Last Time Around
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| Studio album by Buffalo Springfield | ||||
| Released | 30 July 1968 | |||
| Recorded | February 1967-April 1968 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, rock | |||
| Length | 32:54 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Producer | Jim Messina | |||
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| Rolling Stone | (not rated) |
Last Time Around is the third and final album by folk rock band Buffalo Springfield. Released 1968, it featured Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, Bruce Palmer, and Jim Messina, who also worked as producer and a recording engineer.
Last Time Around was released to fulfill contractual commitments. By the time it was completed the group had functionally disbanded: nowhere do all members appear together on any track, and even the cover photo of the group is a montage.
Bruce Palmer appeared on six tracks: 'On the Way Home,' 'It's So Hard to Wait,' 'Pretty Girl Why,' 'Uno Mundo,' 'Merry-Go-Round,' and 'Questions'. His face and name were both omitted from the album sleeve.
The lyrics to "The Hour of Not Quite Rain" were the result of an August 1967 contest run by Los Angeles radio station KHJ. Entrants would write a poem to be set to music and recorded by the Buffalo Springfield. The prize was $1000 plus publishing royalties. The winning entry was written by Micki Callen.
The album did contain three songs that were very important to the authors. Neil Young performed "I Am a Child" in live acoustic sets throughout his career. "Kind Woman" become one of Richie Furay's best known tunes; he performed it with Poco and throughout his solo career. Stephen Stills merged "Questions" with another song to create "Carry On", which appeared on Déjà Vu and was a major part of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's concert repertoire.
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