Empty Rooms
Empty Rooms is a studio album by English blues musician John Mayall, released in March 1970 on Polydor. It is a follow-up to the live album The Turning Point,  released earlier in the year with the same musicians: Jon Mark on acoustic guitar, Johnny Almond on saxophones and flute, and Stephen Thompson on bass. John Mayall sings, plays harmonica, guitars and keyboards (including a Moog synthesizer). Former Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor guests as  second bass player on one track, "To a Princess," improvising with Thompson on an unusual bass duet. The absence of a drummer leaves the rhythm rather fluid and the resulting sound is unusual, even for a John Mayall album. The songs, all written by Mayall, mostly addressed his romance with photographer Nancy Throckmorton, a theme he would pursue further on USA Union. The album is dedicated to her.
Empty Rooms was the only known set of studio recordings by the Turning Point lineup, which broke up shortly after the album was recorded. Larry Taylor, however, would join Mayall as one of three American musicians (electric guitarist Harvey Mandel, also a former member of Canned Heat; and, electric violinist Sugarcane Harris would complete the new lineup) to join him for USA Union.

Track listing
All songs written by John Mayall, except where indicated.

"Don't Waste My Time" (Steve Thompson, Mayall) – 3:10
"Plan Your Revolution" – 2:38
"Don't Pick a Flower" (Jon Mark, Mayall) – 3:53
"Something New" (Jon Mark, Mayall) – 4:40
"People Cling Together" – 2:53
"Waiting for the Right Time" (Jon Mark, Mayall) – 5:36
"Thinking of My Woman" – 2:29
"Counting the Days" – 5:33
"When I Go" – 4:46
"Many Miles Apart" – 2:56
"To a Princess" – 3:34
"Lying in My Bed" – 4:21

Charts
Personnel
John Mayall – vocals, harmonica, lead and 12-string guitars, bass Moog synthesizer
Jon Mark – finger-style and 12-string guitar
Johnny Almond – saxophone, flute
Larry Taylor – bass
Steve Thompson – bassTechnicalBarry Ainsworth, Eddie Kramer, Eddy Offord, John Judnich – engineer
Bob Gordon, Kevin McCarthy – photographyJon Mark and Johnny Almond would leave the group just after the recording of this album, to form the duo Mark-Almond.

References
External links
"John Mayall – Empty Rooms (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 16 June 2010.