Latest Updates - Eric Clapton

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Comment by South Shields Football Club:

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Decca LK 4804 Friday July 22nd 1966 is the great original album with Eric Clapton reading The Beano Comic Biffo The Bear-Dennis The Menace and the great tracks All Your Love,Hideaway,Little Girl & Steppin'Out.

John Mayall died this year and he was the great Rhythm & Blues Music of 1966 and The famous LP-The Great icon.


Terry.

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Comment by Paul Goldstein1:

A rare occasion of an album crashing into the British album charts way into the Top 10 without a hit single to accompany it, when this was at a time when albums still usually only sold on the back of hit singles. It was the following year when Psychedelia exploded that this started to change.

This was John's second album, but the first yet only to feature new guitarist Eric Clapton, who added that thick new undercoat to the group's sound, and even sing lead on one track, his first version of Robert Johnson's Rambling On M y Mind, which he re-recorded solo years later.

This album proved even more that Britain had well and truly become this second major ground for creativity.

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Comment by Paul Goldstein1:

I thought it was only in the UK this stereo version was not issued in the UK.

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Comment by whitewhale1965:

'Better Make It Through Today', track A2, replaces 'Give Me Strength' which appears on most releases.

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Comment by kei masaru:

Added release date (day).
(MW 2116,MW 2141,MWF 1056)

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Comment by kei masaru:

Added release date (day).

This LP was charted at #8.
Stayed 23 weeks within TOP100.
(Japan's Original Confidence Magazine)

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Comment by PhilMH:

There seem to be a few of the mispress about - Discogs lists 40 owners for it; the Elvin Bishop catalogue number was 2429 116, having the same last three digits, so I imagine the pressing plant operator mixed up the catalogue numbers somehow (probably just saw the 116 and grabbed the wrong tape or stamper).

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Comment by candiman SUBS:

It's the Rainbow Concert cover, the label says it's Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert but a copy I've recently acquired plays Elvin Bishop - Let it Flow!

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Comment by jp975345_cat:

Can the date (1966) of this LP be correct? My understanding is that the Stereo mix wasn't undertaken until 1968/1969.

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Comment by jp975345_cat:

In the mid seventies, I had to wait around for several hours at Decca. To kill some time I was allowed to browse through Decca's 'music releases' card index. Being a John Mayall fan the first thing I looked at was the 'bluesbreaker' cards. I can confirm that in Decca's opinion, the album title is 'Blues Breakers' and the artist is 'John Mayall with Eric Clapton'. I've been telling people this information for 40+ years! So I was pleased to see that 45worlds has this listed correctly.