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PRE-ORDER: Mike Bloomfield "Dark Roads Blues: Santa Cruz 1981" LP (Indie Exclusive Graphite Splatter Vinyl)

PRE-ORDER: Mike Bloomfield "Dark Roads Blues: Santa Cruz 1981" LP (Indie Exclusive Graphite Splatter Vinyl)

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THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around OCTOBER 2nd, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster please place a separate order for those items.  

Legendary guitarist Mike Bloomfield is captured in concert on Jan. 31, 1981, at the Catalyst Club in Santa Cruz, California, in his last recorded performance, just two weeks before his passing at age 37. The never-before-released show, heard in a soundboard recording, features the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Blues Hall of Fame inductee on piano and guitar, performing 10 blues perennials. One of the most brilliant and influential players of his generation, Bloomfield was a pivotal member of the groundbreaking Chicago blues group the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and founded the genre-leaping "American music band" the Electric Flag. He recorded with such greats as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and Muddy Waters, among many others. Pressed on grey splatter vinyl exclusively for RSD Essentials.

Track List:

A1. Dark Road Blues
A2. Mean Mistreater
A3. I Don't Know
A4. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
A5. Kansas City Blues
B1. TB Blues
B2. Country Mechanic
B3. Frankie & Johnny
B4. Fool For A Cigarette Feeling Good
B5. Come On It My Kitchen

 

street date 10/2/2026

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