Michael Bernard "Mike" Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969 and 1970. Respected for his fluid guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues legends even before he achieved his own fame, and was one of the primary influences on the mid-to-late 1960s revival of classic Chicago and other styles of blues music. In 2003 he was ranked at number 22 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
"Try It Before You Buy It" is a great lost album by Mike Bloomfield and Friends. It was originally slated to be released in the mid-1970s, but Columbia/CBS decided against it.
Sadly, Columbia/CBS made a bad decision in refusing to release the album, as Mike Bloomfield and Friends put together a first-rate effort. This 2009 CD-version contains the album as originally conceived by Bloomfield and colleagues.
Tracklist: 1. Been Treated Wrong (R. Brown) 5:12 2. When It All Comes Down (Bloomfield) 3:09 3. Lights Out (Mac Rebennack) 1:49 4. Baby Come On (Bloomfield) 3:49 5. Shine On Love (R. Troy) 4:59 6. When I Get Home (Bloomfield) 4:33 7. Try It Before You Buy It (Bloomfield) 3:53 8. Midnight On The Radio (Bloomfield) 2:59 9. Your Friends (D. Malone) 6:55 10. Tomorrow Night (Bloomfield) 2:10 11. Let Them Talk (S. Thompson) 5:13 Personnel:
Michael Bloomfield: Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals Barry Goldberg: Keyboards Mark Naftalin: Keyboards, Vibes, Marimba, Accordion, Trombone Roger Troy: Bass, Lead Vocals George Rains: Drums Nick Gravenites: Lead Vocals Músicos adicionais: Howard Whales: Keyboards Jimmy Vincent: Rhythm Guitar John Wilmeth: Trumpet Mel Graves: Tenor Sax Harry Mann: Alto Sax Ron Stallings: Tenor Sax Hart McNee: Baritone Sax Chuck Bennett: Trombone Joe Bullock, Ollie Griffin, Tommy Tony: Background Vocals
Media Info: Bitrate: 320 kbps Channels: joint stereo Samplerate: 44100 Encoder: Xing MPEG-1 layer 3
*many thanks and much respect to Musicômano for the source and to all those who care enough to share
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