Bloomfield Kooper Stills SUPER SESSION Orig.1968 1B Matrix 360 SOUND 2-Eye NM LP

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Bloomfield Kooper Stills SUPER SESSION Orig.1968 1B Matrix 360 SOUND 2-Eye NM LP

  Description: Large Group of RARE 1960's and PSYCH LP Listings this series
                                   ...hopefully more than 150, if I can get them all done
Several FIRST PRESSINGS, PRIVATE ISSUES and PROMOS included.
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A wide variety of vintage Psych, Folk-Rock, Garage, Beat, '60s and British Rock.
A few choice Folk, Surf, Soul and 60's oddities included!
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All opening bids in the auction series begin at only $0.98
Being the middle of summer, I know that many of these will sell way too low, as so many bidders are away now.
So everybody here has a good shot at taking some of these beauties home! GOOD LUCK ALL!!
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Each auction features full, edge-to-edge, High Resolution Photos.
Many with multiple sound-clips taken directly from the LP on auction.
I simply didn't have enough time to create / add sound-clips to ALL of the auctions.
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Most of the vinyl is in EX to NM condition -a few VG+
Condition Details / Specifics for this LP listed below.
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This auction is for:
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SUPER SESSION
Mike Bloomfield
Al Kooper &
Steven Stills
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COLUMBIA Records CS 9701
Original 1968 issue • Stereo LP
360 SOUND • VERY EARLY PRESSING
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VINYL is NM
Full gloss vinyl looks and plays Like New. Original issue "360 SOUND" 2-EYE labels are immaculate.
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COVER is EX+
Mere hint of shelf wear to front and one lightly creased corner. Back is snapping bright NM. All edges straight, all corners sharp. Seams and spine 100% intact with no wear or splits.
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STRICT, CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE Grading
NM / EX (VG++) / VG+ / VG
MATRIX NUMBERS
SIDE 1 XSM137379-1B
SIDE 2 XSM137380-1D
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with Season Of The Witch, His Holy Modal Majesty, You Don't Love Me etc...
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The phenomenal uniting of Michael Bloomfield and Al Kooper, directly following Kooper's CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN with the first Blood Sweat & Tears group and Bloomfield's groundbreaking 1st ELECTRIC FLAG album: "A LONG TIME COMIN'

 ...Bloomfield tears it up beautifully for one side before he infamously breaks down - Steven Stills, just prior to the 1st Crosby Stills and Nash LP, then coming in to join Kooper and dishing out some of his best ever work, providing perhaps an even better 2nd side!
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Dynamic, full-throated Clear, Clean Sound!
on this original issue VERY EARLY PRESSING
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Original COLUMBIA Company inner sleeve included.
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Disc inside separate poly inner sleeve to protect both the original inner & the vinyl
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve
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AL KOOPER Keyboards, Guitar / MIKE BLOOMFIELD, STEVEN STILLS Guitars
HARVEY BROOKS Bass / EDDIE HOH Drums / BARRY GOLDBERG Keyboards

"As the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) had done a year earlier, Super Session (1968) ushered in several new phases in rock & roll's transformation. In the space of mere months, the soundscape of rock shifted radically from two- and three-minute danceable pop songs to comparatively longer works with more attention to technical and musical subtleties.

Enter the unlikely all-star triumvirate of Al Kooper (piano/organ/ondioline/vocals/guitars), Mike Bloomfield (guitar), and Stephen Stills (guitar) — all of whom were concurrently "on hiatus" from their most recent engagements. Kooper had just split after masterminding the definitive and groundbreaking Child Is Father of the Man (1968) version of Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Bloomfield was fresh from a brief stint with the likewise brass-driven Electric Flag, while Stills was late of Buffalo Springfield and still a few weeks away from a more or less full-time commitment to David Crosby and Graham Nash. The album features one side led by the team of Kooper/Bloomfield and the other by Kooper/Stills. Kooper's irrepressible organ solos alternately bop and scat along as he nudges melodies forward.

The tracks also feature the distinct hurdy-gurdy and Eastern-influenced sound of Kooper's small electric 'ondioline' keyboard with a timbre much like that of John Coltrane's tenor sax. Because of 'some physical health issues', Bloomfield was unable to complete the recording sessions and Kooper contacted Stills -and with his decidedly West Coast sound, one of the album's greatest highlights is the churning and scintillating cover of "Season of the Witch".

There is an undeniable synergy between Kooper and Stills, whose energies seems to drive the other into providing some very inspired interaction. Updating the blues standard "You Don't Love Me" allows Stills to sport some heavily amplified and distorted licks, which come off sounding like Jimi Hendrix. This is one of those albums that seems to get better with age; a super session indeed."

Please see my other auctions for more
Collectible, Vintage 1960's Psych LPs.

My LP packing is considered to be among the very best on eBay!
I would have it no other way.

All records packed with vinyl (inside inner sleeve) behind cover - and shipped in strong LP mailer boxes with bubble-wrap around all sides - sandwiched between stiff corrugated flats for best protection in the mail.
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Please be aware that these important supplies add to my shipping costs - of which only a small fraction is covered in the shipping charge.

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...All packages are shipped insured (at no added cost to you)
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USA
Media Mail: $4.00 •//• or Priority Mail: $9.99
Most of my customers prefer Media Mail because it is very cheap. Please keep in mind that it's cheap because it is slow; Media Mail packages can take a week to travel 30 miles - or around two weeks to travel cross-country. Sometimes it can arrive cross-country in 5 days - sometimes (very rarely) it takes a month. Due to Postal Service conditions, the actual arrival time cannot be known in advance.
Additional LPs in same shipment: $1.00 each
Combine buys to save on shipping!
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I charge EXACT POSTAGE only, Worldwide.
NOTE:
All packages above 4 Lbs (5-6 or more LPs) can NOT ship by the low 1ST CLASS International rate.
These must go by higher (but faster) PRIORITY or EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL RATES.
I will ALWAYS offer you choices
 -the LOWEST rate that US Postal system allows - plus the FASTER, but higher rate.
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*PLEASE do not ask me to mark the item as a 'GIFT' for customs. Unfortunately, I cannot.
The postal clerks know better; I ship LPs constantly (over 30 years) and cannot fool them.

I ship as soon as I receive cleared payment and treat ALL
my customers and their records with the greatest respect.
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I pack LPs to survive even the worst conditions the postal systems can hand out.
You will LOVE my LP packing!
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After the auction:
• Payment to be received within 7 days of auction end
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• You will receive winning bidder notification within 24 hours. IF you are only buying ONE LP, you may simply PayPal right away for immediate shipment.
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• COMBINED purchases / shipping Available on items won within 7 days.
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* If you are purchasing MORE THAN ONE ITEM from my list, please don't pay before your last item (within 7-day period) ends -so that I can combine your LPs on the INVOICE and charge you the reduced shipping accordingly. If you are DONE purchasing, you may eMail me at that time and ask for your INVOICE right away -for quickest shipment.
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HAPPY BIDDING!   Shipping: I ship as soon as I receive payment and treat ALL my customers and their records with the greatest respect. I package the LPs to survive even the worst conditions the postal systems can hand out.   Payment: Payment to be received within 7 days of auction end. I prefer PayPal for their secure, fast, dependable payment service. If you need to pay by any other method, please eMail me to see if your alternate choice can be accepted. I am happy to do my best to make payment as easy for you as possible. Any mailed payment MUST contain the name of the item and YOUR name AND ADDRESS in the SAME ENVELOPE to be sure I know which item you are paying for -and where to ship it.  
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