1966: Buffalo Springfield, Atlantic
1967: Again, Atlantic
1968: Last Time Around, Atlantic
1968: Retrospective, Atlantic
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This now legendary band were formed when Stephen Stills headed to Los Angeles from New York to form a new group. Having failed to form a group with Van Dyke Parks and been rejected for The Monkees because of his crooked teeth he
persuaded Ritchie Furay, originally from Dayton, Ohio to join him and he introduced Stephen Stills who he had earlier played with in the Au Go Go Singers. It was in Dayton that by chance they met Young, a Canadian from Ontario, who had backed the Au Go Go Singers, and recruited him to their ranks too. Dewey Martin joined at Young's insistence. He originated from Ontario too and had been a session drummer in Nashville before prior to LA where he played for two bluegrass outfits The Dillards and MFO (Modern Folk Quaftet). Later in 1969 Martin was to form an ill-fated Buffalo
Springfield line-up that included Love's Gary Rowles on guitar.
Their debut album was stunning, full of original material written by either Stills or Young. When For What Its Worth became a smash hit in 1967 it was withdrawn and re-issued with the hit single replacing Don't Scold Me. Dealing as it
did with the riots on Sunset Strip in 1966 For What It's Worth became something of a hippie anthem. The album included quite a few love longs, whilst Out Of My Mind and Burned previewed Young's fine guitar work. It climbed to
No 80 in the Album Charts.
Upheavals within the band led to their second album Stampede being shelved, although it was later available as a bootleg. The follow-up when it came was worth waiting for and contained some of their best work:- Expecting To Fly, Stills' Everydays and the ambitiously orchestrated Broken Arrow. Commercially this fared better than their debut peaking at No. 44 in the US Album Charts.
Their first two albums are recommended but primarily conflict between Stills and Young led to their disintegration in May 1968. Last Time Around was a retrospective and comparatively disappointing release pieced together by Furay and Messina. It had a predominance of soft rock songs including Furay's The Hour Of Not Quite Rain and Kind Woman and the distinctive group harmonies of the first two albums were largely discarded as individual group members performed their compositions how they wished. Along with their Best Of/Retrospective album it was their most
successful commercially, both reaching No 42 in the Album Charts. Ironically this band who, on account of the strength of their material, vocal harmonies and superb guitar work became a legend, met with little major success at the time. Doug Hastings of The Daily Flash filled in for Young when Young quit the band between July and September
1967. Young and Stills, of course, later enjoyed solo careers and played together in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Messina and Furay both played in Poco, Martin established his Medicine Ball and Palmer had a solo career.
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