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Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075679041722
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Only a handful of bands have made a greater impact with fewer recordings than the short-lived Buffalo Springfield. Their history is told in the titles of their three albums: 1967's eponymous debut was followed by the peak-performance Again later that year, which was followed by 1968's Last Time Around. While their entire recorded career encompasses a mere two years, the Stephen Stills-Neil Young-Richie Furay-led quintet produced a number of '60s rock classics. Stills chipped in "For What It's Worth" and "Bluebird"; Furay's "Kind Woman" is one of the touchstones of country-rock; and Young fired off the likes of the raucous "Mr. Soul," the gentle "I Am a Child," the ambitious "Broken Arrow," and the breathtakingly pretty "Expecting to Fly." They're all on this 12-song overview, a suitable option for anyone who isn't up to stocking up on the entire catalog. --Steven Stolder
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Summary: retropesctive best of Buffalo springfiled
Comment: It's good old american rock and roll!!!
it doesn't get any better than neil young and david crosby now does it
it is for some of us ...our youth revisited- how cool is this- very cool!!
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Summary: When music was music.
Comment: Being 60 I sometimes forget what real,artistic music was. I have come through the years listening to the music scene change and my overview is that creativity,voice(of the people)and talent is or has spiraled downward. The Buffalo Springfield lets us hear what real musical talent accomplishes in song writting and musicianship. They were,along with many others of their generation, the beginning of the greatest musical phase of the century. All we get now are corporate teenage warblers and one beat rap "gangsta's". The "Great Society"?
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Summary: Buffalo Springfield: A Beginning
Comment: Buffalo Springfield was neither the first vehicle for nor the first group to record and release works by founding members Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, and Neil Young. Rather, it was a sounding board and a starting point for a new direction in rock and the beginning of stardom for its aforementioned members (and even later, Jim Messina of Loggins and Messina fame). Stephen Stills would emerge as the group's main songwriter but, as with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, he would soon be surpassed for quality of work by peer and colleague Neil Young. The dynamics between the two are simultaneously famous and infamous, yet the mutual admiration and inspiration is evident on this and all future Stills-Young projects.
Emerging at a time when The Beatles had led the British rock brigade into America, and the US had replied with the Dylan-inspired folk rock of The Byrds and The Mamas and The Papas, The Buffalo Springfield would introduce more of a country flavor to the spectrum (a la The Band, latter-day Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Flying Burrito Brothers). Like The Band, Springfield would include both Americans and Canadians, just as CSNY would add an Englishman and former Hollie to the mix. Not necessarily making this a melting pot, it does bring to the fore different cultural elements and an innovative blend of ideas.
This release serves as an appropriate crash course to the form, both in its advantages and disadvantages, and as an excellent introduction to the musical careers of Stephen Stills and Neil Young (Furay's light not shining quite as brightly even though he would achieve some standard of success with Poco). As the saying goes, "the best is yet to come!"
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Summary: A Super Album By a Supergroup
Comment: "Retrospective" rates in my book as one of the seminal albums to come out of the sixties, and considering the groundbreaking music to come from that era, this is no mean feat. (Consider Cream's "Disraeli Gears or "Wheels of Fire" or Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced" or "The Doors" or The Beatles "White Album & Rubber Soul...".) I could go on forever about the incredible music bursting on the horizon throughout that glorious musical decade. However, "Retrospective" never seems to get ranked in the top echelon of the sixties albums in polls and/or surveys. For What It's Worth (no pun intended,)"Retro" rates as one of my top ten albums of all time. Each song is a masterpiece in it's own right. This is a perfect album.
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Summary: 'For What It's Worth', this is really a great album......
Comment: I distinctly remember hearing Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth," years ago, played in heavy rotation on the local oldies station. The message that song carried--that of the youth movement of the times, protesting war, social injustice and global intolerance--rang loud and clear in the ears of many when it was first released in 1967. The powerful and unflinching lyrics still ring true today, in the face of more violence and intolerance. It is hard to believe that such a powerful tune was played by a band that only stayed together for eighteen months, just when they were beginning to tap the surface of their talent and possibilities.
This album showcases Buffalo Springfield's best songs, including "Mr. Soul," a very clever, up tempo piece, "Sit Down, I Think I Love You," which juxtaposes the phrasing and delivery of the lyrics (particularly the word "you") to give it double meaning, and "Go and Say Goodbye," a very catchy song with a completely self-explanatory title.
It's amazing to think that Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay came together but for a brief period of time, composed so many great tunes and yet broke up so quickly! At least their legacy lives on in songs like the ones featured on this album, which truly is a retrospective and a tribute to rock and roll legends.
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