''Booger Bear'' is an album released by
The Buddy Miles Express in 1973. It was released in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. It made the ''Billboard'' charts in 1974.
Background
The album received a positive review in the November 23, 1973 issue of ''Billboard''. The reviewer referred to it as a production of the first order with time and care being put into the selections. The songs "Why" and "United Nations Stomp", both composed by Miles were singled out as solid entries. The album was also released in the Quadraphonic SQ Matrix. A review in the February, 24 issue ''Billboard'' for Quadrasonic albums mentioned the spectrum being opened up by the
Columbia sound engineers. It also made the distinction between this album and most of the others that relied on the "Front" stereo approach, with the music in ''Booger Bear'' actually surrounding the listener.
The album was a ''Billboard'', FM Action Pick for KAFM-FM and KNAC-FM in early December, 1973, and a pick for WNEW-FM the following week.
Spending three weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, the album peaked at #194 on January 26, 1974.
In 2010, the album was released on CD on the Wounded Bird label. In 2019, the UK label Dutton Vocalion released a double CD/SACD hybrid of "Booger Bear" and "Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!" with the CD content in stereo and the SACD layers offering the original multichannel quadraphonic mixes of each album.
Track listing
Adapted from the LP liner notes.
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References
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1973 albums
Columbia Records albums
Buddy Miles albums