Label: Decca – UMCLP038, Universal Music Recordings – UMCLP038
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: Worldwide
Released: 30 Jun 2023
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Bare Wires – A Suite By John Mayall
A1 Bare Wires
A2 Where Did I Belong
A3 I Started Walking
A4 Open A New Door
A5 Fire
A6 I Know Now
A7 Look In The Mirror
Another Side
B1 I'm A Stranger
B2 No Reply
B3 Hartley Quits
B4 Killing Time
B5 She's Too Young
B6 Sandy
Hailing from Macclesfeld, Cheshire, and growing up in Cheadle Hulme, John Mayall had already made a name for himself on the Manchester blues scene before relocating to London in 1963 at the urging of Alexis Korner.
John McVie was next to leave the Bluesbreakers, joining Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood in their new venture, Fleetwood Mac. Reedsman Dick Heckstall Smith joined, alongside drummer Jon Hiseman from the Graham Bond Organisation and bass player Tony Reeves. The resulting album, Bare Wires, was Mayall's most successful album, reaching No 3 in the UK charts. If it could be said that if Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton was the foundation stone of UK blues tock, then Bare Wires did similar for jazz rock. Mick Taylor's playing on the album is little short of superb. This re- issue faithfully replicates the original 1968 Decca Records UK stereo release with gatefold sleeve and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.