As one of Our Recommendations and Recommended Recordings, we recommend Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton, by John Mayall.

This 1966 release was a groundbreaking album. It was the first album to feature Eric Clapton doing lead vocal (on a cover of Robert Johnson’s Ramblin’ On My Mind) as well as the first album to feature Eric Clapton on an all blues album. It also featured covers of Mose Allison’s Parchman Farm and Freddie King’s classics Hideaway. In short, a very influential album that is well worth the attention of blues fans.

There are two releases of this album that we are recommending: the 2001 remaster with extra tracks and the Deluxe Edition.

CD Cover, Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton by John Mayall
CD Cover, Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton by John Mayall

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CD Cover, Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton by John Mayall, Deluxe edition
CD Cover, Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton by John Mayall, Deluxe edition

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Here’s a video of Eric Clapton performing Freddy King’s Hideaway with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in 2003. The original Bluesbreakers cover of Hideaway is on Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

 

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