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"…Walking On Sunset…Never Reach The End…"
"So Many Roads: An
Anthology 1964-1974" is a long overdue 4CD 75-Track Book Set for England's
Blues Rock maverick JOHN MAYALL. There's a huge trawl of great stuff on here so
let's get to the blues breakers and shakers right away...
UK released July 2010 - "So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974" by JOHN MAYALL on
Universal/Decca 532 764-2 (Barcode 600753276426) plays out as follows...
Disc 1 (78:11 minutes):
1. Crawling Up A Hill
2. Mr. James (1 and 2 are A
& B-sides of a May 1964 UK 7" single on Decca F 11900)
3. When I'm Gone
4. R&B Time
5. Runaway
6. What's The Matter With
You (3 to 6 from the March 1965 UK LP "John Mayall & The
Bluesbreakers" on Decca LK 4680)
7. Crocodile Walk
8. Blues City Shake Down (7
and 8 are A&B-sides of an April 1965 UK 7" single on Decca F 12120)
9. I'm Your Witchdoctor
10. Telephone Blues (9 and
10 are the A&B-sides of an October 1965 UK 7" single on Immediate
IM012)
11. On Top Of The World
(first appeared on the December 1967 UK LP compilation "Blues Anytime
Vol.2" on Immediate IMCP 105)
12. They Call It Stormy
Monday (part of the 1969 UK compilation LP "Looking Back" on Decca
SKL 5010)
13. Have You Ever Loved A
Woman (part of the 1977 "Primal Solos" UK compilation LP on London LC
50003)
14. All Your Love
15. Double Crossing Time
16. Steppin' Out
17. What'd I Say
18. Key To Love
19. Parchman Farm (14 to 19
are from the July 1966 UK LP "Blues Breakers" - John Mayall with Eric
Clapton on Decca LK 4804)
20. Looking back
21. So Many Roads (20 and 21
are the A&B-sides of an October 1966 UK 7" single on Decca F 12506)
22. Long Night (from the
January 1967 UK LP "Raw Blues" on Ace Of Clubs SCL 1220)
23. Dust My Blues
24. The Stumble (23 and 24
are from the February 1967 UK LP "A Hard Road" on Decca SKL 4853)
[Notes: 1 to 11, 14 to 21
are in MONO - all others are STEREO; CD1 also has an uncredited Track 25 which
is simply called "Title 25"]
Disc 2 (76:44 minutes):
1. You Don't Love Me
2. It's Over
3. The Super-Natural (1 to 3
are from the February 1967 UK LP "A Hard Road" on Decca SKL 4853)
4. Sittin' In The Rain
(A-side to a January 1967 UK 7" single on Decca F 12545)
5. Ridin' On The L&N
6. All My Life (5 and 6 are
from a January 1967 UK EP "John Mayall Bluesbreakers with Paul
Butterfield" on Decca DFE 8673)
7. Double Trouble (A-side of
a June 1967 UK 7" single on Decca F 12621)
8. Suspicions (Part One)
(A-side of an October 1967 UK 7" single on Decca F 12684)
9. Oh Pretty Woman
10. Snowy Wood
11. Checkin' Up On My Baby
(9 to 11 are from the September 1967 UK LP "Crusade" by John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers)
12. No More Tears
13. Brand New Start (12 and
13 are from the November 1967 UK LP "The Blues Alone" on Ace Of Clubs
SCL 1243)
14. Picture On The Wall
(A-side of a February 1968 UK 7" single on Decca F 12732)
15. Look In The Mirror
16. No Reply
17. Hartley Quits (15 to 17
are from the June 1968 UK LP "Bare Wires" on Decca SKL 4945)
18. 2401 (A-side of a
November 1968 UK 7" single on Decca F 12846)
19. Walking On Sunset
20. Medicine Man
21. Miss James
22. Fly Tomorrow (19 to 22
are from the November 1968 UK LP "Blues From Laurel canyon" on Decca
SKL 4972)
[Notes: 4 to 8, 12 to 14 and
18 are MONO - all others are STEREO]
Disc 3 (75:38 minutes):
1. The Laws Must Change
2. California
3. Room To Move (1 to 3 are
from the November 1969 UK LP "The Turning Point" on Polydor 583 571)
4. Sleeping By Her Side
(recorded at the Fillmore East 12 July 1969 - Previously Unreleased)
5. Don't Waste My Time
6. Something New
7. Waiting For The Right
Time
8. Counting The Days (5 to 8
are from the April 1970 UK LP "Empty Rooms" on Polydor 583 580)
9. Off The Road
10. Crying
11. Nature's Disappearing (9
to 11 are from the November 1970 UK LP "USA Union" on Polydor 2425
020)
12. Accidental Suicide
13. Prisons On The Road
14. Unanswered Questions (12
to 14 are from the June 1971 UK 2LP Set "Back To The Roots" on
Polydor 2657 005)
Disc 4 (77:04 minutes):
1. Television Eye (from the
June 1971 UK 2LP Set "Back To The Roots" on Polydor 2657 005)
2. Memories
3. Nobody Cares (2 and 3 are
from the 1971 UK album "Memories" on Polydor 2425 085)
4. Good Time Boogie
5. Got To Be This Way
6. Mess Around
7. Country Road (4 to 7 are
`live' from the 1972 UK LP "Jazz Blues Fusion" on Polydor 2425 103)
8. Moving On
9. Things Go Wrong
10. High Pressure Living (8
to 10 are from the 1973 UK LP "Moving On" on Polydor 2391 047)
11. Driving `Til The Break
Of Day
12. Burning Sun (11 and 12
are from the 1973 UK LP "Ten Years Are Gone" on Polydor 2683 036)
13. Little Kitten
14. Gasoline Blues (13 and
14 are from the 1974 UK LP "The Latest Edition" on Polydor 2391 141)
The attached 38-page colour
booklet is a treasure of great photos (many unpublished until now), album
sleeves, concert posters, trade adverts for singles on Decca and brilliant
liner-notes by MARK POWELL (has contributed to major Universal box set projects
and Esoteric CD reissues). All the big musician names that travelled through
the Mayall catalyst camp are in here too - Eric Clapton, Peter Green, John
McVie, Mick Taylor, Paul Butterfield, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Hughie Flint,
Keef Hartley, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Johnny Almond, Roger Dean and a
whole plethora of other luminaries too numerous to mention.
But for me the big news is
the fabulous PASCHAL BYRNE remasters carried out at The Audio Archiving Company
in London from original master tapes. I've got most of the important Sixties
albums on great Decca remasters ("Blues Breakers", "Bare
Wires" and the mighty "Blues From Laurel Canyon") - but what a
blast to hear Disc 3 and 4 where it stretches into uncharted remasters - the
Seventies. I love the weary piano misery of "Nobody Cares" (from
1971's "Memories") and the live slinky Blues of "Country
Road" with a band that's cooking in front of an appreciative crowd (dig
Clifford Soloman on Sax). And Laurel Canyon's 9-minute "Fly Tomorrow"
is trippy genius - featuring superb Mick Taylor guitar work (later with The
Stones) while Colin Allen gives it some California Tabla and cool vibes. It
also sounds glorious. You get a little Jazz Blues on "High Pressure
Living" and it ends on the funky "Gasoline Blues" bemoaning the
foreign oil crisis ("I'm stuck out here in the Hollywood hills...waiting
in line `til your engine croaks...").
"I'll be way up in the
sky...", John Mayall sings on "Fly Tomorrow". If you want to
start your journey - then I'd advise you begin your trip with him to the many
varieties of The Blues right here...
