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Eagle Records: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers – Padlock on the Blues – Signed Music CD
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Product Details:
- UPC / Barcode: 5034504107724
- Product Type: Music CD / Album
- Brand / Label: Eagle Records
- MPN: EAGCD077 / EDL EAG 172-2 / GAS 0000077 EAG
- Artist: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
- Special Guests: John Lee Hooker, Coco Montoya, Ernie Watts
- Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
- Style: Electric Blues, Classic Blues
- Release Year: 1999
- Country of Manufacture: European Community (EC)
- Produced by: John Mayall
- Co-produced by: Maggie Mayall
- Engineered by: Joe McGrath
- Mastering by: Stephen Marcussen
Product Features
- Format: Compact Disc (CD), standard jewel case
- Total running time: 59:57
- 13 original tracks, all written by John Mayall
- Full lyric booklet included with band and guest credits per track
- Core band: Buddy Whittington (guitar), John Paulus (bass guitar), Joe Yuele (drums), Tommy Eyre (organ/keys)
- Guest appearances: John Lee Hooker (guitar), Coco Montoya (guitar), Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone), Darrell Leonard (trumpet)
- Autographed copy (signature present on front cover insert)
Overview
Padlock on the Blues landed in 1999 — and it feels like a man settling a score with the music he's spent his whole life inside. John Mayall was already 65 at the time of recording. He still sounds like someone with something to prove.
The title track sets the tone. Nearly seven minutes, Mayall at the piano and on vocals, Buddy Whittington driving a guitar solo that doesn't waste a single note. It's a statement of intent dressed up as a blues song.
John Lee Hooker shows up on two tracks — "Somebody's Watching" and "Bad Dream Catcher." Hooker doesn't sing here; he plays guitar, and his presence is sparse and deeply felt. Two blues elders sharing the same studio space, neither one overplaying.
Ernie Watts opens the whole album on tenor saxophone in "Don't Turn Your Back," giving the record an immediate, slightly smoky edge. Coco Montoya — a former Bluesbreaker himself — returns for "The Strip," a track with roots in Mayall's early California years.
The band underneath all of it is tight. Whittington, Paulus, Yuele, and Eyre don't reach for flash. They hold the groove and let the songs breathe. That's harder than it sounds, and they pull it off across all 13 tracks without a single filler moment.
This particular copy carries an autograph on the front cover insert — a detail worth noting for collectors.
Interesting Facts
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John Mayall earned the title "The Godfather of British Blues" — a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist with a career spanning nearly seven decades.
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His Bluesbreakers band launched the careers of Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor — who went on to lead Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and the Rolling Stones respectively. Other Bluesbreakers alumni include John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, and Buddy Whittington.
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Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds to join Mayall in October 1965, and early the following year they recorded the landmark album Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton — often called "The Beano Album" because Clapton is pictured reading a Beano comic on the cover.
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On Padlock on the Blues, John Lee Hooker appears as guitarist rather than vocalist on "Somebody's Watching" and "Bad Dream Catcher" — letting Mayall handle all the singing, which critics noted as a genuine tribute to Mayall's abilities as a vocalist.
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In 2005, Mayall was awarded an OBE on the Queen's Honours list. He passed away on July 22, 2024, at the age of 90, at his home in California.
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This EC pressing carries catalog numbers EAGCD077 and EDL EAG 172-2, released under Eagle Records, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Plc.
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The front cover bears what appears to be an autograph — potentially from Mayall himself or one of the featured musicians — making this copy of particular interest to collectors.
Track Listing
- Don't Turn Your Back – 5:13
- Padlock on the Blues – 6:59
- A Hard Road – 5:04
- Somebody's Watching – 4:09
- Always a Brand New Road – 4:07 (credited as 4.97 on sleeve)
- My Country Girl – 5:17
- The Strip – 4:46
- I've Got to Talk to You – 5:05
- Dancing Shoes – 5:03
- Bad Dream Catcher – 3:05
- When the Blues Are Bad – 3:37
- Ain't No Surrender – 4:03
- White Line Fever – 3:21
Total Time: 59:57 | All tracks written by John Mayall
Publishers
Eagle Records (EAGCD077 / EDL EAG 172-2) A Division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Plc Manufactured in the EC, 1999 ℗ & © 1999 Eagle Records
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