''Looking Back'' is the seventh album released by

John Mayall John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, musician and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among it ...

in August 1969 by

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. The album features songs by both John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and John Mayall solo work. The album reached No. 79 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Confusingly, there are two different albums with the title "Looking Back": a Decca UK release as a single album (SKL 5010) and a Decca Germany (issued by TELDEC) release as a double album (DS 3104/1-2). Later issues on CD would use the Deram label.

Album description

The German Decca release was a double album, whilst the UK Decca release only featured

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on one track. However, the German release did not have the title track in its track listing, and the songs are not as rare, with several songs ("Parchman Farm", "Double Crossing Time", "The Super-Natural", "Steppin' Out", "Ramblin' on my Mind", "The Death of J. B. Lenoir", "Checking Up on my Baby", and "I Can't Quit You Baby") already released on The Bluesbreakers' studio albums (''

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Track listings

Decca UK release

Decca Germany release

Personnel

– Lead vocals, piano,

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, guitar, harmonica John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers *Bernie Watson – Guitar on "Mr. James" * Roger Dean – Guitar on "Blues City Shakedown" *

– Lead guitar on "Stormy Monday" * Peter Green – Lead guitar on tracks 4 to 8, 10, and steel guitar on "Picture on the Wall" * Mick Taylor – Lead guitar on "Suspicions (Part Two)" * John McVie – Bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, and 4 to 8. * Jack Bruce – Bass guitar on "Stormy Monday" *

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– Bass guitar on "Suspicions (Part Two)" *Martin Hart – Drums on "Mr. James" * Hughie Flint – Drums on "Blues City Shakedown" and "Stormy Monday" *

Aynsley Dunbar Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946) is an English drummer. He has worked with John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Journey, Jefferson Starship, Nils Lofgren, Eric Burdon, Shuggie Otis, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Mick R ...

– Drums on "So Many Roads", Looking Back", and "Sitting in the Rain" * Mick Fleetwood – Drums on "It Hurts Me Too" and "Double Trouble" * Keef Hartley – Drums on "Suspicions (Part Two)" and "Picture on the Wall" * Dick Heckstall-Smith – Tenor and soprano saxophones on "Suspicions (Part Two)" *Chris Mercer – Tenor saxophone on "Suspicions (Part Two)" Additional musicians *Malcolm Poole – Bass guitar * Colin Allen – Drums * John Almond –

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, saxophone Production *John Mayall – Producer *Mike Vernon – Producer * Tony Clarke – Producer on "Blues City Shakedown" *Bob Gordon – Photography

Charts

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References

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