JOHN MAYALL/BLUES BREAKERS/ERIC CLAPTON ORIG 1966 MONO LONDON BLUES LP EX COND
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JOHN MAYALL/BLUES BREAKERS/ERIC CLAPTON~ORIG 1966 MONO LONDON BLUES LP~EX COND!! JOHN MAYALL/BLUES BREAKERS/ERIC CLAPTON~ORIG 1966 MONO LONDON BLUES LP~EX COND!!
John Mayall with Eric Clapton ?– Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton
London Records ?– LL 3492
NICE ORIGINAL PRESSING OF THIS BLUES CLASSIC FROM 1966 - 51 YEARS AGO!!
ORIGINAL COVER ART FEATURES A LARGE PHOTO OF THE BAND WHICH INCLUDES ERIC CLAPTON AND JOHN McVIE (OF FLEETWOOD MAC). THIS PHOTO WAS REDUCED IN SIZE ON SUBSEQUENT ISSUES OF THE ALBUM.
COVER IS IN VG+ CONDITION TO OVERALL DARKENING ON THE FRONT AND BACK AND SOME STAINING.
VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION ON BOTH SIDES!
THERE ARE PRESSURE MARKS BUT NO VISIBLE SCRATCHES ON EITHER SIDE.
THEY ALBUM PLAYS VERY WELL WITH ONLY LIGHT SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS.
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realized 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 realized 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, vocalizing, 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.
Tracklist
A1 All Your Love 3:33
A2 Hideaway 3:15
A3 Little Girl 2:35
A4 Another Man 1:45
A5 Double Crossing Time 3:02
A6 What I'd Say 4:25
B1 Key To Love 2:06
B2 Parchman Farm 2:20
B3 Have You Heard 5:55
B4 Ramblin' On My Mind 3:07
B5 Steppin' Out 2:30
B6 It Ain't Right 2:40
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