STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE ELECTRIC FLAG - A LONG TIME COMIN'

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Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Tuesday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember guitarist and composer Mike Bloomfield, known for his work with Paul Butterfield and Al Kooper, on what would have been his 77th Birthday. He passed away in 1981, age 37, from unclear circumstances. His body was found in his car, with all four doors locked. Rumor has it he died somewhere else and was driven to that location, possibly after a drug overdose. With Mike in mind we spotlight the debut album by psychedelic blues rock band, The Electric Flag.  A Long Time Comin' was released in March of 1968 on Columbia Records and produced by John Court and Joe Church. It peaked at #31 on Billboard's Top LPs chart.

"Killing Floor" (Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf) – 4:11

"Groovin' Is Easy" (Ron Polte) – 3:06

"Over-Lovin' You" (Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg) – 2:12

"She Should Have Just" (Ron Polte) – 5:03

"Wine" (Traditional arr. Bloomfield) – 3:15

Side two

"Texas" (Bloomfield, Buddy Miles) – 4:49

"Sittin' in Circles" (Goldberg) – 3:54

"You Don't Realize" (Bloomfield) – 4:56

"Another Country" (Polte) – 8:47

"Easy Rider" (Bloomfield) – 0:53

Mike Bloomfield – lead guitar, vocals
Buddy Miles – drums, vocals
Barry Goldberg – keyboards
Harvey Brooks – bass
Nick Gravenites – vocals, guitar
Herb Rich – organ, vocals, baritone saxophone, guitar
Michael Fonfara – keyboards
Marcus Doubleday – trumpet
Peter Strazza – tenor saxophone
Stemsy Hunter – alto saxophone

Additional personnel :

Richie Havens – percussion, sitar
Sivuca – guitar, percussion
Paul Beaver – keyboards, Moog synthesizer
Leo Daruczek – strings
Charles McCracken – strings
Bobby Notkoff – strings
Julius Held – strings
Roy Segal – engineer
Jim Marshall – cover photo
Joe Church – percussion, producer
John Court – percussion, vocals, producer
Cass Elliot - vocal on "Groovin' Is Easy"