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A Long Time Comin'

1968 studio album by The Electric Flag

This article is about the Electric Flag album. For similar uses, see Long Time Coming.

A Long Time Comin' is the first album by American rock band the Electric Flag, released in 1968. The album has a mix of musical styles, including soul along with blues and rock, with a horn section.

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It opens with an updated take on the Howlin' Wolf blues classic "Killing Floor" and includes an adaptation of Sticks McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" titled "Wine". The album also contains "Groovin’ Is Easy" and "Over-Lovin’ You", which had been released as a single in 1967.

Critical reception

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It is widely seen by music critics as an ambitious debut album. The album was somewhat of a failure in the charts, much to the disappointment of Bloomfield, who had worked hard on it.[citation needed] His disappointment was worsened by the success of the Al Kooper directed Super Session, which, featuring Bloomfield, charted much higher than A Long Time Comin' despite having been recorded over a period of only two days.[citation needed]

It was voted number 4 in the 50 All-Time Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[4]

Track listing

The original LP record has 10 tracks, and a 1988 Columbia Records reissue on CD has four bonus tracks.

Side one

  1. "Killing Floor" (Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf) – 4:11
  2. "Groovin' Is Easy" (Ron Polte) – 3:06
  3. "Over-Lovin' You" (Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg) – 2:12
  4. "She Should Have Just" (Ron Polte) – 5:03
  5. "Wine" (Traditional arr. Bloomfield) – 3:15

Side two

  1. "Texas" (Bloomfield, Buddy Miles) – 4:49
  2. "Sittin' in Circles" (Goldberg) – 3:54
  3. "You Don't Realize" (Bloomfield) – 4:56
  4. "Another Country" (Polte) – 8:47
  5. "Easy Rider" (Bloomfield) – 0:53

CD bonus tracks

  2. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:02
  3. "Mystery" (Miles) – 2:56
  4. "Look into My Eyes" (Harvey Brooks, Miles) – 3:07
  5. "Going Down Slow" (James Oden a.k.a. St. Louis Jimmy) – 4:43

Personnel

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Charts

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References

  1. [1]
    Viglione, Joe. "A Long Time Comin' Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  2. [2]
    Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 912. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  3. [3]
    Gifford, Barry (11 May 1968). "Review: A Long Time Comin' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2012.(subscription required)
  4. [4]
    All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. 2000. p. 27. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
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