Last Time Around

Infobox Album |
Name = Last Time Around
Type = Album
Artist = Buffalo Springfield


Released = July 1968
Recorded = 1967-1968
Genre = Folk rock, rock
Length = 32:54
Label = Atco
Producer = Jim Messina
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:58qag4gttvnz~T1 link]
* "Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buffalospringfield/albums/album/243954/review/5941944/last_time_around link]
Last album = "Buffalo Springfield Again"
(1967)
This album = "Last Time Around"
(1968)
Next album = "Retrospective"
(1969)

"Last Time Around" is the third and final album by folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). The members included Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The record was released to fulfill contractual commitments. The group had already disbanded and nowhere do all members appear together on any track. Young continued to perform "I Am a Child" for many years, and Furay continued to perform "Kind Woman" with Poco. Stills took "Questions" and made it the ending to the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song "Carry On." Many questions surround Bruce Palmer's contributions on Bass. I refer to the John Einarson book "For What It's Worth", written with Richie Furay, Page 260:"Though his face and name are both omitted from the sleeve, Bruce appears on several tracks, including "On the Way Home", " It's So Hard To Wait", "Pretty Girl Why", "Uno Mundo", "Merry Go Round", and "Questions"""

Track listing

#"On the Way Home" (Young) – 2:25
#* "Recorded November 15-December 13, 1967, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Vocals: Richie Furay, Bass: Bruce Palmer. Note: Jim Messina does not appear on this track."
#"It's So Hard to Wait" (Furay, Young) – 2:03
#* "Recorded March 9, 1968, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Bass: Bruce Palmer Note: Neil Young does not appear on this track."
#"Pretty Girl Why" (Stills) – 2:24
#* "Recorded February 26 & May 1967, Sound Recorders, Hollywood and Atlantic Studios, New York City, Bass: Bruce Palmer. Note: Jim Messina does not appear on this track."Jim Fielder version recorded Feb26, 1967 at Atlantic Studios NY, was unfinished and not used.
#"Four Days Gone" (Stills) – 2:53
#* "Recorded late 1967-early 1968."
#"Carefree Country Day" (Messina) – 2:35
#* "Recorded late 1967-early 1968."
#"Special Care" (Stills) – 3:30
#* "Recorded January 3-20, Sunset Sound, Hollywood. Drums: Buddy Miles. Note: Only Stephen Stills appears on this track."
#"In the Hour of Not Quite Rain" (Callen, Furay) – 3:45
#* "Recorded late 1967-February 1968." *side note- Micki Callen of Reseda, CA winner of $1000 plus publishing royalties in the KHJ Radio "Words" contest., winning lyrics picked by Bruce Palmer
#"Questions" (Stills) – 2:52
#* "Recorded February 16, 1968, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Bass: Bruce Palmer Drums: Jimmy Carstein. Note: Neil Young, Jim Messina, & Dewey Martin do not appear on this track."
#"I Am a Child" (Young) – 2:15
#* "Recorded February 5, 1968, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Bass: Gary Marker. Note: Jim Messina, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay & Bruce Palmer do not appear on this track."
#"Merry-Go-Round" (Furay) – 2:02
#* "Recorded February 16-March 1968, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Bass: Bruce Palmer Drums: Jimmy Carstein. Harpsichord, calliope, bells: Jeremy Stuart. Note: Dewey Martin does not appear on this track."
#"Uno Mundo" (Stills) – 2:00
#* "Recorded February-March 1968, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Bass: Bruce Palmer Note: Jim Messina, & Neil Young do not appear on this track."
#"Kind Woman" (Furay) – 4:10
#* "Recorded February-March 6, 1968, Atlantic Studios, New York City & Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Pedal steel guitar: Rusty Young. Bass: Richard Davis.(not Dickie Davis)"

Personnel

*Richie Furay - guitar (1,2,3,8,10,11,12), Vocals (1,2,3,10,12)
*Dewey Martin - drums (1,2,3,9,11)
*Jim Messina - bass vocals
*Stephen Stills - guitar (1,2,3,6,8,10,11), piano (6,8), organ (6,8,11), bass (6), vibes (1), Percussion (11), Handclaps (11), background vocals (1,10), vocals (3,6,8,11)
*Neil Young - guitar (3,9,10), harmonica (9), piano (1), background vocals (1), vocals (9)
*Bruce Palmer - bass guitar (1,2,3,8,10,11)with
*Buddy Miles : Drums (6)
*Jimmy Carstein : Drums (8,10)
*Gary Marker : Bass (9)
*Jeremy Stuart : Harpsichord, Calliope, Bells (10)
*Rusty Young : Pedal Steel Guitar (12)
*Richard Davis : Bass (12)

*unidentified saxophone, clarinet (2), horns (11), piano, drums (12)

Production

*Producer: Jim Messina
*Engineers: Adrian Barber, Phil Iehle, Jim Messina

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)