BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AGAIN/67 US MONO BROWN&PURPLE/NMINT

	£		25
	$		33

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AGAIN

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Labels: Atco two colour tan/purple, excellent, no spindle mark visible, even under magnification.

Mode: Mono

Rarity: Mega

Original Year of Release: 1967.

Catalogue Number: 33-226.

Sleeve: Stiff card single wallet, pasted paper rear. Little feathering, a rigid spine with some faint rubwear (text all readable)to it, the corners and the top edge. Label residue front top right

Inner: Atco LP Catalogue 

Insert: None. 

Matrices:  12651-C, 12452-C

Vinyl Condition & Grading: This record has to be heard to be believed. I bought it in a shop in Hammersmith in 1967/8 and, after spasmodic use over the past 44 years, it still sounds as it did then! Barely any surface noise at all, in fact inbetween some of the tracks I had to check the amp to make sure it was still switched on! It's just remarkable, and I put the amazing quality down to the fine turntables it has only ever been played upon - Garrard 4000 in the 60s, Pioneer PL12D/Technics 1200 in the 70s, Acos Rega - the 80s and since then my Linn. It certainly pays to use good gear! The upshot of it is that it's highly unlikely that you'll ever come across a copy of this rare MONO US original (which came out a full year before the UK release) in such a brilliant condition. 

Album Played For Grading: Yes. (Equipment: Linn Sondek LP12, Linn Ekos arm, Linn K9 moving coil cartridge, tracking at 2 grams into a Cambridge Audio Azur 340A amp and out to a pair of Bose speakers with a Super Woofer)

Track Listing:

Mr. Soul
A Child's Claim to Fame
Everydays
Expecting to Fly
Bluebird
Hung Upside Down
Sad Memory
Good Time Boy
Rock & Roll Woman
Broken Arrow

Due in part to personnel problems which saw Bruce Palmer and Neil Young in and out of the group, Buffalo Springfield's second album did not have as unified an approach as their debut. Yet it doesn't suffer for that in the least -- indeed, the group continued to make major strides in both their songwriting and arranging, and this record stands as their greatest triumph. Stephen Stills' "Bluebird" and "Rock & Roll Woman" were masterful folk-rockers that should have been big hits (although they did manage to become small ones); his lesser-known contributions "Hung Upside Down" and the jazz-flavored "Everydays" were also first-rate. Young contributed the Rolling Stones-derived "Mr. Soul," as well as the brilliant "Expecting to Fly" and "Broken Arrow," both of which employed lush psychedelic textures and brooding, surrealistic lyrics that stretched rock conventions to their breaking point. Richie Furay (who had not written any of the songs on the debut) takes tentative songwriting steps with three compositions, although only "A Child's Claim to Fame," with its memorable dobro hooks by James Burton, meets the standards of the material by Stills and Young; the cut also anticipates the country-rock direction of Furay's post-Springfield band, Poco. Although a slightly uneven record that did not feature the entire band on several cuts, the high points were so high and plentiful that its classic status cannot be denied. 

Post & Packing: This is a valuable item which will be shipped with insured trackability as follows:

UK: £7.00 (Special Delivery)

Europe: £12.00 (International Signed For with Extra Compensation)

ROW: £15.00 (International Signed For with Extra Compensation) 

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