Bare Wires
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| Studio album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers | |||||
| Released | 21 June 1968 | ||||
| Recorded | 3, 9, 24 and 30 April 1968 at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England | ||||
| Genre | Blues, blues-rock, jazz rock | ||||
| Length | 45:20 | ||||
| Label | Decca | ||||
| Producer | Mike Vernon, John Mayall | ||||
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| Rolling Stone | (negative) |
For the American band see Matthew Melton
Bare Wires is a studio album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Mick Taylor on guitar, released in 1968 on Decca Records. The album was the last John Mayall studio album to feature the name "Bluesbreakers". The album was also Mayall's first successful U.S. album reaching #59 on the Billboard 200.
The previous Bluesbreakers album Crusade saw guitarist Peter Green, who left to form Fleetwood Mac, being replaced by Mick Taylor. This album, "Bare Wires", saw bassist Andy Fraser, who would later join Free, being replaced by Tony Reeves, while drummer Keef Hartley was replaced by Jon Hiseman.
The songs "No Reply" and "She's Too Young" were released as a single by Decca. The album's a-side was a medley called "Bare Wires Suite" which featured the individual songs "Bare Wires", "Where Did I Belong", "I Started Walking", "Open Up A New Door", "Fire", "I Know Now", and "Look In The Mirror". The individual track times shown below are those printed on the original vinyl release.
All tracks written by John Mayall, except where noted.
on tracks 1 - 7 and 10 - 13:
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