Super Session

Bloomfield, Michael
Super Session
Super Session

Tracks:
Albert's Shuffle
Stop
Man's Temptation
His Holy Modal Majesty
Really
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Season of the Witch
You Don't Love Me
Harvey's Tune
Albert's Shuffle
Season of the Witch
Blues for Nothing
Fat Grey Cloud

Performer Notes:

  • Full performer name: Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Steve Stills.
  • Personnel: Mike Bloomfield (electric guitar); Al Kooper (vocals, 12-string & electric guitars, piano, organ, ondioline); Steve Stills (electric guitar); Barry Goldberg (electric piano); Harvey Brooks (bass); Eddie Hoh (drums).
  • Includes liner notes by Al Kooper, Michael Thomas.
  • Full performer name: Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Steve Stills.
  • Personnel: Mike Bloomfield (electric guitar); Al Kooper (piano, organ, ondioline, vocals, 12-string & electric guitars); Steve Stills (electric guitar); Barry Goldberg (electric piano); Harvey Brooks (bass); Eddie Hoh (drums).
  • Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.
  • Includes liner notes by Michael Thomas.
  • A surprise best-seller when it was first released, this mostly improvised pairing of singer/keyboardist/producer Al Kooper with two major guitar heroes of the day sounds fascinating all these years later precisely because of the distance of time--nobody makes records like this any more. The material runs the gamut from folk pop (covers of Donovan and Dylan), to blues ("Albert's Shuffle," "You Don't Love Me"), to heady jams ("His Holy Modal Majesty"), to big-band jazz ("Harvey's Tune").
  • All the tunes make effective templates for the kind off-the-cuff music-making that in less capable hands might have resulted in simple noodling. In fact, although Bloomfield and Stills don't play together on any of the cuts (Bloomfield played on one side of the original LP, Stills on the other), all three principals get off lots of good licks and producer Kooper has some interesting tricks up his sleeve, as in the over-the-top phasing he lavishes on "You Don't Love Me." The only real disappointment here is that Stills, a far better singer than Kooper, never opens his mouth.

Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (10/12/68, p.28) - "...The Bloomfield side is particularly excellent....There is a firmness, a real steady handedness, a determinedly sure feeling to what he puts out here..."

Uncut (6/03, p.133) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...These Dylan sidekicks cut the mustard..."

Format: CD (1 Disc)

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 7 April, 2003

Label: Bloomfield, Michael

Dimensions: 11.9 x 1.1 x 14.3 centimeters (0.06 kg)

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Label: Bloomfield, Michael

Dimensions: 11.9 x 1.1 x 14.3 centimeters (0.06 kg)

Writer: BLOOMFIELD,MIKE

Tracks

1. Albert's Shuffle

2. Stop

3. Man's Temptation

4. His Holy Modal Majesty

5. Really

6. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

7. Season Of The Witch

8. You Don't Love Me

9. Harvey's Tune

10. Albert's Shuffle (No Horns Mix) (Bonus Track)

11. Season Of The Witch (No Horns Mix) (Bonus Track)

12. Blues For Nothing (Bonus Track)

13. Fat Grey Cloud (Live) (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)