Buffalo Springfield debut released 50 years ago today

Not such a fan of this album. Again is the one for me. Absolutely love the band though. Flying On The Ground is prob my favourite on the debut.
Neil was apparently given some live tapes by a fan around the time of the box set. Were any details made known about these shows other than it was decided they weren't of good enough quality (not sure if that was audio or performance-wise).
I live in hope that some cool Buffalo Springfield shows exist somewhere outside of bootleg land. I'm assuming Wolfgangs Vault have nothing. They are not very forthcoming in terms of enquiries.

 

The long 'Bluebird' isnt likely to see a re-release, as its original release was never authorized/supported by the band in the first place (probably primarily Stills, as he hates it - and I would assume it was he who veto'd its inclusion in the BS Box - as well as excluding it from his own solo box)

Maybe after they're all dead I suppose - assuming all of their estates/families/heirs don't care much about what their wishes/intentions/quality control decisions were when they were still alive.

 

I didn't know that.

 

Prefer this to their second ... the only release where they sound like a proper band to me, Stills was the boss...Ritchie did a great job singing Neil's songs..

 

Half a century! A lot of great music emanated from that band over all these years.

 

My god hasn't time
expecting to fly
bye

 

Fortunately they made up for that abysmal cover with the second album

 

Which, for some strange reason, has remained out of print for 49 years and 9 months. And it's one of the best sounding mixes on the album.

That's apparently what Stills and Young feel as well, but I disagree. For the most part, the mono and stereo mixes sound pretty similar, other than the stereo separation or lack thereof. Most of the problems were in the recording, not the mix.

 

I like the album but Buffalo Springfield Again is an incredible album.

 

I know that there are other alternate takes/mixes in circulation plus some unreleased demos. So, considering the expiring of the copyrights on unreleased recordings in EU, deluxe editions of the BS albums should have been fine.

 

ONE OF THE BEST AMERICAN BANDS, PERIOD.

Gone far too soon. Our loss. and YES, I'd gladly trade
that first CSN and early Neil for more Buffalo.

MORE BARN ... The Buffalo is kicking the doors down again!

 

Anyone know the back story on the 'Richie singing Neil' thing (not that his beautiful purity of tone works at all to their detriment in any case)? Shyness on Neil's part about his voice at the time, perhaps? Don't imagine this would have happened without his acquiescence.

 

I need to spin this album today. I do have it, but admittedly I've been so enamored with "Again" that I haven't given the debut enough attention!

 

I remember reading that the original album didn't do much in sales and I know the "back-story" of how it became a bigger seller, so with the help of Wikipedia:
Original release, Atco (SD) 33-200: 05/12/1966
Re-issue release, Atco (SD) 33-200A: 06/03/1967, with "For What It's Worth" included (released as a single 09/01/1967) and "Baby Don't Scold Me" deleted.
Time to drag out the box set Buffalo Springfield...again.
See what I did there?

 

as i've stated before, the amount of music that came out of buffalo springfield is unparalleled in the history of rock music (as far as i know):

buffalo springfield
CSN
CSNY
stills-young band
stills solo
young solo
loggins & messina
poco
messina solo
souther-hillman-furay band
furay solo

and then, if you really wanted to, all the offshoots from the above....simply remarkable.

 

Probably the best of their 3 albums. I have that mono and stereo cd release from a few years back. Don't know if there is much other usable material but no 50th anniversary so far or if there is I missed it.

 

i don't know about that one, 'again' is a masterpiece, a gem. a near perfect album

 

IIRC Paul Williams was on top of their greatness from the beginning. But reviewing their S/T wrote honestly about its compromised production i.e. "the guitars tinkle when they want to ring...". Still I can hear past that to the great songs and singing, the sheer musicality of the band. Richie sang Neil's songs better than the author could have at that point. IDK how Neil felt about that but I hope he was a bit grateful.

 

My least favorite Springfield album, which is almost completely down to the production technique. Distorted mess - OK. Tinny football stadium sound - NOK. Most of the songs are really good. And Bruce Palmer is on all of it, but you can't hear him.

 

Thoughts on this one... I don't own any BS albums. But when I was a kid I used to borrow this one from the local library's book mobile that came around our neighborhood once a week. We moved out when I was 12, so I'm guessing I was probably about 8-11 when I was picking this one up, along with "4 Way Street" and a few of Young's early solo albums. I was pretty amazed by it back then. Have listened to it a few times on youtube over the years, still like all their albums someday I'll probably pick them up or the box set.

 

That's a pretty abysmal needledrop, but a certain stoned professor has thankfully done one that will likely be best until a transfer from tape is released. Still, however, not commercially available.

 

Remind me why Burned was never true stereo?

 

Good question.

 

My least favorite Springfield album but I do LOVE the alternate acoustic takes of many of it's tunes on the boxed set.

Out Of My Mind
Baby, Don't Scold Me
We'll See
Neighbor, Don't You Worry

Again and Last Time Around (as patchwork as it is) are both vastly superior for me.