''The 1982 Reunion Concert'' is a

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from a concert by British blues musician

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. His sidemen are

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on guitar,

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on bass and Colin Allen on drums. The concert took place at the Wax Museum, Washington DC, on 17 June 1982. It was released in 1994 by Repertoire Records as a CD credited to John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. During the first two decades of his career John Mayall has been constantly experimenting with band formats and various musicians. In 1982 he teamed up with three musicians from his previous line-ups and toured briefly in America and Australia. At that time all of them were residing in the US. Mick Taylor had left

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and was pursuing a solo career. John McVie had taken time off from his band

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. Colin Allen, after disbanding

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, had been a member of

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. There is no evidence of studio recordings with this personnel, but another live performance with guest bluesmen (Albert King, Buddy Guy, Sippie Wallace, Junior Wells etc.) has been released on video as ''Blues Alive''. For contractual reasons, John Mayall did not release any new material during the first half of the 1980s. The CD and the video both appeared in the early 1990s, when Mayall had regained some of his popularity with a new incarnation of his 'Bluesbreakers'. More recordings from the tour were released in 2011.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Mayall; except where noted # "Hard Times Again" (4:54) # "You Never Can Be Trusted" (3:57) # "Howlin' Moon" (4:15) # "Ridin' on the Santa Fe" (3:34) # "I Should Know Better" (Mayall,

) (5:25) # "My Time " (Bob Geddins, Ron Badger) (5:28) # "She Can Do It" (3:50) # "Lookin' for Willie" (9:29) # "Room to Move" (6:58) # "Get Me Some Dollars" (4:53) # "Have You Heard" (7:34) On track 9 Mick Taylor doubles Mayall on keyboards. Tracks 2,3,4,6 and 8 appeared on the Australian release ''Return of The Bluesbreakers'' (1994), where eight tracks, from what was to become ''Cross Country Blues'', are also included.

Personnel

– guitar, harmonica, organ, piano, vocals *

– lead guitar *

– bass guitar * Colin Allen – drums

Production

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– producer * John Mayall – author, composer, liner notes, producer * Maggie Mayall – photography * David Hewitt – recording engineer * John Hoier – remixing engineer * Mark Brennan – liner notes * Frank Gryner – remastering

References

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