| Bare Wires | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 21 June 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | 3, 9, 24 and 30 April 1968 | |||
| Studio | Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England[2] | |||
| Genre | Blues, blues-rock, jazz rock | |||
| Length | 45:20 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon, John Mayall | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (negative)[3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
Bare Wires is a studio album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Mick Taylor on guitar, Chris Mercer and Dick Heckstall-Smith on saxophones, Jon Hiseman on drums, Henry Lowther on cornet and violin, and Tony Reeves on bass. It was released in 1968 on Decca Records.[6] The album was the last John Mayall studio album to feature the name "Bluesbreakers".[1] The album was also Mayall's first successful U.S. album reaching #59 on the Billboard 200.[7]
It was voted number 566 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[8]
- ^ a b c William Ruhlmann (2010). "Bare Wires - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "John Mayall's Bluesbreakers* - Bare Wires (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Nooger, Danny (12 October 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 428. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ "Discography". John Mayall. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "John Mayall > Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 192. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.