Tagged: blues

John Mayall Memories front cover – with a mezzotinted photograph of a young boy (Mayall) with a thick mop of hair, protruding ears and an open-mouthed but perhaps not smiling expression. He appears to be holding an infant, only half of which appears in the frame and has a face of typical infant distress. 0

John Mayall – Memories

On the previous album, “The Turning Point,” John Mayall stripped his band down to four players, and no drummer. For this 1971 album, Mayall took it a step further, just a trio with Larry...

Lightnin' Strikes front cover – featuring the title stacked to the left, and then Lightnin' Hopkins stacked to the right. Below that is a picture of Hopkins, a middle-aged Black man, wearing a cocked hat, sunglasses, and smoking a cigarette, looking straight at the viewer. 0

Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ Strikes

Here’s another really heavyweight reissue by Lightnin’ Hopkins – I mean, the cardboard has a weight not seen since the early ’60s. Very sturdy gatefold. Verve was always oriented toward quality production, and seems...