JOHN MAYALL with ERIC CLAPTON-BLUES BREAKERS-DECCA UNBOXED MONO LK.4804 1966
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JOHN MAYALL with ERIC CLAPTON-BLUES BREAKERS TYPE SINGLE LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO
DECCA 1ST PRESS GROOVED LABELS AND UNBOXED LOGOS AND MATRIX NUMBERS:ARL-7297-1A & ARL-7298-1A
CATALOGUE NUMBER LK.4804 YEAR OF RELEASE 1966 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE SINGLE-MacNeill Press LAMINATED FRONT,NON FLIPBACK "BEANO" SLEEVE INSERTS/EXTRAS ORIGINAL LINED DECCA MONO INNER GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)EXCELLENT(ISH) (DEFINITELY a record to play and not sit and gaze at.In essence it hasnt been heavily played but someone has attempted to clean it with I dont know what at some point in its life and the result is that the surfaces have a lots of very light tiny marks,not abrasions exactly but unsightly,the effect though is virtually non existant and there is absolutely no impact caused on the reproductive quality,there is hardly any background on the track seperators even,and being mid 60's DECCA MONO and the level of intensity of the music it all sounds pretty amazing really.A I said if your sole aim in life is buying records to look over once and then store away in a sealed unit forever this isnt for you,but for the rest of us that like to crank up a volume dial for their entertainmet then you cant go much wrong with this.)
LABELSEXCELLENT (CLEAN LABELS with NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks,and in keeping with its authentic 60' feel has been subject to some heavy handed usage,most probably using an oversized stacker that appeared regulary on 60's cheap record players with all of their sharp edges and the like)
SLEEVEFront board and Inner Gatefold EX+
NICE and clean with NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks.The laminate is bright and shiny with NO ringwear and just VERY LIGHT rubbing wear and light creasing
Rear board EX REAR white card is clean with just very light ageing and the only thing of note being a small blob of tippex bottom right. Flipbacks N/A N/A Spine EX+ COMPLETE and uncrushed with clear lettering,has a bit of laminate cracking along the length Edges EX TOP and bottom edges have light wear with just a small patch of light rubbing wear top centre Opening EX+ LIGHT wear and LIGHT usage Corners EX+ ALL corners have LIGHT wear only INNER /EXTRASINNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT (CLEAN with no rips tears edge splits or repairs.The inner bag is clean and unworn and firmly attached to the body of the sleeve)
DETAILSBluesbreakers 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.
This album was the culmination of a very successful year of playing with John Mayall, a fully realized blues creation, featuring sounds very close to the group's stage performances, and with no compromises. Credit has to go to producer Mike Vernon for the purity and simplicity of the record; most British producers of that era wouldn't have been able to get it recorded this way, much less released.
One can hear the very direct influence of Buddy Guy and a handful of other American bluesmen in the playing. And lest anyone forget the rest of the quartet: future pop/rock superstar John McVie and drummer Hughie Flint provide a rock-hard rhythm section, and Mayall's organ playing, vocalizing, and second guitar are all of a piece with Clapton's work.
His guitar naturally dominates most of this record, and he can also be heard taking his first lead vocal, but McVie and Flint are just as intense and give the tracks an extra level of steel-strung tension and power, none of which have diminished across several decades.
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