Although this rather dubious collection hints that original
Electric Flag
members
Mike Bloomfield
,
Harvey Brooks
Barry Goldberg
Nick Gravenites
, and
Buddy Miles
are involved in all of these nine tracks, it seems doubtful, as is the claim that these are live archival cuts.
"I Should Have Left Her"
(which is really a version of
Howlin' Wolf
's
"Killing Floor"
) is definitely live, but most of these tracks appear to have been drawn from the band's rather lifeless mid-'70s reunion. Versions of this set have appeared under various titles over the years, including
An American Music Band
Groovin' Is Easy
Small Town Blues
I Found Out
, and even under the title
Great Hits
(
never even came close to having a hit). Starved
Flag
fans might find it worth a few bucks, but truthfully,
were a one-album act, 1968's
A Long Time Comin'
. The band fell apart as soon as it left the station, and although it managed a couple more albums in various combinations, it was
the Flag
in name only. ~ Steve Leggett