Bluesbreakers Beano Mayall Clapton London PS492 RARE LP

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A fabulous NM- Vinyl copy of this monumental stride in Rock/Blues/British Invasion

John Mayall with Eric Clapton  BLUESBREAKERS

Cover in very nice shape.

Vinyl Play tested.  It sounds warmer and better than a CD

Original London Sleeve.

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Originally, John Mayall intended for his second album to be a live album 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.[4]

 Recording

With the original plan of a live album now discarded, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers recorded Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton at Decca Studios, West Hampstead in March 1966. The guitar that Eric Clapton used during the sessions was a 1960 Gibson 'sunburst' Les Paul with two PAF (Patent Applied For) 'humbucker' pickups. This guitar, whose whereabouts are currently unknown, is also known as the "Beano" Les Paul, a replica of which has recently been reissued by Gibson.

The band on this album included Mayall on piano, Hammond organ, harmonica and a majority of the vocals; bassist John McVie; drummer Hughie Flint; and Clapton. Augmenting the band on this album was a horn section added post production, with Alan Skidmore, John Almond, and Derek Healey (misrepresented on the sleeve as Dennis Healey).

Songs and song styles

Much of the album was composed 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 or Mayall and Clapton. The majority of the songs serve as showcases for the young Clapton's playing, apart from "Another Man", "Ramblin' On My Mind", "Parchman Farm" and "What'd I Say". 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 do because he did not feel his singing was good enough.[2]

Track listing

 Original album

1. "All Your Love" (Willie Dixon/Otis Rush) – 3:36
2. "Hideaway" (Freddie King/Sonny Thompson) – 3:17
3. "Little Girl" (Mayall) – 2:37
4. "Another Man" (Mayall) – 1:45
5. "Double Crossing Time" (Clapton/Mayall) – 3:04
6. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles; interpolating "Day Tripper" by John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:29

1. "Key to Love" (Mayall) – 2:09
2. "Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison) – 2:24
3. "Have You Heard" (Mayall) – 5:56
4. "Ramblin' on My Mind" (Robert Johnson/Traditional) – 3:10
5. "Steppin' Out" (James Bracken) – 2:30
6. "It Ain't Right" (Walter Jacobs) – 2:42