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Release date: 10-07-2008 (originally from 1968) 2008 issue of the 1968 9-track LP pressed on 180gm virgin vinyl, high quality glossy picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork & labels. 1968's Super Session is one of the original groovy jam-rock statements, a spontaneous session that paired singer/keyboardist/producer Al Kooper with two major guitar heroes of the day in Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills. The material ranges from folk pop covers of Donovan and Dylan, to the blues "Albert's Shuffle," "You Don't Love Me," to heady jams "His Holy Modal Majesty" and big-band jazz "Harvey's Tune." Here on audiophile quality 180g Import Vinyl! Tracks: 01. Albert’s Shuffle 02. Stop 03. Man’s Temptation 04. His Holy Modal Majesty 05. Really 06. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 07. Season Of The Witch 08. You Don’t Love Me 09. Harvey’s Tune The musicians are aiming high with their desire for a Super Session, for it's not something that can be planned. Only when the time, place and audience play along, when one's lucky star is shining brightly, and the musicians have a good day, then one of music's great moments might be captured on tape. Not forgetting the recording technicians who also have to be in the mood. In 1968 this all happened to be the case with the majority of the nine numbers on this Columbia LP. All in all, one must consider the numbers with Steve Stills as most successful in the sense of a session because here each musician inspires the others. In the super session with Kooper and Bloomfield, the guitarist stands in the limelight while the other musicians back him up.
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