Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield (Hybrid SACD)
Lead Guitar – Neil Young [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Neil Young]
Lead Guitar [2nd] – Steve Stills
Rhythm Guitar – Richie Furay
Bass – Bruce Palmer
Drums – Dewey Martin
Written by Stephen Stills, Neil Young
1 Hybrid SACD
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Atlantic
Recorded at Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA and Gold-Star Studios, Hollywood, CA
Recorded by Doc Siegel, Tom May
Produced by Brian Stone, Charles Greene
Mastered by Chris Bellman and Bernie Grundman
Design by Sandy Dvore
Photography by Ivan Nagy
Originally released in December 1966
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
- For What It's Worth
- Go And Say Goodbye
- Sit Down I Think I Love You
- Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
- Hot Dusty Roads
- Everybody's Wrong
- Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
- Burned
- Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It
- Leave
- Out Of My Mind
- Pay The Price
Reviews:
“The band themselves were displeased with this record, feeling that the production did not capture their on-stage energy and excitement. Yet to most ears, this debut sounds pretty great, featuring some of their most melodic and accomplished songwriting and harmonies, delivered with a hard-rocking punch. "For What It's Worth" was the hit single, but there are several other equally stunning treasures. Stephen Stills' "Go and Say Goodbye" was a pioneering country-rock fusion; his "Sit Down I Think I Love You" was the band at their poppiest and most early Beatlesque; and his "Everybody's Wrong" and "Pay the Price" were tough rockers. Although Neil Young has only two lead vocals on the record (Richie Furay sang three other Young compositions), he's already a songwriter of great talent and enigmatic lyricism, particularly on "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," "Out of My Mind," and "Flying on the Ground Is Wrong." The entire album bursts with thrilling guitar and vocal interplay, with a bright exuberance that would tone down considerably by their second record.” AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
"Buffalo Springfield, Canadian-American band that combined inventive songwriting, skillful instrumental interplay, and harmony vocals into a stunning folk rock signature sound, which laid the groundwork for southern California country rock. The original members were Stephen Stills (b. January 3, 1945, Dallas, Texas, U.S.), Neil Young (b. November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Richie Furay (b. May 9, 1944, Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S.), Dewey Martin (b. September 30, 1942, Chesterville, Ontario, Canada—found dead February 1, 2009, Van Nuys, California, U.S.), and Bruce Palmer (b. 1946, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada—d. October 1, 2004, Belleville, Ontario). Later members included Jim Messina (b. December 5, 1947, Maywood, California, U.S.).
Bursting with talent, Buffalo Springfield formed in 1966 following a fortuitous encounter in a Los Angeles traffic jam between Stills and Furay (veterans of the Greenwich Village folk scene) and Young and Palmer (Canadians drawn to the “hip” epicentre of the burgeoning folk rock movement). Furay, Stills, and Young all wrote songs, provided lead vocals, and played guitar. Palmer played bass; drummer Martin had played with country rock pioneers the Dillards. In a six-week gig at the Whisky-A-Go-Go club on Sunset Strip, the band polished their sound and refined their image, later gaining a record label—Atlantic subsidiary Atco. Their biggest hit, “For What It’s Worth” (1967), about clashes between youth and police on Sunset Strip, remains evocative of the era’s spirit and its tensions.
The group broke up in 1968, but post-breakup success came to Furay and Messina in Poco, to Messina in Loggins and Messina, to Young in a prodigious solo career, and to Stills in Crosby, Stills and Nash, which at times also included Young. Buffalo Springfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997." Britannica Review by Craig Morrison
Ratings:
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4 / 5