Saturday, February 14, 2026

Killing floor (The Electric Flag) (LP 4300)

The Electric Flag  A Long Time Comin' (Vinyl, Columbia Records, 1968) ****  

GenreBlues, soul, rock 

Places I remember: JB Hi Fi

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Killing Floor

Gear costume: Sittin' in Circles

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 7

Active compensatory factors: Mike Bloomfield was a mercurial guitarist. He turns up in all sorts of places in my collection. This is the debut of a band he put together after leaving The Butterfield Blues Band (their albums discussed here).

The songs range across the blues rock and soul spectrums with ease, as you'd expect with these gifted musicians. Apart from Bloomfield, Buddy Miles plays drums, Barry Goldberg, Harvey Brooks and Nick Gravenites also appears along with a horn section. It's very 1968, but it also holds up in 2026.

Where do they all belong? Another quality record from Michael Bloomfield.

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