John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends - 70th Birthday Concert (4LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered)

Description

70th Birthday Concert is a live electric blues video recording of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers to celebrate Mayall's 70th Birthday. Recorded in Liverpool, England on 19 July 2003, the concert was notable as it featured Eric Clapton as a guest, so marked the first time he and Mayall had performed together in almost 40 years, if one discounts Clapton guesting on Mayall's Back to the Roots. The set also features Mick Taylor and Chris Barber.

The gig was released in different formats. The original double CD contains the entire concert, whereas the DVD omitted the first two tracks sung by Buddy Whittington (which did not feature Mayall) and "California", but included an interview with Mayall as a bonus. A CD/DVD issue included a heavily abridged version of the concert on CD. Finally, in 2009 the video was reissued on Blu-Ray Disc with the previously omitted three tracks appended as bonus tracks.

AllMusic praised the recording by stating that John Mayall is "on top of his game as ever", the band "play with plenty of fire, brilliant musicianship, and taste", and the whole concert is "a stinging, overdriven performance of modern electric blues by a master bandleader who shows no signs of slowing down physically, and most importantly, creatively."

Release info

Label: Eagle Records ER200171
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 2016
Genre: Blues
Style: Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues, Chicago Blues

Tracklist

A1 Grits Ain't Groceries
A2 Jacksboro Highway
A3 Southside Story
A4 Kids Got The Blues
B1 Dirty Water
B2 Somebody's Acting Like A Child
C1 Blues For The Lost Days
C2 Walking On Sunset
D1 Oh, Pretty Woman
D2 No Big Hurry
E1 Please Mr Lofton
E2 Hideaway
E3 All Your Love
F Have You Heard
G1 Hoochie Coochie Man
G2 I'm Tore Down
G3 It Ain't Right
G4 California
G5 Talk To Your Daughter