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John Mayall- SMOKIN' BLUES- CD- 2012- Secret Records Limited- 5036436082421- 400 grn
SMOKIN' BLUES is a live album by blues guitarist John Mayall and was released on 26th March 2012. This collection of songs come from a set of shows John Mayall completed in Frankfurt, Germany and has been released through Secret Records. Classic live album from Frankfurt 1972 and 1973 from Mayall's Jazz Blues Fusion period.
PERSONNEL: John Mayall - guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano; Freddy Robinson - electric guitar; Victor Gaskin - bass; Keef Hartley - drums; Blue Mitchell - trumpet, flügelhorn; Cliff Solomon - alto saxophone; Red Holloway - tenor saxophone.
As the elder statesman of British blues, it is John Mayall’s lot to be more renowned as a bandleader and mentor than as a performer in his own right. Throughout the ’60s, his band, the Bluesbreakers, acted as a finishing school for the leading British blues-rock musicians of the era. Guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor joined his band in a remarkable succession in the mid-’60s, honing their chops with Mayall before going on to join Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and the Rolling Stones, respectively. John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser (of Free), John Almond, and Jon Mark also played and recorded with Mayall for varying lengths of times in the ’60s. Mayall’s personnel has tended to overshadow his own considerable abilities. Only an adequate singer, the multi-instrumentalist was adept in bringing out the best in his younger charges (Mayall himself was in his thirties by the time the Bluesbreakers began to make a name for themselves). Doing his best to provide a context in which they could play Chicago-style electric blues, Mayall was never complacent, writing most of his own material (which ranged from good to humdrum), revamping his lineup with unnerving regularity, and constantly experimenting within his basic blues format. Some of these experiments (with jazz-rock and an album on which he played all the instruments except drums) were forgettable; others, like his foray into acoustic music in the late ’60s, were quite successful. Mayall’s output has caught some flak from critics for paling next to the real African-American deal, but much of his vintage work [if weeded out selectively] is quite strong; especially his legendary 1966 LP with Eric Clapton, which both launched Clapton into stardom and kick-started the blues boom into full gear in England.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray And Hype Sticker On Front Cover Includes 8-Page Booklet Plus 8-Page ''Secret Records Catalogue''.
Made In Germany.
ПРИ ПОКУПКЕ (сразу) ТРЁХ ФИРМЕННЫХ АЛЬБОМОВ, ДОСТАВКА БЕСПЛАТНО !!!