John Mayall, Eric Clapton: Bluesbreakers (CD-album)

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966) is one of the most influential blues-rock albums in history, elevating guitarist Eric Clapton to an international icon and sparking the famous "Clapton is God" phenomenon in London. The album's distinctive, distorted, and powerful sound was created by the revolutionary combination of Clapton's Gibson Les Paul guitar and a Marshall tube amplifier, which permanently altered the direction of electric guitar playing and directly influenced the birth of hard rock and heavy metal. Led by John Mayall, the tight-knit band masterfully blended original compositions with electrified covers of blues legends like Freddie King and Robert Johnson, making the record a cornerstone of the British blues boom.

FORMAT: CD