Recorded April 1966 Length 37:39 Release date 22 July 1966 Label London Records | Producer Mike Vernon | |
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Released 22 July 1966 (1966-07-22) Artist John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Similar John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers albums, Blues albums |
John mayall blues breakers with eric clapton full album
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (aka 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.
Contents
- John mayall blues breakers with eric clapton full album
- All your love john mayall s bluesbreakers
- Background
- Recording
- Songs and song styles
- Legacy
- Original album
- 1998 remastered European reissue on the Deram label
- 2001 American reissue on the Deram label
- Disc one
- Disc two
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
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.
All your love john mayall s bluesbreakers
Background
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.
Recording
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 (misrepresented on the sleeve as the then-Secretary of State for Defence, Dennis Healey).
Songs and song styles
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 the young 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.
Legacy
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.
Apart from being one of the most influential blues albums, it also started the now-legendary combination of a Gibson Les Paul guitar through an overdriven Marshall Bluesbreaker amplifier.
Original album
- "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
- "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
1998 remastered European reissue on the Deram label
This edition includes all tracks in both mono and stereo: 1–12 as above in mono, 13–24 as 1–12 above in stereo.
This version of the album was also issued by Universal Japan, on the Decca label, in 2001
2001 American reissue on the Deram label
This release added two bonus tracks from a single:
- "Lonely Years" (Mayall) – 3:21
- Single released August 1966.
- "Bernard Jenkins" (Clapton) – 3:48
- Released as B-side of "Lonely Years".
Disc one
1–12 Original Album in Mono13–24 Original Album in StereoDisc two
- "Crawling up a Hill" (Mayall) – 2:08
- "Crocodile Walk" (Mayall) – 2:23
- "Bye Bye Bird" (Sonny Boy Willamson, Willie Dixon) – 2:49
- "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (Mayall) – 2:11
- Single released October 1965.
- "Telephone Blues" (Mayall) – 3:57
- B-side of "I'm Your Witchdoctor".
- "Bernard Jenkins" (Clapton) – 3:49
- "Lonely Years" (Mayall) – 3:19
- "Cheatin' Woman" (Mayall) – 2:03
- "Nowhere to Turn" (Mayall) – 1:42
- "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (Mayall) – 2:10
- "On Top of the World (Stereo mix)" (Mayall) – 2:34
- "Key to Love" (Mayall) – 2:02
- "On Top of the World" (Mayall) – 2:34
- "They Call It Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) – 4:35
- "Intro into Maudie" (John Lee Hooker, Mayall) – 2:27
- "It Hurts to Be in Love" (Dixon, Toombs) – 3:22
- "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Myles) – 6:44
- "Bye Bye Bird" (Williamson, Dixon) – 3:51
- "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Dixon) – 3:53
Personnel
Songs
1All Your Love3:35
2Hide Away3:16
3Little Girl2:37