Mayalls follow-up to the highly successful -66 "Bluesbreakers" album. By now Clapton had gone to "Cream", replaced by Peter Green and Ansley Dunbar superseded Hughie Flint on drums. Of fourteen tracks only four are covers, the rest written by Mayall or Green - the track "Supernatural" pointing forward to Greens later "Black Magic Woman" hit with Fleetwood Mac. I don't like this as much as the "Bluebreakers" album. On that Claptons guitar dominates and steers the whole process into something very special. It seems Green, though also a very skilled guitarist, acts too careful here and just becomes a cog in the Mayall machinery. I wish he had taken more place. This is clearly a different mix than the stereo, but haven't had one of those for ages so I can't compare for now. Also issued as mono in US (LONDON LL3502). (Mayall himself designed the cover for this and painted the pic printed on the front cover.)First UK press had ridged label, the one shown here is somewhat later. (MÄH*)(FXÄC*)
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