maybe the most influential shortest lived band ever. a 2 year span and not only influenced a ton of bands but also established the careers of neil young and stephen stills and members of poco.

anyone think any live recordings will ever be released? i thought the boxset would see the release of some great live stuff but instead it had a lot of already released material and duplicated a lot of that twice on the boxset.

Not so sure if we'll ever hear some official live stuff, so here's something rare:

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And here's Monterey Pop:

[www.themidnightcafe.org]

I have a boot of their last show in Long Beach, 1968. The quality is nothing to get excited over, but it is historic. Actually, Ritchie Furay claims the original band lasted about a year, maybe a little longer (March 1966 being the approx date). Around mid-1967 is when they were having problems with Bruce Palmer and Neil Young. Funny how times are different in the music business. They opened for the Stones probably less than 4 months after forming. Those three albums of the Springfield are truly magnificent, though.

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And here's Monterey Pop:

[www.themidnightcafe.org]

Thanks for this and the above link.

Never heard the Monterey set before,really enjoying it.It's not on the official set for some reason(Neil?)

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maybe the most influential shortest lived band ever.

Or maybe Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

A bit off topic, but I have a bootleg of Neil Young and Bruce Palmer's band, previous to Buffalo Springfield: The Mynah Birds.

They were based in Toronto and signed to Motown, but never released an album doe to the lead singer (Rick James) getting arrested. (Yes THAT Rick James).

The boot contains tracks from their studio session with Motown, some instrumental, some with vocals.

Two things are cool about it:

1. Rick James is definitely influenced by Jagger
2. Neil has not developed his own style yet.

If anyone is interested, I can post it.

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I have a boot of their last show in Long Beach, 1968. The quality is nothing to get excited over, but it is historic. Actually, Ritchie Furay claims the original band lasted about a year, maybe a little longer (March 1966 being the approx date). Around mid-1967 is when they were having problems with Bruce Palmer and Neil Young. Funny how times are different in the music business. They opened for the Stones probably less than 4 months after forming. Those three albums of the Springfield are truly magnificent, though.

i like neil young's music but IMO he's an ass of a person. he tries to rewrite history to make him seem like the most important member of buffalo springfield and CSNY. yes he is now the most popular member of either of those bands and yes he is the most prolific (sp?) but in no way was he the most important member of either band at the height of their fame. i'd say stephen stills was the most important member of both. he wrote the biggest buffalo springfield hit and contributed more songs to the band. he played most of the music on the first CSN album and while he didn't write the big hits he did contribute the best material.

young loaded the springfield boxset with more of his demo's and left off the extended "bluebird" on purpose according to someone who is friends with young. the entire boxset was mishandled. the 3 studio albums fit on 1 and half cd's. that left 2 and a half cd's for outtakes, demo's and live stuff. better yet disc 1 should have been the first 2 albums, disc 2 should have been STAMPEDE and last time around and disc 3 and 4 should have been demo's and live stuff. not sure why that is so hard. instead neil young made most diehard springfield fans repurchase already released material (in most case twice on the boxset)

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And here's Monterey Pop:

[www.themidnightcafe.org]

Thanks for this and the above link.

Never heard the Monterey set before,really enjoying it.It's not on the official set for some reason(Neil?)

Probably because it's not REALLY Buffalo Springfield. Neil wasn't there. David Crosby filled in for him.

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A bit off topic, but I have a bootleg of Neil Young and Bruce Palmer's band, previous to Buffalo Springfield: The Mynah Birds.

They were based in Toronto and signed to Motown, but never released an album doe to the lead singer (Rick James) getting arrested. (Yes THAT Rick James).

The boot contains tracks from their studio session with Motown, some instrumental, some with vocals.

Two things are cool about it:

1. Rick James is definitely influenced by Jagger
2. Neil has not developed his own style yet.

If anyone is interested, I can post it.

Superfreaky! Wonder why none of these tracks make it onto Archives Volume 1.

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i'd say stephen stills was the most important member of both. he wrote the biggest buffalo springfield hit and contributed more songs to the band. he played most of the music on the first CSN album and while he didn't write the big hits he did contribute the best material.

"If we were to do an album consisting entirely of Stephen's songs, Stephen would say that there weren't enough of his songs on it"

-Graham Nash

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i'd say stephen stills was the most important member of both. he wrote the biggest buffalo springfield hit and contributed more songs to the band. he played most of the music on the first CSN album and while he didn't write the big hits he did contribute the best material.

"If we were to do an album consisting entirely of Stephen's songs, Stephen would say that there weren't enough of his songs on it"

-Graham Nash

and if they had done an album of just nash and crosby songs it would be horrid. deja vu was better than the first album because neil young's material kept the nash and crosby compositions to a minimum. stills did 3 tunes plus sang on woodstock so he still got the same amount of lead vocals as the first album. easily proves it was him creating the bad material. why would they take away any material by stills?

damn the boxset is out of print it appears and mine got damaged while moving. can anyone help me in getting it cheap? like less than $55

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And here's Monterey Pop:

[www.themidnightcafe.org]

Thanks for this and the above link.

Never heard the Monterey set before,really enjoying it.It's not on the official set for some reason(Neil?)

Probably because it's not REALLY Buffalo Springfield. Neil wasn't there. David Crosby filled in for him.

Indeed Crosby was at Monterey with the Springfield, but Doug Hastings (of the Daily Flash and later Rhinoceros) was the guitarist who replaced Young at Monterey and a few other gigs. According to Hastings, he recorded Bluebird and R&R Woman with them but his parts were mixed out.

The 'Satisfaction' riff in Mr Soul has always intrigued me.

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damn the boxset is out of print it appears and mine got damaged while moving. can anyone help me in getting it cheap? like less than $55

Yes, I had always wanted to pick up this one myself, and kept waiting and waiting for the price to come down. Unfortunately, I waited too long it seems.

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The 'Satisfaction' riff in Mr Soul has always intrigued me.

It almost sounds like a combination of the Satisfaction AND JJF riffs. Weird, since JJF hadn't yet been written when Mr Soul was recorded (Jan '67).

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damn the boxset is out of print it appears and mine got damaged while moving. can anyone help me in getting it cheap? like less than $55

Yes, I had always wanted to pick up this one myself, and kept waiting and waiting for the price to come down. Unfortunately, I waited too long it seems.

the price never came down and now it appears to be out of print. weirdest thing ever. you'd think it would have dropped at least $10 at some point