Bare Wires
| Bare Wires | ||||
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| Released | 21 June 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 3, 9, 24 and 30 April 1968 | |||
| Studio | Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England | |||
| Genre | Blues, blues-rock, jazz rock | |||
| Length | 45:20 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon, John Mayall | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Rolling Stone | (negative) |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | |
Bare Wires is a studio album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Mick Taylor on guitar, Chris Mercer and Dick Heckstall-Smith on saxophones, Jon Hiseman on drums, Henry Lowther on cornet and violin, and Tony Reeves on bass. It was released in 1968 on Decca Records. The album was the last John Mayall studio album to feature the name "Bluesbreakers". The album was also Mayall's first successful U.S. album reaching #59 on the Billboard 200.
It was voted number 566 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).