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Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills — Harvey's Tune
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domreo
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 17:32
 
One of the many subline tunes on this unique album.  The entire album is great and when I occasionally play it for someone not familiar with it they are amazed they don't know it and why it isn't more well known/famous.  But then again that's part of the charm of this gem.  This is why RP is so cool...

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 09, 2012 - 06:31
 
 kingart wrote:
Has somewhat of a resemblance to the Bernard Herrman soundtrack (with Tom Scott on sax) to Taxi Driver, 8 years later. I'm not familiar with this material, but based on this cut alone, I'd go buy it. Amazing that Steve Stills is central to it. Great musician, and while this album was clearly a one-off, one wouldn't quickly associate Stills with jazz or jazz-y. 
 
Kooper told the story much later that the album was originally just him and Bloomfield, who'd worked with each other on Highway 61 Revisited. Bloomfield at that time was doing a lot of speed (politely called "insomnia"), so he'd go like crazy for 4-5 days and then crash for 2-3. So happens that Bloomfield crashes in the middle of making the album. Kooper's on a deadline, so he calls Stills for help. Don't know if Kooper had planned to use Bloomfield on "Season of the Witch" and the rest of Side 2, or if he quickly arranged new songs more suitable to Stills's style. So, Stills, while central to the end product, wasn't in the original plans. "Harvey's Tune" is about the only "jazzy" thing on the album.

Oddly—or not—enough, the same thing happened on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, sort of a "super session live," which Kooper and Bloomfield recorded at Winterland a year or so later. Bloomfield crashes; Kooper puts out a call; and Carlos Santana, Elvin Bishop, Steve Miller, and David Brown (Santana's bassist) all show up. Santana and Bishop made it on to the record. 

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 09, 2012 - 06:13
 
 beelzebubba wrote:

You need to check out Herbie Mann's Push Push if you don't have it already.

 
Amen to that. Ain't named Push Push fer nuttin'...

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 12:29
 
Has somewhat of a resemblance to the Bernard Herrman soundtrack (with Tom Scott on sax) to Taxi Driver, 8 years later. I'm not familiar with this material, but based on this cut alone, I'd go buy it. Amazing that Steve Stills is central to it. Great musician, and while this album was clearly a one-off, one wouldn't quickly associate Stills with jazz or jazz-y. 

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 08:41
 
Not Zappa?!?!  You're kidding!  Off to Amazon to purchase it ...

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 08:41
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
I've never been able to find any longer or alternate versions of this. I uploaded this song ripped from the factory 7.5 ips reel to reel version shown below. One of the few songs I put on the LRC that got insta added. I also have the vinyl and cd version and they are all the same. The way they fade the song out its almost like they recorded it longer but maybe had a problem with the master or the recording itself and faded it down early.
 
Thank you. This is wonderful.

I just love how RPeeps bring something special to the mix.


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 14:43
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Yep, this is definitely a mood-setter. I need a warmed snifter of brandy and a heavy snowfall outside, and my smoking jacket (although I don't smoke.)  This is yum.

And yes - it's too darned short!  I wonder if there's a longer version of it somewhere? {#Pray}
 
I've never been able to find any longer or alternate versions of this. I uploaded this song ripped from the factory 7.5 ips reel to reel version shown below. One of the few songs I put on the LRC that got insta added. I also have the vinyl and cd version and they are all the same. The way they fade the song out its almost like they recorded it longer but maybe had a problem with the master or the recording itself and faded it down early.

 


Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 14:30
 
 scraig wrote:
excuse me while I slip into my smoking jacket...
 
Yep, this is definitely a mood-setter. I need a warmed snifter of brandy and a heavy snowfall outside, and my smoking jacket (although I don't smoke.)  This is yum.

And yes - it's too darned short!  I wonder if there's a longer version of it somewhere? {#Pray}


coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 06:22
 
 kingart wrote:
 I never heard this before. I never even heard OF it! Nice piece. Cool easy 60s-style — jazz?  With that crew?
 
Neat, I had not heard it before too...

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 11:24
 
 I never heard this before. I never even heard OF it! Nice piece. Cool easy 60s-style — jazz?  With that crew?

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 11:22
 
The biggest problem with this song is that it is to damn short....

dpvest
(roseville)
Posted: May 27, 2011 - 10:12
 
nice...

ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington)
Posted: May 27, 2011 - 10:12
 
Which 1950's soap opera / cop show / spy movie was this from? It makes me think of something like "Joe Friday Visits Peyton Place" (not that I ever saw Peyton Place, but I did see Dragnet reruns).

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: May 27, 2011 - 10:10
 
excuse me while I slip into my smoking jacket...

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 20:35
 
Hey beelzebubba, Wall Drug is in Wall, SD. You can't miss it. Seriously. (Duh, I suppose. :-)


beelzebubba
(Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?)
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 13:36
 
 EssexTex wrote:
Music to hump to.
 
You need to check out Herbie Mann's Push Push if you don't have it already.


vit
Posted: May 12, 2010 - 12:40
 
Came for the afro, stayed for the groove.

ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: May 12, 2010 - 12:39
 
All of the Super Sessions and Kooper Sessions are awesome. This track is very different from most of the rest of it. Check out their covers of Feelin Groovy, Mr Fantasy, and the live stuff that is available out there. Great stuff.

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: May 12, 2010 - 12:38
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Cool, one of my few uploads that actually made it here :)
 
Dude. Good work. I am as amazed at some of the chords as I was when I last heard this in kollidge.

Chumbawamba-1984
Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 18:40
 
 ezzyme wrote:
Bill, I like were your going with this....
 
Well, maybe from the lift down to the casino floor...


EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 04:08
 
Music to hump to.

srose96
(grandma's house)
Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 15:53
 
 ezzyme wrote:
Bill, I like were your going with this....
 
With this?  Here at RP we ALWAYS like where Bill is going!  {#Wink}

ezzyme
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Dec 05, 2009 - 20:45
 
What! That was it? I think we are missing something here......

But then I bought this because of Radio Paradise and will take a listen as soon as Deja 
Vu is through...... 

j7
(Earth's largest mountain)
Posted: Dec 05, 2009 - 20:44
 
Have another cocktail guys. Jeez, what a buzzed effort......Oh that's me.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:41
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Cool, one of my few uploads that actually made it here :)
 
{#High-five} Nice one Dave!


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:36
 
Harvey Brooks, who wrote "Harvey's Tune," was the bass player on the album—also for The Electric Flag, Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited) and other Bay Area agglomerations in the '60s. Bill sez that Harvey also played the sax on this cut. The horn players are uncredited in the liner notes, tho'. I found an interview with Brooks on Metal Leg (http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/19bassmaster.htm), the on-line Steely Dan fanzine. He mentioned "Harvey's Tune," but never takes credit for playing anything but bass.

ezzyme
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:27
 
Bill, I like were your going with this....

DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:27
 
 jagdriver wrote:

How long did it take to get through the LRC process? And what was the final %?
 
It got added within a few days without even getting reviewed. Went directly from New to Added with % still at 0/0....


carpwall
(La France)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:26
 
Suddenly have an urge to watch Taxi Driver

DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:25
 
How can someone actually give this awesome tune a 1? Geez

jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:25
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Cool, one of my few uploads that actually made it here :)
 
How long did it take to get through the LRC process? And what was the final %?

DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:24
 
Cool, one of my few uploads that actually made it here :)

jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:24
 
Nice track from an absolutely classic release.