JOHN MAYALL w/ ERIC CLAPTON Blues Breakers 1966 UK DECCA MONO
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68
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90
£ 68
Sold For
Jan 20, 2012
Sold Date
Jan 10, 2012
Start Date
£ 22
Start price
5
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Great Britain
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JOHN MAYALL w/ ERIC CLAPTON Blues Breakers 1966 UK DECCA MONO
SEEN VERY LITTLE PLAY - SUPERB EX+++ AUDIO - GREAT COPY
JOHN MAYALL w/ ERIC CLAPTONBlues Breakers
UK DECCA (LK 4804) FIRST *MONO* PRESSING (July 1966) OF JOHN MAYALL AND ERIC CLAPTON'S "Blues Breakers"
BARELY PLAYED - SOUNDS WONDERFUL
PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE DEEP GROOVED RED MONO DECCA LABELS
MATRIX: ARL 7297 - 1A (S.1.1 A) / ARL 7298 - 1A
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3, 1/UB and 1/BG (WITH 'KT' TAX CODE ETCHED AT THE 12 O'CLOCK POSITION ON BOTH RUN-OFFS)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE "Printed in England by MacNeill Press, London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL RED *MONO* DECCA COMPANY INNER SLEEVE WITH "MADE IN ENGLAND RS" AND AND BRITISH PATENT NUMBERS/FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING TEXT
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realised album as a blues guitarist -- more than that, it was a seminal blues album of the 1960s, perhaps the best British blues album ever cut, and the best LP ever recorded by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Standing midway between Clapton's stint with the Yardbirds and the formation of Cream, this album featured the new guitar hero on a series of stripped-down blues standards, Mayall pieces, and one Mayall/Clapton composition, all of which had him stretching out in the idiom for the first time in the studio.
This album was the culmination of a very successful year of playing with John Mayall, a fully realised blues creation, featuring sounds very close to the group's stage performances, and with no compromises.
Credit has to go to producer Mike Vernon for the purity and simplicity of the record; most British producers of that era wouldn't have been able to get it recorded this way, much less released.
One can hear the very direct influence of Buddy Guy and a handful of other American bluesmen in the playing. And lest anyone forget the rest of the quartet: future pop/rock superstar John McVie and drummer Hughie Flint provide a rock-hard rhythm section, and Mayall's organ playing, vocalising, and second guitar are all of a piece with Clapton's work. His guitar naturally dominates most of this record, and he can also be heard taking his first lead vocal, but McVie and Flint are just as intense and give the tracks an extra level of steel-strung tension and power, none of which have diminished across several decades.
Track Listing:
Side 1: ALL YOUR LOVE / HIDEAWAY / LITTLE GIRL / ANOTHER MAN / DOUBLE CROSSING TIME / WHAT'D I SAY
Side 2: KEY TO LOVE / PARCHMAN FARM / HAVE YOU HEARD / RAMBLIN' ON MY MIND / STEPPIN' OUT / IT AIN'T RIGHT
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just one or two light spindle traces - barely played
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Practically unmarked under normal light the surfaces display just some light hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+++
My play-check at loud volume revealed no major audio issues of note at all - no scratches, no clicks or pops and no groove-wear or distortion - just a (very minor) touch of surface on the run-ins/track divisions otherwise, flawless and sensational sound throughout
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
Apart from some bits of blue paint(!) the sleeve is good and sold with no structural damage - just a bit grubby on the back
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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457 (GS 6.3.2 (457))
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