to get me, no matter how many listens. Same thing with "Albert's Shuffle", w/ or w/o horns. All in all, a brilliant album. |
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Listen to this album.
Submitted on: 2008-07-02 |
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Seems like a lot of the people who bought this album bought it mostly because of Mike Bloomfield's half of it.
And let me tell you, this is a great half. The instrumentation is nothing new, but the musicians play with this flare that is unique to this album. It's as if all of the players were discovering their amazing powers at music for the first time, all at once.
You can tell they were having a really great time. It shows through in the music.
Stephen Stills side is the less appreciated side of the album (though still appreciated). I'm just going to say that I am extremely glad that they decided to call in Stills to finish this album off, because I have fallen in love with his half.
The layed back, feelin cool, not a care in the world groove of "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" is just ridiculously original. I don't think they could have done a better job on this song, no matter what.
It is a fresh song, with tons of replay value. It's like listening to Rock N Roll for the first time again.
Season of the Witch is another fantastic cover that Stephen and the band took home. It's a lengthy song, with great singing and jamming.
Bonus tracks are definitely worth checking out as well. The whole album is wonderful, and I'd be surprised if it were to let you down in your expectations. |
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