Latest Edition [PA]

Performer: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Producer: Tom Wilson
Distributor: Infinity Entertainment Gr

Notes: Personnel: John Mayall (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, harmonica, piano, organ, keyboards, vibraphone); Randy Resnick, Hi Tide Harris (guitar); Red Holloway (flute, saxophone); Soko Richardson (drums, percussion). Recording information: Angel City Sound, Los Angeles, CA (02/1974-04/1974). Photographer: John Mayall. The title makes a virtue of necessity, as John Mayall introduces another all-new lineup (actually, bassist Larry Taylor is returning from an older edition). Two guitarists, Hightide Harris and Randy Resnick, lead the band in more of an up-tempo R&B style than has been used in much of Mayall's music during the past several years, starting with the timely "Gasoline Blues" (1974 was the year of the gas lines, remember?) and going on to "Troubled Times" (which advises impeaching President Nixon). Still, this was a lackluster set, which is only appropriate since it was Mayall's swan song with Polydor, and the album became his first to miss the charts in the U.S. since 1967. ~ William Ruhlmann

Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE LATEST EDITION found Mayall returning to bluesy roots, albeit with funky overtones and a warmer production."

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