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Label:
Audio Fidelity (3) – AFZ 056
Series:
24K+ Gold CD Series
Format:
CD, HDCD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Mono, 24 Karat Gold CD
Country:
US
Released:
2009
Genre:
Rock, Blues
Style:
Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Electric Blues
Album cover with band members.
L-R John Mayall, Eric Clapton, John McVie and Hughie Flint
Studio album by John Mayall with Eric Clapton
Released July 22, 1966
Recorded May 1966
Studios Decca, London[1]
Genres
Blues rock[2]blues[3]
Length 37:39
Label Decca
Producer Mike Vernon
John Mayall chronology
John Mayall Plays John Mayall
(1965) Blues Breakers
(1966) A Hard Road
(1967)

Blues Breakers, colloquially known as The Beano Album, is the debut studio album by the English blues rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, originally credited to John Mayall with Eric Clapton. Produced by Mike Vernon and released in 1966 by Decca Records (UK) and London Records (US), it pioneered a guitar-dominated blues-rock sound.

The album was commercially successful and most critics viewed it positively. In 2003 and 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it number 195 on its list of the `500 Greatest Albums of All Time`. It was voted number 391 in Colin Larkin`s All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).

Background
After the release of Mayall`s first album, the live John Mayall Plays John Mayall, Eric Clapton joined the group as the lead guitarist. Mayall originally intended for his second album to also be a live one in order to capture the guitar solos performed by Clapton. A set was recorded at the Flamingo Club, with Jack Bruce (with whom Clapton would subsequently work in Cream) on bass. The recordings, however, were of poor quality and were not used,[4] although one song, `Stormy Monday` was included on Mayall`s retrospective Looking Back (1969).

Recording
With the original plan of a live album now discarded, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers recorded Blues Breakers at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London in May 1966.[5] The guitar that Eric Clapton used during these sessions was a sunburst 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard with two PAF humbucking pickups. This guitar was stolen in 1966; its whereabouts remain unknown.[6] However, blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa claims to have been told the guitar is in a private collection in the eastern United States. Bonamassa also asserts that the guitar is a 1959 rather than 1960 model.[7] The guitar became known as the `Blues Breaker` or `Beano` Les Paul, and a replica was issued by Gibson in 2012.[6] Critics consider Clapton`s guitar tone and playing on this album to be influential in the artistic and commercial development of rock-styled guitar playing.[8]

The band on this album includes Mayall on piano, Hammond organ, harmonica, and most vocals; bassist John McVie; drummer Hughie Flint; and Clapton.[9] Augmenting the band on this album was a horn section added during post-production, with Alan Skidmore, Johnny Almond, and Derek Healey.[9]

Musical style
The album consists of blues standards by well-known artists, such as Otis Rush, Freddie King and Robert Johnson, as well as a few originals penned by Mayall and Clapton. Most tracks serve as a showcase for Clapton`s playing. Although he provided some co- and backing vocals with his former group, the Yardbirds, `Ramblin` on My Mind` is Clapton`s first solo lead vocal to be recorded.[1]

Artwork
The album is often called The Beano Album by fans because of its cover photograph showing Eric Clapton reading The Beano,[10] a British children`s comic.[11] Clapton stated in his autobiography that he was reading The Beano on the cover because he felt like being `uncooperative` during the photo shoot.[1] David Wedgbury took the photograph near the Old Kent Road.

Details taken from the original London Records (US) LP record album[9] (the Decca (UK) album does not list running times); other releases may show different information.

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `All Your Love` Otis Rush 3:33
2. `Hide Away` (instrumental) Freddie King, Sonny Thompson 3:15
3. `Little Girl` Mayall 2:35
4. `Another Man` Mayall 1:45
5. `Double Crossing Time` Eric Clapton, Mayall 3:02
6. `What`d I Say` Ray Charles 4:25
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Key to Love` Mayall 2:06
2. `Parchman Farm` Mose Allison 2:20
3. `Have You Heard` Mayall 5:55
4. `Ramblin` on My Mind` (Clapton on vocals) Robert Johnson 3:07
5. `Steppin` Out` (instrumental) L.C. Frazier a.k.a. Memphis Slim 2:30
6. `It Ain`t Right` Marion Walter Jacobs a.k.a. Little Walter 2:40

Personnel
Blues Breakers[22]

John Mayall – vocals, piano, organ, harmonica
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals on `Ramblin` on My Mind`
John McVie – bass guitar
Hughie Flint – drums
Horn section on tracks 7, 9, 11[22]

Alan Skidmore – tenor saxophone
Johnny Almond – baritone saxophone (also on track 5)
Derek Healey – trumpet (original album sleeve erroneously shows `Dennis Healey`)
Additional musicians

Geoff Krivit – guitar (disc two tracks 8–10, not featured on original album)
Jack Bruce – bass (disc two tracks 14–19, not featured on original album)
Production

Gus Dudgeon – engineer
Mike Vernon – producer