John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers: A Hard Road (London)
Metal Mike Saunders, Rolling Stone, 7 December 1968
This record has some great blues for blues freaks, whether you happen to prefer blues played by whites, blacks, or homosexual Chinese emigrants to the Arabian Desert the music comes first, and its close to earthshaking here.
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