BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND EAST/WEST-1st Press-SEALED LP
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This auction is for East West by the Butterfield Blues Band. Another amazing find in a collection I purchased--This original pressing is MINT and is still SEALED from 1966. I cannot see inside the sealed seam to confirm that this has a gold inner sleeve, but I do believe that it is an original 1st pressing. It came from a collection that belonged to a former record store owner who regularly pur away sealed copies of his favorites as doubles. In general I have not found reissues in his collection. Catalog number EKS 7315 on Elektra. Shrink is perfect, breathe holes are there, corners are perfect, etc.
East-West is the second album by The Butterfield Blues Band, released in 1966 on Elektra Records, EKS 7315 in stereo, EKL 315 in mono. It was recorded at the famed Chess Studios on 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. It peaked at #65 on the Billboard pop albums chart.
Like the band's record debut, this album features traditional blues covers and the guitar work of Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop. Unlike the debut, Bishop also turns in some guitar solos, and drummer Sam Ley had left the band, to be replaced by Billy Davenport. The social complexion of the band changed as well; ruled by Butterfield in the beginning, it evolved into more of a democracy both in terms of financial reward and input into repertoire.
One result was the inclusion of two extended jams at the instigation of Bloomfield following the group's successful appearance at The Fillmore in San Francisco during March alongside Jefferson Airplane.Bo th reflected his love of jazz, as "Work Song" had become a hard bop standard, and the title track "East-West" used elements of modal jazz as introduced by Miles Davis on his ground-breaking Kind of Blue album. Bloomfield had become enamored of work by John Coltrane in that area, especially his incorporation of ideas from Indian raga music. The album even included "Mary, Mary" written by Michael Nesmith, soon to be recorded by The Monkees.
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