Curly - from "The Looner" 3 CD set

[Don Brown]

Originally Posted by BklynBlue

thanks Sharksfan2000 -
The tracks on disc two list the BBC sessions as having been recorded in December of 1966 -
We now know they were actually recorded in January of 1967 on the 23rd
In Christopher Hjort's book "Strange Brew Eric Clapton and the British Blues Boom" he lists another BBC session, this one on Alexis Korner's show on February 3rd - "Curly" is among the numbers listed as also having been recorded for that show -
Hjort concludes by saying that none of the numbers from the Korner show survived - yet, one of them, the Mayall solo piece, "No More Tears" has recently turned up on "John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers Live at the BBC" - could the version of "Curly" performed that day have survived also?

Yes, it did survive. I have a copy which came to me on a 5" Reel (which the vendor claimed to be the original). It is a very nice slow Bluesy version. In my opinion, the best of those available.

Cheers, Don