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Super Session
Super Session cover
Studio album by Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills
Released July 22, 1968
Genre Blues
Length 50:22
Label Columbia
Producer Al Kooper
Professional reviews
Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills chronology

Super Session
(1968)
Alternate cover
Album cover of 2003 re-release of Super Session
Album cover of 2003 re-release of Super Session

The album Super Session grew out of a single nine hour jam in 1968 by guitarist Mike Bloomfield and multi-instrumentalist Al Kooper and Stephen Stills of CSNY fame. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist For the astronaut see Michael J Bloomfield. Michael Bernard Bloomfield ( July 28 1943, Chicago, Illinois Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, February 5 1944, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter, Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, February 5 1944, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter, allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. For the astronaut see Michael J Bloomfield. Michael Bernard Bloomfield ( July 28 1943, Chicago, Illinois Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, February 5 1944, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter, Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and For the astronaut see Michael J Bloomfield. Michael Bernard Bloomfield ( July 28 1943, Chicago, Illinois Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, February 5 1944, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter, Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Kooper and Bloomfield had both previously worked in support of Bob Dylan, in concert and appearing on his ground-breaking classic, Highway 61 Revisited. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylan 's sixth studio album released in 1965 by Columbia Records.

Kooper, fresh from having assembled and recorded the inaugural incarnation of Blood, Sweat & Tears, booked two days of studio time with Bloomfield in May 1968 in Los Angeles. Blood Sweat & Tears (also known as " BS&T " is an American music group originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West They recruited keyboardist Barry Goldberg and bassist Harvey Brooks, both members of the band that Bloomfield was in the process of leaving, Electric Flag, and well-known session drummer "Fast" Eddie Hoh. Barry Goldberg (born 1941 Chicago, Illinois) is a Blues and rock Keyboardist, Songwriter and Record producer Harvey Brooks (born July 4 1944 New York City as Harvey Goldstein is an American Bassist. The Electric Flag, formed in 1967, was a Blues rock soul group led by Guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg On the first day the quintet recorded the first side of the album, tracks one through five of the CD version; the next day, Bloomfield, who was a heroin addict, abruptly disappeared after suffering an attack of what was euphemistically referred to as "chronic insomnia. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative " Kooper hastily called on Stephen Stills to sit in for Bloomfield on what would become the second side of the album, tracks six through nine, including a lengthy cover version of Donovan's "Season of the Witch. Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist "Season of the Witch" is a song by Donovan first released in September 1966 on his Epic Records (USA album Sunshine Superman. "[1]

Some overdubbed horns were later added while the album was being mixed, which were eventually subtracted from the bonus tracks on the CD version. The album, which cost just $13,000 to make, was a top-20 hit which garnered a Gold Record award. Kooper forgave Bloomfield, and the two of them made several concert appearances after the album was released. One of these concerts was made into a live album. [2]

Contents

Multi-Channel version

In late 2004 Al Kooper released this statement:

“ To the best of my knowledge, based on an unnamed source, the new head of SONY/BMG shut down the 5. 1 SACD department and let everyone go. A year and a half ago I remixed Super Session and Child Is Father To The Man for them in 5. 1 SACD. They both came out incredible and so I mastered them with Bob Ludwig. Now it seems they will languish on the shelves under the current administration of SONY/BMG. ,. . . . . . . . Typical, in soooo many ways. " [3] ”

The reason for this is that a legal challenge has been made that Super Audio disks contain up to three complete recordings of a work; one in the Hybrid CD compatible layer and two in the SACD layer, a stereo version and a possible multiple channel version. Super Audio CD ( SACD) is a read-only optical audio disc format that can provide higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the Red

Of course, if this is true, record companies could be legally liable for up to three sets of royalties. Since this would make the record much more expensive, it appears that most companies are avoiding this issue, if there is any contention at all, by simply cancelling the release of the SACD version.

Track listing

 Music sample:

"Albert's Shuffle" from Super Session

Sample of "Albert's Shuffle". From the album Super Session.
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  1. "Albert's Shuffle" (Bloomfield, Kooper) – 6:54
  2. "Stop" (Ragovoy, Shuman) – 4:23
  3. "Man's Temptation" (Mayfield) – 3:24
  4. "His Holy Modal Majesty" (Bloomfield, Kooper) – 9:16
  5. "Really" (Bloomfield, Kooper) – 5:30
  6. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Dylan) – 3:30
  7. "Season of the Witch" (Donovan) – 11:07
  8. "You Don't Love Me" (Cobbs) – 4:11
  9. "Harvey's Tune" (Brooks) – 2:07

2003 Bonus Tracks

  1. "Albert's Shuffle" (Bloomfield, Kooper) – 6:58 (remix without horns)
  2. "Season of the Witch" (Donovan) – 11:07 (remix without horns)
  3. "Blues for Nothing" (Kooper) – 4:15 (outtake)
  4. "Fat Grey Cloud" (Bloomfield, Kooper) – 4:38 (live at the Fillmore West)

External links

Amazon.com: sales and reviews

References

  1. ^ MikeBloomfield.com
  2. ^ SuiteLorraine.com
  3. ^ Blogcritics.org (PDF)
Mort Shuman ( November 12 1936 - January 2 1991) was an American Singer, Pianist and Songwriter, best Curtis Lee Mayfield ( June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and Funk Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major "Season of the Witch" is a song by Donovan first released in September 1966 on his Epic Records (USA album Sunshine Superman. Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist For the San Francisco neighborhood see Fillmore District. For other venues named Fillmore see Fillmore#Music venues.
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