A Long Time Comin'

Electric Flag, Electric Flag | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024TY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve and includes four bonus tracks. Sony. 2008. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, September 13, 2005

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Marc Siegel (Simi, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Time Comin' (Audio CD)

This being one of my favorite cd's I was excited when I saw this available as a remastered import from Sony.However, when I put it on it sounded terrible. The highs were so screechy that the cd was unlistenable and lets not talk about the non-existent bass. I do have the original Columbia issue and compared to this "remastered version" the original sounds like an audiophile cd. Not really but this is how bad this thing sounds. In looking at the credits it appears that the same person did the remastering on both. I am guessing that the import is nothing more than a digital dub from way back when. Do yourself a favor and just get the Columbia/Legacy remastered compilation. It has 99 9/10 of the origial album and it sounds great. Happy listening

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "Remastered", March 31, 2005

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Somebody (KCMO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Long Time Comin' (Audio CD)

I ordered the import version of this CD (Sony Holland, English language label) because it was listed as "remastered" and I assumed it would have better fidelity than the domestic release. I have never heard the domestic version but it cannot be any worse than the import. Very tinny highs, not much bass. The original vinyl probably sounds better.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars San Francisco's answer to Blood, Sweat & Tears, August 17, 2004

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R. Lindeboom "theboomer" (Paso Robles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Long Time Comin' (Audio CD)

When this album first appeared in early 1968, underground freeform FM radio was in its heyday and the songs on "A Long Time Comin'" were a mainstay on underground radio. AM radio didn't know what to make of a band that combined blues, folk, jazz, rock and -- at times -- even classical modes in a sound that was astounding. This was the Bay Area's answer to New York's Blood, Sweat & Tears and it was an incredibly worthy answer indeed. Al Kooper built the original BS&T from the ashes of the little-known Blues Project, while The Electric Flag's Mike Bloomfield came from even headier stuff -- namely, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, where Bloomfield proved that a Jewish kid can have the blues -- real blues. To cover what other musicians in this band made this such an incredible group would take pages as there are so many of them. Buddy Miles handled the drums (who'd later launch his own Buddy Miles Express before joining Hendrix in the Band of Gypsies). Barry Goldberg added keys that were exquisite before leaving to form Barry Goldberg's Reunion. The horns in the Flag were more brash and bluesy than the classically-trained jazz musings of their New York contemporaries, BS&T. These guys could cook and when they turned up the heat, no audience I ever saw them perform to was able to withstand the spell they created live. The songs on this album are a remarkable testament to the precision, eloquence and power of the Electric Flag. Wow. Even the memory of these guys live is powerful. This album is their greatest recorded legacy.