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Jixy
Reviewed in Germany on September 25, 2024
Gut gelaufen
Billybhoy
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2024
wore out my original phonograph record years ago revisited it on CD. Great blues -great players from 'my' old days -showing my age here
Gran álbum.
Reviewed in Mexico on April 10, 2023
Un buen disco.
W. Peter
Reviewed in Canada on November 30, 2021
Product arrived ahead of schedule and lived up to my expectations.
Richard W. Fodchuk
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2020
WHAT CAN YOU SAY TIMELESS JOHN MAYALL
James Squires
Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2020
Beautiful Thank You
miroslav
Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2018
Only the best
Roddy fenner
Reviewed in Canada on November 23, 2018
Fabulous
Lone Wolf
Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2018
John Mayall at his finest worth buying great cd
jeff page
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2016
Awesome
Ronald Brett
Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2016
Yes was looking forward to getting this CD knowing that Mick Taylor played on here. But it really surprised me how excellent the music is on here. Well recommended.
Morten Vindberg
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2013
In his early years with the Bluesbreakers blues veteran John Mayall would present a new guitarist for each new studio album. "Crusade" from 1968 was the third album from John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, and the new young guitar player who had to lift the legacy of Eric Clapton and Peter Green was the later Rolling Stones member Mick Taylor."Crusade" is a natural extension of the previous two great blues-rock albums, and apart from the different sound of the three guitarist, the three albums have much in common. Much of the credit for this obviously goes to producer Mike Vernon who produced all Mayall's early albums. Where "Crusade" may lag slightly behind the two previous albums might be on the songwriting and perhaps also on the vocals. I believe few would claim that Mayall is a great singer, and it was therefore to be welcomed that both Clapton and Green were given some vokal parts. Moreover, Green's contribution to the songwriting in his time not unimportant .The title "Crusade", refers, according to Mayall, to his wish of raising awareness of the musical genre for which he burned so strongly. For "Crusade" the band has been expanded to include two saxophone players, which of course help to shape a bigger sound. The use of horns, though, was not new for Mayall who had previously with succes worked with this group of instruments .Without being quite as profiled as his predecessors Taylor comes out solid with his tight guitar sound, not least on the instrumental "Snowy Wood" and Mayall 's fine original "Tears in My Eyes". Among the other highlights of the album are the opening track "Oh , Pretty Woman" and the delicate version of Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Babe" .Some of the other songs are a bit ordinary and some suffers somewhat from flimsy and sometimes strained vocals by Mayall.Therefore it is a welcome addition to the album that it has been expanded with ten bonus tracks , mostly from the period of Peter Green . "Greeny" and "Missing You", both written by Green, are scoops; "Missing You" is sung by Green and the song sounds a lot like early Fleetwood Mac. Also "Curly" was written by Green, and it is an example of Green 's musical vision which went beyond just the traditional blues. The single "Double Trouble" b.w. "It Hurts Me Too" also is a very nice addition to the at album.
P-henri Thoreux
Reviewed in France on May 10, 2010
Ce disque daté de 1967 est une exquise remontée dans le temps, en même temps qu'une délicieuse immersion dans l'univers transcendantal de John Mayall. Ça décrasse comme un vrai bain de jouvence ! La musique est rustique, mais quelle pugnacité dans ces rythmiques sucrées-salées, quel mordant dans ces vocalises striduleuses, quelle intensité dans ces splendides mélopées. Jamais l'homme qui voulait vivre dans les arbres ne fut si près du ciel ! C'est un déchainement de musique totale, libre, généreuse et indiciblement sincère. Il faudrait tout citer car tout est bon, même si évidemment le monument est cette élégie poignante célébrant un bluesman trop tôt disparu : The Death of JB Lenoir. Mayall y dit toute sa passion pour un art auquel il a consacré sa vie, et pour la défense duquel il a toujours été prêt à partir en croisade.Il faut dire que son charisme a dans le domaine été vraiment magique. A son contact, on ne compte plus les musiciens convertis de la plus belle manière au blues. On trouve ici par exemple Mick Taylor, magnifique orfèvre de la Gibson, John McVie impeccable à la basse, Keef Hartley solide comme un rock à la batterie, et une petite section de cuivres sacrément en verve : Chris Mercer au sax tenor, Rip Kant au baryton. Un repère majeur et impérissable pour tous les amoureux du Blues, sans aucun doute.
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