The Butterfield Blues Band — In My Own Dream

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I found this just two weeks ago, on my first trip ever to Sound House Records, a relatively new record store in the old home district of Troy, NY that I had tried but failed to visit on several tries in the past year and change. Finally got there and found a few nice records.

In My Own Dream front cover – very much of its time
In My Own Dream front cover – very much of its time

This is the fourth album from The Butterfield Blues Band, released in 1968. (According to the writing above the liner notes, previous owner Mike Halpin found it in February and March, 1969.) Three years after their debut, Paul Butterfield’s band had lost founding members Mike Bloomfield, Jerome Arnold, and Sam Lay, but still has Elvin Bishop and Mark Naftalin, and had picked up Gene Dinwiddie and David Sanborn. The horns take the band in a more soul-oriented direction, and it’s a sweet sound. There’s a mix of sounds on this album, and it’s all pretty good.

I’m really pretty enamored of everything Paul Butterfield did these days. I definitely should have dipped into the Butterfield catalog sooner, but better late than never.

In My Own Dream back cover
In My Own Dream back cover – a shame the art is so dark, it’s pretty great psychedelia
In My Own Dream gatefold liner notes
In My Own Dream gatefold liner notes – worth a read if you want a story about a “house hippie” and who knows what else.
In My Own Dream inner gatefold, right
In My Own Dream inner gatefold, right. The role of Paul Butterfield is played by John Cusack.
Mike Halpin signature
It looks like Mike Halpin owned this in February AND March 1969
In My Own Dream label
In My Own Dream label

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