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Perhaps not Mayall's best performance,but if you enjoy British blues of the late sixties and early seventies, this piece of work is a must have.
And his audience loves that chooga-chooga John Mayall albums are generally blues-harp-guitar fests, but this is something really special. If you are a fan of the Mark-Almond band, if you are interested in hearing some great drumless (unplugged). music by a crack group of session/ road/ legendary performers, this is it. To my ears, this is the best Mayall album overall.
It sounds as fresh today as it did 40 years ago.Mayall never sold himself short. A piece of magic was captured that July night in NYC. This recording is timeless. He kept moving and if you wanted to make the trip, you could come too.
When ever I am asked to name some of my favorite albums this is always the first on the list. I have talked to the most knowledgeable music people I can find. Each song offers something different in sound and flavor. It is totally unique. If you like to listen to great live moments in musical history then you need to add this to your collection and no collection of Rock, Blues or Jazz is complete until this album is added to said collection. They agree, it is a great album and there is no other album like it.
Other reviews already spell out all the specifics of who is playing and what they do, so I won't be redundent. There is only one album like this ever recorded. I have explored records and musicians. The sound is a blend of string and wind instruments without drums.
From start to finish this alblum gets me moving. The blues jazz fushion is awesome.
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