{"id":5093,"date":"2015-03-23T13:50:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T13:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/03\/23\/john-mayalls-bluesbreakers-live-in-1967-cd-coming-april-21-from-forty-below-records\/"},"modified":"2015-03-23T13:50:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T13:50:03","slug":"john-mayalls-bluesbreakers-live-in-1967-cd-coming-april-21-from-forty-below-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/03\/23\/john-mayalls-bluesbreakers-live-in-1967-cd-coming-april-21-from-forty-below-records\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers \u2013 Live In 1967 CD Coming April 21 From Forty Below Records"},"content":{"rendered":"


Forty Below Records announces an April 21 release date for John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers \u2013 Live in 1967 (Never Before Heard Live Performances), a very special archival recording of one the best of the Bluesbreakers band lineups, featuring legendary musicians John Mayall (vocals, keyboards, harmonica), Peter Green (lead guitar), John McVie (bass) and Mick Fleetwood (drums). Distributed by Sony\/RED, John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers \u2013 Live in 1967 showcases a band that was together for only a scant three months, yet created a lasting legacy, made an immense impact on music and led to the formation of one of the most acclaimed groups of all-time when Green, McVie and Fleetwood left to form Fleetwood Mac. <\/p>\n

The genesis of Live in 1967 came about because a staunch fan from Holland, Tom Huissen, was able to sneak a one channel reel-to-reel tape recorder into five London clubs (including the famed Marquee) in early 1967 and capture this exciting glimpse into music history. For nearly 50 years these tapes remained unheard until John Mayall acquired them recently and began restoring them with the technical assistance of Eric Corne of Forty Below Records. \u201cWhile the source recording was very rough and the final result is certainly not hi-fidelity, it does succeed in allowing us to hear how spectacular these performances are,\u201d says Corne.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d known for a decade or two of the existence of these tapes and in fact Tom Huissen had sent me a CD with 50 second teasers for some of the tracks that he’d secretly recorded at our London shows,\u201d recalls Mayall. \u201cLast year, Tom decided he wanted the world to hear these performances and work soon began on restoring the already fine quality on the old reel-to-reel tapes.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Mayall has some fond memories about how this band came about. \u201cThrough most of 1966, Peter and John were both regular members of the Bluesbreakers and Aynsley Dunbar was the drummer,\u201d states Mayall. \u201cHowever, even though Aynsley was a great drummer, it was starting to become apparent that his jazz influenced style of playing was veering away from the blues. As I recall, Peter had been close friends with Mick Fleetwood for some time and he suggested I give him a shot. And so for a short period of only about three months Mick became a Bluesbreaker.\u201d <\/p>\n

The band\u2019s repertoire on the tracks of Live in 1967 includes some songs that were originally recorded on The Bluesbreakers first two albums, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton and A Hard Road (which featured Peter Green), plus the soon-to-be recorded Crusade album, which featured young guitarist Mick Taylor after Peter Green left the band. Other songs on the new CD make their live debuts after having been recorded originally as singles in the UK and would later appear on Mayall\u2019s Looking Back album. In addition, several of the songs on Live in 1967 make their first appearance in any form on a Bluesbreakers album.<\/p>\n

Two long-time mainstay influences on John Mayall\u2019s storied career \u2013 Freddy King and Otis Rush – are well represented here with live versions of songs long-associated with the two blues giants. \u201cAll Your Love,\u201d \u201cDouble Trouble,\u201d \u201cSo Many Roads\u201d and \u201cI Can\u2019t Quit You Baby\u201d come from the Otis Rush canon of blues classics; and Freddy King\u2019s \u201cThe Stumble,\u201d \u201cSan-Ho-Zay\u201d and \u201cSomeday After Awhile,\u201d are given resounding treatments here by the quartet playing with a sense of energy and urgency.
\u201cEver since Eric Clapton joined the band, we both had a great interest in the recorded work of Otis Rush and Freddy King and many of their classic songs became part of our live performing catalogue,\u201d Mayall says about the two blues icons. \u201cTheir guitar work was always an inspiration for Eric, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in those early years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The music on John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers \u2013 Live in 1967 showcases a band that although only together for a short time, was incredibly tight and in-the-pocket while still allowing room for improvisation, none more so than Peter Green, whose guitar work on this CD will stand as some of his best-ever on record. All of Green\u2019s guitar trademarks – the stop time signatures, his incredible sustain and a hair-raising powerful tone \u2013 are presented here in all their glory, highlighting a musician who was more than able to assume the mantle as the guitar player following in Eric Clapton\u2019s well-trod footsteps as a member of one of blues music\u2019s all-time aggregations, John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers. <\/p>\n

John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers \u2013 Live in 1967 Track Listing
1)\tAll Your Love
2)\tBrand New Start
3)\tDouble Trouble
4)\tStreamline
5)\tHave You Ever Loved a Woman
6)\tLooking Back
7)\tSo Many Roads
8)\tHi Heel Sneakers
9)\tI Can\u2019t Quit You Baby
10)\tThe Stumble
11)\tSomeday After Awhile
12)\tSan-Ho-Zay
13)\tStormy Monday<\/p>\n

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Sources:
www.johnmayall.com and www.fortybelowrecords.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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