Banana And The Bunch - Mid-Mountain-Ranch (1972) [Remastered 2015]

Recorded right after the Youngbloods broke up, and released on their own Raccoon label, 1972 s Mid-Mountain Ranch was the sole solo album from the band s multi-instrumentalist Banana a.k.a. Lowell Levinger. Except that it wasn t really a solo album, because the Bunch included Joe Bauer and Michael Kane from Banana s former outfit! So, Mid-Mountain Ranch really was a Youngbloods album sans Jesse Colin Young; and the absence of their former front man allows Banana and his Bunch to stretch out with some bluegrass and jazz licks alongside their patented folk rock sound. It s something of an early alt-country cult classic, reissued here on CD for the first time ever in a limited-edition mini LP sleeve that re-creates the original packaging right down to the label on the CD. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000!