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Crawling Up A Hill: Journey Through The British Blues Boom 1966-1971 / Various (CD) - CD

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Details: Three CDs. By 1965, the British R&B boom was over. Cyril Davies was dead, Alexis Korner was employed as MD on a children's TV show, and the legion of young acolytes the two men had inspired had drifted away from the blues and into mainstream pop stardom. The more "purist" individuals were out in the cold: Brian Jones was marginalized in the Stones by the emergence of the Jagger/Richards songwriting team, while Eric Clapton had stormed out of the most blues wailing Yardbirds in protest at their recording of winsome pop ditty 'For Your Love'. But things were about to change. In April 1966, club band John Mayall's Blues Breakers - prominently featuring a still-simmering Clapton - recorded their debut studio album with the aid of producer Mike Vernon. Released in July, the LP was a huge, entirely unexpected success, reaching the UK Top Ten and remaining in the charts for an impressive 17 weeks. Suddenly, an astonishing number of virtuoso young British (and Irish) blues guitarists, all of whom rejected the trappings of pop success as fervently as the young Eric, were inspired to form their own bands. In the wake of Clapton, his Yardbirds replacement Jeff Beck and Peter Green (Eric's replacement in Mayall's band after he'd split to form Cream) came the likes of Kim Simmonds, Jeremy Spencer, Stan Webb, Paul Kossoff, Alvin Lee, Clem Clempson, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore and Mick Ronson. Within a year or two of Mayall's unexpected breakthrough, the second wave of the British blues boom was in full, glorious bloom. Featuring all of the above names, Crawling Up A Hill chronicles the development of the British blues scene during that relatively brief but halcyon period, covering both the electric blues bands (Mayall's Blues Breakers, Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After etc) and the acoustic country blues acts (Jo-Ann Kelly, Mike Cooper, Ian A. Anderson and others). In addition, we feature a number of more obscure bands from the era, including Levee Camp Moan (responsible for two of the most feverishly-collected albums of the era), pre-Faces outfit Quiet Melon and The Zany Woodruff Operation, now receiving their first-ever public exposure. Housed in a clamshell box with a 40-page booklet featuring potted histories and priceless period photos of all the featured acts, Crawling Up A Hill is a fascinating document of a genre that, though relatively short-lived, would have a seismic influence on the subsequent development of rock music.

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01
All Your Love – John Mayall’s
02
Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton
03
Crawling Up A Hill – The Zany Woodruff Operation
04
Louise – Anderson Jones Jackson
05
I Love You – The Graham Bond Organization
06
I’m A Man (Live) – The Yardbirds
07
Don’t Want You No More – The Spencer Davis Group
08
I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes – Ten Years After
09
Jumping At Shadows (Demo Version) – Duster Bennett
10
Charlie – The Deviants
11
You Shook Me – Jeff Beck
12
Ain’t Nothin’ In Ramblin’ – Jo-Ann Kelly
13
Love That Burns – Fleetwood Mac
14
Wang Dang Doodle – Love Sculpture
15
Operator – Alexis Korner Featuring Robert Plant
16
Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? – The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
17
Walking - Dr. K’s Blues Band
18
Little Woman You’re So Sweet – Shakey Vick
19
A Stranger In Your Town –The Climax Chicago Blues Band
20
Lord Of The Rings – Downliners Sect
21
Sweet Tooth - Free
22
Death Letter – Mike Cooper
23
Blister On The Moon – The Taste
24
I Just Can’t Keep From Crying – Levee Camp Moan
25
Sometime Girl – Sam Apple Pie
26
Skin Game (Live) – John Dummer Blues Band
27
Diamond Joe – Quiet Melon
28
Nobody By My Side – Killing Floor
29
Dear Jill – Blodwyn Pig
30
There’s An Easy And A Hard Way Of Living - Icarus
31
Tears In The Wind – Chicken Shack
32
Bring It On Home - Bakerloo
33
The Same For You - Jaklin
34
Train Comes Train Goes – Frozen Tear
35
Telephone Blues (Aka Talk To Me Baby) – The Rats
36
Madison Blues – Angel Pavement
37
It’s You I Miss – Christine Perfect Band
38
This Love Of Old – Medicine Head
39
Baby Please Don’t Go - Jasper
40
I’ve Got Those Fleetwood Mac Chicken Shack John Mayall Can’t Fail Blues – Liverpool Scene
41
Ride With Your Daddy Tonight – Brunning Sunflower Blues Band
42
Time To Move – Red Dirt
43
A Hard Way To Go (Live) – Savoy Brown
44
Mean Blues – Jeremy Spencer
45
Chauffeur – Black Cat Bones
46
Gardener Man - Siren
47
Dupree Blues – Blue Blood
48
Passing Through – Steamhammer
49
Raining In Your Heart – Stone The Crows
50
Old Gopher – Edgar Broughton Band
51
Roadrunner – Stack Waddy
52
Take Me Down To The Water – Heavy Jelly
53
The Man Who Never Was – Skid Row
54
Take Your Money – Brett Marvin ; The Thunderbolts
55
The Sun Is Shining – Mungo Jerry
56
Backlash Blues – Linda Hoyle
57
Railroad – Status Quo
Distributor/Studio:GrapefruitPublisher:GRAPEFRUITUPC:5013929186804Weight:0.32Product ID:SCWAMZ8DQN
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