Neil Young 1966-1975

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BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD "buffalo springfield" 1966. #86 US.

Stephen Stills and Neil Young first met in Canada in the early 1960s whilst performing on the Torronto folk/rock circuit and quickly developed a friendship. Stills moved back to California not long after, NY followed shortly after that and met again by coincidence in 1965 and they decided to form a band together, along with Richie Furay, Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer they became Buffalo Springfield. the band had outstanding success in the West Coast folk/rock movement as a live band,even to the point of getting better reviews than The Byrds and The Band. a record deal surfaced sometime later in early 1966 and the rest is history.
the resulting album was this superb debut set, however sales of the album failed to capitalise on their live performances. the album was poorly produced and sounded flat(the cd remasters have rectified this).

the album contains seven Stills and five NY penned tracks. the record company told Young he didnt have a good lead vocal voice and three of his five tracks were handed over to Furay to sing, Young was ok with this as he had achieved his dream of being in a recording band.
the album contains the classic track "for what its worth", a smash US top 10 hit...IMO the best song Stills ever wrote. Young's "out of my mind" features superb harmonies from the band, almost akin to those that CSNY would perfect later on.these tracks here show the great writing talents of both Stills and Young. young's "nowadays clancy cant even sing" is highly regarded in music circles to this day as an extremely complicated track for someone so young to compose.
the album contains elements of blues,rock,country,jazz and folk which were brought to the band by all five members previous experiences in the music industry.
the album is one of the earliest and best examples of folk crossover music ever released.

tracks:

1. for what its worth*** #7 US, #98 AU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGcwa03SQw live
2. go and say goodbye**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlgIuMYItV8 audio
3. sit down i think i love you**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-khWhcJPlDc live
4. nowadays clancy cant even sing**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8rRVuWKv2c audio
5. hot dusty roads**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882FKONyN5U audio
6. everybody's wrong**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qUHx1Qo_8 audio
7. flying on the ground is wrong**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EVz-fGmso audio
8. burned***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bsvfcXxmJY audio vocals by Neil Young
9. do i have to come right out and say it***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghp9SPCK9Ak audio
10.leave**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfK1o3jgi5U audio
11.out of my mind***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZffSZ0TgHPw audio vocals by Neil Young
12.pay the price**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r71_3hOoeSY audio

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2s=8
1s=0

rating: 2.3