JOHN MAYALL with ERIC CLAPTON – BLUES BREAKERS LP – Nr MINT UK DECCA

John Mayall with Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers
(Decca Records  SKL4804)
UK Pressing

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John Brumwell Mayall OBE (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English bluesand rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians of all-time. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and keyboardist, he had a career that spanned nearly seven decades, remaining an active musician until his death aged 90. Mayall has often been referred to as the “godfather of the British blues”, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category in 2024.

Blues Breakers is a blues LP recorded in 1966, the first studio album and the second overall credited to John Mayall, who teamed up for the first time in a studio release with ex-Yardbird Eric Clapton (their next and last time will be for six tracks of 1971’s double LP Back to the Roots).

Track listing

Side one

1. “All Your Love” (Otis Rush) – 3:38
2. “Hideaway” (Freddie King/Sonny Thompson; interpolating “The Walk” by Jimmy McCracklin) – 3:17
3. “Little Girl” (Mayall) – 2:36
4. “Another Man” (Mayall) – 1:47
5. “Double Crossing Time” (Clapton/Mayall) – 3:04
6. “What’d I Say” (Ray Charles; interpolating “Day Tripper” by John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:28

Side two

1. “Key to Love” (Mayall) – 2:08
2. “Parchman Farm” (Mose Allison) – 2:22
3. “Have You Heard” (Mayall) – 5:56
4. “Ramblin’ on My Mind” (Robert Johnson/Traditional) – 3:08
5. “Steppin’ Out” (L. C. Frazier) – 2:30
6. “It Ain’t Right” (Little Walter) – 2:45

Personnel

• John Mayall – lead vocals, piano, Hammond B3 organ, harmonica
• Eric Clapton – guitar, lead vocals on “Ramblin’ on My Mind”
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Hughie Flint – drums

Additional musicians

• Alan Skidmore – tenor saxophone
• Johnny Almond – baritone saxophone
• Derek Healey – trumpet

Production

• Gus Dudgeon – engineer
• Mike Vernon – producer