John Mayall was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and grew up in Cheadle Hulme. He had already made a name for himself in the Manchester blues scene before moving to London in 1963 at the urging of Alexis Korner. John McVie was the next to leave the Bluesbreakers and joined Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood on their new project, Fleetwood Mac. In addition to drummer Jon Hiseman of the Graham Bond Organization and bassist Tony Reeves, editor Dick Heckstall Smith joined them. The resulting album »Bare Wires« was Mayall's most successful album and reached number 3 in the UK charts. If you can say that »Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton« laid the foundation for British blues rock, then »Bare Wires« has done something similar for jazz rock. Mick Taylor's playing on the album is simply great. This re-release is a faithful recreation of Decca Records' original 1968 stereo release with a gatefold sleeve and has been pressed onto high-quality 180g vinyl.