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Track Listings
| 1. It Takes Time |
| 2. Oh Mama |
| 3. Love Got Me |
| 4. Blues on a Westside / Nick Gravenites |
| 5. One More Mile to Go / Nick Gravenites |
| 6. It's About Time |
| 7. Carmelita Skiffle / Nick Gravenites Instrumental |
| 8. Killing My Love |
| 9. Gypsy Good Time |
| 10. Holy Moly |
| 11. Moon Tune |
| 12. Mary Ann |
Editorial Reviews
Raven presents for the first time on one CD, the legendary concert by MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD and NICK GRAVENITES recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore West in 1969. With bonus track, superb quality audio, color booklet and informative liner notes. The late, great Bloomfield is recognised as one of the finest and most influential blues guitarists that America has ever produced. Best known for his astonishing technique and the piercing tone of his solos, he was a member of the ground-breaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band, played on Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and backed him at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when Dylan first went 'electric'. He helped pioneer horn-rock with the Electric Flag and the Super Session concept with Al Kooper as well as recording Triumvirate with John Hammond Jr and Dr. John. Bloomfield and Gravenites - lead singer of the Flag and a respected bluesman in his own right - cut an incendiary performance at the Fillmore West which yielded this phenomenal album. The concert was split across the original Live at Fillmore West vinyl and Gravenites' My Labors album, and the tracks have now been recombined on one stellar CD. Bloomfield positively burns on 'It Takes Time', 'Killing My Love', 'Gypsy Good Time', while his monumental solo on 'Blues on a Westside' is one of the greatest moments in blues rock history. Carlos Santana said Bloomfield "literally changed my life". Dylan said "he played circles around anything I could play". Gravenites called him "a huge giant of a person".
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Live at Bill Grahams Fillmore West 1969 (Audio CD)
You are in front of one of the greatest live blues album ever! I am not scared about making this statement as I believe that this is absolutely true. This live set recorded in 1969 finds Mike at the pick of his carrier and in a fantastic shape. Michael performance in here is so good to leave you speechless. Numbers like Blues On A Westside, Moon Tune, It Takes Time, Killing My Love, Carmelita Skiffle, It's About Time, One More Mile To Go are real gems that are going to remain in the history of blues music. More, they should be played in every music school to teach how electric blues is meant to be played! Surely Mike has been one of the most, if not the most, influential white blues guitarist ever lived. Just listen to the intro of Blues On A West Side and then to Ronnie Earl's Rego Park Blues final solo (live version) and you will see. However in this fantastic album packed from start to finish with excellence also the performances of the great vocalist Nick Gravenites deserves a special mention as it does the guest appearance of Taj Mahal. This is a 1969 recording sounding as fresh as it was recorded yesterday, a real masterpiece that deserves attention not just from blues lovers but also from everyone who love music.
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Best of the Best!,
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I can't say enough about this great album. I say album because I've owned the 8-track, the cassette, the LP and have pre-ordered the first release of it on CD next month. Taj Mahal, Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites anchor this music which surely was one of those moments in history when all factors converged to make musical history. The guitars, vocals, drums, they all came together to make the best blues album of the late 60's from Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. You probably know of the legacy of the Fillmore aditoriums, East and West, and this album is true to that heritage. Maybe it doesn't contain the screamin' Janis Joplin, or the unorganized Jefferson Airplane, but it plays like a Family Dog poster, diverse groups meeting to make in tune, melodic music that has held up over the last 40 years. Don't miss this one. I strongly recommend it for all blues enthusiasts!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Recorded by Columbia at the Fillmore West in early 1969. This set doesn't contain the most notable of Bloomfield's recordings; it's not the best band he played with, nor is it the best material with which he had to work. It's best appreciated as one of numerous releases on which to hear his reliably accomplished blues-rock guitar work, although it's not as flashy or inventive as his best performances, the arrangements sometimes recalling Electric Flag due to the presence of a horn section. No less than four vocalists (Gravenites, Bloomfield, Bob Jones, and Taj Mahal, who guests on "One More Mile to Go") were featured on the original Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West 1969 LP; this expanded version does give more weight to Gravenites' singing, as he takes lead on all four of the tracks added from My Labors. However, not a little additional material from the same source appeared on one side of Gravenites' My Labors LPAs a final bonus, the CD also includes a Bloomfield-sung cover of Ray Charles' "Mary Ann" from another Bloomfield live album of the era (The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper), as well as historical liner notes. ~ Richie Unterberger
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