Blues From Laurel Canyon - Original 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 has some degree of superfine sleeve induced wear - nothing needle induced, nothing which is audible. Labels has a light degree of spindlemarks within the centre ring, but no wear to centre hole itself. Vinyl is still superlustrous and plays magnificent - only a little noise in the quiet or soundless area - loud volume and fine instrument differentiation - fine tone and no distortion.

Cover has a couple of marginal spine-edge wrinkles which draws very light laminate lifting - a thin discontinued stripe of laminate lift along back spine and a little area along lower spine from a marginal dent, a single light wrinkle along front opening, and a single light laminate crease in the upper mid-right front area. Seams are intact, spine clear and readable. Corners has almost no wear and this is overall a very nice cover - graded close to near perfect/excellent.

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