The Turning Point (live album)
by John Mayall

The Turning Point by John Mayall
(Live album)
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 7,051st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (118th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (541st)
Award Best albums of all time (7,051st)

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The Turning Point is ranked as the best album by John Mayall.

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74/100 (from 54 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 11/19/2020 21:33
Correction This album is a live album, is not a study album, it was recorded in Fillmore East in New York in 1969 great album but i prefer laurell canyon or bluesbreakers with clapton, anyway he shows is master of blues rock
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Un vero "punto di svolta" questo album di John Mayall: dopo la serie di dischi in cui aveva valorizzato o addirittura lanciato dei chitarristi destinati a glorie future ( Clapton, Green, Taylor ), Mayall cambia proprio struttura all'impianto strumentale dei suoi Bluesbreakers affidando alla chitarra acustica il compito di sostenere il ritmo al posto della batteria e lasciando gli assolo al flauto, al sax o alla sua armonica.
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1. Abbey Road by The Beatles
2. In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) by King Crimson
3. Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
4. Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
5. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
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