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Released | 1 September 1967 | |||
Recorded | 12 July 1967 | |||
Studio | Decca West Hampstead Studios, London | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
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Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
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Rolling Stone | (Negative)[2] |
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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
[edit]Original release
[edit]All songs by John Mayall except as noted.
- "Oh, Pretty Woman" (A. C. Williams) – 3:40
- "Stand Back Baby" – 1:50
- "My Time After Awhile" (Ron Badger, Sheldon Feinberg, Robert Geddins) – 5:15
- "Snowy Wood" (instrumental) (Mayall, Mick Taylor) – 3:41
- "Man of Stone" (Eddie Kirkland) – 2:29
- "Tears in My Eyes" – 4:20
- "Driving Sideways" (instrumental) (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) – 4:03
- "The Death of J. B. Lenoir" – 4:27
- "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Willie Dixon) – 4:35
- "Streamline" – 3:19
- "Me and My Woman" (Gene Barge) – 4:05
- "Checkin' Up on My Baby" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 3:59
Expanded release
[edit]- "Curly (edit)" (Peter Green)
- "Rubber Duck" (Peter Green, Aynsley Dunbar)
- "Greeny" (Peter Green)
- "Missing You" (Peter Green)
- "Please Don't Tell"
- "Your Funeral and My Trial" (Sonny Boy Williamson II)
- "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush)
- "It Hurts Me Too" (Mel London)
- "Suspicions (Part One)"
- "Suspicions (Part Two)"
Other versions
[edit]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
[edit]- John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
- John Mayall – vocals, organ, piano, harmonica, bottleneck guitar
- Mick Taylor – lead guitar
- John McVie – bass guitar (except tracks 21–22)
- Keef Hartley – drums
with:
- Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone (except tracks 13–20)
- Rip Kant – baritone saxophone (except tracks 13–22)
- Peter Green – lead guitar (tracks 13–20)
- Aynsley Dunbar – drums (tracks 13–18)
- Mick Fleetwood – drums (tracks 19–20)
- Paul Williams – bass guitar (tracks 21–22)
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor and soprano saxophone (tracks 21–22)
References
[edit]- ^ "( Crusade > Overview )". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ Rolling Stone, April 6, 1968
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.