Super Session (1968)

About this title: As the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) had done a year earlier, Super Session (1968) initially ushered in several new phases in rock & roll's concurrent transformation. In the space of mere months, the soundscape of rock shifted radically from two- and three-minute danceable pop songs to comparatively longer works with more attention to technical and musical subtleties. Enter the unlikely all-star triumvirate of Al Kooper (piano/organ/ondioline/vocals/guitars), Mike Bloomfield (guitar), and Stephen Stills (guitar) -- all of whom were concurrently "on hiatus" from their ... read more

Tracks:

1. Albert's Shuffle [Bloomfield/Kooper]
2. Stop [Ragovoy/Shuman]
3. Man's Temptation [Mayfield]
4. His Holy Modal Majesty [Kooper/Bloomfield]
5. Really [Bloomfield/Kooper]
6. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [Dylan]
7. Season of the Witch [Donovan]
8. You Don't Love Me [Cobbs]
9. Harvey's Tune [Brooks]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.