''Looking Back'' is the seventh

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

released by John Mayall in August 1969 by Decca Records. The album features songs by both

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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

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UK release as a single album (SKL 5010) and a Decca Germany (issued by

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) 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 Eric Clapton 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 ('' Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton'', ''

A Hard Road ''A Hard Road'' is the third album (and second studio album) recorded by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released in 1967. It features Peter Green on lead guitar, John McVie on bass, Aynsley Dunbar on drums and John Almond on saxophone. Tr ...

'', and '' Crusade'').

Track listings

Decca UK release

Decca Germany release

Personnel

* John Mayall – Lead vocals, piano, organ, guitar, harmonica John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers *Bernie Watson – Guitar on "Mr. James" * Roger Dean – Guitar on "Blues City Shakedown" * Eric Clapton – 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 Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, he appeared on: ''Let It Bleed'' ...

– Lead guitar on "Suspicions (Part Two)" *

John McVie John Graham McVie (born 26 November 1945) is a British bass guitarist. He is best known as a member of the rock bands John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1964 to 1967 and Fleetwood Mac since 1967. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fle ...

– Bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, and 4 to 8. *

Jack Bruce John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and ‍bassist ‍of British rock band Cream. After the group disband ...

– Bass guitar on "Stormy Monday" * Paul Williams – Bass guitar on "Suspicions (Part Two)" *Martin Hart – Drums on "Mr. James" *

Hughie Flint Hughie Flint (born 15 March 1940, Manchester, Lancashire) is an English drummer, known for his stint in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, for his group McGuinness Flint in the early 1970s and for his subsequent association with The Blues Ba ...

– Drums on "Blues City Shakedown" and "Stormy Monday" * Aynsley Dunbar – Drums on "So Many Roads", Looking Back", and "Sitting in the Rain" *

Mick Fleetwood Michael John Kells Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is a British musician, songwriter and occasional actor. He is best known as the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of t ...

– Drums on "It Hurts Me Too" and "Double Trouble" *

Keef Hartley Keith "Keef" Hartley (8 April 1944 – 26 November 2011)
was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted his own band ...

– Drums on "Suspicions (Part Two)" and "Picture on the Wall" *

Dick Heckstall-Smith Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith (26 September 1934 – 17 December 2004) was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most influential English blues rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for pri ...

– Tenor and soprano saxophones on "Suspicions (Part Two)" *Chris Mercer – Tenor saxophone on "Suspicions (Part Two)" Additional musicians *Malcolm Poole – Bass guitar *

Colin Allen Colin Eric Allen (born 9 May 1938) is an English blues drummer and songwriter. Career Allen spent the first ten years of his adult life working in aircraft engineering. He became interested in jazz at the age of 16 and two years later starte ...

– Drums * John Almond – Flute, saxophone Production *John Mayall – Producer *Mike Vernon – Producer *

Tony Clarke Anthony or Tony Clarke may refer to: * Tony Clarke (British politician) (born 1963), English Labour Party politician, MP for Northampton South from 1997 to 2005 * Anthony Clarke (judoka) (born 1961), Australian athlete *Tony Clarke (activist) (born ...

– Producer on "Blues City Shakedown" *Bob Gordon – Photography

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References

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