 Bloomfield had become enamored of work by John Coltrane in that area, especially his incorporation of ideas from Indian raga music.The album also included Michael Nesmith's song "Mary, Mary," which Nesmith would soon record with his band The Monkees - although original pressings of "East-West" did not include a songwriter's credit for this track.On October 29, 2001, a reissue of this album remastered by Bob Irwin at Sundazed Studios and coupled with the debut appeared on Rhino WEA UK for the European market.