''A Long Time Comin is the first album by American rock band the Electric Flag, released in 1968. The album has a mix of musical styles, including

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along with

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and rock, with a horn section. It opens with an updated take on the

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blues classic " Killing Floor" and includes an adaptation of Sticks McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" titled "Wine". The album also contains "Groovin’ Is Easy" and "Over-Lovin’ You", which had been released as a single in 1967.

Critical reception

It is widely seen by music critics as an ambitious debut album. The album was somewhat of a failure in the charts, much to the disappointment of Bloomfield, who had worked hard on it. His disappointment was worsened by the success of the Al Kooper directed '' Super Session'', which, featuring Bloomfield, charted much higher than ''A Long Time Comin' '' despite having been recorded over a period of only two days. It was voted number 4 in the 50 All-Time Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's '' All Time Top 1000 Albums''.

Track listing

The original

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has 10 tracks, and a 1988

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reissue on CD has four bonus tracks. Side one # " Killing Floor" (Chester Burnett a.k.a.

) – 4:11 # "Groovin' Is Easy" (Ron Polte) – 3:06 # "Over-Lovin' You" (

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, Barry Goldberg) – 2:12 # "She Should Have Just" (Ron Polte) – 5:03 # "Wine" (Traditional arr. Bloomfield) – 3:15 Side two # "Texas" (Bloomfield, Buddy Miles) – 4:49 # "Sittin' in Circles" (Goldberg) – 3:54 # "You Don't Realize" (Bloomfield) – 4:56 # "Another Country" (Polte) – 8:47 # "Easy Rider" (Bloomfield) – 0:53 CD bonus tracks #

" Sunny" ( Bobby Hebb) – 4:02 # "Mystery" (Miles) – 2:56 # "Look into My Eyes" ( Harvey Brooks, Miles) – 3:07 # " Going Down Slow" (James Oden a.k.a. St. Louis Jimmy) – 4:43

Personnel

– lead guitar, vocals * Buddy Miles – drums, vocals * Barry Goldberg – keyboards * Harvey Brooks – bass * Nick Gravenites – vocals, guitar * Herb Rich – organ, vocals, baritone saxophone, guitar * Michael Fonfara – keyboards * Marcus Doubleday – trumpet * Peter Strazza – tenor saxophone * Stemsy Hunter – alto saxophone ;Additional personnel *

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– percussion,

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* Sivuca – guitar, percussion * Paul Beaver – keyboards,

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*Leo Daruczek – strings *Charles McCracken – strings * Bobby Notkoff – strings *Julius Held – strings *Roy Segal – engineer * Jim Marshall – cover photo *Joe Church – percussion, producer *John Court – percussion, vocals, producer *

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- vocal on "Groovin' Is Easy"

Charts

References

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