JOHN MAYALL Plays John Mayall UK Decca Mono 1965 LK 4680 Incredible NM condition

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Over a period of several years I am slowly listing a remarkable record collection for auction on ebay. This collection belonged to my friend Brian, one of the most discerning record collectors I have ever known. Brian started buying records in 1966 when he was a teenager. His infatuation for vinyl developed into a career and he eventually ended up working for RCA records and CBS/Sony records as a disc mastering engineer from 1977 to 1989. Brian’s not with us anymore, and I’m making good on my promise to him to sell his records in lovingly-prepared auctions which reflect the love he had for his vast collection. The proceeds go to his family.

Brian’s collection is the kind that rarely comes up for sale. He had great taste in music and collected vinyl seriously for 40 years, taking superb care of his collection. To see all of Brian’s records that I currently have listed, click here.

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This month I'm offering for your consideration Brian's Johan Mayall, Eric Clapton, Cream, Jack Bruce and related LPs.

Artist: John Mayall

Title: Plays John Mayall (Recorded Live At Klooks Kleek!)

Country of Issue: UK

Date of Issue: March 26th, 1965

Catalogue Number: LK 4680 (mono) Red Decca unboxed labels.

Matrix side one: ARL-6711-2A

Matrix side two: ARL-6712-2A

Condition of sleeve: NM-. The front cover is laminated and there has been some minor separation of the laminate from the left-hand edge closest to the spine as is common with these LPs, and a couple of tiny spots of laminate creasing elsewhere. Eric (presumably not Clapton!) once owned this record and thought it appropriate to write his name on the bottom right-hand corner of the back cover. Thankfully he didn't play it much (or at all) and looked after it well. There's also a hint of ringwear on the back cover but the NM- grading holds for a sleeve that is still clean, beautiful and has lost none of its rigidity despite turning 50 years old in March.

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Condition of record: NM. This record looks and sounds absolutely incredible. The few stray light marks you see only when you hold it under streaming sunlight do not translate into any issues on play back. This record sounds like it came off the press yesterday. Virtually no surface noise, gorgeous clarity. No distortion. You will be unlikely to ever find a nicer copy of this record.

Further Notes:

Mayall's first album, this was recorded live at Klooks Kleek, a jazz and rhythm n’ blues club at the Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, North West London on December 7th, 1964. This was the first time any of these musicians would appear on vinyl. Guitarist Roger Dean has stated in an interviews that they ran cables out of the window of the club, to the Decca Studio about 100 yards away for this recording.

Tracklist:

Side One:
"Crawling Up a Hill" (John Mayall) - 2:21
"I Wanna Teach You Everything" (Mayall) - 3:05
"When I'm Gone" (Smokey Robinson) - 3:08
"I Need Your Love" (Walter Spriggs, Willie Spriggs) - 4:08
"The Hoot Owl" (Mayall) - 2:35
"R&B Time" - Consisting of Night Train (Jimmy Forrest, Lewis C. Simpkins, Oscar Washington) / Lucille (Albert Collins, Richard Penniman) - 2:15

Side Two:
"Crocodile Walk" (Mayall) - 2:26
"What's the Matter with You" (Barney Ales, Clarence Paul, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 2:34
"Doreen" (Frank Zappa) - 2:46
"Runaway" (Max Crook, Del Shannon)- 2:25
"Heartache" (Mayall) - 2:57
"Chicago Line" (Mayall) - 4:10

Personnel

John Mayall - Vocals, harmonica, cembalett, organ, 9 string guitar
Roger Dean - Guitar
John McVie - Bass guitar
Hughie Flint - Drums
Nigel Stanger - Saxophone

Sleeve notes by Alexis Korner:

Britain's latest boom -R & B- has turned up a number of interesting characters." It has also brought forward some impressive musicians. The late Cyril Davies, Long John Baldry, Graham Bond and Steve Winwood are but four who fit into either or both categories. But the most extraordinary of all, in many ways, is John Mayall. An excellent pianist, organist, guitarist, harmonica player and singer, John is also one of the most prolific writers on the scene today. He pours out new songs at such an alarming rate that it is often extremely difficult to keep track of them. Playing and singing, as he does, in the Chicago-cum-Country style of blues, John and the Bluesbreakers, have gained both experience and following by backing such internationally famous performers as John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson. For John is a keen listener and the good things by other people do not pass him by.

A tremendously powerful feeling for blues, an ability to make events from his own life into stories, and the musical gift with which to tie up these factors, these are the three major elements in John Mayall's increasing success.

There is also his audacity in attempting the things which he does. If he thought of it in these terms he might be put off, but-and here, I believe, is the basis of it all - John becomes completely carried away by the music. One only has to see him perform in order to realise that, to John, nothing matters but the music. That is why this LP is so very representative of the real John Mayall, a man who needs to be recorded LIVE!

One evening, engineers and all the equipment - also, I suspect the Brothers Gunnell of 'Flamingo Fame' - arrived at Klooks Kleek and these were the results. One of the country's finest R & B artists recorded at one of London's leading R & B clubs. The result was bound to be a success. All the feeling, all the life, all the personality came through in a way which so often is alien to the recording studio. This was what John Mayall really needed. Here he was, with the support of a truly enthusiastic audience and the knowledge that no one was going to worry about times or anything else. So he moves his head around and shouts encouragement, he pushes along on organ, pulls strange sounds out of his harmonica, plays his nine-string guitar. It all comes over the way it should. The odd words lost here and there don't really matter. What does matter is the compulsive power of the whole session.

Ranging from CRAWLING UP A HILL - a sort of potted autobiography - to RUNAWAY a surging harmonica feature, you run the gamut of John Mayall's Blues. There's CROCODILE WALK which John wrote a couple of years ago, DOREEN which is dedicated to one of John's first fans in the South (he hails from Manchester and only moved to London about 18 months ago) and a whole host of other titles. My personal favourites are HEARTACHE, a real soul-searching few minutes, and I NEED YOUR LOVE. This is a tremendously powerful Chicago-type blues with just the right sort of moody riffing to complete it.

One final word, just like his stablemates down at the Flamingo - John Mayall knows how to work. You can listen or you can dance, there is something in this for everyone; the hallmark of a real musical entertainer who makes it all mean something. And, just like his stablemates, John Mayall could well 'take off' at any moment. I hope he does.

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1 record: $12, 2 records: $17, 3 records: $22, 4 records: $25, 5, 6 or 7 records: $28

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