*** LP ： Japan / Atlantic(ワーナー・ブラザーズ・パイオニア) / P-8055 ***
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A- / A / DJ
ジャケット：四隅微スレ。背表紙軽微な薄汚れ。これ以外はほとんど使用感のない、ぴんとした美品です。
ディスク：レーベルは片面のみ微細なヒゲが1本ちょろ。盤面は新品同様極美品です。
青ラベル見本盤。
写真を撮り忘れましたが歌詞／解説付属。

バッファロー・スプリングフィールドの最終作3枚目「ラスト・タイム・アラウンド」。
良く知られているように、分裂状態の中でリッチー・フューレイとジム・メッシーナが中心となってまとめ上げられたいわくつきの作品ですが、良いものは良い！
おぢさんはニール・ヤングによる極めつけの60sポップとも言えるA1「オン・ザ・ウェイ・ホーム」のイントロを聴くだけで目がうるうるになってしまうのでした。

日本盤激レア青ラベルの見本盤です。



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

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 Karstein : 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)
Producer: Jim Messina
Engineers: Adrian Barber, Phil Iehle, Jim Messina