The music is strong enough but the record would have been stratospheric if bloomfield and stills could have jammed together. Guitarist stephen stills completed the album with kooper. Bloomfield and stills do not play together on the album, with tracks including. Bloomfield was supposed to play on the entire album but after recording blistering blues instrumentals on the first day in the studio, he flaked out, so kooper called in stills, who recorded vocal covers. Super session is an album conceived by al kooper and featuring the work of guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills, 2nd keyboardist barry goldberg, drummer eddie hoh and bassist harvey brooks, released on columbia records in 1968. Respected for his guitar playing, bloomfield knew and played with many of. Eric clapton joins john mayalls blues band in april 1965. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper is a double album recorded at the fillmore west venue. The classic 1968 columbia jam album in its entirety. In 1968, he participated in the recording of super session, the highly successful 1968 mike bloomfieldal kooperstephen stills collaboration album. Usa 22 uk 9 japan 4 france 3 germany 3 netherlands 3 norway 3 canada 2 portugal 2. Find album release information for super session al kooper, mike bloomfield, stephen stills on allmusic.
Pdf archived june 25, 2006, at the wayback machine. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper. Michael bloomfield, al kooper, stephen stills super. Respected for his fluid guitar playing, bloomfield knew and played with many of chicagos blues legends even before he achieved his own fame, and was one of the primary influences on the midtolate 1960s revival of classic chicago and other styles of blues music. Complete your mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills collection. The trio was basically a side projecta oneoff jam session that originally started with legendary rock sidemen al kooper and mike bloomfield probably best known as the combustion engine that powered bob dylan s highway 61 revisited. Mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills super session. Bloomfield and stills do not play together on the album, with tracks including bloomfield on side one, and those including stills on side two. Mike bloomfield, al kooper, steve stills super session. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Al kooper reportedly has a copy of this audition tape which has bloomfield playing acoustic guitar and scolding bassist lee and producer john hammond.
One of the first instrumentalists of the 1960s and 70s rock era to became a bona fide star, michael bloomfield is the classic tragic music business figure. Tracklista1 alberts shuffle electric piano barry goldberg writtenby kooper, bloomfield 6. This site is dedicated to the life and work of the pioneering blues and rock guitarist michael bloomfield. Bloomfield was a big star in the sf music scene, i knew of stills and al kooper came to me by way of this disc. Flac blues rock traccia unicalossless crew progetto tnt blues mike bloomfield, al kooper, steve stills super session dati album. Download torrent al kooper fast and easy torrent search. The performances, recordings and production cannot be described as flawless. Mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills super session discogs. The lost concert tapes recorded dec 1968 at the fillmore east.
San francisco, california, february 15, 1981, by drug overdose. Al kooper and steve stills discography all countries 45cat. Session musician, songwriter, and producer, a behindthescenes folk and rock renaissance man during the 1960s. Usa 22 uk 9 japan 4 france 3 germany 3 netherlands 3 norway 3 canada 2 portugal 2 sweden 2 new zealand. The live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper 1968 fillmore east. The first and still the greatest super group ever recorded. France 1 germany 1 netherlands 1 norway 1 sweden 1 uk 1 usa 1. A true late60s fm underground radio classic, this version of season of the witch was one of the most exploratory rearrangements of the late60s. Super session is an album conceived by al kooper and featuring the work of guitarists mike bloomfield and stephen stills, released on columbia records in 1968, cs 9701. Super session al kooper, mike bloomfield, stephen stills. Wikipedia has solid historical info, including mch info on this disc. Find al kooper discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Season of the witch al kooper, stephen stills song.
Al kooper, michael bloomfield the lost concert tapes. Kooper also plays the keyboards along with barry goldberg. Listen to your favorite songs from super session by mike bloomfield feat. The ultimate complete michael bloomfield discography. This album has since been remastered, with new editions featuring several bloomfield performances not included on the original album, including blues for nothing and fat gray cloud. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. After playing electric guitar for most of his teen years, in 1961 bloomfield concentrates almost exclusively on acoustic technique, learning a variety of folk blues, bluegrass and country styles. Johnny winter makes his first major appearance great introduction of johnny winter by michael bloomfield and just blows the crowd away. Mike bloomfield al kooper steve stills super ses 1968. On side one, its bloomfield and on side two, stills. Albums include super session, grape jam, and the live adventures of mike bloomfield and al kooper. Music profile for mike bloomfield, born 28 july 1943.
In december 1968 al kooper and michael bloomfield introduce johnny winter in new york available on. Stills s solo career and bands have combined sales of over 35 million albums. Jan mark wolkins bloomfield notes and discography on the web have been useful. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page.
Mike bloomfield discography pirate torrent download. Earlier this year i purchased the 2003 legacy rbcd which had tracks with and without horns. The trio was basically a side projecta oneoff jam session that originally started with legendary rock sidemen al kooper and mike bloomfield probably best known as the combustion engine that powered bob dylans highway 61. It began in 2007 as an expanded discography of bloomfield s many recording projects, but quickly evolved to include many other aspects of bloomfield s remarkable career. Mike bloomfield just tearing it up on that 59 burst gibson les pau. Stills was ranked number 28 in rolling stone s 2003 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time and number 47 in the 2011. Bloomfield was, of course, a seminal influence in rock guitar, especially in the resusitation of the blues in popular american music. Bloomfield kooper stills is a group that really didnt exist outside of columbia records marketing department. The ultimate complete michael bloomfield discography michael bloomfield december 7, 1964. Taking donovans neopsychedelic classic and turning it virtually upside down, al kooper and company easily slipped it into a hard, slow soulfried groove that was only hinted at in the. Both mike bloomfield and al kooper had backed bob dylan on his earth shattering recording of highway 61 revisited, and al kooper had been a member of dylans band when they took the newport folk festival by storm, forever changing everything anyone ever thought they had known about music before. Mike bloomfield was an american guitarist, one of the most highly regarded white blues musicians of the 1960s. Tracklist a1 alberts shuffle electric piano barry goldberg writtenby kooper, bloomfield 6. Bloomfield was fresh from a stint with the likewise brassdriven electric flag, while stills was late of buffalo springfield and still a few weeks away from a fulltime commitment to david crosby and graham nash.