John Mayall - New Year, New Band, New Company (1975)

"As the elder statesman of British blues, it is John Mayall's lot to be more renowned as a bandleader and mentor than as a performer in his own right. Throughout the '60s, his band, the Bluesbreakers, acted as a finishing school for the leading British blues-rock musicians of the era. Mayall continued to be pretty popular in the early '70s. His band was no more stable than ever; at various points some American musicians flitted in and out of the Bluesbreakers, including Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor, and Don "Sugarcane" Harris. Although he's released numerous albums since and remained a prodigiously busy and reasonably popular live act, his post-1970 output generally hasn't matched the quality of his '60s work." RichieUnderberger@allmusic.com

track listing:
01. Sitting On The Outside 6:01
02. Can't Get Home 4:03
03. Step In The Sun 3:13
04. To Match The Wind 4:32
05. Sweet Scorpio 3:20
06. Driving On 2:23
07. Taxman Blues 3:10
08. So Much To Do 6:25
09. My Train Time 4:42
10. Respectfully Yours 5:20

Album was produced , written and designed by John Mayall and recorded at Angel City Sound, Hollywood, California. Engineer was Frank Byron Clark and all photography was undertaken by Yoram Kahana. All songs are published by Hibiscus Music and all musicians are superb. We take pleasure in joining forces with ABC Blue Thumb Records. Liquor and chicken courtesy of Richard Schnyder and the Colonel and thank you John Gunnell for doing the deal.
Reissued on CD in 1993 by One Way Records.

personnel:
John Mayall: vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica
Don Sugarcane Harris: vocals, violin
Dee McKinnie: vocals
Soko Richardson: drums
Larry Taylor: bass
Rick Vito: lead guitar
Jay Spell: piano, clavinet