| A Hard Road | ||||
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| Released | 17 February 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | 11, 12, 19 & 24 October; 11 November 1966 | |||
| Studio | Decca Studios, London[2] | |||
| Genre | Blues rock[3] | |||
| Length | 37:13 (original) 79:22 (2006 reissue) | |||
| Label | Decca (UK) London (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (Highly Positive)[4] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Living Blues | (Positive)[6] |
| About.com | [7] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [8] |
A Hard Road is the third album (and second studio album) recorded by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released in 1967. It features Peter Green on lead guitar, John McVie on bass, Aynsley Dunbar on drums and John Almond on saxophone. Tracks 5, 7 and 13 feature the horn section of Alan Skidmore and Ray Warleigh. Peter Green sings lead vocals on "You Don't Love Me" and "The Same Way".
The album reached #8 on the UK album charts which is Mayall's third biggest chart next to Bare Wires and Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton which reached #3 and #6, respectively.[9]
The cover art and the original LP sleeve design are by Mayall. In 2003 and 2006 two different expanded versions of the album were released.
- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "A Hard Road – John Mayall, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, The Bluesbreakers : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers* – A Hard Road (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Saunders, Mike (7 December 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (30 September 2013). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. Random House. ISBN 9781448132744.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (25 May 2018). "Living Blues". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Peter Green, Blues Guitarist". thoughtco.com.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ "Type in "John Mayall" under "Name of Artist"". Everyhit.com. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 31 July 2012.