Eric Clapton
From the unreleased documentary
“Nothing but the Blues”
by director Martin Scorsese – Live TV Recording
Duration: 4:47
Eric Clapton ~ Everyday I Have the Blues
Posted by admin | Under Eric Clapton Thursday Aug 6, 2009Eric Clapton — Alberta Alberta 1977
Posted by admin | Under Eric Clapton Saturday Jul 25, 2009
Eric Clapton: Five Long Years
Posted by admin | Under Eric Clapton Saturday Apr 11, 2009
From Martin Scorsese’s unreleased ‘Nothin’ But The Blues’, Eric Clapton turns up the heat on Eddie Boyd’s ‘Five Long Years’.
Duration: 5:08
Eric Clapton — Bell Bottom Blues – Unplugged
Posted by admin | Under Eric Clapton Wednesday Feb 25, 2009
Eric Clapton in Japan
November 24, 1999
Kanagawa Yokohama Arena
Duration: 5:19
Best of Eric Clapton
Posted by admin | Under Eric Clapton Tuesday May 13, 2008
This is a reissue of the Time Pieces comp, a good singledisc collection of Eric Clapton’s solo hits including “I Shot the Sheriff,” “After Midnight,” “Wonderful Tonight,” Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla,” and “Cocaine” that has since been supplanted by the more thorough The Cream of Eric Clapton, which combines his solo work with selections of his Cream and Blind Faith work. Nevertheless, the compilation still provides a good introduction for neophyte Clapton fans, especially those who just want copies of his ’70s hits.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Complete Clapton
Posted by admin | Under Eric Clapton Tuesday Apr 22, 2008
Disregard the title of this 2007 compilation: there is no way that any double disc, 36track set could be called The Complete Clapton, not when Eric Clapton has had a career that’s spanned over four decades. This doesn’t even attempt to cover as much ground as his landmark fourdisc 1988 box set Crossroads, which began with his first band the Yardbirds and then followed his winding journeys through John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney Bonnie, and Derek the Dominos before settling into his solo records. Of course, The Complete Clapton covers the nearly 20 years that have elapsed since the release of Crossroads, a time frame which includes the blockbuster success of his 1992 Unplugged, its allblues 1994 followup From the Cradle, and many soft adult contemporary hits from the late ’90s. All these phases are touched upon on The Complete Clapton, but the set lops off all of Clapton’s earliest recordings, beginning with five Cream staples (”I Feel Free,” “Sunshine of Your Love,” “White Room,” “Crossroads,” “Badge”) and Blind Faith’s “Presence of the Lord” before delving into his solo career. This turns The Complete Clapton into a portrait of Clapton the classic rocker, as it focuses almost entirely on radio staples including tracks like “I’ve Got a Rock Roll Heart,” “Forever Man,” and “It’s in the Way That You Use It” that didn’t make the cut on Crossroads that still are played frequently years after their original release. As such, this set doesn’t pack many surprises, but it does hit the obvious highlights well and serves as a good hits package for the casual and curious fan, and in that sense, it works as a good companion piece to Clapton’s autobiography, which was published the same week this was released in October 2007.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Cream of Clapton
Posted by admin | Under Eric Clapton Thursday Apr 3, 2008
Eric Clapton was contracted to Polydor Records from 1966 to 1981, first as a member of Cream, then Blind Faith, and later as a solo artist and as the leader of Derek and the Dominos. This 19-track, 79-minute disc surveys his career, presenting an excellent selection from the period, including the Cream hits “Sunshine of Your Love,” “White Room,” and “Crossroads”; “Presence of the Lord,” Clapton’s finest moment with Blind Faith; “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Layla” from Derek and the Dominos; and 11 songs from Clapton’s solo work, among them the hits “I Shot The Sheriff,” “Promises,” and “I Can’t Stand It.” The selection is thus broader and better than that found on 1982’s Time Pieces collection, and with excellent sound and liner notes by Clapton biographer Ray Coleman, The Cream of Clapton stands as the single-disc best-of to own for Clapton’s greatest recordings. [Not to be confused with the popular 1987 Polydor (U.K.) compilation The Cream of Eric Clapton, which has since been retitled The Best of Eric Clapton.]
- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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