Mike Bloomfield - The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo)
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Description
The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper is a double album recorded at the Fillmore West venue; the album is a successor to the studio album Super Session, which included Stephen Stills in addition to Bloomfield and Kooper, and had achieved commercial and critical success earlier in 1968. The performances, recordings and production cannot be described as flawless; in his sleeve notes, Kooper describes the difficulties of finding rehearsal space, Bloomfield's insomnia, and the failure of a vocal microphone during "Dear Mr Fantasy"; the track "I Wonder Who" is faded during a Bloomfield solo for no apparent reason. Nevertheless, the album remains an important, if raw, document of a live blues-rock performance of the period and, apart from its intrinsic qualities, is notable not only for one of the earliest live recordings by Carlos Santana but also for Bloomfield's debut as a vocalist. Whilst he is not historically noted in this role, in "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong", according to Kooper, "he displays consummate homage to the traditional guitar-voice trade-offs; a lesson in phrasing and understanding." Live Adventures has since been re-released on CD but without any additional material beyond its initial release; the concerts took place over three nights, and according to Kooper, for two sets a night; this should have yielded several hours of recordings, of which the album provides just short of ninety minutes.
Release Info
Artist: Mike Bloomfield
Label: Music On Vinyl
Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: Europe
Label: Music On Vinyl
Released: 2024-02-16
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Blues Rock, Electric Blues
Tracklist
A1 Opening Speech
A2 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
A3 I Wonder Who
A4 Her Holy Modal Highness
B1 The Weight
B2 Mary Ann
B3 Together 'Til The End Of Time
B4 That's All Right
B5 Green Onions
C1 Opening Speech - Al Kooper
C2 Sonny Boy Williamson
C3 No More Lonely Nights
D1 Dear Mr. Fantasy
D2 Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
D3 Finale - Refugee
