Buffalo Springfield CD

This 24-track reissue features the album's original track lineup, including "Baby Don't Scold Me," in mono, followed by the more well-known revised lineup, featuring the single "For What It's Worth" in place of "Baby Don't Scold Me," in stereo.
Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, piano); Stephen Stills, Richie Furay (vocals, guitar); Bruce Palmer (bass); Dewey Martin (drums).
Recorded at Gold-Star Studios and Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California.
All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, piano); Stephen Stills, Richie Furay (vocals, guitar); Bruce Palmer (bass); Dewey Martin (drums).
Recorded at Gold-Star Studios and Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California.
Personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano); Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Douglas Hastings, Richie Furay (vocals, guitar); Jim Messina (vocals); Steve Stills (guitar); Bruce Palmer (bass guitar); Dewey Martin (drums).
Audio Mixers: Brian Stone; Buffalo Springfield; Charles Greene.
Audio Remasterers: Neil Young; Stephen Stills.
Recording information: Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA; Gold-Star Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Photographers: Ivan Nagy; Henry Diltz.
The band themselves were displeased with this record, feeling that the production did not capture their on-stage energy and excitement. Yet to most ears, this debut sounds pretty great, featuring some of their most melodic and accomplished songwriting and harmonies, delivered with a hard-rocking punch. "For What It's Worth" was the hit single, but there are several other equally stunning treasures. Stephen Stills' "Go and Say Goodbye" was a pioneering country-rock fusion; his "Sit Down I Think I Love You" was the band at their poppiest and most early Beatlesque; and his "Everybody's Wrong" and "Pay the Price" were tough rockers. Although Neil Young has only two lead vocals on the record (Richie Furay sang three other Young compositions), he's already a songwriter of great talent and enigmatic lyricism, particularly on "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," "Out of My Mind," and "Flying on the Ground Is Wrong." The entire album bursts with thrilling guitar and vocal interplay, with a bright exuberance that would tone down considerably by their second record. [A 1997 CD reissue presents both mono and stereo mixes of the album, and includes "Baby Don't Scold Me" (which was on the first pressing of the record, but was soon replaced by "For What It's Worth").] ~ Richie Unterberger
Like the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield were influential in the melding of rock and folk that led to the country-rock sound of the '70s. Neil Young and Stephen Stills were the main singers/songwriters, constantly battling for creative control of the group. From this tempestuous union came melodic rock that ranged from Young's waltz-flavored "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" and the Beatlesque "Burned" (featuring Young's piano playing) to Stills' muscular guitar style on "Leave," which foreshadowed his subsequent work with Crosby, Stills & Nash. Fame came by way of Stills' "For What It's Worth," a moody song about a cops-versus-kids conflict on Sunset Boulevard. Two turbulent years and two albums later, Buffalo Springfield broke up, but they'd already blazed the trail for their disciples to follow.
Like the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield were influential in the melding of rock and folk that led to the country-rock sound of the 1970s. Neil Young and Stephen Stills were the main singers/songwriters, constantly battling for creative control of the group. From this tempestuous union came melodic rock that ranged from Young's waltz-flavored "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" and the Beatlesque "Burned" (featuring Young's piano playing) to Stills' muscular guitar style on "Leave," which foreshadowed his subsequent work with Crosby, Stills & Nash. Fame came by way of Stills' "For What It's Worth," a moody song about polic