Customer Reviews
Smoking! - By: M. R. Crozier, 19 Jan 2008 
There's something about late 60s London that will always capture my imagination. Austin Powers aside, its an incredibly rich periodin our cultural history that produced some remarkable pieces of music & film. This recording is right up there with other more famous examples. I've long wanted to pursue the early phase of Peter Green's recording career, after hearing a brief snatch of his guitar work many years back. I finally did some searching on Amazon & was pleased to find this re-release, which looked like an excellent sampler of his work with Mayall. I was not disappointed. Hard Road is a stone classic IMO & has that awesome British Blues sound that aficianados of this sound will recognise immediately. Do not hesitate to grab this if you are on the fence - it's worth every penny & based on this material Peter Green should be considered the equal of his considerably more famous colleague, Mr Eric Clapton.
More essential British Blues! - By: J. HOLMES, 26 Nov 2007 Re-issued & expanded version of the follow-up to the "Beano" album, & every bit as good. Wonderful playing from 21 year old Peter Greenin particular (listen to both Supernatural & The Stumble for proof). The whole band are as tight as the proverbial duck's ---!
Not all the material featuring Green is included here, because there was too much to get on to one cd; hence enthusiasts will find the rest (including Double Trouble & It Hurts Me Too) on the re-issued Crusade album, which incidentally is also an essential purchase.
Greatest blues guitar solo ever? - By: Ella Guru, 07 Sep 2007 A great album - primarily because of Peter Green's guitar playing. The Supernatural is clearly the precursor to Albatross but this album is special primarily because it contains the best recorded blues guitar solo ever on The Stumble. Amazing....not one note that doesn't take its place perfectly - & delivered with the easy skill of a true maestro. (Even BB King has paid tribute to Green's astonishing talent).
A classic - with one little quibble - By: Richard Bleksley, 13 Jun 2007 
This is a real classic among British blues albums, & it's nice to have it remastered on CD.
Those whose acquaintance with or interestin John Mayall is limited to the "Beano" album would do well to give this a listen. Okay, it doesn't have God's blistering guitar work, but Mayall's songwriting is stronger, the ensemble playing is punchier & tighter, & the arrangements have more variety than on the Clapton album. And of course you get the rapidly burgeoning talents of Peter Green.
There are some real gems among the bonus tracks too, such as Peter Green's brilliant solo rendition, soaked with blues feeling, of J B Lenoir's bitter & outspoken "Alabama Blues," & the four tracks with the virtuoso harmonica playing of Paul Butterfield. But why, oh why, couldn't they have included the wonderful single "Double Trouble" / "It Hurts Me Too," the best single Mayall made with Peter Green & possibly ever? I'm afraid the omission has cost this otherwise excellent album its fifth star.
Highly recommended all the same, if you like British blues.
