John Mayall With Eric Clapton ?Blues Breakers LP 1966 Australian MONO EX
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John Mayall With Eric Clapton ?Blues Breakers LP 1966 Australian MONO EX
Original Australian Mono pressing on Decca
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (a.k.a. The Beano Album) is a 1966 blues/blues rock album recorded by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton as part of the band. It is the second album credited to John Mayall after the live John Mayall Plays John Mayall. Clapton left to form Cream after this recording, though would team up again in 1971 for the double LP Back to the Roots.
It is also known as The Beano Album because of its cover photograph showing Clapton reading The Beano, a British children's comic. Clapton stated in his autobiography that he was reading The Beano on the cover because he felt like being "uncooperative" during the photo shoot. The photographer was Derek Wedgbury and the location was near the Old Kent Road.
Originally, John Mayall intended for his second album to be also a live one in order to capture the guitar solos performed by Eric Clapton. A set was recorded at the Flamingo Club, with Jack Bruce (with whom Clapton would subsequently work in Cream) on bass. The recordings of the concert, however, were of bad quality and were scrapped.
With the original plan of a live album now discarded, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers recorded Blues Breakers at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London in March 1966. The guitar that Eric Clapton used during these sessions was a sunburst 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard with two PAF humbucking pickups. This guitar (which was stolen in 1966; its whereabouts remain unknown) is also called the "Blues Breaker" or "Beano" Les Paul and a replica of which was reissued by Gibson in 2012. Critics consider Clapton's guitar tone and playing on this album to be influential in the artistic and commercial development of rock-styled guitar playing.
The band on this album includes Mayall on piano, Hammond organ, harmonica and most vocals; bassist John McVie; drummer Hughie Flint; and Clapton. Augmenting the band on this album was a horn section added during post-production, with Alan Skidmore, Johnny Almond, and Derek Healey.
The album consists of blues standards by long-established artists such as Otis Rush, Freddie King and Robert Johnson, as well as a few originals penned by Mayall and Clapton. Most tracks serve as a showcase for Clapton's playing. Although he sang on several Yardbirds' recordings, "Ramblin' on My Mind" was Clapton's first recorded solo lead vocal performance, which Eric had been reluctant to record.
In 2003 the album was ranked number 195 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Side one
"All Your Love" (Otis Rush) – 3:38
"Hideaway" (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) – 3:17
"Little Girl" (Mayall) – 2:36
"Another Man" (Mayall) – 1:47
"Double Crossing Time" (Clapton, Mayall) – 3:04
"What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 4:28
Side two
"Key to Love" (Mayall) – 2:08
"Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison) – 2:22
"Have You Heard" (Mayall) – 5:56
"Ramblin' on My Mind" (Robert Johnson) – 3:08
"Steppin' Out" (L. C. Frazier) – 2:30
"It Ain't Right" (Little Walter) – 2:45
CONDITION:
SLEEVE: VG+ Minor ring and general handling wear, sticker + rubber stamp on back
RECORD: VG++ to EX- A few minor marks, spindle marks around hub; Plays clear and loud
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