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It is easy to see how he earned the nickname god around this time.An emotional, lyrical masterpiece and a wonderful effort by all involved. The ultimate testament to the power of the British blues. A beautiful all time classic, with the sizzling Les Paul through a Marshall combo work of Eric Clapton. May be the best of John Mayall's many great bands. A treasure trove of guitar gold and blues classics.
Aleady having more than a dozen Eric Clapton albums, and after reading his autobiography, I decided it was time to go back to the roots. This is absolute classic blues with a much younger Clapton doing a version of Ramblin on My Mind that is a must have. This CD sooths the soul and makes me smile everytime I listen to it.
Interestingly (at least to me) , it is one of the few albums that I prefer in MONO untouched by either the artifice of being made into stereo or the ingenuity of digital re-mastering. This is an extraordinary album, and a seminal one for many people getting into blues in the '60's. I have had this in one form or another since the week it originally came out on vinyl in Mono in the US. Not to say that it is not exemplary in those formats, but the raw power projected by the original Mono release is something else again. However you own it, you'll enjoy it and you'll own a piece of music history.
I wrote my comments after I read someone saying Mayall had all these originals. WHITE STATIONS called ALL BLACK MUSIC-- "RACE MUSIC." I can understand how a young kid in high school would 'really dig' this album. They are covers, and the originals are well worth listening to. At the time this release came out, BLACK artists were not allowed to play on US radio. I just wish there was a real effort to make the TRUE ORIGINALS heard, generally for the first time, by so many people who 'loved the blues' for '40+ years,-- back when this "64-ish" record came out into the racist, limited airwaves that were all kids could hear. Its suprising how Jimi and many others were actually not ALL ORIGINAL, dont get me wrong, I love him TERRIBLE, and SRV, and MISTER CLAPTON.
From the opening track, "All Of Your Love", from the closing track, "Bernard Jenkins", this album is non stop ride of blues and R&B and rock all mixed together too make this 34 minute album. Its a true classic and this the only album you need by them. I cant even describe how great this CD is its one of the best blues albums of all time in my opinionLove this CDyou have gotta own this if you listen too eric clapton or cream.you dont know what your missing
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