Looking Back (John Mayall album)

Looking Back
Compilation album by John Mayall
Released August 1969[1]
Recorded February 1963 – May 1969[1]
Genre Blues
Length 37:54
Label Decca (UK)
(Single L.P.)
Decca (TELDEC) (GER)
(Double L.P.)
Producer John Mayall, Mike Vernon[1]
John Mayall chronology

Blues from Laurel Canyon
(1968)		 Looking Back
(1969)		 Thru the Years
(1969)
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Looking Back is the seventh album released by John Mayall in August 1969 by Decca Records. The album features songs by both John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and John Mayall solo work. The album reached No. 79 on the Billboard 200.[2] Confusingly, there are two different albums with the title "Looking Back": a Decca UK release as a single album (SKL 5010)[1] and a Decca Germany (issued by TELDEC) release as a double album (DS 3104/1-2).[3] Later issues on CD would use the Deram label.

Album description

The German Decca release was a double album, whilst the UK Decca release only featured Eric Clapton on one track. However, the German release did not have the title track in its track listing, and the songs are not as rare, with several songs ("Parchman Farm", "Double Crossing Time", "The Super-Natural", "Steppin' Out", "Ramblin' on my Mind", "The Death of J. B. Lenoir", "Checking Up on my Baby", and "I Can't Quit You Baby") already released on The Bluesbreakers' studio albums (Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, A Hard Road, and Crusade).

Track listings

Decca UK release

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s)Original release[4] Length
1. "Mr. James"  John MayallB-side of Decca F11900 2:55
2. "Blues City Shakedown"  MayallB-side of Decca F12120 2:23
3. "Stormy Monday"  T-Bone WalkerPreviously unreleased 4:36
4. "So Many Roads"  Paul Marshall, Paul WilliamsB-side of Decca F12506 4:46
5. "Looking Back"  Johnny "Guitar" WatsonA-side of Decca F12506 2:37
6. "Sitting in the Rain"  MayallA-side of Decca F12545 2:59
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s)Original release Length
1. "It Hurts Me Too"  Mel London, Hudson WhittakerB-side of Decca F12621 2:57
2. "Double Trouble"  Otis Rush, M. MelkaA-side of Decca F12621 3:22
3. "Suspicions (Part Two)"  MayallB-side of Decca F12684 5:29
4. "Jenny"  MayallB-side of Decca F12732 4:38
5. "Picture on the Wall"  MayallA-side of Decca F12732 3:02

Decca Germany release

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Third Degree"  Boyd 3:17
2. "Stormy Monday"  T-Bone Walker 4:34
3. "Jenny"  Mayall 4:33
4. "Picture on the Wall"  Mayall 3:03
5. "Chicago Line"  Mayall 4:39
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Steppin' Out"  James Bracken 2:29
2. "Have You Heard"  Mayall 5:54
3. "Ramblin' on My Mind"  Robert Johnson 3:11
4. "The Super-Natural"  Peter Green 2:54
5. "Double Crossing Time"  Mayall, Eric Clapton 3:06
6. "Parchman Farm"  Mose Allison 2:24
Side three
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Dust My Blues"  Elmore James 2:47
2. "You Don't Love Me"  Willie Cobbs 2:47
3. "Don't Kick Me"  Mayall 3:09
4. "Brown Sugar"  Mayall 3:41
5. "The Death of J. B. Lenoir"  Mayall 4:17
6. "Stand Back Baby"  Mayall 1:48
Side four
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Checkin' Up on My Baby"  Sonny Boy Williamson 3:49
2. "I Can't Quit You Baby"  Willie Dixon 4:28
3. "Sandy"  Mayall 3:46
4. "Blood on the Night"  Mayall 8:59

Personnel

Performers

All tracks
The Bluesbreakers
Other Musicians

Production

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1969 Billboard 200 #79
1969 UK Top 40 Albums #14[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Unterberger, Richie. "Looking Back". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. [Looking Back (John Mayall album) at AllMusic "John Mayall"]. Allmusic. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "John Mayall – Looking Back (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Artists: J". 45-rpm.org.uk. 10 February 1910. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 134. CN 5585.
  6. ↑ "John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers – Blues City Shakedown". YouTube. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  7. ↑ http://www.everyhit.com/ Type in "John Mayall" under "Name of Artist"