Booger Bear

Booger Bear was an album released by The Buddy Miles Express in 1973. It was released in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. It made the Billboard charts in 1974.

Booger Bear
Studio album by
The Buddy Miles Express
Released1973
GenreSoul, blues, rock
LabelColumbia KC 32694 (stereo)
The Buddy Miles Express chronology
Electric Church
(1969)		 Booger Bear
(1973)		 Hell and Back
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
BillboardPositive

Background

The album received a positive review in the November, 23, 1973 issue of Billboard. The reviewer referred to it as a production of the first order with time and care being put into the selections. The songs "Why" and "United Nations Stomp", both composed by Miles were singled out as solid entries.[1] The album was also released in the Quadraphonic SQ Matrix. A review in the February, 24 issue Billboard for Quadrasonic albums mentioned the spectrum being opened up by the Columbia sound engineers. It also made the distinction between this album and most of the others that relied on the "Front" stereo approach, with the music in Booger Bear actually surrounding the listener.[2]

The album was a Billboard, FM Action Pick for KAFM-FM and KNAC-FM in early December, 1973, [3] and a pick for WNEW-FM the following week.[4]

Spending three weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, the album peaked at #194 on January 26, 1974.[5]

In 2010, the album was released on CD on the Wounded Bird label.[6]

In 2019, the UK label Dutton Vocalion released a double CD/SACD hybrid of "Booger Bear" and "Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!" with the CD content in stereo and the SACD layers offering the original multichannel quadraphonic mixes of each album [7].

Releases
US releases
Title Release info Year Notes
Booger Bear Columbia KC 32694 1973 Stereo LP
Booger Bear Columbia CQ 32694 1973 Quadraphonic LP
Booger Bear Columbia CAQ 32694 1973 Eight track[8]
Booger Bear Wounded Bird 2964 2010 Compact disc[9]
Booger Bear & Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles: Live! Vocalion 2CDSML 8560 2019 SACD Hybrid[10]

Track listing
Track listing
No Title Composer Time
A1 "Booger Bear" Buddy Miles 5:25
A2 "Thinking Of You" Buddy Miles 4:22
A3 "Why" Buddy Miles 3:50
A4 "You Really Got Me" Ray Davies 4:53
A5 "Love" Buddy Miles 3:50
B1 United Nations Stomp Buddy Miles 4:40
B2 Crazy Love Buddy Miles 3:09
B3 "You Are Everything" Thom Bell, Linda Creed 4:07
B4 Louie's Blues Buddy Miles 7:27 [11][12]

References
  1. Billboard, November 24, 1973 - Page 52 Billboard's Top album Picks
  2. Billboard, February 16, 1974 - Page 50 Billboard's Top album Picks, Quadrasonic
  3. Billboard, December 1, 1973 - Page 22 Billboard FM Action Picks
  4. Billboard, December 8, 1973 - Page 28 Billboard FM Action Picks
  5. Billboard.com - Buddy Miles | Chart History, Booger Bear
  6. AllMusic - Buddy Miles / Buddy Miles Express , Booger Bear, Releases
  7. Dutton/Vocalion - Buddy Miles Express / Carlos Santana/Buddy Miles Express, "Booger Bear" and "Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!', Releases
  8. Discogs - Buddy Miles Express – Booger Bear
  9. AllMusic - Buddy Miles / Buddy Miles Express, Booger Bear
  10. DuttonVolalion - Buddy Miles Express / Carlos Santana/Buddy Miles Express, "Booger Bear" and "Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!/
  11. Discogs - Buddy Miles Express – Booger Bear
  12. AllMusic - Buddy Miles Express, Booger Bear
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