John Mayall Plays John Mayall

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John Mayall Plays John Mayall
Live album by John Mayall

Publication
(s)

March 1965

admission

December 7, 1964

Label (s) Decca Records

Format (s)

LP (CD)

Genre (s)

Blues , rhythm and blues

Title (number)

12 (17)

running time

36:17

occupation John Mayall, Roger Dean, John McVie , Hughie Flint , Nigel Stanger

Studio (s)

Live at Klooks Kleek, Hampstead, London

chronology
- John Mayall Plays John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton

John Mayall Plays John Mayall (Recorded Live at Klooks Kleek!) Is the first album by British blues musician John Mayall . It was recorded live in 1964 and was released on Decca Records in 1965 (in Mono , LK 4680); the CD was released in 2006.

Album history

On December 7, 1964 John Mayall and the gave Bluesbreakers in klooks kleek , an R & B -Club, of the Railway Hotel in London district of Hampstead had his domicile, a live concert. It is not so much the musical brilliance of the band that makes this album worth mentioning. Rather, its specialty lies in conveying the club atmosphere of the time, which was recorded extremely well. John Mayall played a large part in this, and with his refreshing comments made the audience an indispensable part of the guest performance.

occupation

In addition to John Mayall as singer, harpsichord, organ , 9-string guitar and harmonica , Roger Dean on guitar, John McVie on bass guitar , Hughie Flint on drums and Nigel Stanger on tenor and slide saxophone formed the band. Roger Dean can only be heard on this album as a bluesbreaker. He was replaced a short time later by Eric Clapton .

Track list

All compositions by John Mayall, unless otherwise stated:

page 1

  1. Crawling Up a Hill - 2:25
  2. I Wanna Teach You Everything - 3:16
  3. When I'm Gone - 3:17
  4. I Need Your Love - 4:20
  5. The Hoot Owl - 2:41
  6. R. & B. Time: Night Train (Forrest; Simpkins; Washington)
    Lucille (Collins; Penniman ) - 2:26

Page 2

  1. Crocodile Walk - 2:32
  2. What's the Matter with You - 2:39
  3. Doreen - 3:00
  4. Runaway - 2:31
  5. Heartache - 3:07
  6. Chicago Line - 4:03

CD bonus track

The five bonus tracks are not additional material from the live recordings of the original LP, but studio recordings. The first two tracks were recorded in the spring of 1964 with Bernie Watson as guitarist and Martin Hart on drums. On the other three, the cast (with the exception of Nigel Stanger) is identical to that of the original live album.

  1. Crawling Up a Hill
  2. Mr. James
  3. Crocodile Walk
  4. Blues City Shakedown
  5. My baby is sweeter

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The studio version of this title was first released as a single in 1964 (B-side: Mr. James ).
  2. ↑ The studio version of this title was first released as a single in April 1965 (B-side: Blues City Shakedown ).
  3. ↑ Like the two previous tracks, this Willie Dixon title was recorded during a studio session in February 1965, but did not appear on the compilation album Thru the Years until 1971 .

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