Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield Again
Studio album by Buffalo Springfield
Released	November, 1967
Recorded	March-June & August-October 1967, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Folk rock, rock
Length	34:07
Label	Atco
Producer	Richie Furay, Jack Nitzsche, Stephen Stills, Neil Young
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Buffalo Springfield chronology
Buffalo Springfield (1966) Buffalo Springfield Again (1967) Last Time Around (1968)

Buffalo Springfield Again is a folk rock album by Buffalo Springfield, a band which included future stars Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay (of Poco fame). The album was released in December 1967 (see 1967 in music) after a tense, protracted period of recording, during which Young was often absent and the band was unable to keep a permanent bass player. (The group's first bass guitarist, Bruce Palmer, spent much of the sessions detained on drug charges.) A number of Los Angeles session players also make appearances.

Among the notable tracks are Young's minor hit, "Mr. Soul". The album also includes two orchestral experiments Young produced with Jack Nitzsche, a Phil Spector associate: "Expecting to Fly" and "Broken Arrow". Both tracks were intended for solo release, and feature Young only, backed by session players (though Furay overdubbed a harmony vocal on the latter).

Stills contributed four tunes, among them "Rock and Roll Woman", a song cowritten by an uncredited David Crosby and allegedly featuring Crosby on backup vocals. (He had just been fired by The Byrds because of his controversial song Triad, about a ménage á trois) This song was probably the first collaboration between Stills and Crosby. Simultaneous tension in the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and The Hollies would eventually result in the formation of Crosby, Stills & Nash.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 188 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Mr. Soul" (Young) – 2:35
   • Original recording January 9, 1967, Atlantic Studios, New York, New York. Additional recording April 4, 1967. Lead vocal: Neil Young. Backing vocal and guitar: Richie Furay. (Stills absent.)
2. "A Child's Claim to Fame" (Furay) – 2:09
   • Recorded June 21, 1967, Columbia Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Richie Furay. Dobro: James Burton.
3. "Everydays" (Stills) – 2:38
   • Recorded March 15, Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Stephen Stills. Bass: Jim Fielder. (Bruce Palmer absent.)
4. "Expecting to Fly" (Young) – 3:39
   • Recorded May 6, 1967, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Neil Young. Arrangement: Jack Nitzsche. (Rest of group absent.)
5. "Bluebird" (Stills) – 4:28
   • Recorded starting April 4, 1967, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Stephen Stills. Bass: Bobby West. Banjo: Charlie Chin. (Bruce Palmer absent).
6. "Hung Upside Down" (Stills) – 3:24
   • Recorded June 30 & September 1-5, 1967, Columbia Recording Studios & Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Richie Furay (verses), Stephen Stills (choruses).
7. "Sad Memory" (Furay) – 3:00
   • Recorded September 5, 1967, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Richie Furay. Electric lead guitar: Neil Young. Acoustic guitar: Richie Furay. (Stills, Palmer, and drummer Dewey Martin absent.)
8. "Good Time Boy" (Furay) – 2:11
   • Recorded August 1967, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Dewey Martin. Reports differ on whether drummer Martin actually played drums on this track, or whether it was played entirely by session musicians, including the Soul Train horns.
9. "Rock & Roll Woman" (Stills/Crosby[uncredited]) – 2:44
   • Recorded June 22-August 8, 1967, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Stephen Stills. Background vocal: David Crosby (disputed; he is, however, an uncredited co-writer of the melody.) Guitar: Doug Hastings.
10. "Broken Arrow" (Young) – 6:13
    • Recorded August 25 & September 5-18, 1967, Columbia Recording Studios & Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Neil Young. (Rest of group absent.) Piano, organ: Don Randi. Guitar: Chris Sarns. Backing vocal: Richie Furay (overdubbed).

Personnel

Buffalo Springfield

• Stephen Stills - organ, guitar, piano, rhythm guitar, keyboard, Vocals
• Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Richie Furay - guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
• Dewey Martin - drums, vocals
• Bruce Palmer - bass

Additional personnel

• James Burton - Dobro, guitar
• Charlie Chin - banjo
• David Crosby - backing vocal on "Rock & Roll Woman"
• Jim Fielder - bass
• Jack Nitzsche - keyboard, electric piano, arrangements
• Don Randi - piano
• Bobby West - bass
• Norris Badeaux - baritone saxophone on "Good Time Boy"

Production

• Producers: Richie Furay, Jack Nitzsche, Stephen Stills, Neil Young
• Recording Engineer: Jim Messina, Bruce Botnick (“Expecting to Fly” and “Bluebird”)
• Mastering: Tim Mulligan
• Design: Loring Eutemey
• Illustrations: Eve Babitz
• Liner notes: Buffalo Springfield

Charts

References

1. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6599257/188_buffalo_springfield_again