Listening to Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills on Radio Paradise

chinaski wrote:

The RP team is most definitely telepathic and reading my mind. How else
does one explain how RP plays music from my generation that most others
of lesser age wouldn't know?
Thanks RP!

It's curated by a boomer, that's the explanation.

Posted 3 months ago by wonderunit [ Reply ]

Thanks for the upload, Dave! It is about 4 minutes too short.

Posted 10 months ago by MayBaby [ Reply ]

The RP team is most definitely telepathic and reading my mind. How else
does one explain how RP plays music from my generation that most others
of lesser age wouldn't know?
Thanks RP!

Posted 10 months ago by chinaski [ Reply ]

Excellent! How is this the first time I heard this song?

Posted 1 year ago by Peyote [ Reply ]

Man what a great album! I bought it the month it was released, still sounds fresh. This tune is just what I needed to hear right now.

Posted 3 years ago by buddy [ Reply ]

carrigman wrote:

A great album. The standout track for me is "Stop".

yes! that too, along with Season of the Witch. two great jams with two different guitar players. it's a shame the Mike Bloomfield didn't make the second session, but fortunate the Stephan Stills could.

Posted 4 years ago by eyke [ Reply ]

pinto wrote:

I remember seeing this album in record shops when I was in my early teens and I never heard a single tune until now. If the rest of the album is like this, then I've got some catching up to do.

It is...go and find it....now! LOL I've had a copy for a while. It never gets old, just great jams.

Season of the Witch is just outstanding.

This is on CD if you don't want to purchase the vintage vinyl.

Posted 4 years ago by eyke [ Reply ]

It was a dark night on the streets of Chicago. The kind of night that sends shivers through your soul.

I walked the streets thinking about her and what she did to me.

Okay, I started it. You take it from here.

Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop [ Reply ]

I remember seeing this album in record shops when I was in my early teens and I never heard a single tune until now. If the rest of the album is like this, then I've got some catching up to do.

Posted 4 years ago by pinto [ Reply ]

I so loved this album when I first found it in my former lifetime. Season Of The Witch was my jam for a long time.

Posted 4 years ago by zenhead [ Reply ]

Love these things that pop up periodically and make me go, "stop - wait; what?"
Before my time, but no matter - fun to discover & contemplate.

Posted 5 years ago by principekd [ Reply ]

A great album. The standout track for me is "Stop".

Posted 5 years ago by carrigman [ Reply ]

Totally amazing song from way back then.....

Posted 5 years ago by Piranga [ Reply ]

this followed Swept Away by Cult with no name .. bang on Bill!

Posted 5 years ago by pontfarrer [ Reply ]

I loved this so much I purchased a CD copy once I retired the vinyl player. A gem in the rough for sure.

Posted 7 years ago by loungelizard48 [ Reply ]

WOW! A STEREO Crown recorder!! Never got one of these... Mine was strictly MONO.... Still, state of the art, about 1960-62, with huge power tubes for the amps. Eventually, most of the carbon resistors became so noisy, I had to "put it down".

DaveInVA wrote:

I've never been able to find any longer or alternate versions of this. I uploaded this song ripped from the factory 7.5 ips reel to reel version shown below. One of the few songs I put on the LRC that got insta added. I also have the vinyl and cd version and they are all the same. The way they fade the song out its almost like they recorded it longer but maybe had a problem with the master or the recording itself and faded it down early.

Posted 7 years ago by freemusic [ Reply ]

I've experienced times when you play several tracks from an album and would really love that to happen with this masterpiece

Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2 [ Reply ]

A tribute to the bass player on one of the greatest "unknown" rock albums of all time.
Stills, Bloomfield, and Cooper in full sail.

Posted 8 years ago by below72 [ Reply ]

I wore this out back in the day!
great tunes

Posted 8 years ago by DanFHiggins [ Reply ]

grows on me, must hear much more ('68! yowzah)

Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2 [ Reply ]

One of the many subline tunes on this unique album. The entire album is great and when I occasionally play it for someone not familiar with it they are amazed they don't know it and why it isn't more well known/famous. But then again that's part of the charm of this gem. This is why RP is so cool...

Posted 12 years ago by domreo [ Reply ]

kingart wrote:

Has somewhat of a resemblance to the Bernard Herrman soundtrack (with Tom Scott on sax) to Taxi Driver, 8 years later. I'm not familiar with this material, but based on this cut alone, I'd go buy it. Amazing that Steve Stills is central to it. Great musician, and while this album was clearly a one-off, one wouldn't quickly associate Stills with jazz or jazz-y.

Kooper told the story much later that the album was originally just him and Bloomfield, who'd worked with each other on Highway 61 Revisited. Bloomfield at that time was doing a lot of speed (politely called "insomnia"), so he'd go like crazy for 4-5 days and then crash for 2-3. So happens that Bloomfield crashes in the middle of making the album. Kooper's on a deadline, so he calls Stills for help. Don't know if Kooper had planned to use Bloomfield on "Season of the Witch" and the rest of Side 2, or if he quickly arranged new songs more suitable to Stills's style. So, Stills, while central to the end product, wasn't in the original plans. "Harvey's Tune" is about the only "jazzy" thing on the album.

Oddly—or not—enough, the same thing happened on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, sort of a "super session live," which Kooper and Bloomfield recorded at Winterland a year or so later. Bloomfield crashes; Kooper puts out a call; and Carlos Santana, Elvin Bishop, Steve Miller, and David Brown (Santana's bassist) all show up. Santana and Bishop made it on to the record.

Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard [ Reply ]

beelzebubba wrote:

You need to check out Herbie Mann's Push Push if you don't have it already.

Amen to that. Ain't named Push Push fer nuttin'...

Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard [ Reply ]

Has somewhat of a resemblance to the Bernard Herrman soundtrack (with Tom Scott on sax) to Taxi Driver, 8 years later. I'm not familiar with this material, but based on this cut alone, I'd go buy it. Amazing that Steve Stills is central to it. Great musician, and while this album was clearly a one-off, one wouldn't quickly associate Stills with jazz or jazz-y.

Posted 12 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

Not Zappa?!?! You're kidding! Off to Amazon to purchase it ...

Posted 12 years ago by unclehud [ Reply ]

DaveInVA wrote:

I've never been able to find any longer or alternate versions of this. I uploaded this song ripped from the factory 7.5 ips reel to reel version shown below. One of the few songs I put on the LRC that got insta added. I also have the vinyl and cd version and they are all the same. The way they fade the song out its almost like they recorded it longer but maybe had a problem with the master or the recording itself and faded it down early.

Thank you. This is wonderful.

I just love how RPeeps bring something special to the mix.

Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider [ Reply ]

Cynaera wrote:

Yep, this is definitely a mood-setter. I need a warmed snifter of brandy and a heavy snowfall outside, and my smoking jacket (although I don't smoke.) This is yum.

And yes - it's too darned short! I wonder if there's a longer version of it somewhere?

I've never been able to find any longer or alternate versions of this. I uploaded this song ripped from the factory 7.5 ips reel to reel version shown below. One of the few songs I put on the LRC that got insta added. I also have the vinyl and cd version and they are all the same. The way they fade the song out its almost like they recorded it longer but maybe had a problem with the master or the recording itself and faded it down early.

Posted 12 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel [ Reply ]

scraig wrote:

excuse me while I slip into my smoking jacket...

Yep, this is definitely a mood-setter. I need a warmed snifter of brandy and a heavy snowfall outside, and my smoking jacket (although I don't smoke.) This is yum.

And yes - it's too darned short! I wonder if there's a longer version of it somewhere?

Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera [ Reply ]

kingart wrote:

I never heard this before. I never even heard OF it! Nice piece. Cool easy 60s-style — jazz? With that crew?

Neat, I had not heard it before too...

Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music [ Reply ]

I never heard this before. I never even heard OF it! Nice piece. Cool easy 60s-style — jazz? With that crew?

Posted 13 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

The biggest problem with this song is that it is to damn short....

Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel [ Reply ]

nice...

Posted 13 years ago by dpvest [ Reply ]

Which 1950's soap opera / cop show / spy movie was this from? It makes me think of something like "Joe Friday Visits Peyton Place" (not that I ever saw Peyton Place, but I did see Dragnet reruns).

Posted 13 years ago by ubuntourist [ Reply ]

excuse me while I slip into my smoking jacket...

Posted 13 years ago by scraig [ Reply ]

Hey beelzebubba, Wall Drug is in Wall, SD. You can't miss it. Seriously. (Duh, I suppose. :-)

Posted 13 years ago by Carl [ Reply ]

EssexTex wrote:

Music to hump to.

You need to check out Herbie Mann's Push Push if you don't have it already.

Posted 13 years ago by beelzebubba [ Reply ]

Came for the afro, stayed for the groove.

Posted 14 years ago by vit [ Reply ]

All of the Super Sessions and Kooper Sessions are awesome. This track is very different from most of the rest of it. Check out their covers of Feelin Groovy, Mr Fantasy, and the live stuff that is available out there. Great stuff.

Posted 14 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste [ Reply ]

DaveInVA wrote:

Cool, one of my few uploads that actually made it here :)

Dude. Good work. I am as amazed at some of the chords as I was when I last heard this in kollidge.

Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal [ Reply ]

ezzyme wrote:

Bill, I like were your going with this....

Well, maybe from the lift down to the casino floor...

Posted 14 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984 [ Reply ]

Music to hump to.

Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex [ Reply ]

ezzyme wrote:

Bill, I like were your going with this....

With this? Here at RP we ALWAYS like where Bill is going!

Posted 14 years ago by srose96 [ Reply ]

What! That was it? I think we are missing something here......

But then I bought this because of Radio Paradise and will take a listen as soon as Deja
Vu is through......

Posted 14 years ago by ezzyme [ Reply ]

Have another cocktail guys. Jeez, what a buzzed effort......Oh that's me.

Posted 14 years ago by j7 [ Reply ]

DaveInVA wrote:

Cool, one of my few uploads that actually made it here :)

Nice one Dave!

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond [ Reply ]

Harvey Brooks, who wrote "Harvey's Tune," was the bass player on the album—also for The Electric Flag, Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited) and other Bay Area agglomerations in the '60s. Bill sez that Harvey also played the sax on this cut. The horn players are uncredited in the liner notes, tho'. I found an interview with Brooks on Metal Leg (https://www.granatino.com/sdresource/19bassmaster.htm), the on-line Steely Dan fanzine. He mentioned "Harvey's Tune," but never takes credit for playing anything but bass.

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard [ Reply ]

Bill, I like were your going with this....

Posted 15 years ago by ezzyme [ Reply ]

jagdriver wrote:

How long did it take to get through the LRC process? And what was the final %?

It got added within a few days without even getting reviewed. Went directly from New to Added with % still at 0/0....