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Crusade Studio album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Released September 1, 1967 Recorded July 12, 1967 at Decca West Hampstead studios Genre Blues-Rock Length 45:50 (original)
79:09 (2007 reissue)Label Decca
London
Producer Mike Vernon John Mayall's Bluesbreakers chronology A Hard Road
(1967)Crusade
(1967)The Diary of a Band Volume 1 (1968) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Crusade is a studio album by the British Blues-rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released on September 1, 1967 for London Records. It was the follow-up to A Hard Road, also released in 1967. As with their two previous album, Crusade was produced by Mike Vernon.
Contents
Track listing
Original release
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" (Mayall/Mick Taylor) – 3:41
- "Man of Stone" (Eddie Kirkland) – 2:29
- "Tears in My Eyes" – 4:20
- "Driving Sideways" (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
- "Curly"
- "Rubber Duck"
- "Greeny"
- "Missing You"
- "Please Don't Tell"
- "Your Funeral And My Trial"
- "Double Trouble"
- "It Hurts Me Too"
- "Suspicions (Part One)"
- "Suspicions (Part Two)"
Other versions
An expanded edition includes ten more tracks, most of them already available on the 1969 compilation Thru the Years; these recordings were made with earlier line ups. A remastered and expanded version of this album was scheduled for release in the UK on August 6, 2007.
Personnel
- Mick Taylor - lead guitar
- John Mayall - vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica
- John McVie - bass guitar
- Hughie Flint, Keef Hartley - drums
- Rip Kant, Chris Mercer - horn section
References
- ^ "allmusic ((( Crusade > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r12577. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
External links
- [1] official John Mayall website
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers John Mayall
Eric Clapton • Jack Bruce • Peter Green • John McVie • Mick Fleetwood • Hughie Flint • Mick Taylor • Colin Allen • Don "Sugarcane" Harris • Harvey Mandel • Larry Taylor • Aynsley Dunbar • Dick Heckstall-Smith • Andy Fraser • Roger Dean • Alan Skidmore • Keef Hartley • Jon Hiseman • Henry Lowther • Tony Reeves • Rocky Athas • Jay Davenport • Greg RzabStudio albums John Mayall solo The Blues Alone (1967) • Blues from Laurel Canyon (1968) • Empty Rooms (1969) • USA Union (1970) • Back to the Roots (1971) • Ten Years Are Gone (1973)Live and compilation albums John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) • Looking Back (1969) • The Turning Point (1969) • Jazz Blues Fusion (1972) • Moving On (1973) • The 1982 Reunion Concert (1994) • 70th Birthday Concert (2003)Production Tony Clarke • Jimmy Page • Mike Vernon • Gus Dudgeon • Eddie Kramer • Eddy Offord • John Judnich • Don NixRecord labels Related artists Categories:- 1967 albums
- John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers albums
- Albums produced by Mike Vernon (producer)
- Decca Records albums
- English-language albums
- London Records albums
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