''Buffalo Springfield'' is a

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released on Atco Records in 1973. It is the fifth album by rock band Buffalo Springfield, and their second compilation. It was assembled by the label well after the band had broken up at a time when Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were quite popular and had not released any new material as a group for over two years, with their 1974 reunion tour eight months away. It features a nine-minute extended version of the song " Bluebird" by

Stephen Stills Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. As both a solo act and member of two successful bands, Stills has com ...

(consisting of a live jam appended to the studio version), only available elsewhere on the Warner Special Products LP compilation "Heavy Metal – 24 Electrifying Performances" (Volume 2 in the "Superstars of the 70's" series), released in 1974. It has never been issued on compact disc and is currently out of print.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals,

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, percussion * Neil Young – vocals, guitars, keyboards * Richie Furay – vocals, guitars * Bruce Palmer, Jim Messina –

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* Dewey Martin –

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Additional personnel

*Charlie Chin –

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

on "Bluebird" *Bobby West – bass on "Bluebird" * Don Randi – piano on "Broken Arrow" *Chris Sarns – guitar on "Broken Arrow" * David Crosby – vocal allegedly on "Rock and Roll Woman" *Doug Hastings – guitar on "Rock and Roll Woman" * Jack Nitzsche —

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on "Expecting to Fly" * James Burton –

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on "A Child's Claim to Fame" * Richard Davis –

on "Kind Woman" * Rusty Young –

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on "Kind Woman" * Gary Marker – bass on "I Am a Child" * Buddy Miles – drums on "Special Care" *Jimmy Karstein – drums on "Questions"

Production

*Charles Greene, Brian Stone – management and production *

Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun (, Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün; ; – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and ch ...

, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Jack Nitzsche, Stephen Stills, Neil Young – production

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1973 compilation albums Buffalo Springfield compilation albums Albums produced by Ahmet Ertegun Albums produced by Jack Nitzsche Albums produced by Charles Greene (producer) Albums produced by Brian Stone Atco Records compilation albums