Essential John Mayall?

[FoolForARadio]

I've got an Amazon Reward Card. So what John Mayall should one not be without? I've already got Bare Wire and Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton.

 

[tentoze]

Turning Point- totally different direction than the ones you have, though. Acoustic live performance, no drums. Excellent.

 

[bozak ron]

I second Tentoze's recommendation regarding Turning Point - a great blues album. In addition, check the Allmusic Guide, and purchase any Mayall recording with 4-5 stars, especially around the release of Turning Point.

 

[Mystic]

Blues from Laurel Canyon, definitely.

 

[FoolForARadio]

Thanks. I didn't know about the Allmusic Guide; cool site.

 

[meggy]

Third'ing T-Point.

 

[pmsummer]

As much as I hate jumping on bandwagons, Turning Point is the ONE J.M. & The Bluesbreakers' recording to have (if you can only have one). It's possibly the easiest one to find used, too.

 

[pmsummer]

Bump! Just fell off the bandwagon.

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton.

 

[cableguy]

Turning Point- totally different direction than the ones you have, though. Acoustic live performance, no drums. Excellent.

Yes....:thmbsp:

Blues from Laurel Canyon, definitely.
Yesterday 08:36 AM

again, yes...

Add to that list
Chicago Line featuring Walter Trout and Coco Montoya
USA Union
Memories
A Sense of Place featuring Sonny Landreth.
Thru The Years

All are very good IMO...



Bill

 

[eljr]

Absolutely, Turning Point.

Next choice: Empty Rooms

 

[FoolForARadio]

Well, what do you think of "Bare Wires?" I bought the record in a thrift store, I'd never heard it before. It's got Mick Taylor on guitar, not at all like Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, more jazzy, but it absolutely rocks. Have you heard his new album? I've heard a couple of cuts.

 

[tcdriver]

Blues from Laurel Canyon

Blues from Laurel Canyon, definitely.

I second this recommendation. It is one of my all time favorite albums.

 

[cableguy]

Well, what do you think of "Bare Wires?" I bought the record in a thrift store, I'd never heard it before. It's got Mick Taylor on guitar, not at all like Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, more jazzy, but it absolutely rocks. Have you heard his new album? I've heard a couple of cuts.

Bare Wires is very good....:yes:...But then, I'm a "Mayall Head" so I am biased.


Bill

 

[big1daddy]

I like "A Hard Road" (with Peter Green) also.

 

[tdst51]

The DVD "John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert" with Mick Taylor and Eric Clapton is excellent. (Besides the fact that the mixing is all screwed up for most of the DVD).

 

[grateful]

Try Jazz blues fusion. Great live recording.

 

[bjarmson]

I'm partial to "A Hard Road," but then I think Peter Green is the best electric guitar player ever.

 

[cableguy]

Peter Green is amazing...:thmbsp:


Bill

 

[gelmhirst]

I second the 70th B-day concert, outstanding, AND on your collective recommendation just picked up Turning Point....

 

[spaceman]

As much as I hate jumping on bandwagons, Turning Point is the ONE J.M. & The Bluesbreakers' recording to have (if you can only have one). It's possibly the easiest one to find used, too.

Heh, I was kinda trying to find THE definitive John Mayall thread, & found this one, among many. It's funny, I've seen The Turning Point several times, but still don't have a copy, and yet I have 7 different John Mayall albums now. Is anyone else familiar with The Blues Alone? That's the 2nd album, right after his self-titled debut, and has a different sound from most. I don't have that first one yet, to compare, but I imagine it's gonna be pretty similar. Another really good one, to let you sample how the sound changes with personnel changes, is Looking Back, from '69. It has work from Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Roger Dean, Aynsley Dunbar, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Keef Hartley, Dick Heckstall-Smith, John McVie, and Mick Taylor, among others. That's a pretty impressive list of names, to be associated with. :yes: BTW, this guy has a LONG list of albums, and I doubt many people have them all, so this should be a long & fun journey, trying to get them all.