Crusade (album)

Crusade
Studio album by
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Released1 September 1967
Recorded12 July 1967
StudioDecca West Hampstead Studios, London
GenreBlues rock
Length
  • 45:50 (original)
  • 79:09 (2007 reissue)
Label
ProducerMike Vernon
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers chronology
A Hard Road
(1967) 		Crusade
(1967) 		Bare Wires
(1968)
John Mayall chronology
The Blues Alone
(1967) 		Crusade
(1968) 		Bare Wires
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(Negative)[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]

Crusade is the fourth album and third studio album by the British blues rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released on 1 September 1967 on Decca Records. It was the follow-up to A Hard Road, also released in 1967. As with their two previous albums, Crusade was produced by Mike Vernon. The album was the first recordings of the then-18-year-old guitarist Mick Taylor.

Track listing

Original release

All songs by John Mayall except as noted.

  1. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (A. C. Williams) – 3:40
  2. "Stand Back Baby" – 1:50
  3. "My Time After Awhile" (Ron Badger, Sheldon Feinberg, Robert Geddins) – 5:15
  4. "Snowy Wood" (instrumental) (Mayall, Mick Taylor) – 3:41
  5. "Man of Stone" (Eddie Kirkland) – 2:29
  6. "Tears in My Eyes" – 4:20
  7. "Driving Sideways" (instrumental) (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) – 4:03
  8. "The Death of J. B. Lenoir" – 4:27
  9. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Willie Dixon) – 4:35
  10. "Streamline" – 3:19
  11. "Me and My Woman" (Gene Barge) – 4:05
  12. "Checkin' Up on My Baby" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 3:59

Expanded release

  1. "Curly (edit)" (Peter Green)
  2. "Rubber Duck" (Peter Green, Aynsley Dunbar)
  3. "Greeny" (Peter Green)
  4. "Missing You" (Peter Green)
  5. "Please Don't Tell"
  6. "Your Funeral and My Trial" (Sonny Boy Williamson II)
  7. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush)
  8. "It Hurts Me Too" (Mel London)
  9. "Suspicions (Part One)"
  10. "Suspicions (Part Two)"

Other versions

An expanded edition includes ten more tracks, seven of them already available on the 1971 compilation Thru the Years, though "Curly", an energetic guitar instrumental, is edited by more than a minute on Crusade. These recordings were made with earlier lineups, except two versions of "Suspicions", recorded later with a band similar to the Crusade lineup. A remastered and expanded version of this album was scheduled for release in the UK on 6 August 2007.

Personnel

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

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References

  1. ^ "( Crusade > Overview )". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone, April 6, 1968
  3. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.