Blues From Laurel Canyon - 1968 UK Decca label 12-track Stereo LP

Original 1968 UK Decca label 12-track vinyl LP - British blues legends first album after the breakup of his band the Bluesbreakers.

Vinyl has the generic blue and silver printed company labels with large unboxed Decca logo and "Full Frequency Stereophonic" strip above centre hole - 1W matrix endings indicating that this is a genuine original pressing.

Vinyl is housed in a generic polylined white and blue stereo company inner sleeve and ultimately in a Robert Stace manufactured outer 'Clarifoil' laminated gatefold picture cover with stereo indicator hole on upper right back.

Condition: VG++ (Vinyl and Labels)/VG++ (Cover):
Vinyl is superlustrous and a touch of superfine sleeve induced wear - next to nothing - labels has a light degree of spindlemarks within the centre ring.

Cover is perfect except for acouple of marginal wrinkles from spine and a small area of laminate lift along upper spine - perfect inner spread - straight near perfect overall.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1 Vacation 2:47
2 Walking On Sunset 2:50
3 Laurel Canyon Home 4:33
4 2401 3:42
5 Ready To Ride 3:32
6 Medicine Man 2:43
7 Somebody's Acting Like A Child 3:27

Side 2:
1 The Bear 4:40
2 Miss James 2:30
3 First Time Alone 4:49
4 Long Gone Midnight 3:27
5 Fly Tomorrow 8:59

Credits:
John Mayall - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
Mick Taylor - guitar, Hawaiian guitar
Colin Allen - drums, tabla
Steve Thompson - bass guitar

Additinal Musicians:
Peter Green - Guitar (on Blues From Laurel Canyon)

Technical credits:
Mike Vernon - Production
John Mayall - Production
Derek Varnals - Engineer
Adrian Martins - Assistant Engineer

Artwork:
John Mayall - Cover design and artwork
Steve LaVere - photography
Rob Busboom - Portraitphotography
Dominique Tarle - Photography