Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield

~ Release by Buffalo Springfield (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

Club edition (catalogue number 575589T).

Annotation last modified on 2017-08-30 17:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1For What It’s Worth
producer:
Charles Greene (producer) and Brian Stone (producer)
background vocals:
Richie Furay and Dewey Martin
vocals:
Stephen Stills
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music International (trademark of Warner Music International the company) (in 1967) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1969)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 63)
recording of:
For What It’s Worth (on 1966-12-05)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Stills
publisher:
Cotillion, Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Richie Furay Music (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI), Ten East and Ten‐East Music (BMI)
4.252:41
2Mr. Soul
recording engineer:
Bruce Tergesen (on 1967-01-09)
producer:
Charles Greene (producer) and Brian Stone (producer)
bass guitar:
Bruce Palmer (on 1967-01-09)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin (on 1967-01-09)
guitar:
Richie Furay (on 1967-01-09), Stephen Stills (on 1967-01-09) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1967-01-09)
lead vocals:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1967-01-09)
vocals:
Richie Furay (on 1967-01-09) and Stephen Stills (on 1967-01-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-09)
recording of:
Mr. Soul (on 1967-01-09)
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Broken Arrow Music, Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Richie Furay Music (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI) and Ten‐East Music (BMI)
52:52
3Sit Down, I Think I Love You
recording engineer:
Doc Siegel (in 1966-08)
producer and mixer:
Charles Greene (producer) and Brian Stone (producer)
bass:
Bruce Palmer (in 1966-08)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin (in 1966-08)
guitar:
Richie Furay (in 1966-08), Stephen Stills (in 1966-08) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Richie Furay (in 1966-08) and Stephen Stills (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1966-08)
recording of:
Sit Down, I Think I Love You (in 1966-08)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Stills
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Screen Gems–Columbia Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
2.52:34
4Kind Woman
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer), Phil Iehle and Jim Messina (from 1968-02 until 1968-03-06)
producer:
Jim Messina
bass:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (from 1968-02 until 1968-03-06)
guitar and lead vocals:
Richie Furay (from 1968-02 until 1968-03-06)
pedal steel guitar:
Rusty Young (from 1968-02 until 1968-03-06)
vocals:
Jim Messina (from 1968-02 until 1968-03-06)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios, Hollywood in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1968-02) and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1968-03-06)
recording of:
Kind Woman (from 1968-02 until 1968-03-06)
lyricist and composer:
Richie Furay
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Richie Furay Music (BMI) and Springalo Toones (BMI)
44:15
5Bluebird
recording engineer:
Bruce Botnick (from 1967-04 until 1967)
co-producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Stephen Stills
banjo:
Charlie Chin (asian american folk singer) (from 1967-04 until 1967)
bass and bass guitar:
Bob West (US session bassist, producer & songwriter) (from 1967-04 until 1967)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin (from 1967-04 until 1967)
guitar:
Richie Furay (from 1967-04 until 1967), Stephen Stills (from 1967-04 until 1967) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (from 1967-04 until 1967)
vocals:
Richie Furay (from 1967-04 until 1967) and Stephen Stills (from 1967-04 until 1967)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1967-04 until 1967)
recording of:
Bluebird (from 1967-04 until 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Stills
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Greene Knight Music (BMI), Richie Furay Music (BMI), Sound Harmonics (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI) and Ten‐East Music (BMI)
3.54:29
6On the Way Home
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer), Phil Iehle and Jim Messina
producer:
Jim Messina
vocals:
Richie Furay, Stephen Stills and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
recording of:
On the Way Home
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Broken Arrow Music, Broken Arrow Music Pub, Co., Richie Furay Music (BMI) and Springalo Toones (BMI)
4.52:30
7Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing
recording engineer:
Doc Siegel (on 1966-07-18)
producer and mixer:
Charles Greene (producer) and Brian Stone (producer)
bass:
Bruce Palmer (on 1966-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin (on 1966-07-18)
guitar:
Richie Furay (on 1966-07-18), Stephen Stills (on 1966-07-18) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1966-07-18)
harmonica:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1966-07-18)
background vocals:
Stephen Stills (on 1966-07-18) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1966-07-18)
vocals:
Richie Furay (on 1966-07-18)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-07-18)
recording of:
Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing (on 1966-07-18)
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Broken Arrow Music, Broken Arrow Music Pub, Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Cotillion, Hipgnosis Side B, Richie Furay Music (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI), Springalo‐Cotillion Music (BMI), Ten East and Ten‐East Music (BMI)
33:27
8Broken Arrow
recording engineer:
Tom May (engineer) (on 1967-08-25), Bill Lazarus (from 1967-09-05 until 1967-09-18) and Jim Messina (from 1967-09-05 until 1967-09-18)
producer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
bass:
Harvey Newmark (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
bass guitar:
Bruce Palmer (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
clarinet:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist) (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
drums (drum set):
Hal Blaine (U.S. studio drummer and percussionist) (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18) and Dewey Martin (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
guitar:
Richie Furay (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18), Chris Sarns (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18), Stephen Stills (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
organ and piano and piano:
Don Randi (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
background vocals:
Richie Furay (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
vocals:
Dewey Martin (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
arranger:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-08-25) and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1967-09-05 until 1967-09-18)
recording of:
Broken Arrow (from 1967-08-25 until 1967-09-18)
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Broken Arrow Music Pub, Co., Hipgnosis Side B, Richie Furay Music (BMI) and Silver Fiddle Music
46:14
9Rock and Roll Woman
recording engineer:
Jim Messina (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
producer:
Stephen Stills and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
mixer:
Jim Messina (on 1967-10-03)
bass and bass guitar:
Bruce Palmer (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
electric piano, electric piano, guitar and organ, guitar [lead], organ and lead vocals:
Stephen Stills (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
guitar and background vocals:
Richie Furay (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
vocals:
Richie Furay (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-10-03)
recording of:
Rock & Roll Woman (from 1967-06-22 until 1967-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Stills
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Greene Knight Music (BMI), Richie Furay Music (BMI), Sound Harmonics (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI) and Ten‐East Music (BMI)
42:47
10I Am a Child
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer), Phil Iehle and Jim Messina (on 1968-02-05)
producer:
Jim Messina
bass guitar:
Gary Marker (engineer) (on 1968-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin (on 1968-02-05)
guitar and harmonica and lead vocals:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1968-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1968-02-05)
recording of:
I Am a Child (on 1968-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Broken Arrow Music, Broken Arrow Music Pub, Co., Richie Furay Music (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI) and Ten‐East Music (BMI)
4.52:22
11Go and Say Goodbye
recording engineer:
Doc Siegel (on 1966-07-18)
engineer:
Doc Siegel
producer and mixer:
Charles Greene (producer) and Brian Stone (producer)
bass and bass guitar:
Bruce Palmer (on 1966-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin (on 1966-07-18)
guitar:
Richie Furay (on 1966-07-18), Stephen Stills (on 1966-07-18) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1966-07-18)
vocals:
Richie Furay (on 1966-07-18) and Stephen Stills (on 1966-07-18)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-07-18)
recording of:
Go and Say Goodbye (on 1966-07-18)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Stills
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Greene Knight Music (BMI), Richie Furay Music (BMI), Sound Harmonics (BMI), Spinnaker Music (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI) and Ten East
32:23
12Expecting to Fly
recording engineer:
Bruce Botnick (on 1967-05-06)
engineer:
Bruce Botnick
producer:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
bass and bass guitar:
Carol Kaye (on 1967-05-06)
cor anglais, strings, timpani and vibraphone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1967-05-06)
drums (drum set):
Dewey Martin and Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos) (on 1967-05-06)
electric piano:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer) (on 1967-05-06)
grand piano:
Don Randi
guitar:
Russ Titelman (on 1967-05-06) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1967-05-06)
harpsichord, harpsichord and piano and piano:
Don Randi (on 1967-05-06)
choir vocals:
Merry Clayton (on 1967-05-06), Brenda Holloway (on 1967-05-06), Patrice Holloway (on 1967-05-06), Gloria Jones (US singer/songwriter, known for “Tainted Love”) (on 1967-05-06), Gloria Jones (vocalist for Aquarian Dream) (on 1967-05-06), Sherlie Matthews (US vocalist) (on 1967-05-06) and Gracia Nitzsche (on 1967-05-06)
vocals:
Richie Furay and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1967-05-06)
strings arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer) and Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-05-06)
recording of:
Expecting to Fly (on 1967-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Broken Arrow Music, Broken Arrow Music Pub, Co., Hipgnosis Side B, Richie Furay Music (BMI), Springalo Toones (BMI) and Ten‐East Music (BMI)
4.53:44

Credits

Release

liner notes:Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer)
mastering:Zal Schreiber (sound engineer, guitarist & bassist)
illustration:Eve Babitz
design:Haig Adishian
distributed by:Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.)
copyrighted (©) by:Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1969)
part of:Columbia House Record Club (number: 575589T) (order: 171)

Release group

Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/14069 [info]
Wikidata:Q3428259 [info]