Based upon hours of exclusive interview material with John Mayall, together with his colleagues and collaborators, John Mayall... the London Years is the Ultimate Listening Guide to the most fruitful period in British blues, the years in which the Bluesbreakers ruled the roost and took on the world.
Backed by musicians the calibre of Eric Clapton, Peter Green Mick Taylor, Aynsley Dunbar, Jack Bruce, John McVie, Hughie Flint and many more, John Mayall recorded some of the most crucial blues of the era. This is their story.
The Ultimate Listening Guide is a series of short (approx 40 page) guides to the lives, times and most crucial recordings by a wide range of artists.
Many are based around exclusive interviews featuring the artist’s own recollections and reactions to his or her unfolding career, and are packed with both personal information and key collector’s data.
For the past thirty years, author Dave Thompson has been a contributor to a variety of collectors publications, including Goldmine, DISCoveries, Record Collector, Spiral Scratch, Live Music Review, Big O and British Punk Collector. He is also editor of the long-running Goldmine record price guides.
Titles in this series include:
Eric Clapton
The Clash
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Peter Frampton
Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac
George Harrison
Robyn Hitchcock
Kraftwerk
John Lennon
Bob Marley & the Wailers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Paul McCartney & Wings
Joe Meek
the Mothers of Invention
Mike Oldfield
Elvis Presley
Queen
The Rutles
Status Quo
Thin Lizzy
Backed by musicians the calibre of Eric Clapton, Peter Green Mick Taylor, Aynsley Dunbar, Jack Bruce, John McVie, Hughie Flint and many more, John Mayall recorded some of the most crucial blues of the era. This is their story.
The Ultimate Listening Guide is a series of short (approx 40 page) guides to the lives, times and most crucial recordings by a wide range of artists.
Many are based around exclusive interviews featuring the artist’s own recollections and reactions to his or her unfolding career, and are packed with both personal information and key collector’s data.
For the past thirty years, author Dave Thompson has been a contributor to a variety of collectors publications, including Goldmine, DISCoveries, Record Collector, Spiral Scratch, Live Music Review, Big O and British Punk Collector. He is also editor of the long-running Goldmine record price guides.
Titles in this series include:
Eric Clapton
The Clash
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Peter Frampton
Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac
George Harrison
Robyn Hitchcock
Kraftwerk
John Lennon
Bob Marley & the Wailers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Paul McCartney & Wings
Joe Meek
the Mothers of Invention
Mike Oldfield
Elvis Presley
Queen
The Rutles
Status Quo
Thin Lizzy
