John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Friends - 70th Birthday Concert (DVDRIP, 2003)

 

70th Birthday Concert is a live electric blues video recording of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers to celebrate Mayall's 70th Birthday. Recorded in Liverpool, England on July 19 2003, the concert was notable as it featured Eric Clapton as a guest, so marked the first time he and Mayall had performed together in almost 40 years. The set also features Mick Taylor and Chris Barber.

• John Mayall, 
• Eric Clapton,
• Chris Barber, 
• Mick Taylor,
• Buddy Whittington, 
• Joe Yuele,
• Tom Canning, 
• Hank Van Sickle

 

Eric Clapton - River Of Tears - Buenos Aires 2001 [FLAC]

Eric Clapton

River Of Tears

Buenos Aires 2001

Excellent Soundboard

Live In Argentina

Estadio River Plate

Buenos Aires, Argentina

October 6, 2001

1. Key To The Highway [03:30]

2. Reptile [06:17]

3. Got You On My Mind [04:49]

4. Tears In Heaven [04:26]

5. Bell Bottom Blues [05:07]

6. Change The World [06:18]

7. My Father's Eyes [08:44]

8. River Of Tears [08:46]

9. Going Down Slow [06:14]

10. She's Gone [06:16]

11. I Want A Little Girl [04:44]

12. Badge [06:30]

13. Hoochie Coochie Man [04:54]

14. Stormy Monday [10:18]

15. Cocaine [04:38]

16. Wonderful Tonight [07:45]

17. Layla [09:25]

18. Sunshine Of Your Love [06:52]

19. Somewhere Over The Rainbow [07:04] 

Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton [Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (4 CD, 2021/FLAC)

 Eric Clapton‘s eponymous debut album will be expanded and reissued as a four-CD deluxe edition in August.

The album was originally released in August 1970, so this is technically a 51st anniversary edition. The deluxe edition offers three different mixes:

•     The Eric Clapton Mix
•     The Delaney Bramlett Mix
•     The Tom Dowd Mix (The UK Version).

The Tom Dowd Mix is the standard UK version, while the Delaney Bramlett mix was unreleased until 2006 when it appeared on the two-CD deluxe edition. The Eric Clapton mix is released in full for the first time. 

The bonus material on CD 4 was mostly included on that same two-CD deluxe although this new edition does include a previously unreleased alternate mix of ‘Comin’ Home’.

VA - The Many Faces Of Eric Clapton (3 CD, 2016/FLAC)

 

We all know that Eric Clapton is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. What is not that well known, is that he has collaborated with artists such as blues legend Pinetop Perkins, Jamaican guitarist Arthur Louis or trombonist Chris Barber (an institution within British music). Moreover, few probably have heard the versions of his songs by Koko Taylor and Ann Peebles, and we're pretty sure that almost no one has delved into the obscure blues records that have influenced Clapton early in his career. This is The Many Faces Of Eric Clapton, a deep look into the intimate world of one of the best British artists ever. A different kind of album to collect... and that it won't be available on streaming services! 

Cream – Goodbye Tour (Live 1968) [4 CD, 2020/FLAC]

The Cream album Goodbye, `Goodbye Tour - Live 1968' now available in a special, expanded edition and the first authorized release of these four historic complete 1968 concerts. Each concert features previously unreleased tracks and the Royal Albert Hall show hasn't featured on CD until now. This historic collection features 36 tracks, 29 of which have not been released until now.

Eric Clapton- Forever Man (3 CD Deluxe, 2015/FLAC)

 

Legendary songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and 19-time Grammy Award-winner Eric Clapton has  released a brand-new ‘Best Of' compilation, entitled Forever Man. Featuring 51 tracks over three CDs, Forever Man spans three decades of Clapton's Reprise Records years and features classic studio tracks and a Blues-themed disc.

The collection traces much of Clapton's career featuring the Grammy Award-winning tracks "Change The World", "Tears In Heaven", "Bad Love" and including materials from Eric's Grammy Award-winning albums From The Cradle and Unplugged. Guest performers include B.B. King and J.J. Cale.

Eric Clapton & Duane Allman- 1970-08-27 Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (2 CD) [FLAC]

 

"Tom Dowd is responsible for introducing Duane Allman and Eric Clapton. In 1970, Dowd was in the middle of recording the Allman Brother's second album, Idlewild South, when Eric's manager (Robert Stigwood) called to tell Tom that Eric would like to bring his new band, Derek and the Dominos, to Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida to record with him.

Tom later recounted the phone call that began it all. Now when the call came I was in the studio with Duane. I said, Hey, that's a hot one, kid! That was Eric Clapton's management talking about him coming here to record. Allman looks at me and goes You mean the guy from Cream? Do you think he'd mind if I just came to watch. I told him, no problem.

Eric and the rest of the Dominos arrived at Criteria Studios in late August. During the first week, most of the studio time was spent jamming and piecing together new songs."

Derek And The Dominos - The Layla Sessions 20th Anniversary Edition (3 CD, 1990/FLAC)

 The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition (or The Layla Sessions) released September 1990 is an anniversary remix of the 1970 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album by Derek and the Dominos. The album contains the original album, remixed to improve audio quality, and, in the 3-CD edition, two extra discs of unused alternate and incomplete masters of the original songs and studio jamming. The box set was designed by Mitchell Kanner. 

B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (Deluxe Edition) (2020.FLAC)

  

Riding with the King is a blues album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King that was released in 2000. It was their first collaborative album and won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

The potential for a collaboration between B.B. King and Eric Clapton is enormous, of course, and the real questions concern how it is organized and executed. This first recorded pairing between the 74-year-old King and the 55-year-old Clapton was put together in the most obvious way: Clapton arranged the session using many of his regular musicians, picked the songs, and co-produced with his partner Simon Climie. That ought to mean that King would be a virtual guest star rather than earning a co-billing, but because of Clapton's respect for his elder, it nearly works the other way around. The set list includes lots of King specialties -- "Ten Long Years," "Three O'Clock Blues," "Days of Old," "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" -- as well as standards like "Hold on I'm Coming" and "Come Rain or Come Shine," with some specially written and appropriate recent material thrown in, so King has reason to be comfortable without being complacent. The real danger is that Clapton will defer too much; though he can be inspired by a competing guitarist such as Duane Allman, he has sometimes tended to lean too heavily on accompanists such as Albert Lee and Mark Knopfler when working with them in concert. That danger is partially realized; as its title indicates, Riding With the King is more about King than it is about Clapton. But the two players turn out to have sufficiently complementary, if distinct, styles so that Clapton's supportive role fills out and surrounds King's stinging single-string playing. (It's also worth noting that there are usually another two or three guitarists on each track.) The result is an effective, if never really stunning, work. 

•     B.B. King – guitar, co-lead vocals
•     Eric Clapton – guitar, co-lead vocals (tracks 1, 3–9, 11, 12)
•     Doyle Bramhall II – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9–12), background vocals (tracks 4, 7)
•     Andy Fairweather Low – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9–12)
•     Jimmie Vaughan – guitar (track 6)
•     Joe Sample – acoustic piano (1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11), Wurlitzer piano (tracks 1, 2, 11)
•     Tim Carmon – organ (tracks 1–7, 9–12)
•     Paul Waller – programming
•     Nathan East – bass
•     Steve Gadd – drums
•     Arif Mardin – string arrangements
•     Susannah Melvoin – background vocals (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12)
•     Wendy Melvoin – background vocals (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12)

01. Riding with the King (04:23)

02. Ten Long Years (04:41)

03. Key to the Highway (03:40)

04. Marry You (04:59)

05. Three O'Clock Blues (08:37)

06. Help the Poor (05:06)

07. I Wanna Be (04:46)

08. Worried Life Blues (04:26)

09. Days of Old (03:00)

10. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer (07:10)

11. Hold on I'm Coming (06:20)

12. Come Rain or Come Shine (04:12)

13. Rollin' and Tumblin' (04:32)

14. Let Me Love You (05:07)

Eric Clapton- Slowhand [35th Anniversary Super Deluxe, 3 CD, 2012/FLAC]

 

Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set  to celebrate its 35th anniversary.

The album includes of two of Clapton’s best known songs Wonderful Tonight, and the cover of J.J. Cale’s Cocaine.

The Super Deluxe box set includes three previously unreleased session outtakes (four in total) and two CDs are devoted to presenting the complete 14-track performance of the Hammersmith Odeon concert on 27 April 1977.

The record has been remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4″ flat analog master tapes and the session tracks and live performances are newly mixed from the original two-inch analogue tapes. This all sounds very promising from a sound perspective.

Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded

1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We’re All the Way
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches and Diesel
10. Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
11. Alberta (Bonus track)
12. Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
13. Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)

Disc 2 – Slowhand Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Audio DVD [not included]

1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We’re All the Way
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches and Diesel

Disc 3 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 1)

1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Alberta
4. Tell the Truth
5. Knockin’ on Heavens Door
6. Steady Rolling Man
7. Can’t Find My Way Home
8. Further On Up the Road
9. Stormy Monday

Disc 4 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 2)

1. Badge
2. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
3. I Shot the Sheriff
4. Layla
5. Key to the Highway

Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs [40th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition] (4 CD, 2011/FLAC)

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is a blues-rock album by Derek and the Dominos, released in November 1970, best known for its eponymous title track, "Layla". The album is often regarded as Eric Clapton's greatest musical achievement, in ensemble with a talented supporting cast of Bobby Whitlock on keyboards and vocals, Jim Gordon on drums, Carl Radle on bass, and special guest performer Duane Allman on lead and slide guitar.

Japanese edition exclusively features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players). Deluxe edition of "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs" is released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Derek & The Dominos since their original album was released, consisting of 4 SHM-CDs, 2 LPs, and a DVD. CD1: "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs" featuring the latest remastering. CD2: Contains 13 rare tracks including four unreleased tracks and six remixes. CD3: "In Concert (disc 1)" featuring the latest rematering. CD4: "In Concert (disc 2)" featuring the latest rematering. 

Cream - Those Were The Days [4 CD, 1997/FLAC]

 

Those Were the Days is a retrospective compilation of the music of Cream, released on September 23, 1997. It comprises four CDs and catalogues every track from their four studio albums, plus live material recorded in 1968.

The title is taken from the song written by Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor, released on the album Wheels of Fire in 1968.

Blind Faith - Blind Faith (2 LP, 1969/2013) [FLAC]

 

Blind Faith's first and last album, more than 30 years old and counting, remains one of the jewels of the Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Ginger Baker catalogs, despite the crash-and-burn history of the band itself, which scarcely lasted six months. As much a follow-up to Traffic's self-titled second album as it is to Cream's final output, it merges the soulful blues of the former with the heavy riffing and outsized song lengths of the latter for a very compelling sound unique to this band. Not all of it works -- between the virtuoso electric blues of "Had to Cry Today," the acoustic-textured "Can't Find My Way Home," the soaring "Presence of the Lord" (Eric Clapton's one contribution here as a songwriter, and the first great song he ever authored) and "Sea of Joy," the band doesn't do much with the Buddy Holly song "Well All Right"; and Ginger Baker's "Do What You Like" was a little weak to take up 15 minutes of space on an LP that might have been better used for a shorter drum solo and more songs. Unfortunately, the group was never that together as a band and evidently had just the 42 minutes of new music here ready to tour behind.

Eric Clapton - The Essential Ballads (2013) [FLAC]

 

A rock guitar legend who, in addition to a distinguished solo career, collaborated with countless artists and played in many classic bands.

01. Autumn Leaves (5:41)

02. Before You Accuse Me (3:58)

03. Change the World (3:56)

04. Come Rain or Come Shine (with B.B.King) (4:11)

05. Got You on My Mind (4:30)

06. How Deep Is The Ocean (5:29)

07. It's Probably Me  (6:22)

08. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (4:23)

09. Layla (4:37)

10. Old Love (6:26)

11. Running On Faith (5:35)

12. Second Nature (4:47)

13. Still Got the Blues (5:55)

14. Tears in Heaven (4:33)

15. The Folks Who Live On the Hill (3:46)

16. Travelin' Light (4:14)

Cream - ReMasters Outakes and Alternates - The Remastered Collection Vol. 1-10 (1966-1968) 20 CD

 

01-Renovating The Blues [2 CD]
02-Outtakes & Alternates (2 CD)
03-Disraeli Gears Live (2 CD) incl BBC recordings
04-Live at the Fillmore [2 CD]
05-EAST COAST, SEPT 1967 [2 CD]
06-GRANDE BALLROOM, OCT 1967 [2 CD]
07-Live In Europe [2 CD]
08-Back Bay Theatre- Winterland Outtakes [2 CD]
09-Final USA Tour [2 CD]
10-California Days [2 CD]

VA - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 [10 CD]

 

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
June 04, 05 and 06, 2004
Cotton Bowl,
Dallas, TX,


Soundboard Recording / 10 CD

Derek & The Dominos - Complete Studio Sessions [5 CD]

 

Derek & The Dominos
Complete Studio Sessions for Layla & unreleased 2nd album

Criteria Studios - Miami, Florida

VA - The Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 [9 CD]

 

Crossroads Guitar Festival

Bridgeview Illinois
July 28th, 2007
Soundboard recording - some crowd noise and a few spurious noises -
otherwise A+ sound quality
all mp3 @ 320 kbps

Derek & the Dominos- Fillmore Double Night [4 CD, 1997]

Fillmore Double Night is a 4CD bootleg by Derek And The Dominoes. Released in 1997 by Mid Valley Recordings, it consists of soundboard recordings from two concerts at the Fillmore East in New York City on 23-24 October, 1970. A few of the songs had been released officially at the time of its release.