John Mayall - Thru The Years

Year: 1971/1990
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:34
Size: 100,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Crocodile Walk (2:20)
2. My Baby Is Sweeter (3:05)
3. Crawling Up A Hill (2:19)
4. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter (2:43)
5. Alabama Blues (2:34)
6. Out Of Reach (4:46)
7. Greeny (3:57)
8. Curly (4:53)
9. Missing You (2:01)
10. Please Don't Tell (2:30)
11. Your Funeral And My Trial (3:58)
12. Suspicious (Part One) (2:50)
13. Knockers Step Forward (3:16)
14. Hide And Seek (2:22)

A grab bag of rare tracks from the '60s, some of which stand among Mayall's finest. His debut 1964 single "Crawling Up a Hill" is one of his best originals; this comp also includes a couple of 1964-1965 flipsides. The eight songs featuring Peter Green include some top-notch material that outpaces much of the only album recorded by the Green lineup (A Hard Road), particularly the Green originals "Missing You" and "Out of Reach", a great B-side with devastating, icy guitar lines and downbeat lyrics that ranks as one of the great lost blues-rock cuts of the '60s. The set is filled out with a few songs from the Mick Taylor era, the highlight being the vicious instrumental "Knockers Step Forward". /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

(Note: According to Discogs "Thru The Years" was also released as a 2 LP set in 1971, containing more tracks than featured on this CD reissue of the 1 LP version of the album. The info at Discogs says there were five different 2 LP releases on various labels.)

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