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Product related:  John Mayall - Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton Deluxe Edition   (1 posts) (414 views)
DeltaNick
Ellicott City, Maryland
USA 
Created Mon 7th Jul '08 16:26 (GMT)
Review: Guitar Heaven By Eric Clapton
Guitar Heaven By Eric Clapton!
By DeltaNick
Ellicott City, Maryland, USA

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 left 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! This is the stuff of legends.

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 so influenced the guitar world that Gibson eventually reissued the Les Paul model -- out-of-production since 1960 -- which Clapton then played.

John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers served -- and serves still today -- as a finishing school for great musicians and sidemen (Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, John McVie, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Mick Fleetwood and others). Mayall’s proselytizing the blues (he’s 74 years old!), his songwriting skills, and his other musical talents should not be ignored nor taken lightly.

Deluxe Edition Note: I wouldn't rate the sound quality quite as high as on the 1998 (mono/stereo) European release, this is an excellent package. However, pay little attention to the notes on the outside of the package, as they conflict with the notes on the inside. The inside notes, by this release's producer, answer a long-asked question, proving that the album indeed was recoded in March 1966, not April or May.

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John Mayall Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton Deluxe Edition Double CD JAPAN JOM2CBL403796Re: JOHN MAYALL Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton Deluxe Edition (2007 Japanese limited edition 43-track 'Deluxe Edition' 2-CD album set, offering both the original 1966 mono and 1969 stereo mixes of the legendary album, plus a 2nd disc comprised of BBC sessions, Immediate single sides, and some live recordings from The Flamingo Club, made in March & April 1966 - all in all 9 unreleased recordings! Presented in digipak picture sleeve with plastic slipcase, Japanese booklet + unique wraparound obi strip)
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Product related:  John Mayall - Bluesbreakers - Deluxe Edition - UK - DOUBLE C   (1 posts) (2666 views)
chrisbonnick@hotmail.co.uk
sporle, norfolk
UNITED KINGDOM 
Created Thu 15th May '08 11:50 (GMT)
Review: great c.d.collaboration,the early years were the bes
john mayall & eric clapton have a lot to answer for with regards to the blues being brought to the U.K. & i for one will be eternally grateful to them & others. chris bonnick.		[reply to this topic]
John Mayall Bluesbreakers - Deluxe Edition Double CD UNITED KINGDOM JOM2CBL378693Re: JOHN MAYALL featuring ERIC CLAPTON Bluesbreakers (2006 UK Deluxe Edition 43-track digitally remastered double CD album set, the classic 1966 'Beano' album with Eric Clapton on guitar, features the 1966 original mono mix and the 1969 stereo mix, along with the Bonus 19-track Disc featuring the BBC sessions, Immediate singles, a previously unreleased stereo mix of 'On Top Of The World' and six songs recorded live at The Flamingo Club in March & April 1966. Housed in a 'Deluxe Edition' stickered fold-out digipak picture sleeve with 20-page booklet)
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