Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings is a 5CD box set
that celebrates the period between April 1974 and June 1975 when Clapton
produced the studio albums 461 Ocean Boulevard and There’s One In Every
Crowd, as well as the live double set E.C. Was Here.
All three of those albums are included in this new box in remastered,
expanded form, and all include previously unreleased session outtakes or
unheard live performances.
461 Ocean Boulevard includes four previously released outtakes
(including a couple of versions of Getting Acquainted), whilst amongst
the bonus offerings on There’s One In Every Crowd are two unreleased
session tracks Burial and Fools Like Me, and both sides of the Knockin’
On Heaven’s Door single.
E.C. Was Here is not only remastered, but REMIXED, and expanded across
two CDs, with numerous unissued extras such as versions of Layla,
Crossroads and Little Wing.
The fifth CD is taken up with Clapton’s sessions with blues guitarist
and singer Freddie King. Originally recorded for King’s Burglar album,
four tracks are featured here, including a previously unreleased
22-minute version of Gambling Woman Blues.
Eric Patrick Clapton
CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream.
Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and
influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling
Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and
fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
