A grab bag of rare tracks from the '60s, some of which stand among Mayall's finest. His debut 1964 single "Crawling up a Hill" is one of his best originals; this comp also includes a couple of 1964-65 flipsides that were never otherwise issued in the U.S. The eight songs featuring Peter Green include some top-notch material that outpaces much of the only album recorded by the Green lineup (A Hard Road), particularly the Green originals "Missing You" and "Out of Reach," a great B-side with devastating, icy guitar lines and downbeat lyrics that ranks as one of the great lost blues-rock cuts of the '60s. The set is filled out with a few songs from the Mick Taylor era, the highlight being the vicious instrumental "Knockers Step Forward."
LP Notes:
A1 Knockers Step Forward (3:12)
A2 Mama, Talk To Your Daughter (2:38)
A3 Alabama March (2:29)
A4 Our Of Reach (4:42)
A5 Greeny (3:54)
B1 Curly (4:50)
B2 Missing You (1:57)
B3 Please Don't Tell (2:26)
B4 Your Funeral And My Trial (3:55)
B5 Suspicions - Part I (2:47)
B6 Hide And Seek (2:22)
C1 Key To Love (2:06)
C2 I'm A Stranger (5:11)
C3 Stand Back Baby (1:43)
C4 Have You Heard (5:55)
C5 No Reply (3:07)
D1 Sonny Boy Blow (3:46)
D2 The Bear (4:40)
D3 Don't Kick Me (3:10)
D4 The Supernatural (2:20)
D5 Me And My Woman (4:00)
Bass - John McVie (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B1 to B4, C1, C3, C4, D4, D5) , Paul Williams (10) (tracks: B5) , Steven Thompson (tracks: D2) , Tony Reeves (tracks: A1, B6, C2, C5)
Drums - Aynsley Dunbar (tracks: A2, A4 to B4, D4) , Colin Allen (tracks: D2) , Hughie Flint (tracks: C1, C4) , Jon Hiseman (tracks: A1, B6, C2, C5) , Keef Hartley (tracks: B5, C3, D1, D3, D5)
Guitar - Eric Clapton (tracks: C1, C4) , Mick Taylor (tracks: A1, B5, B6, C2, C3, C5, D2, D5)
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Peter Green (2) (tracks: A2 to B4, D4)
Organ, Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano - John Mayall (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2 to D5)
Saxophone [Baritone] - John Almond (tracks: C1, C4) , Rip Kant (tracks: C3, D5)
Saxophone [Tenor, Baritone] - Chris Mercer (tracks: A1, B5, C2, C3, D5)
Saxophone [Tenor, Soprano] - Dick Heckstall-Smith (tracks: A1, B5, C2)
Saxophone [Tenor] - Alan Skidmore (tracks: C1, C4)
Trumpet - Dennis Healey (tracks: C1, C4) , Henry Lowther (tracks: A1, C2)