The only song I could remember the name of from this album was a "Thousand Year Old Man" and it isn't even on here. What is the problem? This is ridiculous.
March 28, 2008I'm a fan of Bloomfield and the Electric Flag, so I wouldn't want to discourage readers from giving this recording a try. But I do want to warn potential buyers who might come to "The Trip" expecting something other than what they'll get: (1) This CD is very short, under a half hour; (2) Like Pink Floyd's soundtrack to "More" the CD gets all over the place stylistically, from bluesy tracks to tracks that sound rather like Floyd all the way to tracks that sound like psychedelic versions of 1920s tunes, and (3) You're not going to get the "blues purist" side of Bloomfield in this one. If you're OK with those three caveats, then perhaps you'll enjoy this album as one of the more soulful psychedelic recordings out there.
June 9, 2007 |  | Electric Flag - 'The Trip:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' (Curb) |  |
This is one of those 'records' that I vaguely remember, because I had a baby sitter that used to play it on the family's stereo back then. I finally got to see the movie itself, 'The Trip' with Peter Fonda as the disgrunted fired employee that decides to try LSD. This twelve track CD soundtrack is great to have set on 'repeated play' at times, because it's only 27 minutes long. Believe there's an expanded reissue out now. Tunes here that totally drew me in were "Peter's Trip", "M-23" (love that bubbling synthesizer), "Green And Gold", "Synesthesia" and the seven-minute "Fine Jung Thing". A fine piece of 1967 psychedelia to no longer ignore. A must-have.
March 2, 2007 | | it's obvious what they left off | |
Yes, this is an extremely truncated album, and I noticed right away the thinking behind the editing: All the song titles left off have a drug or sex reference, real or perceived: "Peter Gets Off," "Gettin' Hard," "Peter's Trip," "Joint Passing," "A Little Head," --why the frick bother!!! Yeah, there is a lot of good music still left on the cd..."Fine Jung Thing" alone is worth the price.
I've worn out two copies of the LP, first purchased in '67. The hippie heads I hung with then went to see the movie every chance we got, mostly at drive-ins. I was already a huge fan of Bloomfield's from the 1st two Butterfield albums (buy them!) and his solos on "The Trip" blew us all away. Unfortunately, to hear the incredible "Gettin' Hard" you'll probably have to find it on vinyl or otherwise digitized.
The next year '68 would bring the Flag's "Long Time Comin'" that cements for this old hippie the Bloomfield legend, it is a masterpiece of blues and jazz, greatly assisted by Buddy Miles and Nick Gravenites and all the rest of that great big band. His later stuff, "Super Session" and "Kooper/Bloomfield" didn't hold up although fortunately for Mike they were successful. Keep wailin Michael...
September 17, 2006 | | For Bloomfield completists only | |
I bought this because I am a huge Mike Bloomfield fan and the soundtrack is by the Electric Flag, the group that Mike formed after leaving the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. I recognized going in that this was a soundtrack to a "B" movie. It may well have served its purpose in 1967 (when it was recorded) but history judges it less than kindly.
The only track worth listening to is "Fine Jung Thing", which Mike lays some nice guitar work out on. That said, this album is hardly essential and is for Bloomfield completists/obsessionists only.
As to its merits beyond Bloomfield and the rest of the Electric Flag, I'll leave that to others.
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