Crusade (album) explained

Crusade is the fourth album and third studio album by the British blues rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released on 1 September 1967 on Decca Records. It was the follow-up to A Hard Road, also released in 1967. As with their two previous albums, Crusade was produced by Mike Vernon. The album was the first recordings of the then-18-year-old guitarist Mick Taylor.

Track listing

Original release

All songs by John Mayall except as noted.

Expanded release

Other versions

An expanded edition includes ten more tracks, seven of them already available on the 1971 compilation Thru the Years, though "Curly", an energetic guitar instrumental, is edited by more than a minute on Crusade. These recordings were made with earlier lineups, except two versions of "Suspicions", recorded later with a band similar to the Crusade lineup. A remastered and expanded version of this album was scheduled for release in the UK on 6 August 2007.

Personnel

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

• John Mayall – vocals, organ, piano, harmonica, bottleneck guitar
• Mick Taylor – lead guitar
• John McVie – bass guitar (except tracks 21–22)
• Keef Hartley – drums

with:

• Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone (except tracks 13–20)
• Rip Kant – baritone saxophone (except tracks 13–22)
• Peter Green – lead guitar (tracks 13–20)
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums (tracks 13–18)
• Mick Fleetwood – drums (tracks 19–20)
• Paul Williams – bass guitar (tracks 21–22)
• Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor and soprano saxophone (tracks 21–22)

External links

• Official John Mayall website