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Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realized album as a blues guitarist -- more than that, it was a seminal blues album of the 1960s, perhaps the best British blues album ever cut, and the best LP ever recorded by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Standing midway between Clapton's stint with the Yardbirds and the formation of Cream, this album featured the new guitar hero on a series of stripped-down blues standards, Mayall pieces, and one Mayall/Clapton composition, all of which had him stretching out in the idiom for the first time in the studio. This album was the culmination of a very successful year of playing with John Mayall, a fully realized blues creation, featuring sounds very close to the group's stage performances, and with no compromises. Credit has to go to producer Mike Vernon for the purity and simplicity of the record; most British producers of that era wouldn't have been able to get it recorded this way, much less released. One can hear the very direct influence of Buddy Guy and a handful of other American bluesmen in the playing. And lest anyone forget the rest of the quartet: future pop/rock superstar John McVie and drummer Hughie Flint provide a rock-hard rhythm section, and Mayall's organ playing, vocalizing, and second guitar are all of a piece with Clapton's work. His guitar naturally dominates most of this record, and he can also be heard taking his first lead vocal, but McVie and Flint are just as intense and give the tracks an extra level of steel-strung tension and power, none of which have diminished across several decades.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Otis Rush, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - SONNY THOMPSON, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Freddy King, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Vernon, Producer - JOHN MCVIE, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Dudgeon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mayall, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Johnny Almond, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Skidmore, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Healey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Mose Allison, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Randy Cierley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Vernon, Producer - JOHN MCVIE, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Dudgeon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mayall, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Johnny Almond, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Skidmore, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Healey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Robert Johnson, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - JOHN MCVIE, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - James Bracken, ComposerLyricist - Alan Skidmore, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Almond, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Hughie Flint, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Healey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Vernon, Producer - JOHN MCVIE, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Dudgeon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mayall, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Sam Maghett, ComposerLyricist - Hughie Flint, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - SONNY THOMPSON, ComposerLyricist - Freddie King, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Mose Allison, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Randy Cierley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Robert Johnson, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - James Bracken, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Eric Clapton, MainArtist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realized album as a blues guitarist -- more than that, it was a seminal blues album of the 1960s, perhaps the best British blues album ever cut, and the best LP ever recorded by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Standing midway between Clapton's stint with the Yardbirds and the formation of Cream, this album featured the new guitar hero on a series of stripped-down blues standards, Mayall pieces, and one Mayall/Clapton composition, all of which had him stretching out in the idiom for the first time in the studio. This album was the culmination of a very successful year of playing with John Mayall, a fully realized blues creation, featuring sounds very close to the group's stage performances, and with no compromises. Credit has to go to producer Mike Vernon for the purity and simplicity of the record; most British producers of that era wouldn't have been able to get it recorded this way, much less released. One can hear the very direct influence of Buddy Guy and a handful of other American bluesmen in the playing. And lest anyone forget the rest of the quartet: future pop/rock superstar John McVie and drummer Hughie Flint provide a rock-hard rhythm section, and Mayall's organ playing, vocalizing, and second guitar are all of a piece with Clapton's work. His guitar naturally dominates most of this record, and he can also be heard taking his first lead vocal, but McVie and Flint are just as intense and give the tracks an extra level of steel-strung tension and power, none of which have diminished across several decades.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:51
- Main artists: John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Eric Clapton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 1966 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
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