The First Generation 1965–1974

Compilation by John Mayall

Released 29 January 2021

blues rock chicago blues blues

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CD 1: John Mayall Plays John Mayall
1
Crawling Up a Hill
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:15
2
I Wanna Teach You Everything
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:17
3
When I’m Gone
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:12
4
I Need Your Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:20
5
The Hoot Owl
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:41
6
R. & B. Time: Night Train / Lucille: Night Train / Lucille
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:23
7
Crocodile Walk
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:32
8
What’s the Matter With You
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:39
9
Doreen
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:00
10
Runaway
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:31
11
Heartache
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:07
12
Chicago Line
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:43
13
Crocodile Walk (single version)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:14
CD 2: I’m Your Witchdoctor / Telephone Blues
1
I’m Your Witchdoctor
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:09
2
Telephone Blues
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:55
CD 3: Lonely Years / Bernard Jenkins
1
Lonely Years
John Mayall, Eric Clapton
3:17
2
Bernard Jenkins
John Mayall, Eric Clapton
3:47
2.0 ★
CD 4: Blues Breakers
1
All Your Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:34
2
Hideaway
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:13
3
Little Girl
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:34
4
Another Man
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1:44
5
Double Crossing Time
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:01
6
What’d I Say
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:26
7
Key to Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:06
8
Parchman Farm
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:19
9
Have You Heard
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:54
10
Ramblin’ on My Mind
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:06
11
Steppin’ Out
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:28
12
It Ain’t Right
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:40
CD 5: Blues Breakers
1
All Your Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:34
3.0 ★
2
Hideaway
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:13
2.0 ★
3
Little Girl
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:34
4
Another Man
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1:44
5
Double Crossing Time
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:01
6
What’d I Say
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:26
7
Key to Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:06
8
Parchman Farm
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:19
9
Have You Heard
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:54
10
Ramblin’ on My Mind
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:06
2.0 ★
11
Steppin’ Out
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:28
12
It Ain’t Right
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:40
13
Intro Into Maudie
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:24
14
It Hurts to Be in Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:19
15
Have You Ever Loved a Woman
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:41
16
Bye Bye Bird
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:49
17
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:52
CD 6: All My Life
1
All My Life
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Paul Butterfield
4:22
2
Ridin’ on the L and N
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Paul Butterfield
2:26
3
Little by Little
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Paul Butterfield
2:44
4
Eagle Eye
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Paul Butterfield
2:51
CD 7: A Hard Road
1
A Hard Road
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:05
2
It’s Over
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:48
3
You Don’t Love Me
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:47
5.0 ★
4
The Stumble
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:51
5.0 ★
5
Another Kinda Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:02
6
Hit the Highway
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:14
7
Leaping Christine
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:21
8
Dust My Blues
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:45
9
There's Always Work
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1:30
5.0 ★
10
The Same Way
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:09
5.0 ★
11
The Supernatural
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:54
4.0 ★
12
Top of the Hill
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:38
5.0 ★
13
Someday After Awhile (You’ll Be Sorry)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:50
14
Living Alone
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:25
CD 8: Crusade
1
Oh, Pretty Woman
3:30
2
Stand Back Baby
1:43
3
My Time After a While
5:06
4
Snowy Wood
3:34
5
Man of Stone
2:23
6
Tears in My Eyes
4:14
7
Driving Sideways
3:56
8
The Death of J.B. Lenoir
4:18
9
I Can’t Quit You Baby
4:28
10
Streamline
3:12
11
Me and My Woman
3:58
12
Checkin’ Up on My Baby
3:54
13
Rubber Duck
3:48
CD 9: The Blues Alone
1
Brand New Start
3:23
2
Please Don’t Tell
2:29
3
Down the Line
3:40
4
Sonny Boy Blow
3:47
5
Marsha’s Mood
3:12
6
No More Tears
3:08
7
Catch That Train
2:16
8
Cancelling Out
4:17
9
Harp Man
2:41
10
Brown Sugar
3:40
11
Broken Wings
4:11
12
Don’t Kick Me
3:05
13
Brand New Start (first version)
2:58
14
Marsha’s Mood (first version)
3:15
CD 10: The Diary of a Band, Volume One
1
Blood on the Night
9:04
2
Edmonton – Cooks Ferry Inn (impromptu)
2:56
3
I Can’t Quit You Baby
10:03
4
Medley: Keef Hartley: Speech Only (impromptu) / Anzio Annie / Keef Hartley Interview (continued) Into John Mayall Interview / Snowy Wood / John Mayall Interview (conclusion) / The Lesson
9:37
5
My Own Fault
11:26
6
God Save the Queen
2:53
CD 11: The Diary of a Band, Volume Two
1
Gimme Some Lovin’ / The Train
13:22
2
Crying Shame
10:50
3
Local Boys Makes Good: Speech Only (impromptu)
3:59
4
Help Me
7:10
5
Blues in B Flat
4:44
6
Soul of a Short Fat Man
6:11
CD 12: Bare Wires
1
Bare Wires Suite: Bare Wires / Where Did I Belong / I Started Walking / Open a New Door / Fire / I Know Now / Look Into the Mirror
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
22:53
2
I’m a Stranger
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:12
3
No Reply
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:06
4
Hartley Quits
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:53
5
Killing Time
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:45
6
She’s Too Young
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:20
7
Sandy
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:48
8
Intro – Look at the Girl
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:43
9
Start Walking
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
8:21
CD 13: Blues From Laurel Canyon
1
Vacation
2:47
2
Walking on Sunset
2:53
3
Laurel Canyon Home
4:29
4
2401
3:50
5
Ready to Ride
3:34
6
Medicine Man
2:45
7
Somebody’s Acting Like a Child
3:19
8
The Bear
4:40
9
Miss James
2:24
10
First Time Alone
5:11
11
Long Gone Midnight
3:29
12
Fly Tomorrow
9:04
13
2401 (single version)
3:54
14
Wish You Were Here (live in Sweden, 1968)
8:36
CD 14: Looking Back
1
Mr. James
2:50
2
Blues City Shake Down
2:19
3
They Call It Stormy Monday
4:33
4
So Many Roads
4:44
5
Looking Back
2:34
6
Sitting in the Rain
2:56
7
It Hurts Me Too
2:54
8
Double Trouble
3:19
9
Suspicions (Part Two)
5:28
10
Jenny
4:35
11
Picture on the Wall
3:00
CD 15: The Turning Point
1
The Laws Must Change
7:21
2
Saw Mill Gulch Road
4:36
3
I’m Gonna Fight for You J.B.
5:25
4
So Hard to Share
7:03
5
California
9:30
6
Thoughts About Roxanne
8:20
7
Room to Move
5:01
8
Sleeping by Her Side
5:10
9
Don’t Waste My Time
4:54
10
Can’t Sleep This Night
6:19
CD 16: Empty Rooms
1
Don’t Waste My Time
3:11
2
Plan Your Revolution
2:36
3
Don’t Pick a Flower
3:53
4
Something New
4:37
5
People Cling Together
2:52
6
Waiting for the Right Time
5:33
7
Thinking of My Woman
2:27
8
Counting the Days
5:31
9
When I Go
4:44
10
Many Miles Apart
2:54
11
To a Princess
3:31
12
Lying in My Bed
4:21
CD 17: USA Union
1
Nature’s Disappearing
5:56
2
You Must Be Crazy
3:55
3
Night Flyer
5:33
4
Off the Road
2:48
5
Possessive Emotions
5:21
6
Where Did My Legs Go
3:46
7
Took the Car
4:08
8
Crying
6:28
9
My Pretty Girl
4:22
10
Deep Blue Sea
5:06
CD 18: Back to the Roots
1
Prisons on the Road
4:15
2
My Children
5:07
3
Accidental Suicide
6:14
4
Groupie Girl
3:50
5
Blue Fox
3:40
6
Home Again
4:54
7
Television Eye
7:30
8
Marriage Madness
3:33
9
Looking at Tomorrow
6:52
10
Dream With Me
5:19
11
Full Speed Ahead
5:19
12
Mr Censor Man
4:42
13
Force of Nature
6:31
14
Boogie Albert
2:12
CD 19: Back to the Roots
1
Goodbye December
5:22
2
Unanswered Questions
4:30
3
Devil’s Tricks
7:43
4
Travelling
4:37
5
Accidental Suicide
6:21
6
Force of Nature
5:26
7
Boogie Albert
2:13
8
Television Eye
6:08
9
Prisons on the Road
4:15
10
Home Again
4:56
11
Mr Censor Man
4:41
12
Looking for Tomorrow
6:56
CD 20: Thru the Years
1
Crocodile Walk
2:32
2
My Baby Is Sweeter
2:59
3
Crawling Up a Hill
2:14
4
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
2:37
5
Alabama Blues
2:29
6
Out of Reach
4:41
7
Greeny
3:53
8
Curly
4:48
9
Missing You
1:56
10
Please Don’t Tell
2:30
11
Your Funeral and My Trial
3:53
12
Suspicions (Part I)
3:41
13
Knockers Step Forward
3:10
14
Hide and Seek
2:21
CD 21: Memories
1
Memories
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
5:01
2
Wish I Knew a Woman
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
5:17
3
The City
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
4:54
4
Home in a Tree
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
3:20
5
Separate Ways
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
4:12
6
The Fighting Line
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
4:03
7
Grandad
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
4:36
8
Back From Korea
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
5:09
9
Nobody Cares
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
3:56
10
Play the Harp
John Mayall, Jerry McGee, Larry Taylor
5:22
CD 22: Jazz Blues Fusion
1
Country Road
6:55
2
Messin' Around
2:50
3
Good Times Boogie
8:20
4
Change Your Ways
3:25
5
Dry Throat
6:20
6
Exercise in C Major For Harmonica, Bass & Shufflers
8:10
7
Got to Be This Way
6:15
CD 23: Moving On
1
Worried Mind
9:03
2
Keep Our Country Green
3:32
3
Christmas 71
4:58
4
Things Go Wrong
6:31
5
Do It
5:09
6
Moving On
4:25
7
Red Sky
3:54
8
Reasons
2:58
9
High Pressure Living
6:47
CD 24: Ten Years Are Gone
1
Ten Years Are Gone
4:46
2
Driving Till the Break of Day
5:02
3
Drifting
4:45
4
Better Pass You By
5:12
5
California Campground
3:13
6
Undecided
2:51
7
Good Looking Stranger
4:23
8
I Still Care
4:19
9
Don’t Hang Me Up
4:11
CD 25: Ten Years Are Gone
1
Introduction
1:56
2
Sitting Here Thinking
7:54
3
Harmonica Free Form
11:35
4
Burning Sun
5:06
5
Dark of the Night
17:41
CD 26: The Latest Edition
1
Gasoline Blues
3:41
2
Perfect Peace
3:50
3
Going to Take My Time
2:55
4
Deep Down Feelings
4:42
5
Trouble Times
4:11
6
The Pusher Man
4:05
7
One of the Few
2:44
8
Love Song
5:39
9
Little Kitten
2:35
10
A Crazy Game
4:35
CD 27: BBC Recordings
1
Crawling Up a Hill
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:06
2
Heartache
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:48
3
Crocodile Walk
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:22
4
Bye Bye Bird
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:48
5
I’m Your Witchdoctor
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:09
6
Cheatin’ Woman
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:01
7
Big Time Playboy
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:47
8
Parchman Farm
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:49
9
Nowhere to Run
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1:39
10
Little Girl
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:45
11
Hideaway
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:20
12
Tears in My Eyes
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:28
13
Parchman Farm
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:20
14
Burning My Fingers (aka Burned My Fingers)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:20
15
All Your Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:20
16
Stepping Out
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:12
17
On Top of the World
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:31
18
Key to Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:00
19
Leaping Christine
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1:50
20
Sitting in the Rain
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:50
21
Curly
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:48
22
Ridin' on the L and N
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:16
23
Dust My Blues
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:15
CD 28: BBC Recordings
1
No More Tears
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:15
2
Curly
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:02
3
The Last Time
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:48
4
Suspicions
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:55
5
Worried Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:26
6
Supermarket Day
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:44
7
Snowy Wood
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:21
8
Jenny
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:33
9
Sweet Sixteen
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:16
10
Interview With Alex Korner
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1:35
11
Another Man’s Land
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:05
12
Picture on the Wall
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:58
13
Knockers Step Forward
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:15
14
The Last Time
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:32
15
Rock Me Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:22
16
Oh, Pretty Woman
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:26
17
Long Gone Midnight
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:12
18
It Hurts Me to Leave
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:09
CD 29: Bromley Technical College 1967
1
Brand New Start
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:48
2
Tears in My Eyes
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:29
3
Bye Bye Bird
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:02
4
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:23
5
Double Trouble
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:24
6
Your Funeral and My Trial
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:31
7
Stand Back Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:43
8
Someday After Awhile (You’ll Be Sorry)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:11
9
Looking Back
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:42
CD 30: Marquee Club, London, April 27 1967
1
Chicago Line (unedited)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:53
2
Your Funeral and My Trial
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:21
3
Four Million Knobs
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:12
4
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:42
5
Intro / Chicago Line
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:25
6
Hi‐Heel Sneakers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:32
7
San‐Ho‐Zay
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:35
8
Curly
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:33
9
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:58
10
Telephone Blues
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:40
11
Brand New Start
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:14
12
Your Funeral and My Trial
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:07
13
Bad Boy
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:31
14
The Stumble
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:42
CD 31: Seventh National Jazz & Blues Festival, Windsor 1967
1
Driving Sideways
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:19
2
I Can’t Quit You Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:51
3
Sonny Boy Blow
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:34
4
Stand Back Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2:59
5
Oh, Pretty Woman
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:55
6
It’s My Own Fault
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:46
7
Ridin’ on the L and N
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:00
CD 32: Gothenburg 1968
1
Oh Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:47
2
Baby You’re Wrong
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:42
3
Worried About You
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
8:52
4
Somebody’s Acting Like a Child
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:24
5
Ooh Wee Baby (Don’t Know What to Do)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
3:51
6
It Hurts to Leave
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:52
7
Hey Little Girl (Walking Down the Street)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:38
CD 33: Berlin 1969
1
Intro
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
0:42
2
Variation on Somebody’s Acting Like a Child
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:02
3
Baby Child
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:27
4
Checkin’ Up on My Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:17
5
When I Lost My Baby Child
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
9:18
6
2401
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:38
7
Treat Me This Way
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:11
8
Goin’ Down the Road
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:39
9
Ready to Ride
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:12
10
Help Me Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:48
11
When I See My Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
4:35
CD 34: Bremen 1969
1
Got a Pretty Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:53
2
Checkin’ Up on My Baby
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:14
3
Parchman Farm
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
14:07
4
The Time Has Come
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:06
5
2401
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
5:32
CD 35: Fillmore West 1970
1
Everybody Wants to Know
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
6:23
2
Band Intros
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
0:42
3
What’s the Matter With You
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
11:10
4
Travelling Man
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
10:42
5
I’ve Got to Be With You Tonight
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
7:01
6
Honey Hush
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
8:48

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Release credits

Alan Skidmore
tenor saxophone [7, 9, 11]
Dave Grinstead
engineer [1, 7-8, 10-11]
Dennis Healey
trumpet [7, 9, 11]
Don “Sugarcane” Harris
violin [5]
Eric Clapton
arranger [10], electric guitar [3.2, 2.2, 5.1-3, 5.5-7, 5.9-12], guitar [2], vocal [2, 10]
Gus Dudgeon
engineer [9.1, 9.7-8, 9.10-11, 5.1-12], recording [2]
Hughie Flint
drums (drum set) [5.1-2, 5.10, 2.2], membranophone [6, 12]
Jerry McGee
guitar [5]
Jimmy Page
producer [2]
Joe Yuele
drums (drum set) [14]
John Mayall
arranger [4], guitar [1, 10], harmonica [5.2, 9.1, 9.7, 18.5], membranophone [1], organ [5.1-2, 9.8, 9.10-11], piano [9.1, 9.8, 9.10, 18.14, 5.2, 5.10, 3.2], producer [1, 7-8, 10-11], vocal [5.1-2, 9.1, 9.8, 9.10-11]
John McVie
bass [2], bass guitar [1-3, 5-12]
Johnny Almond
baritone saxophone [5]
Keef Hartley
drums (drum set) [11], membranophone [8, 10-11]
Larry Taylor
bass guitar [5]
Mike Vernon
producer [9.1, 9.7-8, 9.10-11, 3.2, 5.1-12]
Paul Lagos
drums (drum set) [5]
Peter Green
guitar family [11], performer [4]

Issues

T
The First Generation 1965–1974
35x CD
29 January 2021