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John Mayall's Blues Breakers - 1966 Blues Breakers With Eric ClaptonMFSL 24K Gold UDCD-616 1994 remastered
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Album notesFull performer name: John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers.
Ultradiscs are mastered from the original master tapes using Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering technique, then plated with 24-karat gold and housed in a stress-resistant lift-lock jewel box.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers: John Mayall (vocals, piano, organ, harmonica); Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); John McVie (bass); Hughie Flint (drums).
Additional personnel: Alan Skidmore (tenor saxophone); John Almond (baritone saxophone); Dennis Healey (trumpet).
Includes liner notes by Neil Slaven.
1966's BLUESBREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON could be argued as the first super-session album, although its participants didn't become superstars until after its release. One, of course, became a superstar largely because of this album; Eric Clapton was highly rated enough in the UK blues-rock scene to score second billing, but it wasn't until this recording that he'd had the opportunity to truly stretch out in the studio and show off his awesome soloing skills. Clapton's earlier stint in the Yardbirds had found his ideas largely shouted down by pop-oriented producer/manager Giorgio Gomelsky, but kindred spirit/producer Mike Vernon simply let Clapton play as he wished. The sympathetic rhythm section of John McVie and Hughie Flint, along with Mayall's best-ever vocals and organ, make BLUESBREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON one of the all-time great British blues albums.Editorial reviews...Clapton blazes with a maturity beyond his years, and his tone pierces and rumbles with a freedom he's rarely evoked since....shows how even the greats can be elevated by the right rhythm section...
Musician (04/01/1995)4.5 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - ...Clapton displays enough control and buoyant enthusiasm in his playing to justify the scrawling of `Clapton is God' on London walls....Mayall, meantime, explores the upper range of his pale voice with urgency and conviction...
Down Beat (08/01/1995)...Devoted to hard blues, John Mayall's Blues Breakers were the perfect launching pad for Clapton....The album sounds as startling today as it did back in `66, due in large part to MFSL's audiophile production...
Living Blues (01/01/1996)More Inforamtion is available
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