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Last Time Around | ||||
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Released | July 30, 1968 | |||
Recorded | February 26, 1967 – March 1968 | |||
Genre | Folk rock, psychedelic rock, country rock | |||
Length | 32:54 | |||
Label | Atco | |||
Producer | Jim Messina | |||
Buffalo Springfield chronology | ||||
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Last Time Around is the third and final studio album by the Canadian-American folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, released in July 1968. The line-up at the time officially consisted of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, Bruce Palmer, and Jim Messina, though the band itself was essentially broken up and the album was put together from previous recordings, some made up to a year earlier. Jim Messina acted as the album producer and mixing engineer, with input from Furay, as the two compiled the record to fulfil the band's last contractual obligation to its label.[1] A number of guest musicians (some uncredited) appeared on the album, notably pedal steel guitar player Rusty Young.
By the time this album was released, the members were already involved in their next projects: Richie Furay, Jim Messina, and Rusty Young were busy forming the country-rock band Poco, Stephen Stills was forming Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Neil Young was performing with a group known as The Rockets which would later become the band Crazy Horse. Dewey Martin tried to revive the Buffalo Springfield name with new musicians, but he was sued by Stills and Young to prevent him from doing so. Bruce Palmer briefly joined Crosby, Stills & Nash, but legal problems kept him from producing much musical output during the rest of the 1960s.