History of British Blues
Classic British Blues Albums
'Our Blues historian Stevie King here reviews the great British Blues Albums. Stevie is well known for his great blues guitar playing and for his extensive knowledge of British (and American) blues so it was no surprise that when the British Blues Archive was being set up Stevie was the person I asked to co-found the archive and become our blues historian. Here we can benefit from his knowledge and insight'.
- Peter Harvie, British Blues Archive
"R&B From The Marquee" - Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated
Recorded 8th June 1962
Released November 1962 on Decca's Ace of Clubs label
Recorded Jan/Feb 1964,
Released April 1964 on Decca LK 4605
Recorded Live at the Marquee Club, London W.1. March 1964
Released December 1964 on Columbia 33SX 1677
“The Sound of '65” - The Graham Bond Organisation
Recorded: Dec 1964 / Jan & Feb 1965
Released: February 26th 1965 on Columbia 33SX 1711
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (“The Beano Album”)
Recorded March 1966 at Decca West Hampstead
Released 22nd July 1966 Decca LK4804
A Hard Road - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
Recorded Oct/Nov 1966
Released Feb 1967 Decca SKL 4853
The Blues Alone - John Mayall
Recorded 1st May 1967
Released Nov. 1967 on Decca Ace of Clubs SCL 1243
Fleetwood Mac - aka 'the Dog and Dustbin' album
Recorded Nov/Dec 1967
Released on Blue Horizon 7-63200 Feb. 1968
Forty Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack
Recorded Feb. '68
Released June '68 Blue Horizon 7-63203
Getting To The Point - The Savoy Brown Blues Band
Recorded March 1968 at Decca, West Hampstead.
Released July '68 Decca SKL 4935
Mr. Wonderful - Fleetwood Mac
Recorded CBS Studios April 1968
Released on Blue Horizon 7-63205 August 1968
Bare Wires - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Recorded April 1968
Released 21 June 1968 Decca LK 4945
The Original Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Released on Blue Horizon CBS 63875 May 1971
Undead - Ten Years After
Recorded 14th May 1968.
Released 16th August 1968 on Deram DML/SML 1023
Halfbreed - Keef Hartley Band
Recorded between 7th Oct & 12th Dec 1968, released 1969 on Deram SML 1037
Talk About That - John Mayall
Recorded 2016, released on Forty Below Records FBR 015
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation
Released July 1968 Liberty LBL 83154 1968
Fresh Cream - Cream
Recorded August–November 1966 at Rayrik & Ryemuse Studios, London
Released 9th December 1966 on the Reaction label Prod: Robert Stigwood
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