@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.
