Notice to Appear/A Banquet in Blues

2 LPs on 1 CD: NOTICE TO APPEAR (1976)/A BANQUET IN BLUES (1976).
Personnel includes: John Mayall (vocals, guitar); Rick Vito (guitar); John McVie.
Personnel: John Mayall (vocals, slide guitar, harmonica, melodica, piano, electric piano, vibraphone); Rick Vito (vocals, guitar); Ronnie Barron (vocals, Clavinet); Dee McKinnie (vocals); Steve Hughes, Mike Coolly (guitar); Jon Mark (acoustic guitar); Don "Sugarcane" Harris (violin); Novi Novag (viola); John Almond, Lon Price (flute, tenor saxophone); Red Holloway (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Larry Blouin (baritone saxophone); Nick Messina, Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Benny Powell (trombone); Jay Spell (piano, electric piano, Clavinet, organ, Moog synthesizer); Allen Toussaint (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, percussion); Doug Bare (piano, Moog synthesizer); Alex Dmochowski, John McVie (bass guitar); Larry Taylor (fretless bass); Soko Richardson, Roy McCurdy, Herman V. Ernest III (drums); Kim Joseph (congas); Buck Clarke (percussion).
Audio Remixers: Ken Laxton; Marshall Sehorn.
Liner Note Author: Tony Russell.
Recording information: Seasaint Recording Studio, New Orleans, LA (05/1976); Total Experience Studios, Los Angeles, CA (05/1976).
Photographers: Terrence Bert; Yoram Kahana.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Phil Despommier; Lenny McDaniel.
Arranger: Allen Toussaint.
In 2000, BGO released Notice to Appear/A Banquet in Blues, which contained two complete albums -- Notice to Appear (1976, originally released on ABC) and A Banquet in Blues (1975, also originally on ABC) -- by John Mayall on one compact disc. ~ John Bush