The 1982 Reunion Concert

Infobox Album
Name = The 1982 Reunion Concert
Type = Live album
Artist = John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers


Released = 1994
Recorded = June 17, 1982
Genre = Blues
Length = 56:40
Label = Repertoire Records
Producer = John Mayall and Don Nix
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0zfoxquhldde link]
Last album = "Cross Country Blues" (1992)
This album = "The 1982 Reunion Concert" (1994)
Next album = "Spinning Coin" (1995)

"The 1982 Reunion Concert" is a recording from a concert by British Bluesman John Mayall. His sidemen are Mick Taylor on guitar, John McVie on bass and Colin Allen on drums. The concert took place at the Wax Museum, Washington DC, on June 17th, 1982. It was released in 1994 by Repertoire Records as a CD credited to John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.

During the first two decades of his career John Mayall has been constantly experimenting with band formats and various musicians. In 1982 he teamed up with three musicians from his previous line-ups and toured briefly in America and Australia. At that time all of them were residing in the USA. Mick Taylor had left the Rolling Stones and was pursuing a solo career. John McVie had taken time off from his band Fleetwood Mac. Colin Allen, after disbanding Stone the Crows, had been a member of Focus. There is no evidence of studio recordings with this personnel, but another live performance with guest bluesmen (Albert King, Buddy Guy, Sippie Wallace, Junior Wells etc) has been released on video as "Blues Alive". For contractual reasons John Mayall did not release any new material during the first half of the '80s. The CD and the video both appeared in the early '90s, when Mayall had regained some of his popularity with a new incarnation of his 'Bluesbreakers'.

Track listing

# Hard Times Again (4:54)
# You Never Can Be Trusted (3:57)
# Howlin' Moon (4:15)
# Ridin' on the Santa Fe (3:34)
# I Should Know Better (5:25)
# My Time After Awhile (5:28)
# She Can Do It (3:50)
# Lookin' for Willie (9:29)
# Room to Move (6:58)
# Get me some dollars (4:53)
# Have You Heard (7:34)

All songs are by Mayall, except for 6 by Giddins-Badger and 5 co-written with Taylor. On track 9 Mick Taylor doubles Mayall on Keyboards.Tracks 2,3,4,6 and 8 appeared on the Australian release "The Return of the Bluesbreakers" (1994), where eight tracks, from what was to became "Cross Country Blues" (1994) album, are also included.