Thru the Years

Thru the Years
Mike Vernon[1]
John Mayall chronology
Memories (1971) Thru the Years (1971) Jazz Blues Fusion (1972)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[2]

Thru the Years is a

in the U.S.A. The album was the second compilation to be issued by Decca/London with Mayall's blessing, although his contract with them had ceased. It features a mixture of previously unissued songs or non-album tracks that had only been released as singles.

The album reached No. 164 on the Billboard 200.^[3] It was re-released by Deram on CD in 1990.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Crocodile Walk" (John Mayall) – 2:14
2. "My Baby Is Sweeter" (Willie Dixon) – 2:59
3. "Crawling Up a Hill" (version one) (John Mayall) – 2:15
4. "Mama, Talk to Your Daughter" (
   J.B. Lenoir
   ) – 2:58
5. "Alabama Blues" (J.B. Lenoir) – 2:29
6. "Out of Reach" (Peter Green) – 4:42
7. "Greeny" (Peter Green) – 3:54
8. "Curly" (Peter Green) – 4:50
9. "Missing You" (Peter Green) – 1:57
10. "Please Don't Tell" (John Mayall) – 2:26
11. "Your Funeral and My Trial" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 3:55
12. "Suspicions" (part one) (John Mayall) – 2:47
13. "Knockers Step Forward" (John Mayall, Mick Taylor) – 3:12
14. "Hide and Seek" (John Mayall, Hank Williams) – 2:22

Personnel

• John Mayall – guitar, harmonica, keyboards, organ, vocals
• Roger Dean
  – guitar (1, 2)
• Bernie Watson – guitar (3)
• Peter Green – guitar, harmonica, vocals (4–11)
• Mick Taylor – guitar (12–14)
• John McVie – bass (1–4, 6–11)
• Paul Williams
  – bass (12)
• Tony Reeves – bass (13–14)
• Hughie Flint – drums (1–2)
• Martin Hart – drums (3)
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums (4, 6–11)
• Keef Hartley – drums (12)
• Jon Hiseman – drums (13–14)
• Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone (12–13), soprano saxophone (12)
• Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone (12–13)
• Henry Lowther – trumpet (13)

Other credits

• Gus Dudgeon – engineer
• Bill Price – engineer
• John Tracy – liner notes
• Derek Varnals – engineer
• Mike Vernon – producer

References