Compilation of non-LP tracks - six 45 B-sides, four A:s and one previously unreleased - recorded 1964-67. Songs involving participation from a large number of famous names that passed through Mayall's bands those years - among them Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Aynsely Dunbar, Keef Heartly and Dick Heckstall-Smith. Like a "Who's Who" of British white blues in the sixties, showing on Mayall's enormous influence as gatherer, moulder and disrtibutor within the genre. Probably indispensable for any fan of Mayall or the British blues scene in general, but even if I get the well needed stuff it doesn't feel all right to me. The cuts only existed in mono prior to this release and apart from "Mr. James" being rechanneled, all were remixed to real stereo. Good enough to my ears with a pristine feeling, but not historically correct. And as the mono (see earlier post) is a fold from these stereo tapes I'm not all in with that either. So choosing between newly made stereo mixes and an fold from those...I don't know. Both have some advantages, but if I have to it'll be the stereo since at least a little more honest. Favorite tracks - "Stormy Monday" (with Clapton and Jack Bruce playing together 1965. More from the same sessions on the 1977 "Primal Solos" album - see earlier post), "Looking Back" and "Jenny". Issued all over the world through the years, also on cassette, reel and CD. German as a 2-LP with different tracking. First US on London (PS 562). Premiere UK had label as shown here and laminated fold/out cover with die-cut mono/stereo hole on back. (MÄH*) (MÅW*) (CPYC*)
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