JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS. " CRUSADE " LONDON USA 1967 LP. ORIG. EX COND.
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John Mayall's Bluesbreakers* ?– Crusade
Label: London Records ?– PS 529, London Records ?– PS-529 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, StereoCountry: US Released: 1967 Genre: Rock, Blues Style: Blues Rock, Chicago Blues
Tracklist
A1 Oh, Pretty Woman 3:30 A2 Stand Back Baby 1:43 A3 My Time After Awhile 5:05 A4 Snowy Wood 3:52 A5 Man Of Stone 2:22 A6 Tears In My Eyes 4:14 B1 Driving Sideways 3:48 B2 The Death Of J.B. Lenoir 4:21 B3 I Can't Quit You Baby 4:28 B4 Streamline 3:10 B5 Me And My Woman 3:52 B6 Checkin Up On My Baby 3:46Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios
- Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
Credits
- Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer
- Bass – John McVie
- Drums – Keef Hartley
- Engineer – Gus Dudgeon
- Producer – Mike Vernon
- Tenor Saxophone – Rip Kant
- Vocals, Lead Guitar, Guitar, Guitar [Bottleneck], Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Notes
Recorded At Decca Studios, West Hampstead On 12th July 1967.First cat# on sleeve, second on label.
AllMusic Review by Matthew Greenwald
The final album of an (unintentional) trilogy, Crusade is most notable for the appearance of a very young, pre-Rolling Stones Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Taylor's performance is indeed the highlight, just as Eric Clapton and Peter Green's playing was on the previous album. The centerpiece of the album is a beautiful instrumental by Taylor titled "Snowy Wood," which, while wholly original, seems to combine both Green and Clapton's influence with great style and sensibility. The rest of the record, while very enjoyable, is standard blues-rock fare of the day, but somewhat behind the then-progressive flavor of 1967. Mayall, while being one of the great bandleaders of London, simply wasn't really the frontman that the group needed so desperately, especially then. Nevertheless, Crusade is important listening for Mick Taylor aficionados.
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