Vinyl Album - The Electric Flag - A Long Time Comin' - Columbia

Vinyl Album

Artist:	The Electric Flag
Title:	A Long Time Comin'
Label:	Columbia
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	CS 9597
Date:	Mar 1968
Format:	Promo Only
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Electric Flag	Killing Floor	Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett	Rate
A2	The Electric Flag	Groovin' Is Easy	Ron Polte	Rate
A3	The Electric Flag	Over-Lovin' You	Barry Goldberg, Mike Bloomfield	Rate
A4	The Electric Flag	She Should Have Just	Ron Polte	Rate
A5	The Electric Flag	Wine		Rate
B1	The Electric Flag	Texas	George "Buddy" Miles, Mike Bloomfield	Rate
B2	The Electric Flag	Sittin' In Circles	Barry Goldberg	Rate
B3	The Electric Flag	You Don't Realize	Mike Bloomfield	Rate
B4	The Electric Flag	Another Country	Ron Polte	Rate
B5	The Electric Flag	Easy Rider	Mike Bloomfield	Rate

Notes

The Electric Flag was a blues rock American music band that was established in 1967 by Mike Bloomfield (lead guitar) and Barry Goldberg (keyboard), who had recruited musicians, such as Harvey Brooks (bassist), Buddy Miles (drummer) and Nick Gravenites, (vocalist), Peter Strazza (tenor saxophone) and Marcus Doubleday (trumpet).

Shortly after the formation of the Flag in San Francisco, this group began to record the music for the soundtrack of the motion picture “The Trip.” To add more liveliness to this soundtrack, Mr. Bloomfield had hired Paul Beaver to use a Moog Synthesizer, which control the pitch and loudness via a voltage-controlled oscillator.

After that project was complete, this group had made their first public performance in June 1967 at Monterrey Pop Festival, where they sang Groovin’ Is Easy. This tune was later issued on their debut Columbia LP, “A Long Time Comin’” and was also released by means of a Columbia disc of 45 rpm. Though this band had prosperously played at Monterrey, they were still unfamiliar with the general public due in part to the band’s inability to complete “A Long Time Comin’” disc by the mid-autumn of 1967 and to the hiring of already heroin-addicted Marcus Doubleday. Consequently, three other band members had developed heroin dependency and one member had quit the group to bring one’s personal difficulties under control.

After this group had spent six months recording A Long Time Comin, this disc of 33.33 was monaurally issued in March 1968 only to radio station record spinners, whereas this disc was only stereophonically issued to the record shops. Regardless, this Columbia disc was such a big seller that it had peaked higher than position # 25 by means of both the Billboard and Cash Box hit parades. This audition mono disc is so difficult to find that one might easily pay $500 to purchase a near mint condition copy.

Finally, the tune “You Don’t Realize” was dedicated with great respect to Steve Cropper and Otis Redd

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