01	The Laws Must Change						07:22
	02	Saw Mill Gulch Road						04:48
	03	I'm Gonna Fight for You J. B.						05:24
	04	So Hard to Share						06:57
	05	California						09:31
	06	Thoughts about Roxanne						08:21
	07	Room to Move						04:57

John Mayal - vocals, harmonica, slide guitar, telecaster 6 string guitar, tambourine, mouth percussion
Jon Mark - acoustic finger-style guitar
Steve Thompson - bass guitar
Johnny Almond - tenor and alto saxophones, flutes, mouth percussion



The Turning Point
Artist John Mayall
Album Title Turning Point
Date of Release 1969 (release) inprint
AMG Rating
Genre Rock
Styles British Blues, Blues-Rock
Time 47:26
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AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Recorded just after Mick Taylor departed for the Stones, Mayall eliminated drums entirely on this live recording. With mostly acoustic guitars and John Almond on flutes and sax, Mayall and his band, as his typically overblown liner notes state, "explore seldom-used areas within the framework of low volume music." But it does work. The all-original material is flowing and melodic, with long jazzy grooves that don't lose sight of their bluesy underpinnings. Lyrically, Mayall stretches out a bit into social comment on "The Laws Must Change" on this fine, meditative mood album. — Richie Unterberger

1. The Laws Must Change (Mayall) - 7:20
2. Saw Mill Gulch Road (Mayall) - 4:38
3. I'm Gonna Fight for You J.B. (Mayall) - 5:27
4. So Hard to Share (Mayall) - 7:01
5. California (Mayall/Thompson) - 9:28
6. Thoughts About Roxanne (Mayall/Thompson) - 7:59
7. Room to Move (Mayall) - 5:22



Brewer & Shipley: Weeds
Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield Again
Blind Faith: Blind Faith
William Bell: Soul of a Bell
Phil Baugh: Country Guitar
The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come
Graham Bond: There's a Bond Between Us
Canned Heat: Canned Heat Cookbook
Clarence Carter: This Is Clarence Carter
Blood, Sweat & Tears: Blood, Sweat & Tears

Jon Mark - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
John Mayall - Guitar, Harmonica, Composer, Keyboards, Tambourine, Vocals, Producer, Slide Guitar, Liner Notes, Artwork, Art Direction, Design, Photography, Mouth Percussion, Telecaster
John Almond - Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Eddie Kramer - Engineer
Neil Slaven - Liner Notes
Chris Welch - Liner Notes
Johnny Almond - Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Mouth Percussion
Tapani Tapanainen - Photography
Barry Wentzell - Photography
Bob Gordon - Photography
Steve Thompson - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Zill - Photography

1969 CD Deram 823305-2
1990 LP Deram 823305
1969 CS Deram 823305-4
1969 LP Polydor 24-4004
1969 London
2001 CD Beat Goes On 145