Primal Solos

Primal Solos Artist: John Mayall
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 042282032027
EAN: 0042282032027
ASIN: B000001F6D


Release Date: 1990-10-25

Primal Solos


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Tracks:

  1. Intro - Maudie
  2. It Hurts To Be In Love
  3. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
  4. Bye Bye Bird
  5. Hoochie Coochie Man
  6. Intro - Look At The Girl
  7. Wish You Were Mine
  8. Start Walkin'

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A wonderful document of a brilliant musical era.......2004-05-14

The Amazon editorial review couldn't be more mistaken. Far from this CD "representing the bottom of the barrel in terms of digging up old Mayall/Clapton tracks", this set of music is frequently brilliant in execution. Clapton's playing is at its peak of rawness and fluidity, and exhibits the transition from the Bluesbreakers CD to Cream. We also get a hint of the Clapton/Bruce collaborative skill on "Hoochie Coochie Man". The Mick Taylor contributions are no less stellar and show most clearly that his talent was wasted during his Stones years. It is true that the sound quality is not perfect, but considering that this is a semi-bootleg from the mid-sixties, the sound is better than might be expected. This is one of my favourite CDs of this period and I recommend it to all.

4 out of 5 stars A Must for Mayall /Clapton/Talyor fans.......2001-01-22

As a Mayall/Clapton/Taylor junkie, this album (though poor sound quality) is an essential. It highlights the early live sound of the above. It features the pre-Cream combination of Jack Bruce and Clapton. It also shows the promise of a young Mick Taylor.

2 out of 5 stars Only,a historical work!.......2000-07-04

For me,this cd is only a historical moment,that preceeded the great days of that great group,The Cream! The recorded quality was very poor,not emotionally work!It's only!

4 out of 5 stars If you are a guitar player into blues, you will want this........1999-10-28

This is a very interesting Mayall album showcasing the talents of Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor under Mayall's mentorship. Their are a couple of tracks without any guitar leads as well.

If you are a student of 60s guitar playing you will want to hear this. Clapton plays a version of "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" that is chilling on this CD. You would swear that he has transformed himself into Freddie King for the gig. Mick Taylor stretches out for a very long solo and explores (probably invents) sitar like blues guitar.

The CD was recorded on some kind of bootleg equipment at blues clubs in the mid 60s and the sound quality suffers, but this is still one of my favorite CDs.

If you are a Brit Blues fan, buy it.

2 out of 5 stars Recording of historic interest with some brilliant parts.......1999-06-11

The two stars on this assessment are rather misleading. Firstly, this has some of the best playing Clapton ever did, but the sound is poor and muddy. Nevertheless, to my ears the music is often quite magical, and brings back a time when these now-legendary figures were playing in small clubs.

After the harmonica workout of "Bye, Bye Bird" from Mayall we get a marvelous "It hurts to be in love", where Clapton adds a just lovely lyrical slow bluesy solo to the track. Following up this is the superb `filler' "Maudie" which generates a lot of excitement. Clapton is just outstanding in piling on the guitar pressure on what is a straightforward blues shuffle His playing is very exciting. Next, "Have you ever loved a woman' is, arguably, Clapton's finest moment ever on record. The song is a variant on the "Have you heard?" style of blues from the Bluesbreakers first recording. Incredible blues playing with his luscious sounding Gibson. Beautiful tone and heart-breaking restraint and attack. Having heard many blues solos over the years, I think this is one of the very greatest solos and the greatest fills ever put down on tape. Any one wondering what the big deal is about Clapton should hear him on this track. "Hoochie-Coochie man" is also a very good cover of a classic blues. Jack Bruce is superb too on bass and his growling tone marvelously compliments the rest. The two last tracks featuring the larger, horn-equipped Bluesbreakers and Mick Taylor are not nearly so successful. They are interesting but a little dull, and Taylor does not come over very well.

The sound is pretty terrible throughout, and many find Mayall's singing voice distorted through the recording to be very weird. Personally, I hear `through it' to imagine the real sound that was coming out from this band on these very live nights and I am thankful that someone committed them to tape at all. For blues and Mayall fans the Clapton tracks are a must, for others this may not be for them. Any blues guitar fan should get it to hear a master at the top of his form.

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