Looking Back | ||||
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Released | August 1969 [1] | |||
Recorded | February 1963 – May 1969 [1] | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 37:54 | |||
Label |
Decca (UK) (Single L.P.) Decca ( TELDEC) (GER) (Double L.P.) | |||
Producer | John Mayall, Mike Vernon [1] | |||
John Mayall chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [2] |
Looking Back is the seventh album released by John Mayall in August 1969 by Decca Records. The album features songs by both John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and John Mayall solo work. The album reached No. 79 on the Billboard 200. [3] Confusingly, there are two different albums with the title "Looking Back": a Decca UK release as a single album (SKL 5010) [1] and a Decca Germany (issued by TELDEC) release as a double album (DS 3104/1-2). [4] Later issues on CD would use the Deram label.
The German Decca release was a double album, whilst the UK Decca release only featured Eric Clapton on one track. However, the German release did not have the title track in its track listing, and the songs are not as rare, with several songs ("Parchman Farm", "Double Crossing Time", "The Super-Natural", "Steppin' Out", "Ramblin' on my Mind", "The Death of J. B. Lenoir", "Checking Up on my Baby", and "I Can't Quit You Baby") already released on The Bluesbreakers' studio albums ( Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, A Hard Road, and Crusade).
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release [5] | Length |
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1. | "Mr. James" | John Mayall | B-side of Decca F11900 | 2:55 |
2. | "Blues City Shakedown" | Mayall | B-side of Decca F12120 | 2:23 |
3. | " Stormy Monday" | T-Bone Walker | Previously unreleased | 4:36 |
4. | "So Many Roads" | Paul Marshall, Paul Williams | B-side of Decca F12506 | 4:46 |
5. | "Looking Back" | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | A-side of Decca F12506 | 2:37 |
6. | "Sitting in the Rain" | Mayall | A-side of Decca F12545 | 2:59 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | " It Hurts Me Too" | Mel London, Hudson Whittaker | B-side of Decca F12621 | 2:57 |
2. | " Double Trouble" | Otis Rush, M. Melka | A-side of Decca F12621 | 3:22 |
3. | "Suspicions (Part Two)" | Mayall | B-side of Decca F12684 | 5:29 |
4. | "Jenny" | Mayall | B-side of Decca F12732 | 4:38 |
5. | "Picture on the Wall" | Mayall | A-side of Decca F12732 | 3:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Third Degree" | Boyd | 3:17 |
2. | "Stormy Monday" | T-Bone Walker | 4:34 |
3. | "Jenny" | Mayall | 4:33 |
4. | "Picture on the Wall" | Mayall | 3:03 |
5. | "Chicago Line" | Mayall | 4:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Steppin' Out" | James Bracken | 2:29 |
2. | "Have You Heard" | Mayall | 5:54 |
3. | " Ramblin' on My Mind" | Robert Johnson | 3:11 |
4. | "The Super-Natural" | Peter Green | 2:54 |
5. | "Double Crossing Time" | Mayall, Eric Clapton | 3:06 |
6. | " Parchman Farm" | Mose Allison | 2:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Dust My Blues" | Elmore James | 2:47 |
2. | "You Don't Love Me" | Willie Cobbs | 2:47 |
3. | "Don't Kick Me" | Mayall | 3:09 |
4. | "Brown Sugar" | Mayall | 3:41 |
5. | "The Death of J. B. Lenoir" | Mayall | 4:17 |
6. | "Stand Back Baby" | Mayall | 1:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Checkin' Up on My Baby" | Sonny Boy Williamson | 3:49 |
2. | " I Can't Quit You Baby" | Willie Dixon | 4:28 |
3. | "Sandy" | Mayall | 3:46 |
4. | "Blood on the Night" | Mayall | 8:59 |
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
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Year | Chart | Position |
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1969 | Billboard 200 | 79 [3] |
UK Top 40 Albums | 14 [8] |
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