John Mayall - Thru the Years (1971)

01. Crocodile Walk 
02. My Baby Is Sweeter 
03. Crawling Up A Hill 
04. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter 
05. Alabama Blues John Mayall 
06. Out Of Reach 
07. Greeny 
08. Curly 
09. Missing You 
10. Please Don't Tell John Mayall 
11. Your Funeral And My Trial 
12. Suspicions 
13. Knockers Step Forward 
14. Hide And Seek


John Mayall (vocals, guitar, harmonica, organ, keyboards); 
Peter Green (vocals, guitar, harmonica); 
Roger Dean, Eric Clapton, Bernie Watson, Mick Taylor (guitar); 
Dick Heckstall-Smith (saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); 
Chris Mercer (saxophone, tenor saxophone); 
Henry Lowther (trumpet); 
Martin Hart, Jon Hiseman, Keef Hartley, Aynsley Dunbar, Hughie Flint (drums).

A grab bag of rare tracks from the '60s, some of which stand among Mayall's finest. His debut 1964 single "Crawling up a Hill" is one of his best originals; this comp also includes a couple of 1964-65 flipsides that were never otherwise issued in the U.S. The eight songs featuring Peter Green include some top-notch material that outpaces much of the only album recorded by the Green lineup (A Hard Road), particularly the Green originals "Missing You" and "Out of Reach," a great B-side with devastating, icy guitar lines and downbeat lyrics that ranks as one of the great lost blues-rock cuts of the '60s. The set is filled out with a few songs from the Mick Taylor era, the highlight being the vicious instrumental "Knockers Step Forward." Look for the CD reissue and not the early-'70s double U.S. album of the same name, which includes a lot of superfluous material and omits the three 1964-65 songs from British 45s. ---Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com

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