5013929186804

Crawling Up A Hill: A Journey Through The British Blues Boom 1966-1971

Various Artists

£21.99
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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CRSEGBOX068

Release Date:  27 March 2020

Label:  Grapefruit / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929186804

Genres:  Blues  

  • Description


    • 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 marginalised in the Stones by the emergence of the Jagger/Richards songwriting team, while Eric Clapton had stormed out of the most blueswailing 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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. John Mayall’s Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton - All Your Love
      • 2. The Zany Woodruff Operation - Crawling Up A Hill
      • 3. Anderson Jones Jackson - Louise
      • 4. The Graham Bond Organization - I Love You
      • 5. The Yardbirds - I’m A Man (Live)
      • 6. The Spencer Davis Group - Don’t Want You No More
      • 7. Ten Years After - I Can’t Keep From Crying, Sometimes
      • 8. Duster Bennett - Jumping At Shadows (Demo Version)
      • 9. The Deviants - Charlie
      • 10. Jeff Beck - You Shook Me
      • 11. Jo-Ann Kelly - Ain’t Nothin’ In Ramblin’
      • 12. Fleetwood Mac - Love That Burns
      • 13. Love Sculpture - Wang Dang Doodle
      • 14. Alexis Korner Featuring Robert Plant - Operator
      • 15. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?
      • 16. Dr. K’s Blues Band - Walking
      • 17. Shakey Vick - Little Woman You’re So Sweet
      • 18. The Climax Chicago Blues Band - A Stranger In Your Town
      • 19. Downliners Sect - Lord Of The Rings

      Disc 2

      • 1. Free - Sweet Tooth
      • 2. Mike Cooper - Death Letter
      • 3. The Taste - Blister On The Moon
      • 4. Levee Camp Moan - I Just Can’t Keep From Crying
      • 5. Sam Apple Pie - Sometime Girl
      • 6. John Dummer Blues Band - Skin Game (Live)
      • 7. Quiet Melon - Diamond Joe
      • 8. Killing Floor - Nobody By My Side
      • 9. Blodwyn Pig - Dear Jill
      • 10. Icarus - There’s An Easy And A Hard Way Of Living
      • 11. Chicken Shack - Tears In The Wind
      • 12. Bakerloo - Bring It On Home
      • 13. Jaklin - The Same For You
      • 14. Frozen Tear - Train Comes, Train Goes
      • 15. The Rats - Telephone Blues (Aka Talk To Me Baby)
      • 16. Angel Pavement - Madison Blues
      • 17. Christine Perfect Band - It’s You I Miss
      • 18. Medicine Head - This Love Of Old
      • 19. Jasper - Baby Please Don’t Go

      Disc 3

      • 1. Liverpool Scene - I’ve Got Those Fleetwood Mac Chicken Shack John Mayall Can’t Fail Blues
      • 2. Brunning Sunflower Blues Band Featuring Peter Green - Ride With Your Daddy Tonight
      • 3. Red Dirt - Time To Move
      • 4. Savoy Brown - A Hard Way To Go (Live)
      • 5. Jeremy Spencer - Mean Blues
      • 6. Black Cat Bones - Chauffeur
      • 7. Siren - Gardener Man
      • 8. Blue Blood - Dupree Blues
      • 9. Steamhammer - Passing Through
      • 10. Stone The Crows - Raining In Your Heart
      • 11. Edgar Broughton Band - Old Gopher
      • 12. Stack Waddy - Roadrunner
      • 13. Heavy Jelly - Take Me Down To The Water
      • 14. Skid Row - The Man Who Never Was
      • 15. Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts - Take Your Money
      • 16. Mungo Jerry - The Sun Is Shining
      • 17. Linda Hoyle - Backlash Blues
      • 18. Status Quo - Railroad

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