John Mayall - California download song

I love how this whole record is without percussion. The beat boxing is about as close as it gets, and the guitar knocks. You CAN NOT turn yourself away from the perfection of this record. And it's live no less.

Some of the sweetest sax I've ever heard! Rest in peace Johnny Almond.

I love this one, but So Hard to Share is a masterpiece, so much emotion put into sax playing, not the cheesy one, just raw, painful feelings. Timeless.

I was 17 and had hitchhiked/freight trained it from S Ontario to Edmonton Alberta Canada. No dope, no money but Edmonton Public Library had this album. Took out membership and listened to this album over and over again with provided headphones. Thank you Edmonton! I still owe you!

In a way, this LP, with its "minimalist" aesthetic, may represent John Mayall's greatest artistic achievement... ...no minor assertion, given what he'd done before this, and what he would do after it. What you're hearing, live, in one of the most legendary Rock Concert Halls of all time, are four musicians: Mayall, vocals and harp; Almond, sax and flute; Mark, "classical" guitar (I put it in quotes as it describes the instrument, not the way he's playing it); Thompson, electric bass. Conspicuous by its absence: DRUMS. This is one of the most facile, and understated vocal performances I have ever heard from Mayall... ...and the way the band goes from '3' to '4,' and then back to '3,' is seamless. 1969 was an amazing year: Miles Davis played that same venue that same year with his "Bitches Brew" band, and, between the two of them, Mayall and Davis invented "Fusion..." ...although Mayall was the first to actually call it that, on an LP he released in 1972.

This is masterwork.

The Turning Point, to me some of John Mayall's  best stuff. 

One of  my fav albums  ever ,still play the old record it over and over  it never gets old...it is sublime

J. Mahal, J. Mark , and J. Almond are like nitro and glycerine.  Together they are explosive.  Their music is so good and is as good today as it was in 1969.  I have all their albums [...33's for the old timers] and still listen to them in a small room at the back of my house with a half filled glass of Henry T. Lee bourbon.  Good times...!!

One of the most unique and original Blues album of all times. As Mayall called it, "The Blues without bashing band."

A musical peak in the jazz-blues fusion.

It's been 33 years since I've been to California and I've missed it so much. I want to go back there and end my days looking out at the Pacific Ocean. This song is an inspiration to my aspirations. I love it. Johnny Almond's sax just says it all. "I'll be back there before long."

This is Mayall at his best. One of his best ensembles. One of my 3 favorite albums of all time.

A classic...still sounds good after all these years!

UP THERE ONCE AGAIN, DIDN'T SEE " MOM". OH WELL, ANOTHER TIME PERHAPS. HAPPY MOTHER'SDAY MOM & BOTH "MADEARS"( THATS WHAT I CALLED MY GRANDMAS)

SOUNDS JUST AS GOOD TODAY AS WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT OVER 50 YEARS AGO!!!

This is my fave Mayall song ever, have had this album in vinyl, cassette & CD.  Have seen him 4 or 5 times stretching from the 70s thru about a yr ago, still going strong in his early 80s!

HAVE ORIGINAL " MARC ALLMAN" ALBUM): SHOUT OUT TO " JON MARC & JOHN ALLMond", THESE FORGOTTEN " MAESTRO'S" WERE AHEAD OF THEIR TIME; W/JOHN MAYALL, THE CREATED "GENRE SHATTERING BLUES SOUND", W/OUT DRUMS; CAUGHT " PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND(SIMILAR SOUND); MISSED THIS "MAYALL BAND". ONE OF THE ALL TIME "GREATS".

Just get better and better and ..........brings tears to my eyes.