Mayall, John & Bluesbreakers Hard Road CD

 Greeny rules!
Unbelievable for 1966, we've got Peter Green, of course, Aynsley Dunbar & John McVie. This includes the original album(probably in mono mix)& two singles w/a & b sides, two session outtakes & a four song EP w/Paul Butterfield. Also, I think there are four BBC tracks, which I can't wait to hear. I have the USA version of this which includes all of these except the BBC tracks, but includes a ultra rare cut Peter Green cut from "Raw Blues", eight tracks also on the UK version of "Crusade", a single w/a & b sides from the UK version of Bare Wires & "First Time Alone" w/Peter Green from Mayall's Blues from Laurel Canyon. The UK version, overall, has a better mix/remaster than the American version although I had to have both & the rest of the others. I still need both "Looking Back & Thru the Years", although most of those tracks are on these various CD's. "Back to the Roots" is another great album of Mayall's that includes Harvey Mandel, Mick & Larry Taylor, Eric Clapton,(whose playing sounds like the Derek era Eric), Keef Hartley & Sugarcane Harris. To complete the catalog of '60 & '70's era Mayall, I would need, Mayall plays Mayall, Blues Alone & Dairies of a Band Vol. I & II. The Turning Point is one I haven't really given a fair listen yet, so I won't review it. Last but not least, I forget I need "Primal Solos", although I have the cuts w/Eric from on the Deluxe Edition UK version of the Beano album. That version of that CD is simply amazing. Oh yeah, also USA Union is a drummerless album with Harvey Mandel, Sugarcane Harris & Larry Taylor. I finally think that about covers Mayall's early career, although he was already old then.
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 John Mayall, the master
How could you go wrong? I mean, a man who helped develop Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, and Peter Green, this CD only makes you want more. Try it, Buy it, you won't be sorry
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 muy bueno
excelente edicion de este clasico disco de mayall, se destaca el buen sonido y la calidad de los bonus track
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 Great classic album!
I got the USA 2CD version of this in 2004 & have really enjoyed it. I then more recently purchased the UK versions of other Mayall albums including the Deluxe Edition of the Beano album w/ Eric Clapton & they sound 3x's better than this version, so I decided to get the UK version of Hard Road to round out my collection. Next I'm going to get both the Complete Otis Spann & Eddie Boyd albums done w/ Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.
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