Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield - Fillmore East: The Lost Concert Tapes 12-13-68

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Free Music Review: Excellent Concert Tape!
Hit: 5 Stars

This disc features tunes originally recorded at the Fillmore East in December of 1968. The tapes laid unplayed in Columbia's vaults and were thought to be missing until Kooper rediscovered them in 1999 while sorting through material for the box set "Rare & Well Done". Now, after baking the tapes in an oven to prevent oxidation, digitally debuzzing the ground hums, clicks and audio aberrations and some careful editing, Bloomfield releases this lost recording 33 years after they were originally recorded.

The recording opens with an introduction and then a guitar drenched version of "One Way Out" with quivering Bloomfield vocals. Bloomfield then introduces an unsigned Johnny Winter who plays an extended version of B.B. King's "It's My Own Fault". After hearing Winter's blistering guitar solo on this tune, it's no wonder that Columbia executives were falling all over themselves to sign him the next morning.

Winter's solo is followed by Bloomfield's rendition of Paul Simon's "Feelin' Groovy", and Bloomfield's own slow Chicago blues number "Please Tell Me Partner" and a superbly covered version of Albert King's "Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong" which is the only track which truly highlights Kooper's talent on the organ and piano.

The lone soft spot on the disc is probably "Together Till The End Of Time" but considering the high quality of the remainder of the disc, it's a flaw that can easily be overlooked.

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