Il Dizionario Del Rock – N.° 55
1 I'm Your Witch Doctor 2:16
2 Medley: Time Has Come / 2401 11:57
3 Telephone Blues 3:57
4 On The Top Of The World 2:50
5 Parchman Farm
Note
Track 1 recorded at IBC Studios in August 1965
Tracks 2,5 live in Bremen 5-22-1969
Tracks 3,4 live in London 1965
Lineup:
Guitar: Eric Clapton (tracks 1,3,4); Mick Taylor (tracks 2,5)
Keyboard, vocals: John Mayall
Bass: John McVie (tracks 1,3,4); Steve Thompson (tracks 2,5)
Drums: Hughie Flint (tracks 1,3,4); Collin Allen (tracks 2,5)
This bootleg is partial copy of another italian bootleg: BULLDOGS FOR SALE
This album is part of the italian series made by Armando Curcio Editore.
This album as been digitally remastered in 1991, it has a fine cover, fine audio quality for the time.
Due to its rarity and good quality, this disc is recommended. These bootlegs offer an excellent image of the various bands, in some cases, better than the official material of the time. Please note that many of these bootlegs and songs have been released officially in different moments:
Please read below for other infos.
Quality content:
© Official released material:
Tracks 1,3 have been released officially on Telephone Blues Single
Tracks 1,2,3,4,5 have been released officially on: The First Generation 1965-1974 deluxe box set
Track 4 has been released officially on The World Of John Mayall
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Mayall - Telephone Blues
I often do, as it’s just about the way only way I can come to terms with the utter tragedy of a talent wasted so shamelessly through heroin, sanitised reggae usage and being an all-round Stratocaster-wielding bore, as well as a bearded clotheshorse. I don’t care if he’s still considered ‘God,’ because even if ‘God Himself’ phoned in dull records for THREE DECADES (to ceaseless and typical critical acclaim, no less) you couldn’t hope for more non-believers. If this seems unwholesomely vitriolic (and it is, I know) believe me, it’s for good reason because older fans idolise him for all the wrong reasons (from Derek & the Dominos to the present day) and younger music fans dismiss him outright for all the right reasons (from Derek & the Dominos to the present day) while everybody else seems to have forgotten one small yet important fact (Remember quickly, before this verges on outright character assassination): Eric Clapton revolutionised the way people played electric guitar forever, like it or not. And his fuse was first really lit not in The Yardbirds, but within the blowtorch confines of his first record with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers: the single “I’m Your Witchdoctor.” A limited edition single and the trendsetting sole LP followed shortly thereafter.
“I’m Your Witchdoctor” is the first place where E.C.’s fire truly raged. Insofar as raw, rough and jumpy blues are concerned, “I’m Your Witchdoctor” is a track that surpasses all the other residents of those ropey Immediate “History of The Blues” compilations and renders asunder the yawn-o-rama and drum-less “Guitar Boogie” collection (itself an Andrew Loog Oldham rip-off of Jimmy Page’s recordings of loose blues jams with Clapton.) And “Little” Jimmy Page was the producer here as well, expertly feeling out Clapton’s solos and adding TONS of reverb to the them to make them even more soaring and fiery than they already were. Although mere months away from the formation of The Cream, the blistering displays of feel from Clapton on this track, aided and abetted by Mayall’s creaky organ and too-young-to-sound-so worldly vocals, John McVie’s bass and Hughie Flint’s expert understatement of drums, must have sounded about as raucous and otherworldly as anything the keen-eared British music fan had heard since The Pretty Things or The Stones. And right after Mayall’s “Got my eye on you...” Clapton lets loose with a ferocious solo with constantly repeated finger vibrato that harkens to the track one could (arguably, that is) hold responsible for heavy metal: The Cream’s “Cat’s Squirrel.” In furtherance of this link (and to follow an epiphany I once had about Black Sabbath -- one of several) consider this brief outline:
Who is John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians.
Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1933,[1] Mayall was the son of Murray Mayall, a guitarist and jazz music enthusiast. From an early age, John was drawn to the sounds of American blues players such as Lead Belly, Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith and Eddie Lang, and taught himself to play the piano, guitars, and harmonica.
Mayall spent three years in Korea for national service and, during a period of leave, he bought his first electric guitar. Back in England, he enrolled at Manchester College of Art (now part of Manchester Metropolitan University) and started playing with semi-professional bands.[citation needed] After graduation, he obtained a job as an art designer but continued to play with local musicians. In 1963, he opted for a full-time musical career and moved to London. His previous craft would be put to good use in the designing of covers for many of his coming albums.[citation needed]
Since the end of the 1960s Mayall has lived in the US. A brush fire destroyed his house in Laurel Canyon in 1979, seriously damaging his musical collections and archives.
Mayall has been married twice, and has six grandchildren. His second wife, Maggie Mayall, is an American blues performer, and since the early 1980s took part in the management of her husband's career. The pair divorced in 2011[3] and Maggie wrote online about the experience.[4]
In 2005 Mayall was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Honours List
John Mayall / The First Generation 1965-1974 deluxe box set John Mayall’s The First Generation 1965-1974 is an enormous 35CD box set that documents the early career of ‘The Godfather of British Blues’, with remastered studio albums, unreleased BBC recordings, previously unheard live gigs and more.
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I often do, as it’s just about the way only way I can come to terms with the utter tragedy of a talent wasted so shamelessly through heroin, sanitised reggae usage and being an all-round Stratocaster-wielding bore, as well as a bearded clotheshorse. I don’t care if he’s still considered ‘God,’ because even if ‘God Himself’ phoned in dull records for THREE DECADES (to ceaseless and typical critical acclaim, no less) you couldn’t hope for more non-believers. If this seems unwholesomely vitriolic (and it is, I know) believe me, it’s for good reason because older fans idolise him for all the wrong reasons (from Derek & the Dominos to the present day) and younger music fans dismiss him outright for all the right reasons (from Derek & the Dominos to the present day) while everybody else seems to have forgotten one small yet important fact (Remember quickly, before this verges on outright character assassination): Eric Clapton revolutionised the way people played electric guitar forever, like it or not. And his fuse was first really lit not in The Yardbirds, but within the blowtorch confines of his first record with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers: the single “I’m Your Witchdoctor.” A limited edition single and the trendsetting sole LP followed shortly thereafter.
“I’m Your Witchdoctor” is the first place where E.C.’s fire truly raged. Insofar as raw, rough and jumpy blues are concerned, “I’m Your Witchdoctor” is a track that surpasses all the other residents of those ropey Immediate “History of The Blues” compilations and renders asunder the yawn-o-rama and drum-less “Guitar Boogie” collection (itself an Andrew Loog Oldham rip-off of Jimmy Page’s recordings of loose blues jams with Clapton.) And “Little” Jimmy Page was the producer here as well, expertly feeling out Clapton’s solos and adding TONS of reverb to the them to make them even more soaring and fiery than they already were. Although mere months away from the formation of The Cream, the blistering displays of feel from Clapton on this track, aided and abetted by Mayall’s creaky organ and too-young-to-sound-so worldly vocals, John McVie’s bass and Hughie Flint’s expert understatement of drums, must have sounded about as raucous and otherworldly as anything the keen-eared British music fan had heard since The Pretty Things or The Stones. And right after Mayall’s “Got my eye on you...” Clapton lets loose with a ferocious solo with constantly repeated finger vibrato that harkens to the track one could (arguably, that is) hold responsible for heavy metal: The Cream’s “Cat’s Squirrel.” In furtherance of this link (and to follow an epiphany I once had about Black Sabbath -- one of several) consider this brief outline:
John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians.
Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1933,[1] Mayall was the son of Murray Mayall, a guitarist and jazz music enthusiast. From an early age, John was drawn to the sounds of American blues players such as Lead Belly, Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith and Eddie Lang, and taught himself to play the piano, guitars, and harmonica.
Mayall spent three years in Korea for national service and, during a period of leave, he bought his first electric guitar. Back in England, he enrolled at Manchester College of Art (now part of Manchester Metropolitan University) and started playing with semi-professional bands.[citation needed] After graduation, he obtained a job as an art designer but continued to play with local musicians. In 1963, he opted for a full-time musical career and moved to London. His previous craft would be put to good use in the designing of covers for many of his coming albums.[citation needed]
Since the end of the 1960s Mayall has lived in the US. A brush fire destroyed his house in Laurel Canyon in 1979, seriously damaging his musical collections and archives.
Mayall has been married twice, and has six grandchildren. His second wife, Maggie Mayall, is an American blues performer, and since the early 1980s took part in the management of her husband's career. The pair divorced in 2011[3] and Maggie wrote online about the experience.[4]
In 2005 Mayall was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Honours List
Featuring Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Harvey Mandel, Blue Mitchell, Jon Mark and many more outstanding musicians, the 35 discs in this mammoth package include three CD singles and eight previously unreleased discs, alongside newly remastered versions of the original Decca & Polydor albums. For a short but compelling time in the ’60s and ’70s, John Mayall recognised raw talent, took it in, nurtured it, and everyone thrived and benefitted as a result. Many of the best musicians of the period passed through the ranks of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. All are on show here in this set with an abundance of musical highlights.
The unreleased concerts include Windsor 1967, Gothenburg 1968, Berlin 1969 and San Francisco 1970 and the 28 unreleased BBC tracks feature none other than Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor! John Mayall The First Generation 1965-1974 box set (click image to enlarge)
Strictly limited to 5,000 copies worldwide this set comes with a 168-page hardcover book with many rare photos and images of memorabilia and a full gig listing for the era, a fan club book of letters and correspondence, two replica posters (Ten Years Are Gone and 1968 tour poster), a replica press pack for John Mayall Plays John Mayall and a photograph individually signed by John Mayall himself (who is thankfully still with us at the ripe old age of 86).
The First Generation 1965-1974 is only available to pre-order via two retailers in the UK and the SDE shop is one of them. It will be released on 29 January 2021 on the Madfish label through Snapper. Madfish are known for producing vast, acclaimed sets like the Gentle Giant Unburied Treasure or Wishbone Ash Vintage Years that often go out of print rather quickly!
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