I totally know what you mean. I just happened to hear East West first, but I used play the heck out of the first album too. You have to admit though, that the cover photo of East West has some pretty cool lookin' dudes too. But, I love that Elivn is working on a toothpick on the first album, and that it has the great Sam Lay. I just saw him at the SF Blues Festival two years back. He still has it for sure. Also, the first album has the urban looking Bloomfield, trying to look tough or something. But he was a sweetheart (Butterfield scared the *** out of him back then); on East West he is developing his fro' which reached it's pinnacle in the Electric Flag. Both albums are classics and there are a ton of guitar players who began playing because Bloomie's work. Some examples that I know of include Robben Ford and Chris Cain. There is precious little footage of these great bands, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the Vault will produce a Butterfield and a Bloomfield DVD in the future.