DEREK & DOMINOS/ERIC CLAPTON LAYLA ORIG 1970 ATCO 2 LP SET NM VINYL DUANE ALLMAN
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DEREK & DOMINOS/ERIC CLAPTON~LAYLA~ORIG 1970 ATCO 2 LP SET~NM VINYL~DUANE ALLMAN DEREK & DOMINOS/ERIC CLAPTON~LAYLA~ORIG 1970 ATCO 2 LP SET~NM VINYL~DUANE ALLMAN
Derek And The Dominos ?– Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
ATCO Records ?– SD 2-704
STUNNING ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN ERIC CLAPTON AND DUANE ALLMAN!
ISSUED IN 1970 - 47 YEARS AGO! - BUT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING NEAR ITS AGE!
GATEFOLD COVER COMES IN HEAVY CARDBOARD AND IS EXCELLENT, WITH ONLY LIGHT WEAR TO THE SEAMS AND THE COVER.
HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS NEAR MINT WITH VIRTUALLY NO WEAR AND NO SPINDLEMARKS!
INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL ATLANTIC RECORDS INNER SLEEVES, TOO!
THE BEST COPY WE'VE SEEN IN A LOOOONG TIME!
Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meager beginnings grew his greatest album. Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself.
Tracklist
I Looked Away 3:04
Bell Bottom Blues 5:06
Keep On Growing 6:22
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 4:57
I Am Yours 3:32
Anyday 6:37
Key To The Highway 9:47
Tell The Truth 6:45
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? 4:50
Have You Ever Loved A Woman 6:51
Little Wing 5:23
It's Too Late 3:45
Layla 7:10
Thorn Tree In The Garden 2:51
Bass, Percussion – Carl Radle
Drums, Percussion, Piano – Jim Gordon
Engineer, Recorded By – Chuck Kirkpatrick, Howie Albert*, Carl Richardson*, Mac Emmerman*, Ron Albert
Executive-Producer – Tom Dowd
Guitar – Duane Allman
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Eric Clapton
Mastered By – Al Brown (5)
Organ, Piano, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Bobby Whitlock
Painting, Cover [Cover Painting, With Thanks To His Son Emile For The Abuse Of His House] – Frandsen-de Schonberg
Producer, Arranged By – The Dominos*
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