Blues Breakers

Eric Clapton was a rising star when he recorded this potent and scruffy album with British blues singer/songwriter John Mayall in 1966. Mayall’s tunes, including the brass-fortified “Key to Love,” the slow-burning “Double Crossing Time,” and barroom rave-up “Little Girl,” lift on Clapton’s fluid, gritty licks. The band channels some Beatles on Ray Charles’ R&B standard “What’d I Say,” before tackling with noisy accuracy Mose Allison and Bukka White’s gnarly prison anthem “Parchman Farm.” Meanwhile, Clapton makes his lead-vocal debut on a languorous rendition of Robert Johnson’s “Ramblin’ on My Mind.” 

Tracklisting

  1. All Your Love (3:35)
  2. Hideaway (3:14)
  3. Little Girl (2:33)
  4. Another Man (1:44)
  5. Double Crossing Time (3:02)
  6. What’d I Say (4:26)
  7. Key To Love (2:06)
  8. Parchman Farm (2:19)
  9. Have You Heard (5:44)
  10. Ramblin’ On My Mind (3:07)
  11. Steppin’ Out (2:28)
  12. It Ain’t Right (2:41)

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Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Breakers_with_Eric_Clapton
Format Vinyl LP Album Reissue Repress Mono (180 Gram)
Label Decca
Catalog Number 0042280008611
Notes Repress of [r4292610], but, in this release no limited edition and remastering mentioned anywhere ℗ & © 1966 The Decca Record Company Limited, London, A Universal Music Company Recorded At The Decca Studios No. 2, West Hampstead, London. April 1966. 180 gram Remastered Limited Edition Includes A Voucher To Download MP3 Version Of The Album. Issued as part of the ‘Back To Black 60th Vinyl Anniversary’ series The MP3 downloads include both the mono and stereo mixes.
Discogs URL John Mayall - Blues Breakers