@slaw
You are very welcome. If you've not spent any time with that BS&T, it is worth checking out if you can look past some of the psychedelic silliness. Music from a bygone time when everything seemed possible. Al Kooper's vocals are really really good and a few of his songs are very strong. It's a much more interesting album than the more calculated and commercial BS&T II.
Reading the notes on the back cover of the album, John Simon is credited for a variety of roles. That's the same John Simon as worked on The Bands 1st & 2nd albums as well as S&G's Bookends and that's hardly a complete list. I don't hear him talked about with the same reverence as George Martin. I don't hear him talked about much at all actually, but I think the man was a creative genius that brought out the best in a wide range of talent.
BTW - Agree with you about the post-Green, Kirwan/Welch era of FWM. Penguin & Mystery to Me (though sadly without Danny) + Future Games make a nice "trilogy" from that time.
I haven't listened to any vinyl in weeks and weeks but now that the gramophone is cranked up, might have to log some more listening time with vinyl.
You are very welcome. If you've not spent any time with that BS&T, it is worth checking out if you can look past some of the psychedelic silliness. Music from a bygone time when everything seemed possible. Al Kooper's vocals are really really good and a few of his songs are very strong. It's a much more interesting album than the more calculated and commercial BS&T II.
Reading the notes on the back cover of the album, John Simon is credited for a variety of roles. That's the same John Simon as worked on The Bands 1st & 2nd albums as well as S&G's Bookends and that's hardly a complete list. I don't hear him talked about with the same reverence as George Martin. I don't hear him talked about much at all actually, but I think the man was a creative genius that brought out the best in a wide range of talent.
BTW - Agree with you about the post-Green, Kirwan/Welch era of FWM. Penguin & Mystery to Me (though sadly without Danny) + Future Games make a nice "trilogy" from that time.
I haven't listened to any vinyl in weeks and weeks but now that the gramophone is cranked up, might have to log some more listening time with vinyl.