JOHN MAYALL/BLUES BREAKERS ORIG 1966 LONDON LP w/ERIC CLAPTON IN SHRINK NR MINT

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JOHN MAYALL/BLUES BREAKERS~ORIG 1966 LONDON LP~w/ERIC CLAPTON~IN SHRINK~NR MINT!

John Mayall With Eric Clapton ?– Blues Breakers
London Records ?– PS 492

VERY RARE ORIGINAL PRESSING FROM THE 1960s!
OPEN BUT STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP!!
COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LIGHT WEAR.
HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH SOME PRESSURE MARKS FROM BEING STORED FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY.
MATRIX NUMBERS: ZAL 7297 / ZAL 7298
THIS IS THE FIRST - AND STILL THE BEST - BLUES BREAKERS ALBUM WITH ERIC CLAPTON ON GUITAR!!

Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realized album as a blues guitarist -- more than that, it was a seminal blues album of the 1960s, perhaps the best British blues album ever cut, and the best LP ever recorded by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Standing midway between Clapton's stint with the Yardbirds and the formation of Cream, this album featured the new guitar hero on a series of stripped-down blues standards, Mayall pieces, and one Mayall/Clapton composition, all of which had him stretching out in the idiom for the first time in the studio. This album was the culmination of a very successful year of playing with John Mayall, a fully realized blues creation, featuring sounds very close to the group's stage performances, and with no compromises. Credit has to go to producer Mike Vernon for the purity and simplicity of the record; most British producers of that era wouldn't have been able to get it recorded this way, much less released. One can hear the very direct influence of Buddy Guy and a handful of other American bluesmen in the playing. And lest anyone forget the rest of the quartet: future pop/rock superstar John McVie and drummer Hughie Flint provide a rock-hard rhythm section, and Mayall's organ playing, vocalizing, and second guitar are all of a piece with Clapton's work. His guitar naturally dominates most of this record, and he can also be heard taking his first lead vocal, but McVie and Flint are just as intense and give the tracks an extra level of steel-strung tension and power, none of which have diminished across several decades.

Tracklist
A1     All Your Love     3:33
A2     Hideaway     3:15
A3     Little Girl     2:35
A4     Another Man     1:45
A5     Double Crossing Time     3:02
A6     What I'd Say     4:25
B1     Key To Love     2:06
B2     Parchman Farm     2:20
B3     Have You Heard     5:55
B4     Ramblin' On My Mind     3:07
B5     Steppin' Out     2:30
B6     It Ain't Right     2:40

    Baritone Saxophone – John Almond* (tracks: A5, B2, B3, B5)
    Bass Guitar – John McVie
    Drums – Hughie Flint (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B6)
    Engineer – Gus Dudgeon
    Guitar, Vocals – Eric Clapton
    Layout – John Mayall
    Liner Notes – Neil Slaven
    Producer – Mike Vernon
    Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore (tracks: B2, B3, B5)
    Trumpet – Dennis Healey (tracks: B2, B3, B5)
    Vocals, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall

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