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Released
  
March 1968

Producer
  
John Court, Joe Church

Release date
  
March 1968

Length
  
41:05 (55:18 on CD)

Artist
  
The Electric Flag

Label
  
CBS Records International

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Recorded
  
July 1967 – January 1968

A Long Time Comin' (1968)
  
The Electric Flag An American Music Band (1968)

Genres
  
Blues, Rock music, Soul music

Similar
  
An American Music Ba, The Band Kept Playing, The Trip, The Live Adventures of Mike Bl, East‑West

A Long Time Comin' is the first album by American rock band The Electric Flag, released in 1968. The meat of the album is soul along with blues and rock with a horn section. It is widely seen as an ambitious debut album by music critics. The album was somewhat of a failure in the charts, much to the disappointment of Bloomfield, who had worked hard on the album. His disappointment was worsened by the success of the Al Kooper directed Super Session, which, featuring Bloomfield, charted much higher than A Long Time Comin' despite only being recorded over a period of two days.

Contents

The vinyl LP had 10 tracks, and the subsequent CD had 4 bonus tracks. A compilation called "The Electric Flag - American Music Band/A Long Time Comin'" had a further 5 tracks, making 19 in all.

The electric flag killing floor


Side one

  1. "Killing Floor" (Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett) – 4:11
  2. "Groovin' Is Easy" (Nick Gravenites) – 3:06
  3. "Over-Lovin' You" (Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg) – 2:12
  4. "She Should Have Just" (Ron Polte) – 5:03
  5. "Wine" (Traditional) – 3:15

Side two

  1. "Texas" (Mike Bloomfield, Buddy Miles) – 4:49
  2. "Sittin' in Circles" (Barry Goldberg) – 3:54
  3. "You Don't Realize" (Mike Bloomfield) – 4:56
  4. "Another Country" (Ron Polte) – 8:47
  5. "Easy Rider" (Mike Bloomfield) – 0:53

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:02
  2. "Mystery" (Buddy Miles) – 2:56
  3. "Look into My Eyes" (Harvey Brooks, Buddy Miles) – 3:07
  4. "Going Down Slow" (James Oden) – 4:43

Personnel

  • Mike Bloomfield – lead guitar, vocals
  • Buddy Miles – drums, vocals
  • Barry Goldberg – keyboards
  • Harvey Brooks – bass
  • Nick Gravenites – vocals, guitar
  • Herb Rich – organ, vocals, baritone saxophone, guitar
  • Michael Fonfara – keyboards
  • Marcus Doubleday – trumpet
  • Peter Strazza – tenor saxophone
  • Stemsy Hunter – alto saxophone
    • Additional personnel
  • Richie Havens – Percussion, Sitar
  • Sivuca – Guitar, Percussion
  • Paul Beaver – Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer
  • Leo Daruczek – Strings
  • Charles McCracken – Strings
  • Bobby Notkoff – Strings
  • Julius Held – Strings
  • Roy Segal – Engineer
  • Jim Marshall – Cover Photo
  • Joe Church – Percussion, Producer
  • John Court – Percussion, Vocals, Producer
  • Cass Elliot - Vocal on "Groovin' Is Easy"

    • Charts

    Album – Billboard

    Songs

    1Killing Floor4:11
    2Groovin' Is Easy3:05
    3Over-Lovin' You2:10

    References

    A Long Time Comin' Wikipedia
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