The idea of a racially integrated electric blues band feels perhaps like a cliché, and in the '80s, such groups felt almost impossible to avoid. In 1966, when the Butterfield Blues Band released their second album East—West, the idea must have been a lot more innovative. The group feels like they're pushing up against boundaries, which requires a bit of mental role-playing to visualize from a modern perspective. The highlight of East—West is, unsurprisingly, Mike Bloomfield's guitar playing. It sounds like it's jumping out of the speakers, in a way that I can't even imagine achieving with only the technological options of 1966. The front cover photo looks amazing, and the design flatters it perfectly.
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