Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton, John Mayall & the Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton, John Mayall

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001F2H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,655 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. All Your Love [Mono Mix]

2. Hideaway [Mono Mix]

3. Little Girl [Mono Mix]

4. Another Man [Mono Mix]

5. Double Crossing Time [Mono Mix]

6. What'd I Say [Mono Mix]

7. Key to Love [Mono Mix]

8. Parchman Farm [Mono Mix]

9. Have You Heard [Mono Mix]

10. Rambling on My Mind [Mono Mix]

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Crawling Up a Hill

2. Crocodile Walk

3. Bye Bye Bird

4. I'm Your Witchdoctor

5. Telephone Blues

6. Bernard Jenkins

7. Lonely Years

8. Cheatin' Woman

9. Nowhere to Turn

10. I'm Your Witchdoctor

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This 1966 landmark album, along with the debut Butterfield Blues Band record that shipped the previous year, launched the blues-rock revolution of the mid-'60s. Eric Clapton, who'd skipped out on the Yardbirds to explore his deep-blues muse, was given every opportunity to shine on flash-guitar numbers like Otis Rush's "All Your Love" and Freddy King's "Hideaway." And Clapton's easy-rolling cover of Robert Johnson's "Ramblin' on My Mind" marked his debut as a lead vocalist. John Mayall may have been overshadowed by his blazing attaché, but he and the Hughie Flint/John McVie rhythm section hold their own throughout. There are better '60s blues albums, but few had greater impact. --Steve Stolder

Product Description

Japanese only SHM pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. Universal. 2009. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remastered Stereo and Mono Mixes, August 19, 2004

By	SirGeorgeMartini "ElDorado" (Chihuahua Legs, Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (Audio CD)

Clapton's Les Paul/Marshall combo was revolutionary when this album was released. Some people may prefer the thinner sounding Strat on his solo recordings, but this is the ultimate tone for me, including the SG he played in Cream. Not only is the stereo version on this remastered CD, but original mono mix also appears with some very noticeable differences.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Version, April 13, 2003

By	loo loo (Carneolio, Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (Audio CD)

This remastered release features both mono and stereo versions of each cut, and the differences are astounding. Eric Clapton did some his most inspired playing with John Mayall.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guitar Heaven by Eric Clapton!, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

Few albums have had greater impact than John Mayall's 1966 landmark "Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton." Released by the Decca label in Britain on 22 July 1966, literally days after Clapton quit the Bluesbreakers and just a week before Cream's debut, it went all the way to #6, a pretty mean feat since Mayall's band had never had a hit single. This may have been a first in Britain.

Of course, this is the album that set the blues and guitar worlds aflame and established Eric Clapton's name worldwide as the most passionate of musical interpreters. If you haven't yet heard "Beano" (as it is affectionately known, because Clapton is pictured reading a "Beano" comic book on its cover), then you ain't heard nuthin' yet!

From the album's first notes, you realize that you're in guitar heaven, as "Slowhand" shows us the way electric guitar can and should be played. Clapton's virtuoso playing is white hot throughout. Playing with a maturity beyond his 21 years, the young Eric Clapton was so influential that Gibson eventually reissued the (out-of-production since 1960) Les Paul model guitar, which Clapton then played.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers served--and still serves today--as a finishing school for great musicians and sidemen (Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, John McVie, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Mick Fleetwood and others). Mayall's proselytizing the blues (he's 65 years old!), his songwriting skills, and his other musical talents should not be ignored nor taken lightly.