Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

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This 1966 landmark album, along with the debut Butterfield Blues Band record that shipped the previous year, launched the blues-rock revolution of the mid-'60s. Eric Clapton, who'd skipped out on the Yardbirds to explore his deep-blues muse, was given every opportunity to shine on flash-guitar numbers like Otis Rush's "All Your Love" and Freddy King's "Hideaway." And Clapton's easy-rolling cover of Robert Johnson's "Ramblin' on My Mind" marked his debut as a lead vocalist. John Mayall may have been overshadowed by his blazing attaché, but he and the Hughie Flint/John McVie rhythm section hold their own throughout. There are better '60s blues albums, but few had greater impact. --Steve Stolder

Album Description
Reissue of their classic 1966 album with Clapton, with both mono & stereo versions of it on one disc, for a total of 24 tracks. All cuts are 24 bit remasters. Also features the original cover art. 1998 Deram release. 2001. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

All Your Love
Hideaway
Little Girl
Another Man
Double Crossing Time
What'd I Say
Key To Love
Parchman Farm
Have You Heard
Ramblin' On My Mind
Steppin' Out
It Ain't Right
Lonely Years
Bernard Jenkins

Customer Reviews:

4.5 stars A good introduction to Blues for newbies.......2007-02-25

Nothing new can be said about Mayall/Clapton. I will say that if you are spreading your wings and want to try something Bluesy-you can't lose with this one. It's hella sexy.

Historic Recording.......2007-01-18

If you play electric blues guitar, this is a historic, must have recording. The sound is good, the choice of songs is pretty good, and you can see that Clapton was working up to his best work (IMHO) in Cream.

John Mayall.......2007-01-10

he can't do a bad one!! and this is the original end all be all british blues group!!!

soberbio.......2006-09-28

estamos en chicago? o es un espejismo...fredie king? otis rush?..NO: son borregos ingleses haciendo la mejor musica que puedas imaginar....estamos hablando de casi 40 años atras....cuando estos tipos descorcharon todo el blues y lo arrojaron en la cara a toda una generacion que lo desconocia.. versiones con polenta demoledora, el famoso tono de clapton aqui tiene su bautismo....realmente si no fue el principio de todo..estuvo cerca!!!!!!!!

Ouch my heart, everything and more...........2006-06-20

OHHHH what can you say?? I'm 22 and i'm embarassed about the age we live in. If you want to escape, here is your heroin. No need for sedatives, this music stands the test of time on its own. To read a bad review about this album angered me a lil (understatement), however confirmed that there are two types of people in this world, those who have a rhythm and those who don't. I was cursed with the blues and this album makes my soul float, WOW! If your reading this do not question my sincerity that this album is beyond marvelous. King Eric waltzes and shows the true soul of a bluesman, not with overly ridiculous Van Halen solos, but with an integrity attached to the 'real' blues. I've been playing guitar for 9 years, and this is how the blues should be played, this is without acknowledging its obvious revolutionary influence. BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!

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Classic work that should be in any rock and roll fan's collection
Clapton's best ever
Remastered Stereo and Mono Mixes
Clapton's got the blues...
Definitive Version

Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton
Bluesbreakers
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

All Your Love
Hideaway
Little Girl
Another Man
Double Crossing Time
What'd I Say
Key To Love
Parchman Farm
Have You Heard
Ramblin' On My Mind
Steppin' Out
It Ain't Right

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This 1966 landmark album, along with the debut Butterfield Blues Band record that shipped the previous year, launched the blues-rock revolution of the mid-'60s. Eric Clapton, who'd skipped out on the Yardbirds to explore his deep-blues muse, was given every opportunity to shine on flash-guitar numbers like Otis Rush's "All Your Love" and Freddy King's "Hideaway." And Clapton's easy-rolling cover of Robert Johnson's "Ramblin' on My Mind" marked his debut as a lead vocalist. John Mayall may have been overshadowed by his blazing attaché, but he and the Hughie Flint/John McVie rhythm section hold their own throughout. There are better '60s blues albums, but few had greater impact. --Steve Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Classic work that should be in any rock and roll fan's collection.......2006-12-21

This is a masterpiece from many angles. It is a bona fide, kick &%$, rock album, it is tremedous example of smoking blues guitar, and, of course, it is lesson number one for Brittish blues.

Eric Clapton established himself as the slinger on this album. He was unsettled with the pop yearnings of the Yardbirds and desired to pursue his blues calling. He also was one of the first guitarists to pick up a Gibson Les Paul and use it for blues music. He loved the fat tone and lasting sustain.

There are no highlights on this because every song is a winner. "All your love" starts out slow, established Mayall's soulful singing, and then picks up the pace with Clapton lighting it all up with a scorching solo.

"Hideaway" is an instrumental standard that is used commercially for an array of projects.

Ray Charle's "What'd I say" is amped up and much more muscular than what you may be used to hearing.

"Parchman Farm" is a showcase for John Mayall's harp playing and boy... does he ever get soulful. I think that is the high point of the cd.

All the songs here have received tons of radio airplay so they are all familiar sounding.

You cannot go wrong with this essential work. Blues fans, rock fans Clapton fans and guitar fans...this should be in your collection!

Clapton's best ever.......2006-06-03

When I was growing up as part of the Woodstock generation, this album, mostly a collection of blues covers, was one of my favorites. In late 60s New York, Clapton, along with Michael Bloomfield of the Paul Butterfield band and Danny Kalb of the Blues Project, were the top three stars in the "white boy blues" firmament. This album is historic, because it introduced Clapton, Mayall, and ace bassist John MacVie, later of Fleetwood Mac, and helped to ignite a blues mania among the rock-listening public. (Though Clapton had been a member of the Yardbirds, he was not known as such in America because he had left just as the band was hitting the charts, eventually replaced by then-unknown Jimmy Page.) Mayall's various bands not only introduced Clapton, but also Peter Green, founder of Fleetwood Mac, and Mick Taylor, later of the Stones -- all exceptional guitarists. As a vocalist, Mayall is, well, Mayall - odd, but enjoyable. But his reedy vocals and keyboard playing mainly serve to set up some of the best solos Clapton has ever played. Displaying the thick, chilling tone, perfect attack, and dramatic construction that were hallmarks of his early playing, Clapton's solos here are jewels of the blues guitarist's art, displaying the influence of Freddie King and B.B. King, but with perhaps even greater intensity than his mentors. If you like blues guitar, this album's for you. If you like Clapton's playing here, you would also like his playing on Fresh Cream, which is closest in tone and approach to this. In fact, most of his playing with Cream sounds more like this album than his later playing, which is partly a result of moving to more poppish material, but may also reflect his changing from a Gibson to a Stratocaster (guitar jocks correct me if I am wrong!) And if you like the British blues genre you should also check out very early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer, which has some great guitar playing and better vocals, covering a similar repertoire.

Remastered Stereo and Mono Mixes .......2004-08-20

Clapton's Les Paul/Marshall combo was revolutionary when this album was released. Some people may prefer the thinner sounding Strat on his solo recordings, but this is the ultimate tone for me, including the SG he played in Cream. Not only is the stereo version on this remastered CD, but original mono mix also appears with some very noticeable differences.

Clapton's got the blues..........2004-05-30

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton (1966.)

In 1965, Eric Clapton bid farewell to the Yardbirds. The band's sound, in Clapton's eyes, was becoming too poppy and commercial - certainly not the kind of music that he had a desire to play. Following his departure of that group, he joined forces with an up and coming blues rocker named John Mayall. Mayall was an excellent performer of blues rock, but he really hadn't had any popularity or success yet. With Eric Clapton in his band, which he now dubbed the Bluesbreakers, would he create an excellent album that was well-received? Read on for my review.

To put it simply, if you're going to listen to this album expecting it to sound like the Eric Clapton that you know and love, you may as well not listen to it at all. This is blues rock, plain and simple - NOT the mainstream rock that Clapton fans tend to know and love him for. But, if you're a Clapton fan and you've got an open mind, or if you're just looking for some of the best blues rock out there, this release is for you. After disbanding from the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton must have felt that he needed to find his roots to be able to continue rocking. And on this album, he finds them. For many classic rock artists, the blues were very important, and that couldn't be more true of Eric Clapton. On this album, he and John Mayall serve up an onslaught of classic blues covers, as well as their own unique compositions. Through and through, Mayall and Clapton managed to create one of the finest blues-rock hybrid albums out there.

THIS TEXT REFERS EXCLUSIVELY TO THE "BLUES CLASSICS" REISSUE - NOT the import version. This album was recently remastered and rereleased as a part of the Blues Classics series of album reissues. In addition to the remastering process, this release of the album also includes expanded liner notes, as well as two bonus tracks. The bonus tracks were originally single-only cuts, so it's good to finally have them on an album and on CD. There are several different reissues of this album available, and this Blues Classics reissue is one of the best ones.

When John Mayall and Eric Clapton joined forces, they proved that they were one hell of a blues-rock combo. It's just a shame that their partnership was so short lived - Eric Clapton wanted to start his own band, which he did later that year (I'm referring to Cream, for those of you who don't know.) But, the legacy of their short-lived partnership lived on in the form of this album. No fan of blues-based rock should be without this release.

Definitive Version.......2003-04-13

This remastered release features both mono and stereo versions of each cut, and the differences are astounding. Eric Clapton did some his most inspired playing with John Mayall.

Average customer rating:

Classic work that should be in any rock and roll fan's collection
Clapton's best ever
Remastered Stereo and Mono Mixes
Clapton's got the blues...
Definitive Version

Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Manufacturer: Deram
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000249ZZ
Release Date: 1966-01-01

Tracks:

All Your Love [Mono Mix]
Hideaway [Mono Mix]
Little Girl [Mono Mix]
Another Man [Mono Mix]
Double Crossing Time [Mono Mix]
What'd I Say [Mono Mix]
Key to Love [Mono Mix]
Parchman Farm [Mono Mix]
Have You Heard [Mono Mix]
Rambling on My Mind [Mono Mix]
Steppin' Out [Mono Mix]
It Ain't Right [Mono Mix]
All Your Love [Stereo Mix]
Hideaway [Stereo Mix]
Little Girl [Stereo Mix]
Another Man [Stereo Mix]
Double Crossing Time [Stereo Mix]
What'd I Say [Stereo Mix]
Key to Love [Stereo Mix]
Parchman Farm [Stereo Mix]
Have You Heard [Stereo Mix]
Rambling on My Mind [Stereo Mix]
Steppin' Out [Stereo Mix]
It Ain't Right [Stereo Mix]

Tracks:

Crawling Up a Hill
Crocodile Walk
Bye Bye Bird
I'm Your Witchdoctor
Telephone Blues
Bernard Jenkins
Lonely Years
Cheatin' Woman
Nowhere to Turn
I'm Your Witchdoctor
On Top of the World [Stereo Mix]
Key to Love
On Top of the World
They Call It Stormy Monday
Intro into Maudie
It Hurts to Be in Love
Have You Ever Loved a Woman
Bye Bye Bird
Hoochie Coochie Man

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Customer Reviews:

Classic work that should be in any rock and roll fan's collection.......2006-12-21

Clapton's best ever.......2006-06-03

Remastered Stereo and Mono Mixes .......2004-08-20

Clapton's got the blues..........2004-05-30

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton (1966.)

Definitive Version.......2003-04-13

This remastered release features both mono and stereo versions of each cut, and the differences are astounding. Eric Clapton did some his most inspired playing with John Mayall.

Average customer rating:

Guitar Heaven by Eric Clapton! By DeltaNick

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
john mayall , and the Bluesbreakers
Manufacturer: London
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000JQ1JB4

Product Description

1.all your love.2.hideaway.3.little girl.4.another man.5.double crossing time.6.what'd i say.7.key to love.8.parchman farm.9.have you heard.10.ramblin on my mind.11.steppin out.12.it ain't right

Customer Reviews:

Guitar Heaven by Eric Clapton! By DeltaNick.......2007-01-09

Few albums have had greater impact than John Mayall's 1966 landmark "Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton." Released by the Decca label in Britain on 22 July 1966, literally days after Clapton left the Bluesbreakers and just a week before Cream's debut, it went all the way to #6, a pretty mean feat, since Mayall's band had never had a hit single. This may have been a first in Britain.

Of course, this is the album that set the blues and guitar worlds aflame and established Eric Clapton's name worldwide as the most passionate of musical interpreters. If you haven't yet heard "Beano" -- as it is affectionately known, because Clapton is pictured reading a "Beano" comic book on its cover -- then you ain't heard nuthin' yet! This is the stuff of legends.

From the album's first notes, you realize that you're in guitar heaven, as "Slowhand" shows us the way electric guitar can and should be played. Clapton's virtuoso playing is white hot throughout. Playing with a maturity beyond his 21 years, the young Eric Clapton so influenced the guitar world that Gibson eventually reissued the Les Paul model -- out-of-production since 1960 -- which Clapton then played.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers served -- and serves still today -- as a finishing school for great musicians and sidemen (Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, John McVie, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Mick Fleetwood and others). Mayall's proselytizing the blues (he's 73 years old!), his songwriting skills, and his other musical talents should not be ignored nor taken lightly.

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Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000JLSWXM
Release Date: 2006-12-12

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