John Mayall's Bluesbreakers* – Crusade

A decent pressing. Horns are quite present. Some good detail in the organ/leslie.

My best recording of British blues. We’ll maybe some other with Mayall. My used pressing is just fine.

Something in this release page aint right. theres an advert for the let it bleed album on the inner. bleed was released desember 69..

Good production from Mike Vernon (Ten Years After), nice engineering from Gus Dudgeon, nice sound scape, good stereo.
First apparition from Mick Taylor !

An even better title for the album would have been "Funeral Procession".

This impression is not only due to the song 'Accidental Suicide'. The first lines of its lyrics deal with Jimi Hendrix premature end:

"Well, I want to say a thing or two regarding Jimmy Hendrix. It seems to be a case of accidental suicide.
But out of all the sadness they stopped to hear the warning.
He had an overdose and never knew the way he died...".

John Mayall's voice sounds even sadder than usual. This is rather infectious when hearing the songs. It would have been better for all of us, if Jimi would have relaxed with German or Czechian beer. 😀

I was with the legendary blues musician Alexis Korner at his home one day in 1966. We were joined by his friend John Mayall who said, "Pete, you've got a camera, come and shoot my album sleeve". I arrived the next data John's home in London to find all the musicians painting the signs that they were to cary for their demonstration for the blues. The band trooped through Notting Hill Gate bearing their signs with John Mayall in the lead. I followed, photographing the demo and with shots of a bare chested John on a derelict site as a sort of christ figure. Later John assembled a collage of my photos for the cover of "John Mayall Crusade".

i have a perfect match but matrix ends with 2W instead of 1W. the 2W version on discogs does not have the stereo/mono indicator sleeve with the hole.

John Mayall easily channels Albert King in his guitar work and Skip James in his vocals (while having his own style, vocally speaking). This is a good cover of the blues, choosing great selections from Chicago bluesmen. But never do I feel like Mayall elevates them to new heights or interesting interpretations. It's just solid, straight-ahead covers of the city blues, with accomplished instrumental work from Mayall and the hot musicians he had working beside him at that time. Most notable is this is the first recording of guitar work from a very young Mick Taylor, who would go on to play with The Stones on "Let It Bleed" and some of their best records from the 1970s.

Sono contento di aver trovato questo disco nel quale il " White bluesman" per eccellenza ossia John Mayall suona insieme
a personaggi di sicuro talento L'anno è il 1967.

Super nice recording. Very quiet vinyl and awesome mono. Only $10.78 from Sundazed.com.