Psych Blue Mountain Eagle Buffalo Springfield

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Welcome to my Psych, Prog, Garage, Surf, Folk and Funk, and Oddball LP sale!! See my other ads for more strange and exotic LPs!... This is for Blue Mountain Eagle self titled stereo LP RECORD on US issue Atco Records 1970...The jacket has some minor storage and ring wear,and a promo sticker on the cover, but overall in very good plus condition......The White label promotional issue Vinyl has some light storage scuffs, but played perfectly with no surface noise at all.. But I do rate visually, and this would be a near MINT.....I use Goldmine Magazine's strict guidelines for grading records...This is part of a collector's hell- he would buy the LPs used, put the jacket in a poly outer sleeve, and place the LP in a poly lined inner sleeve, then store it, NEVER playing it!!!.If it was sealed, he never openned it!!!...Mailed in a special Hard cardboard LP mailer for the safest ride to your house...I will combine auction wins to save you postage, but please let me know, and multiple purchases in the USA will ALL GO INSURED...Overseas buyers have the option for registration.. Also I do want to MOVE these out of here, so please complete all the combined auctions in a 2 week period, if possible...Overseas buyers please note that many countries have a 4 pound MAXIMUM on air mail packages, so there is a 4 to 5 LP limit on each shipment. And luckily NO packages have been lost via airmail overseas. Please check the US Post Office internet for postage costs and policies...In July of 1969, Canadian-born drummer Dewey Martin the last remaining original member of Buffalo Springfield left the very last incarnation of that group (who were, by then, calling themselves New Buffalo) for a solo deal with UNI. Meanwhile, as the remaining members bassist Randy Fuller (ex-Bobby Fuller Four), and guitarists David Price and Bob ("B.J.") Jones already had interest from Atco Records, they decided to soldier on, finding drummer Don Poncher (ex-Don & the Good Times) a more-than-suitable replacement. They also recruited guitarist/keyboardist/lead vocalist Joey Newman (also formerly of Don & the Good Times and Touch), and decided on a new name, Blue Mountain Eagle, taken from a newspaper published in Fox, ID. The band began recording their eponymous album in L.A., in August and December of 1969. It was released in early 1970, and during this same time, the group played on bills in the L.A. area with Love, Eric Burdon & War, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix. Ultimately, inner band struggles for leadership proved to be their undoing of this volatile ego-charged "supergroup." Fuller was the first to decide that he'd had enough, leaving the group in May 1970. (Incidentally, he re-joined Dewey Martin, who had formed Dewey Martin & Medicine Ball in November 1969; at the time Fuller joined the band, they were in the midst of finishing up the recording their first album, Dewey Martin & Medicine Ball.) Soon, the rest of Blue Mountain Eagle were calling it a day too. David Price, Bob Jones, and Don Poncher went on to work with Augie Meyers (the Sir Douglas Quintet) for his Western Head Music album in 1973. Jones later joined Harvey Mandel, on guitar and vocals. Price became a recording engineer, while Poncher became a successful session man, working with Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price, Chris Jagger, Joe Cocker, and (briefly) joined the lineup of Arthur Lee's Love, appearing on Lee's Vindicator album in 1972. ....AMG REVIEW: You'd half expect this supergroup's self-titled debut album recorded at Wally Heider's recording studios in L.A. with producer Bill Halverson (Crosby, Stills & Nash, Freddie King) to have made a bigger splash. Unfortunately, after landing in record store bins in the spring of 1970, Blue Mountain Eagle failed to generate much interest among the audience it was intended for. The album really doesn't have a bad track and fans of bands like Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers not to mention to occasional heavy-handed vibe of bands like Steppenwolf are encouraged to seek out a copy of this long out-of-print LP (it's remained unavailable on CD). Each member of the group gets his own turn on lead vocals. The leadoff track, Joey Newman's "Love Is Here," kicks off with a nice fuzz guitar and soaring vocals, with Newman and Bob Jones trading blistering country-rock licks. "Yellow's Dream" sounds like something you'd expect to hear from Three Dog Night. Shortly after the release of this album, in May 1970, bassist Randy Fuller left the group to join Dewey Martin. Atlantic CEO (then Atco president) Ahmet Ertegun (who was reportedly a fan of Fuller's lone songwriting contribution, "Sweet Mama") tried to persuade Fuller to sign a solo deal and write songs for other Atlantic-related projects, but Fuller declined Ertegun's invitation. The rest of the band continued recording there are rumors of enough material for a second album but broke up soon thereafter, and their surviving statement as a band quickly vanished without further notice. Bryan Thomas Joe Newman - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals Randy Fuller - Bass, Guitar, Vocals Bill Halverson - Producer, Engineer Don Poncher - Drums, Vocals David Price - Guitar, Vocals Bob Jones - Guitar, Vocals....Personnel: RANDY FULLER bs, gtr, vcls A BOB "B.J." JONES ld gtr, vcls A JOEY NEWMAN ld gtr, keyb'ds, vcls A DON PONCHER drms, vcls A DAVID PRICE gtr, vcls A ALBUM: 1(A) BLUE MOUNTAIN EAGLE (Atco SD 33-324) 1970 R1 NB: (1) also released in France (Atco 503 048) 1970. 45: 1 Yellow's Dream/Marianne (Atco 6770) 1970 NB: Marianne is a non-LP cut. A short-lived Californian band who came into existence in July 1969, when Dewey Martin left New Buffalo. The remaining band members were left with a recording deal struck on the strength of Martin's previous connections with Buffalo Springfield, so all that was needed was a simple name change and to recruit a Joey Newman (ex- Don and The Goodtimes / Touch) as a replacement. Produced by Bill Halverson and recorded in L.A. in August and December 1969, the album will interest guitar lovers. The highlight and opening track, Love Is Here, is a memorable guitar-driven heavy rocker and others like Feel Like A Bandit, Loveless Lives and the more mellow Yellow's Dream feature more good guitar work. Others exhibit more than a touch of country influence .... All the songs were written by group members, except Trivial Sum, a Terry Furlong/Richard Bowen composition. In 1970 Blue Mountain Eagle played on bills with Love, Eric Burdon and War, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. Fuller left in May 1970 to join Dewey Martin's Medicine Ball and the band split in late 1970 after Poncher left to (briefly) join Love. Randy Fuller was Bobby Fuller's brother and later had his own band. David Price, Bob Jones and Don Poncher went on to work with Augie Meyer (Sir Douglas Quintet) for his Western Head Music album in 1973. Don Poncher became a successful session man, working with Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price, Chris Jagger, Joe Cocker and also Arthur Lee (on his Vindicator album, 1972). (Vernon Joynson/Stephane Rebeschini/Nick Warburton)