Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength – The ’74/’75 Recordings – 5CD + Blu-ray audio 3 LP Universal 25-11-2013
Esce solo alla fine di novembre ma non ho resistito al fascino dell’anteprima, allo “sgub” come lo chiama Aldo Biscardi, dopo Slowhand (e inframmezzato dal mini-box dedicato all’Unplugged che però uscirà per la Warner in una forma più ridotta al 15 ottobre, ma ne parliamo in un’altra occasione), verrà pubblicato questo ulteriore cofanetto dedicato alla discografia 70’s di Eric Clapton. Qualcuno mi ricorderà, giustamente, che 461 Ocean Boulevard è già uscito nel 2004 in versione doppia Deluxe, con 3 outtakes uguali a quelle che saranno contenute nella nuova versione, che però ne riporta ulteriori 4 (ma mancano le due jam blues!). In più abbiamo There’s One In Every Crowd sempre registrato ai Criteria Studios di Miami con la produzione di Tom Dowd, potenziato da altre 5 outtakes (2 inedite) + il singolo di Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.
La ristampa dell’ottimo live E.C. Was Here con un secondo CD aggiunto di materiale dal vivo, di cui due brani già apparivano nel secondo dischetto di 461 Ocean Boulevard e parecchi altri si trovano nel cofanetto Crossroads 2: Live in The Seventies (sotto trovate le liste, TBC come si usa dire), da confermarsi, di quello che conterrà la nuova ristampa. Nel quinto CD ci sono jam e brani blues registrati con Freddie King, sempre ai Criteria Studios di Miami, e apparsi nei dischi del grande chitarrista nero pubblicati dalla RSO (e ristampati dalla BGO), più un inedito. Anche il Blu-ray, audio, contiene delle versioni alternative, anche quadrafoniche, di brani registrati sempre in quel fatidico periodo, tra l’Aprile 1974 e il giugno 1975. Il tutto, ripeto, è in via di conferma e mi sembra molto interessante, anche se, come è ormai buona regola della discografia, si ricompra più o meno sempre la stessa roba. Il prezzo del tutto non sarò esorbitante, come nel caso della versione Superdeluxe di Slowhand, per cui, mentre vi leggete la lista dei brani, meditate, gente, meditate!
| DISC ONE -461 OCEAN BOULEVARD expanded edition
1 MOTHERLESS CHILDREN
2 GIVE ME STRENGTH
3 WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE
4 GET READY
5 I SHOT THE SHERIFF
6 I CAN’T HOLD OUT
7 PLEASE BE WITH ME
8 LET IT GROW
9 STEADY ROLLIN’ MAN
10 MAINLINE FLORIDA
Session out-takes:
11 WALKIN’ DOWN THE ROAD
12 AIN’T THAT LOVIN’ YOU
13 MEET ME (DOWN AT THE BOTTOM)
14 GETTING ACQUANTED 8:21 (previously unreleased)
15 TOO LATE 4:21 (previously unreleased)
16 PLEASE BE WITH ME (ACOUSTIC) 3:30 (previously unreleased)
17 GIVE ME STRENGTH (DOBRO) 2:45 (previously unreleased)
DISC TWO – THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD expanded edition
1 WE’VE BEEN TOLD (JESUS IS COMING SOON)
2 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
3 LITTLE RACHEL
4 DON’T BLAME ME
5 THE SKY IS CRYING
6 SINGIN’ THE BLUES
7 BETTER MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY
8 PRETTY BLUE EYES
9 HIGH
10 OPPOSITES
Session out-takes:
11 BURIAL (previously unreleased)
12 WHATCHA GONNA DO
13 I FOUND A LOVE
14 (WHEN THINGS GO WRONG) IT HURTS ME TOO
15 FOOLS LIKE ME (previously unreleased)
Non-album single release:
16 KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
17 SOMEONE LIKE YOU
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DISC TWO – THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD expanded edition
1 WE’VE BEEN TOLD (JESUS IS COMING SOON)
2 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
3 LITTLE RACHEL
4 DON’T BLAME ME
5 THE SKY IS CRYING
6 SINGIN’ THE BLUES
7 BETTER MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY
8 PRETTY BLUE EYES
9 HIGH
10 OPPOSITES
Session out-takes:
11 BURIAL (previously unreleased)
12 WHATCHA GONNA DO
13 I FOUND A LOVE
14 (WHEN THINGS GO WRONG) IT HURTS ME TOO
15 FOOLS LIKE ME (previously unreleased)
Non-album single release:
16 KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
17 SOMEONE LIKE YOU
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| DISC THREE -E.C. WAS HERE remixed and expanded edition
1 HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN 7:55
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 19, 1974.
2 PRESENCE OF THE LORD 6:40
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974.
3 DRIFTIN’ BLUES/RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND 11:44
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974.
4 CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME 5:18
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974.
5 RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN 7:39
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974.
6 FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD 7:31
Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975.
DISC FOUR-E.C. WAS HERE remixed and expanded edition
Additional material (currently being mixed):
SMILE 3:00
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
I SHOT THE SHERIFF 7:56
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
LAYLA 5:58
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
LITTLE WING 10:06
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
CROSSROADS 4:30
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE/GET READY 11:42
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974.
THE SKY IS CRYING / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 5, 1974.
DRIFTIN’ BLUES
Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975.
BADGE 10:43
Recorded at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND / WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD 24:20
Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975
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DISC FOUR-E.C. WAS HERE remixed and expanded edition Additional material (currently being mixed):
SMILE 3:00
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
I SHOT THE SHERIFF 7:56
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
LAYLA 5:58
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
LITTLE WING 10:06
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
CROSSROADS 4:30
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE/GET READY 11:42
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974.
THE SKY IS CRYING / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 5, 1974.
DRIFTIN’ BLUES
Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975.
BADGE 10:43
Recorded at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND / WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD 24:20
Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975
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| DISC FIVE- THE FREDDIE KING CRITERIA STUDIOS SESSIONS
1 SUGAR SWEET
2 TV MAMA
3 BOOGIE FUNK (previously unreleased)
4 GAMBLING WOMAN BLUES (SLOW BLUES JAM)
DISC SIX (BLU-RAY)
1. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD
Elliot Scheiner 5.1 Surround Sound mix (previously unreleased) 5.1 Surround Mix by Elliot Scheiner at The Eyeball.
2. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD original quadraphonic mix
Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.
3. THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD original quadraphonic mix
Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.
4. E.C. WAS HERE original quadraphonic mix (previously unreleased)
Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.
Mastered by Seth Foster at Sterling Sound, New York, August 2013.
DVD Authoring: Metropolis Group, London
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DISC SIX (BLU-RAY)
1. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD
Elliot Scheiner 5.1 Surround Sound mix (previously unreleased) 5.1 Surround Mix by Elliot Scheiner at The Eyeball.
2. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD original quadraphonic mix
Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.
3. THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD original quadraphonic mix
Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.
4. E.C. WAS HERE original quadraphonic mix (previously unreleased)
Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.
Mastered by Seth Foster at Sterling Sound, New York, August 2013.
DVD Authoring: Metropolis Group, London
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