{"product_id":"the-butterfield-blues-band-east-west-mobile-fidelity-numbered-mono-edition-lp-deluxe-180g-audiophile-vinyl","title":"THE BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND - East-West (Mobile Fidelity Numbered Mono Edition) - LP - Deluxe 180g Audiophile Vinyl [MAR 27]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Mobile Fidelity Numbered Edition \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e180g 33RPM LP \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ehoused \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eavailable in its original mono mix for the first time in nearly 60 years\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eand housed in a Stoughton jacket\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Butterfield Blues Band\u003c\/strong\u003e blows open the doors of possibility: recorded at \u003cstrong\u003eChess Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEast-West\u003c\/em\u003e sows the seeds for acid-rock and features monster performances from \u003cstrong\u003eMike Bloomfield\u003c\/strong\u003e and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExperience the 1966 effort in definitive sound: \u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity’s \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNumbered-Edition 180g 33RPM Mono LP\u003c\/strong\u003e makes the album available in its original mono mix for the first time in nearly 60 years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1\/4” \/ 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Butterfield Band might be most famous for serving as the backing group for Bob Dylan’s famous electrified show at the Newport Folk Festival, but the collective earned a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame due to \u003cem\u003eEast-West\u003c\/em\u003e. Though it remains a footnote in many historical narratives, the 1966 record changed the shape of popular music, sowed the seeds for acid-rock, and further demonstrated the visionary abilities and virtuosic skills of a sextet that took the blues in novel directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSourced from the original analog master tapes, pressed at \u003cstrong\u003eFidelity Record Pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e, and housed in a Stoughton jacket, \u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity\u003c\/strong\u003e’s numbered-edition 180g 33RPM LP presents \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEast-West \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein definitive sound\u003c\/span\u003e — and in the original mono mix for the first time in nearly 60 years. East-West was pressed in mono from 1966 to 1968, after which the stereo version (a revised copy of the mono original) became the only option. Featuring quiet surfaces and black backgrounds that expose critical details, dynamics, and tones, this collectible reissue exhibits elevated levels of directness, coherency, and spaciousness. You’ll experience the prized acoustics and dimensions of Chicago’s famous \u003cstrong\u003eChess Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e at 2120 S. Michigan Avenue, where the set was recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaying with superb naturalism, revealing openness, and in-the-room liveliness, \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Butterfield\u003c\/strong\u003e and Co.’s creations unfurl here with previously unheard imaging, richness, and presence. Every aspect of the album benefits from newfound balance, symmetry, and airiness. Butterfield’s strong lead vocals and signature harmonica; \u003cstrong\u003eElvin Bishop\u003c\/strong\u003e’s fusion of gospel, R\u0026amp;B, and country threads; \u003cstrong\u003eJerome Arnold\u003c\/strong\u003e’s in-the-pocket bass; \u003cstrong\u003eBilly Davenport\u003c\/strong\u003e’s bossanova-derived drumming; \u003cstrong\u003eMark Naftalin\u003c\/strong\u003e’s illuminating piano and organ; and of course, Bloomfield’s zinging electric guitar. All come across with emotion-triggering realism and responsiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarrying over most of the same personnel responsible for its stellar eponymous debut, the Butterfield Blues Band made one key change for East-West by inviting drummer Davenport into the fold. His impact on the group’s approaches proved immense. Showcasing refined, delicate, and articulate techniques, and able to underpin the songs with a jazz-driven sense of movement, Davenport allowed the band to improvise. His rhythmic shading, colouring, and control blew open the doors of possibility that other blues ensembles never knew. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEast-West\u003c\/em\u003e also signifies one other important evolution. Spearheaded by its namesake leader, the group became a more democratic outlet in which every member enjoyed meaningful input. Benefitting from such freedom and trust, the instrumentalists turn in peak performances that display the hallmarks of exceptional interplay, chemistry, and communication. Listen to how they glide, sweep, and sway during a melancholic rendition of the traditional blues “\u003cem\u003eI Got a Mind to Give Up Living\u003c\/em\u003e” and how they swing, skate, and shake on a greasy interpretation of Muddy Waters’ “\u003cem\u003eTwo Trains Running\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the effort, Bloomfield, Bishop, and friends sock it to ‘em, exploding with energy and raising (and lowering) the temperature at will. The band is equally adept on slow, despondent ballads and husky burners. Pleading and pleading, Bishop takes the vocal lead on “\u003cem\u003eNever Say No\u003c\/em\u003e,” the closest a song may have ever come to capturing the desperate feeling of a lonely, liquor-soaked 2AM phone call placed to a lover from a bar. On an insistent run through \u003cstrong\u003eAllen Toussaint\u003c\/strong\u003e’s “\u003cem\u003eGet Out of My Life, Woman\u003c\/em\u003e,” the group heads in the opposite direction by pairing soulful, New Oreleans-based proto-funk with street-corner grit and Butterfield’s outstanding singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yet the most recognizable signposts of \u003cem\u003eEast-West\u003c\/em\u003e don’t involve any words. Blowing, shuffling, and kicking, the band hints at unexplored landscapes on a sizzling cover of \u003cstrong\u003eNat Adderley\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eOscar Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e’s “\u003cem\u003eWork Blues\u003c\/em\u003e.” Its fusion of disciplines and trade-offs between instrumental leads foreshadows experimentation Miles Davis would soon further, while the dialog between Butterfield’s harmonica and Naftalin’s organ makes for spicy conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album-closing title track escalates the expansiveness and excitement to another level still. Based on Indian scales, John Coltrane’s modal pieces, and a four-beat bass pattern owing to Nick Gravenites’ “\u003cem\u003eIt’s About Time\u003c\/em\u003e,” and arranged as a series of sections given over to various modes and moods, the multi-part composition marks arguably the first instance of such blues-rock improvisation on record — an extended journey rife with raga droning, deep-end jamming, and off-the-wall cross-talk between Bloomfield and Bishop. Heavy, swirling, and occasionally filtered through distorted lenses, it is where acid-rock begins and the Butterfield Blues Band cemented its status as legends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany decades later, that east-west journey is still one to be taken again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide One:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Walkin’ Blues\u003cbr\u003e2. 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