It's Not Killing Me

Infobox Album
Name = It's Not Killing Me
Type = studio
Artist = Mike Bloomfield

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Released = 1969
Recorded = Golden State recording, SF
Wally Heider Recording, SF
Columbus Studios, SF
Columbia Records, LA
Genre = Rock, Blues
Length = 36:43
Label = Columbia
Producer = Nick Gravenites, Michael Melford
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0ifoxqrgldae link]
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"It's Not Killing Me" is the first solo album by American blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield and was released in 1969. Following his success with Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Electric Flag and in the Super Session recordings with Al Kooper, Bloomfield teamed up with former colleagues to record this largely self-written album. It was not well-received, AllMusic criticising its "lack of a powerful vocalist", and the under-use of Bloomfield's guitar, going so far as to say "It makes about as much sense as Led Zeppelin having Jimmy Page sing lead while Robert Plant played tambourine!" [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0ifoxqrgldae Allmusic.com Review] ]

Track listing

All tracks have words and music credited to Mike Bloomfield, except as indicated.

ide One

#"If You See My Baby" - 3:07
#"For Anyone You Meet" – 4:07
#"Good Old Guy" – 3:21
#"Far Too Many Nights" – 5:07
#"It's Not Killing Me" - 3:14

ide Two

#"Next Time You See Me" (Ben Tucker) – 2:57
#"Michael's Lament" - 4:22
#"Why Must My Baby" – 2:38
#"The Ones I Loved Are Gone" – 3:07
#"Don't Think About It Baby" – 3:33
#"Goofers" – 1:50

Personnel

*Mike Bloomfield – Lead Guitar. Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar
*Bob Jones – Drums, Vocals
*John Kahn – Bass
*Fred Olsen – Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
*Ira Kamin – Organ, Piano, Banjo
*Mark Naftalin – Organ, Piano
*Roy Ruby – Organ
*Michael Melford – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
*Nick Gravenites – Vocals
*Orville (Red) Rhodes – Steel Guitar
*Ron Stallings – Tenor Sax
*Mark Teel – Baritone Sax
*Gerald Oshita – Baritone and Tenor Sax
*Noel Jewkis – Soprano and Tenor Sax
*John Wilmeth – Trumpet
*Marcus Doubleday – Trumpet
*Richard Santi – Accordion
*The Ace Of Cups – Vocals
*Diane Tribuno - Vocals

*Cover design : Daily Planet.
*Cover illustration : Don Wilson.
*Cover photo : Peter Amfet.
*Back Cover photo : Jim Marchall.

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