Crusade (album)


Crusade is the fourth album and third studio album by the British blues rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released on 1 September 1967 on Decca Records. It was the follow-up to A Hard Road, also released in 1967. As with their two previous albums, Crusade was produced by Mike Vernon. The album was the first recordings of the then-18-year-old guitarist, Mick Taylor.

Track listing

Original release
All songs by John Mayall except as noted
  1. "Oh, Pretty Woman" – 3:40
  2. "Stand Back Baby" – 1:50
  3. "My Time " – 5:15
  4. "Snowy Wood" – 3:41
  5. "Man of Stone" – 2:29
  6. "Tears in My Eyes" – 4:20
  7. "Driving Sideways" – 4:03
  8. "The Death of J. B. Lenoir" – 4:27
  9. "I Can't Quit You Baby" – 4:35
  10. "Streamline" – 3:19
  11. "Me and My Woman" – 4:05
  12. "Checkin' Up on My Baby" – 3:59
Expanded release

  1. "Curly"
  2. "Rubber Duck"
  3. "Greeny"
  4. "Missing You"
  5. "Please Don't Tell"
  6. "Your Funeral and My Trial"
  7. "Double Trouble"
  8. "It Hurts Me Too"
  9. "Suspicions "
  10. "Suspicions "

Other versions

An expanded edition includes ten more tracks, most of them already available on the 1971 compilation Thru the Years; these recordings were made with earlier lineups. A remastered and expanded version of this album was scheduled for release in the UK on 6 August 2007.

Personnel