John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Throughout the '60s, John Mayall & 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 the band for varying lengths of times in the '60s.
Mayall's personnel 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, revamping his lineup with unnerving regularity, and constantly experimenting within his basic blues format.
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Blues Breakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton
Blues - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 22/06/1966
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70th Birthday Concert (Live)
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton, Chris Barber, Mick Taylor
Blues - Released by earMUSIC Classics on 1/01/2001
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Blues Breakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Rock - Released by Universal Records on 22/07/1966
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Stories
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by earMUSIC Classics on 26/08/2002
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Crusade (Deluxe Edition)
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by UMC-Decca on 1/09/1967
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A Hard Road (Deluxe Edition)
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by UMC-Decca on 17/02/1967
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The Power Of The Blues
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 1/01/1988
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Live in Germany 1988
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Rock - Released by Immortal on 26/04/2011
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Live 1969
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by Indigo Records on 23/03/2021
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Jumpin' (Live Gothenburg '72) (Live)
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, John Mayall
Blues - Released by Wolf Tree on 1/01/2023
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Blues From Laurel Canyon
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by UMC-Decca on 1/01/1968
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A Sense Of Place
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Rock - Released by Island Records on 1/01/1989
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Looking Back
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Rock - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1/08/1969
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Crusade
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Rock - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1/09/1967
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A Hard Road
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Rock - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 17/02/1967
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Wake Up Call
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Pop - Released by Silvertone on 1/04/1993
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Wake Up Call
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Pop - Released by Silvertone on 1/04/1993
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Road Dogs
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by earMUSIC Classics on 6/06/2005
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Silver Tones - The Best Of John Mayall
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Pop - Released by Silvertone on 18/08/2003
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In the Palace of the King
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by earMUSIC Classics on 1/01/2007
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So Many Roads
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Blues - Released by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) on 1/01/2010
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