SEALED 1968 Orig THE ELECTRIC FLAG AMERICAN MUSIC Buddy Miles R&B BLUES
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STILL FACTORY SEALED
Hard To Find 1968 Orig 2nd LP
Rockin R&B BLUES CLASSIC
The Electric Flag
An American Music Band
\ USA - 360 SOUND COLUMBIA - CS 9597
STILL SEALED ((never opened in 47 years))
Actually harder to find than their first Lp = "A Long Time Comin'"and you never see this thing unopened/still sealed) ...here's a brand new 47 year old first pressing with a stone MINT cover (most are found worn with the dark color tones) ...
The Electric Flag's second album was released in December of 1968, just a few months after their highly rated debut. With guitarist Hoshal Wright replacing founding member Mike Bloomfield (formerly of Paul Butterfield Blues Band) and Herbie Rich taking full control of the organ (from another ex-Paul Butterfield member Barry Goldberg), you have a definite sequel to the Electric Flag's March 1968 debut LP, A Long Time Comin' appearing right on its heels, in December of that same year. The first album had "An American Music Band" under the group's name, and that slogan becomes the subtitle of this follow-up Lp. Janis Joplin songwriter Nick Gravenites takes the hook out of Barry Goldberg's "Sittin' in Circles" and reinvents it for "Hey, Little Girl" on this installment. Where 60 percent of the first album was written by the Paul Butterfield exiles Bloomfield and Goldberg, the songwriting is pretty evenly split between the two songs each by Buddy Miles, Harvey Brooks, and Nick Gravenites, with Brooks and Gravenites co-writing an additional title, "Nothing to Do." This makes for a heavier blues recording, co-produced by Brooks and Cheap Thrills album producer John Simon, who doubles on piano here (which he played on Janis Joplin's "Turtle Blues" on the aforementioned Big Brother & the Holding Company LP). The big revelations, though, are the cover songs, Dr. John's "Qualified" and an unbelievable version of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny," which Buddy Miles just encompasses and devours. The blending of styles is intuitive, as Hebb and Mac Rebennack/Dr. John had worked together on their own. Virgil Gonsalves' flute at the end of "Sunny" is frosting on the cake, but the key is that a song which was a smash on three formats -- R&B, country, and pop charts, and captured the heart of jazz musicians from Ella Fitzgerald to Pat Martino, gets this total reinvention here. As brilliant as Nick Gravenites is as a songwriter, it is Hebb's tune which is the centerpiece of this LP.
They all trade lead vocalist duties, from Nick Gravenites on "Nothing to Do" to Herbie Rich on the Dr. John cover. It's an amazingly dense set of recordings which, years later, form a remarkable thread of sounds by musicians who worked with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the latter day Big Brother & the Holding Company, and who were taking the original concept a step further into uncharted waters. Where the Electric Prunes were a fun psychedelic moment, the neon signs superimposed over Buddy Miles' face didn't get the same immediate recognition. Real textbook material here, highly enjoyable, and very important.
Soul Searchin'
Sunny
With Time There Is Change
Nothing to Do
See To Your Neighbor
Qualified
Hey Little Girl
Mystery
My Woman Hangs Around the House
CONDITION: The Cover: STILL FACTORY SEALED ...never opened in 47 years; factory sealed in 1968 ... this is normally an extremely wear-prone cover ...there are a couple small tears in the outer cellophane exposing the cover underneath, minor bit of wear only where bit of cellophane is torn (bottom), the actual cover underneath is extremely clean compared to the usual copy... the outer cellophane is also scuffy from 47 years, but that's understandable and no affect on the actual cover... has no split seams, no writing, and no delete marks ...never opened - never played ...STILL FACTORY SEALED 1968
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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