MAYALL, JOHN (BLUESBREAKERS)
- CD
THE MONO SINGLES COLLECTION 1964-68
LABEL: |
MVR-Decca 1162 |
SOURCE: |
Tracks 1,2: Decca St. 20 April 64, Tracks 3,4: Decca St. 26 Feb.65, Track 5,6: Pye St. 22 Oct.65, Track 7: Pye St. 2 Dec.65, Tracks 9,10: Wessex Sound St. early 66, Tracks 10,11: Decca St. March 66, Tracks 12,13: 30 Sep.66, Tracks 14,15: Decca St. 11 Oct.66, Track 16,17: Decca St. 16 Feb.67, Tracks 18,19: Decca St. 19 Apr.67, Tracks 20,21: Decca St. 14 Sept.67, Track 22: Decca St. 4 Dec.67, Track 23: Decca St. 5 Dec.67. |
FORMAT: |
1 picture cd |
RUNNING TIME: |
75.20 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Soundboard mono |
PACKAGING: |
Foldout Paper Sleeve with 6 pages booklet |
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SOUND 10 / PACKAGING 10
/ PERFORMANCE 10
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TRACK LIST: |
1. Crawling
Up A Hill, 2. Mr. James, 3. Crocodile Walk, 4. Blues City Shakedown, 5. I’m
Your Witchdoctor, 6. Telephone Blues, 7. On Top Of The World, 8. Lonely Years,
9. Bernard Jenkins, 10. Parchman Farm, 11. Key To Love, 12. Looking Back, 13.
So Many Roads, 14. Sitting In The Rain, 15. Out Of Reach, 16. Curly, 17. Rubber
Duck, 18. Double Trouble, 19. It Hurts Me Too, 20. Suspicious Pt.1, 21.
Suspicious Pt.2, 22. Jenny, 23. Picture On The Wall.
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REVIEW: |
Although
credited to Empress Valley on the back cover, this new release is from Mid
Valley, according to what is printed on the disc. Mid Valley is a label
specialized on Eric Clapton, presents John Mayall original mono singles from
1964 through 1968, however the set includes also tracks with Peter Green and Mick
Taylor whose guitar works really shines. According to the liner notes: “All
selections appear in their original monoaural mixes as prepared shortly after
the sessions. The majority were later remixed to stereo, with the exception of
tracks 1,2,5,6,7,8,9 which only exist in mono. The mastering on all of these
tracks differs considerably from the official remasters. The authentic original
sound is presented here for the first time on CD”. There is a very detailed
booklet inside the sleeve, from which Prof. Stoned the maker wrote: “This
project started in 2011 when I first made the blueprint for this collection and
recorded what I had on hand I have been researching and looking to upgrade the
sound quality of certain tracks ever since, and bought a good number of
original UK 45s in the process. It was a difficult project to complete because
most of the purchases failed to deliver the audio quality I’d hoped for due to
wear to the grooves. But now, nearly to years later, I believe that all of the
tracks here are presented in their best- or at least in their most authentic-
possible sound quality. For the record: everything here was taken from vinyl
and no tracks were taken from fake stereo sources. One might think that the
best place to ear any of these tracks would be original UK 45s. However, a few
years back I stumbled upon a vinyl album called So Many Roads from 1967 in
clean condition. It was compiled specifically for the Dutch market in close
association with Mayall himself. He provided the detailed liner notes too. This
disc collects about half of the tracks here in true mono and also in slightly
better quality than the original 45s (because it lacked some of the compression
that was added before the disc cutting). A great find and without it I wouldn’t
even have thought about trying this. The last UK singles No Reply/She’s Too
Young and The Bear/2401 are omitted from this compilation because they were not
mixed to mono, but rather are fold downs from the stereo album mixes. Also not
include is the EP with Paul Butterfield because it was not a single. My goal with
this compilation was to preserve the sound as it was originally on the records,
or better yet, in the studio. Naturally, there are differences in tonality
since these tracks are from different sessions, but with the exceptions of
three tracks nothing here stood as poorly balanced”.
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