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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.
© Matthew Greenwald /TiVo
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Mike Vernon, Producer - A.C. Williams, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mick Taylor, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Vernon, Producer - Chris Mercer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN MCVIE, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Dudgeon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mayall, Composer, Slide Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Keef Hartley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Fisher, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rip Kant, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Ronald Dean Badger, Composer - Robert Geddins, Composer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mick Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - Eddie Kirkland, Composer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, Composer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - SONNY THOMPSON, Composer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Beverly Bridge, Composer - Freddy King, Composer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, Composer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - John Mayall, Composer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mick Taylor, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Vernon, Producer - Chris Mercer, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN MCVIE, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Dudgeon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Barge, Composer - John Mayall, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist - Keef Hartley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Fisher, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rip Kant, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - Sonny Boy Williamson, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
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.
© Matthew Greenwald /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:44
- Main artists: John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1987 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
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