A Long Time Comin'

It is widely seen by music critics as an ambitious debut album. The album was somewhat of a failure in the charts, much to the disappointment of Bloomfield, who had worked hard on it. His disappointment was worsened by the success of the Al Kooper directed Super Session, which, featuring Bloomfield, charted much higher than ''A Long Time Comin' '' despite having been recorded over a period of only two days. It was voted number 4 in the 50 All-Time Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. ==Track listing==

The original LP record has 10 tracks, and a 1988 Columbia Records reissue on CD has four bonus tracks. Side one • "Killing Floor" (Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf) – 4:11 • "Groovin' Is Easy" (Ron Polte) – 3:06 • "Over-Lovin' You" (Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg) – 2:12 • "She Should Have Just" (Ron Polte) – 5:03 • "Wine" (Traditional arr. Bloomfield) – 3:15 Side two • "Texas" (Bloomfield, Buddy Miles) – 4:49 • "Sittin' in Circles" (Goldberg) – 3:54 • "You Don't Realize" (Bloomfield) – 4:56 • "Another Country" (Polte) – 8:47 • "Easy Rider" (Bloomfield) – 0:53 CD bonus tracks • "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:02 • "Mystery" (Miles) – 2:56 • "Look into My Eyes" (Harvey Brooks, Miles) – 3:07 • "Going Down Slow" (James Oden a.k.a. St. Louis Jimmy) – 4:43 ==Personnel==

• Mike Bloomfield – lead guitar, vocals • Buddy Miles – drums, vocals (3, 6, 8) • Barry Goldberg – keyboards • Harvey Brooks – bass • Nick Gravenites – vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), guitar • Herb Rich – organ, vocals, baritone saxophone, guitar • Michael Fonfara – keyboards • Marcus Doubleday – trumpet • Peter Strazza – tenor saxophone • Stemsy Hunter – alto saxophone ;Additional personnel • Richie Havens – percussion, sitar • Sivuca – guitar, percussion • Paul Beaver – keyboards, Moog synthesizer • Leo Daruczek – strings • Charles McCracken – strings • Bobby Notkoff – strings • Julius Held – strings • Roy Segal – engineer • Jim Marshall – cover photo • Joe Church – percussion, producer • John Court – percussion, vocals, producer • Cass Elliot - vocal on "Groovin' Is Easy" ==Charts==