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BluesBreakerswithEricClaptonisablues/bluesrock
albumrecordedbyJohnMayall&theBluesbreakersin1966.
Itisthefirststudioalbumandthesecondoverallcreditedto
JohnMayall,whoteamedupforthefirsttimeinastudio
releasewithexYardbirdEricClapton(theirnextandlast
timewouldbeforsixtracksof1971'sdoubleLPBacktothe
Roots).
ItisalsoknownasTheBeanoAlbumbecauseofitscover
photographshowingClaptonreadingTheBeano,[4]aBritish
children'scomic.Claptonstatedinhisautobiographythathe
wasreadingTheBeanoonthecoverbecausehefeltlike
being"uncooperative"duringthephotoshoot.[2]The
photographerwasDerekWedgburyandthelocationwasnear
theOldKentRoad.

Contents
1 Background
1.1 Recording
2 Songsandsongstyles
3 Legacy
4 Tracklisting
4.1 Originalalbum[1]
4.2 1998remasteredEuropeanreissueonthe
Deramlabel
4.3 2001AmericanreissueontheDeramlabel
4.4 40thanniversaryDeluxeEdition(Decca)
(2006)
4.4.1 Discone
4.4.2 Disctwo
5 Personnel
5.1 Additionalmusicians
5.2 Production
6 Charts
7 Certifications
8 References
9 Externallinks

BluesBreakerswithEricClapton

StudioalbumbyJohnMayall&theBlues
Breakers
Released 22July1966[1]
Recorded DeccaStudios,London,April1966[2]
Genre

Bluesrock,[1]blues[3]

Length

37:39

Label

Decca

Producer MikeVernon
JohnMayallchronology
JohnMayall
PlaysJohn
Mayall
(1965)

BluesBreakers
(1966)

AHardRoad
(1967)

Background
Originally,JohnMayallintendedforhissecondalbumtobealsoaliveoneinordertocapturetheguitarsolos
performedbyEricClapton.AsetwasrecordedattheFlamingoClub,withJackBruce(withwhomClapton
wouldsubsequentlyworkinCream)onbass.Therecordingsoftheconcert,however,wereofbadqualityand
werescrapped.[5]

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Recording
Withtheoriginalplanofalivealbumnowdiscarded,JohnMayall&theBluesbreakersrecordedBlues
BreakersatDeccaStudios,WestHampstead,LondoninMarch1966.TheguitarthatEricClaptonusedduring
thesesessionswasasunburst1960GibsonLesPaulStandardwithtwoPAFhumbuckingpickups.Thisguitar
(whichwasstolenin1966itswhereaboutsremainunknown)[6]isalsocalledthe"BluesBreaker"or"Beano"
LesPaulandareplicaofwhichwasreissuedbyGibsonin2012.[6]CriticsconsiderClapton'sguitartoneand
playingonthisalbumtobeinfluentialintheartisticandcommercialdevelopmentofrockstyledguitar
playing.[7]
ThebandonthisalbumincludesMayallonpiano,Hammondorgan,harmonicaandmostvocalsbassistJohn
McViedrummerHughieFlintandClapton.Augmentingthebandonthisalbumwasahornsectionadded
duringpostproduction,withAlanSkidmore,JohnnyAlmond,andDerekHealey(misrepresentedonthesleeve
as'DennisHealey').

Songsandsongstyles
ThealbumconsistsofbluesstandardsbylongestablishedartistssuchasOtisRush,FreddieKingandRobert
Johnson,aswellasafeworiginalspennedbyMayallandClapton.Mosttracksserveasashowcaseforthe
youngClapton'splaying.AlthoughhesangonseveralYardbirds'recordings,"Ramblin'onMyMind"was
Clapton'sfirstrecordedsololeadvocalperformance,whichErichadbeenreluctanttorecord.[2]

Legacy
In2003thealbumwasrankednumber195onRollingStone
magazine'slistofThe500GreatestAlbumsofAllTime.[9]
ThealbumwasincludedinRobertDimery's1001Albums
YouMustHearBeforeYouDie.[10]
Apartfrombeingoneofthemostinfluentialbluesalbums,it
alsostartedthenowlegendarycombinationofaGibsonLes
PaulguitarthroughanoverdrivenMarshallBluesbreaker
amplifier.[4]

Professionalratings
Reviewscores
Source

Rating

AllMusic

[8]

About.com

[3]

Tracklisting
Originalalbum[1]
Sideone
1."AllYourLove"(OtisRush)3:38
2."Hideaway"(FreddieKing,SonnyThompson)3:17
3."LittleGirl"(Mayall)2:36
4."AnotherMan"(Mayall)1:47
5."DoubleCrossingTime"(Clapton,Mayall)3:04
6."What'dISay"(RayCharles)4:28
Sidetwo
1."KeytoLove"(Mayall)2:08
2."ParchmanFarm"(MoseAllison)2:22
3."HaveYouHeard"(Mayall)5:56
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4."Ramblin'onMyMind"(RobertJohnson)3:08
5."Steppin'Out"(L.C.Frazier)2:30
6."ItAin'tRight"(LittleWalter)2:45

1998remasteredEuropeanreissueontheDeramlabel
Thiseditionincludesalltracksinbothmonoandstereo:112asaboveinmono,1324as112abovein
stereo.
ThisversionofthealbumwasalsoissuedbyUniversalJapan,ontheDeccalabel,in2001

2001AmericanreissueontheDeramlabel
Thisreleaseaddedtwobonustracksfromasingle:
13."LonelyYears"(Mayall)3:21
SinglereleasedAugust1966.[11]
14."BernardJenkins"(Clapton)3:48
ReleasedasBsideof"LonelyYears".[11]

40thanniversaryDeluxeEdition(Decca)(2006)
Discone
112OriginalAlbuminMono
1324OriginalAlbuminStereo
Disctwo
1."CrawlingupaHill"(Mayall)2:08
2."CrocodileWalk"(Mayall)2:23
3."ByeByeBird"(SonnyBoyWillamson,WillieDixon)2:49
4."I'mYourWitchdoctor"(Mayall)2:11
SinglereleasedOctober1965.[11]
5."TelephoneBlues"(Mayall)3:57
Bsideof"I'mYourWitchdoctor".[11]
6."BernardJenkins"(Clapton)3:49
7."LonelyYears"(Mayall)3:19
8."Cheatin'Woman"(Mayall)2:03
9."NowheretoTurn"(Mayall)1:42
10."I'mYourWitchdoctor"(Mayall)2:10
11."OnTopoftheWorld(Stereomix)"(Mayall)2:34
12."KeytoLove"(Mayall)2:02
13."OnTopoftheWorld"(Mayall)2:34
14."TheyCallItStormyMonday"(TBoneWalker)4:35
15."IntrointoMaudie"(JohnLeeHooker,Mayall)2:27
16."ItHurtstoBeinLove"(Dixon,Toombs)3:22
17."HaveYouEverLovedaWoman"(Myles)6:44
18."ByeByeBird"(Williamson,Dixon)3:51
19."HoochieCoochieMan"(Dixon)3:53

13:BBCSaturdayClubsession
47:appearedassingles(AandBsides)
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810:BBCSaturdayClubsession
Region
Certification
Certifiedunits/Sales
11:unreleasedtrack(stereomix)
1213:BBCSaturdayClubsession
14:livetrackfromLookingBack
1519:livetracksfromPrimalSolos

Personnel
JohnMayallleadvocals,piano,HammondB3organ,harmonica
EricClaptonleadguitar,leadvocalson"Ramblin'onMyMind"
JohnMcViebassguitar
HughieFlintdrums

Additionalmusicians
GeoffKrivitguitar(disctwotracks810,notfeaturedonoriginalalbum)
JackBrucebass(disctwotracks1419,notfeaturedonoriginalalbum)
AlanSkidmoretenorsaxophone
JohnnyAlmondbaritonesaxophone
DerekHealeytrumpet

Production
GusDudgeonengineer
MikeVernonproducer

Charts
Year

Chart

Position

22July
1966

UKAlbum
Chart

#6[12]

Certifications
Region

Certification

UnitedKingdom(BPI)[13] Gold
1998Release

Certifiedunits/Sales
100,000^

^shipmentsfiguresbasedoncertificationalone

References
1.Eder,Bruce."Overview:BluesbreakerswithEricClaptonbyJohnMayall&theBluesbreakers".AllMusic.United
States.Retrieved11December2010.
2.Clapton,Eric(2007)."Chapter4:Cream".Clapton:TheAutobiography(1sted.).UnitedStates:BroadwayBooks.
pp.72,73.ISBN9780385518512.
3.Gordon,Keith."ReviewofJohnMayall'sBluesbreakersWithEricClaptonAlbum".About.com.Retrieved12August
2013.
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4.Maloof,Rich(2004).JimMarshall,fatherofloud:thestoryofthemanbehindtheworldsmostfamousguitar
amplifiers.HalLeonard.pp.4849.ISBN9780879308032.
5.Schumacher,Michael(1995)."Chapter3:Deification(196566)".Crossroads:TheLifeandMusicofEricClapton(1st
ed.).NewYorkCity:Hyperion.pp.6466.ISBN078686074X.
6."GibsonEricClapton1960LesPaul".Gibson.com.Retrieved13June2014.
7."MusicReviewofJohnMayallBluesbreakersWithEricClapton".BBC.1January1970.Retrieved13June2014.
8.Planer,Lindsay."JohnMayall&TheBluesbreakers:BluesbreakerswithEricClapton[Remastered](http://www.allmusi
c.com/album/r541448/review)atAllMusic.Retrieved27September2011.
9."195BluesBreakers".RollingStone.1November2003.Retrieved19March2010.
10.^RobertDimeryMichaelLydon(23March2010).1001AlbumsYouMustHearBeforeYouDie:RevisedandUpdated
Edition.Universe.ISBN9780789320742.
11."Yardbirds&Bluesbreakers".TheEricClaptonLyricArchive.ericclapton.co.uk.Retrieved27September2011.
12."ChartStatsJohnMayallWithEricClapton".www.chartstats.com.Retrieved17June2010.
13."BritishalbumcertificationsJohnMayall&EricClaptonBluesBreakers".BritishPhonographicIndustry.Retrieved
30January2016.EnterBluesBreakersinthefieldKeywords.SelectTitleinthefieldSearchby.Selectalbuminthe
fieldByFormat.SelectGoldinthefieldByAward.ClickSearch

Externallinks
Albumonline(http://www.radio3net.ro/dbartists/supersearch/Qmx1ZXMgQnJlYWtlcnMg/Blues%20Bre
akers)onRadio3NetaradiochannelofRomanianRadioBroadcastingCompany
(French)JohnMayallInterview(2010)(http://www.lesoreilles.com/johnmayall.html)publishedinthe
FrenchmagazineGuitarPart
Allknownreleasedversions(http://www.discogs.com/JohnMayallWithEricClaptonBluesBreakers/m
aster/30199)ofJohnMayallWithEricClaptonBluesBreakers,discogs.com
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