Lossless Album - CD Box Set

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featured the best of the early 60s English rhythm and blues scene, including members of the Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Cream and more. This compilation of live tracks was recorded in the USA and Italy in the early 1980's, and features performances by John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) and Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones) from the reformed Bluesbreakers tour of 1982. Over 70 minutes of the finest blues including a storming workout of "The Stumble".

HEART STILL BEATING isn't Roxy in prime form, but it is a good representation of their later work and it covers one song not represented anywhere else (Neil Young's Like a Hurricane). Clearly this tour was a compromise between their solo work and group compositions. Ferry is in fine form and the band's playing is impeccable. Manzanera rips off some fiery solos. Fans of the late period wistful Roxy Music will like this disc: this is not the fire-breathing live band of the early-to-mid-period, but a subdued mature version.