John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Bare Wires

Keef Hartley Band - Seventy Second Brave (1972, CD reissue 2009)

Keef Hartley Band - Seventy Second Brave
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 229 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Esoteric Recordings # ECLEC2100 | Country/Year: Europe 2009, 1972
Genre: Rock | Style: Blues Rock, Jazz Rock, Classic Rock

…Keith Hartley was born in Preston, Lancashire. His career began as the replacement for Ringo Starr as a drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a Liverpool-based band. Subsequently he played and recorded with The Artwoods, then achieved some notability as John Mayall's drummer. He then formed The Keef Hartley (Big) Band, mixing elements of jazz, blues, and rock and roll; the group played at Woodstock in 1969. They released five albums, including Halfbreed and The Battle of North West Six (characterised by a reviewer for the Vancouver Sun as "an amazing display of virtuosity"). After that Hartley released a 'solo' album (Lancashire Hustler, 1973) and then he formed Dog Soldier with Miller Anderson (guitar), Paul Bliss (bass), Derek Griffiths (guitar) and Mel Simpson (keyboards)…
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) [Reissue 2006]

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) [Reissue 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 241 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 119 MB | Covers - 25 MB
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, R&B | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Decca (984 177-9)

John Mayall's debut album, recorded live in December 1964, is a little unjustly overlooked, as it was recorded shortly before the first of the famous guitarists schooled in the Bluesbreakers (Eric Clapton) joined the band. With Roger Dean on guitar (and the rhythm section who'd play on the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton album, bassist John McVie and drummer Hughie Flint), it has more of a rock/R&B feel, rather like the early Rolling Stones, than the purer bluesier material Mayall would usually stick to in his subsequent recordings. The record doesn't suffer for this, however, moving along quite powerfully, and - unusually for a British R&B/blues band of the time - featuring almost nothing but original material, all penned by Mayall. Nigel Stanger's saxophone adds interesting touches to a few tracks, the songs are quite good…
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (1966) [Japan, Deluxe Edition]

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (1966)
XLD | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | 2008 | Universal Music, UICY-93705/6 | ~ 645 or 323 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 54 Mb
Blues, Blues-Rock

Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realized album as a blues guitarist – more than that, it was a seminal blues album of the 1960s, perhaps the best British blues album ever cut, and the best LP ever recorded by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Standing midway between Clapton's stint with the Yardbirds and the formation of Cream, this album featured the new guitar hero on a series of stripped-down blues standards, Mayall pieces, and one Mayall/Clapton composition, all of which had him stretching out in the idiom for the first time in the studio…
John Mayall - The Best Of John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers - As It All Began 1964-69 (1997)

John Mayall - The Best Of John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers - As It All Began 1964-69 (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 443 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 158 MB | Covers - 25 MB
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Decca/Deram (844 785-2)

As It All Began: The Best of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1964-1968 is an excellent 20-track retrospective, capturing Mayall's band at their peak. The Bluesbreakers went through several different lineups during those four years, with musicians the caliber of Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Paul Butterfield, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Peter Green floating through the group. Hardcore fans of any of those musicians, or of British blues, will naturally want to familiarize themselves with the original albums, but As It All Began is a fine sampler for the casual fan, featuring such staples as "Lonely Years," "Bernard Jenkins," "All Your Love," "Parchman Farm," "Double Trouble," "The Death of J.B. Lenoir," and "Miss James." Even at 20 tracks, there are a number of fine moments missing from this collection, but As It All Began remains the best available single-disc overview of the Bluesbreakers' prime period.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Crusade (1967) [Reissue 2007]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Oct. 1, 2023
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Crusade (1967) [Reissue 2007]

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Crusade (1967) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 463 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 186 MB | Covers - 27 MB
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Decca (984 217-5)

The final album of an (unintentional) trilogy, Crusade is most notable for the appearance of a very young, pre-Rolling Stones Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Taylor's performance is indeed the highlight, just as Eric Clapton and Peter Green's playing was on the previous album. The centerpiece of the album is a beautiful instrumental by Taylor titled "Snowy Wood," which, while wholly original, seems to combine both Green and Clapton's influence with great style and sensibility. The rest of the record, while very enjoyable, is standard blues-rock fare of the day, but somewhat behind the then-progressive flavor of 1967. Mayall, while being one of the great bandleaders of London, simply wasn't really the frontman that the group needed so desperately, especially then. Nevertheless, Crusade is important listening for Mick Taylor aficionados.
John Mayall: Discography & Video [Part 2, 1966-2015, 23CDs & 17LPs]

John Mayall: Discography & Video (1966-1977)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
23CD | Label: Various | ~ 5723 or 2264 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 531 Mb
17 x Vinyl Rip 24/96 or 24/192 + 16/44 | Flac(Image + Cue) > 17.29 or 4.37 Mb
MP3 CBR 320Kbps > 1748 Mb | Artwork(jpg) > 22 Mb
Blues, Blues Rock

John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians…
John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers - Padlock On The Blues (1999) With Special Guest John Lee Hooker

John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers - Padlock On The Blues (1999)
With Special Guest John Lee Hooker

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 391 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 137 Mb | Scans ~ 51 Mb
British Blues, Blues Rock | Label: Eagle Records | # EAGCD077 | Time: 00:59:55

1999 album from Britain's godfather of blues rock. 13 tracks, including 'White Line Fever' and 'Bad Dream Catcher'. Features guest appearances from John Lee Hooker, Ernie Watts and Coco Montoya.
John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - In The Palace Of The King (2007)

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - In The Palace Of The King (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 383 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 136 Mb | Scans ~ 71 Mb
British Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: Eagle | # EAGCD345, GAS 0000345 EAG | 00:59:38

This album is John's tribute to one of his blues heroes, the late, great Freddie King. King was a blues guitar pioneer from the mid-50's through to his tragically early death in the mid-70's and he influenced everyone from Peter Green to Dave Edmunds to Stevie Ray Vaughan and probably most of all Eric Clapton, who produced and played on King's final album. In The Palace Of The King features John Mayall's take on his personal selection of Freddie King favorites and is a fabulous combination of two true blues legends.

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Spinning Coin (1995)  Music

Posted by Designol at June 27, 2024
John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Spinning Coin (1995)

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Spinning Coin (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 318 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 112 Mb | Scans ~ 45 Mb
British Blues, Blues Rock | Label: Silvertone | # 01241-41541-2 | 00:49:04

Somehow the grandfather of British blues still had the fire in his belly to record a strong album almost 40 years after he began his storied career. Buddy Whittington acquits himself well as the latest in a long line of hotshot guitarists for this multi-instrumentalist, who still does his best work on harmonica. He still admires long-dead bluesman J.B. Lenoir, including "Voodoo Music" here. A lot of credit for this strong outing goes to R.S. Field, lyricist and sometime producer for Webb Wilder. "Long Story Short" would pass for a Wilder tune were it not for Mayall's distinctive voice.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - The Diary Of A Band Vol. 1 & 2 (1968)

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - The Diary Of A Band Vol. 1 & 2 (1968)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | 1994 | Decca | ~ 520 or 220 Mb | Scans(png) -> 68 Mb
Blues Rock

This is an interesting concept for a live album. The title tells it as it is, isn't a typical live album, more a sonic diary of the band on tour. What you get are "selected highlights" of songs, full songs, and pieces of conversation of the band members interacting with the audience, and with each other…