Crusade (album)

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Crusade
Studio album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Released	Sept 1, 1967
Recorded	1967
Genre	Blues-Rock
Length	45:50
Label	London
Producer	Mike Vernon
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John Mayall's Bluesbreakers chronology
A Hard Road (1967) Crusade (1967) The Blues Alone (1967)

Crusade was a studio album by the British Blues-rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released on September 1, 1967 for London Records. It was the follow-up to A Hard Road, also released in 1967. As with their two previous album, Crusade was produced by Mike Vernon, but it hasn't achieved the status of a 'classic', unanimously accorded to its predecessors.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Personnel 2 Track listing 3 Other versions 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Personnel

• Mick Taylor - lead guitar
• John Mayall - vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica
• John McVie - bass guitar
• Hughie Flint, Keef Hartley - drums
• Rip Kant, Chris Mercer - horn section

[edit] Track listing

Original release

All songs by John Mayall except as noted

1. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (A.C. Williams) – 3:40
2. "Stand Back Baby" – 1:50
3. "My Time After Awhile" (Ron Badger/Sheldon Feinberg/Robert Geddins) – 5:15
4. "Snowy Wood" (Mayall/Mick Taylor) – 3:41
5. "Man of Stone" (Eddie Kirkland) – 2:29
6. "Tears in My Eyes" – 4:20
7. "Driving Sideways" (Freddie King/Sonny Thompson) – 4:03
8. "The Death of J.B. Lenoir" – 4:27
9. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Willie Dixon) – 4:35
10. "Streamline" – 3:19
11. "Me and My Woman" (Gene Barge) – 4:05
12. "Checkin' up on My Baby" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 3:59

Expanded release

13. Curly
14. Rubber Duck
15. Greeny
16. Missing You
17. Please Don't Tell
18. Your Funeral And My Trial
19. Double Trouble
20. It Hurts Me Too
21. Suspicions (Part One)
22. Suspicions (Part Two)

[edit] Other versions

An expanded edition includes ten more tracks, most of them already available on the 1969 compilation Thru the Years; these recordings were made with earlier line ups. A remastered and expanded version of this album was scheduled for release in the UK on August 6, 2007.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• [1] official John Mayall website