DEREK & THE DOMINOS: LAYLA/1970 FIRST/LITTLE PLAYED/EX+
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DEREK & THE DOMINOS
Layla and other assorted love songs
Eric Clapton's best ever recordings, full of passion and energy!
Labels: Polydor
Mode: Stereo
Rarity: Yes
Original Year of Release: 1970
Catalogue Number: 2625005
Sleeve: Absolutely excellent double gatefold in spankingly great condition!Stiff spine. sharp open edges, little sign of wear anywhere.
Inner: White poly-lined
Insert: None
Matrices: A1 B2, A1 B2
Vinyl Weight: 150 grams
Vinyl Condition & Grading: This is my own, purchased in Leicester on the day of release. It's had very little use and only on the best kit. Consequently, there's nothing to say about it other than it sound great!
Album Played For Grading: Yes. (Equipment: Linn Sondek LP12, Linn Ekos arm, Linn K9 moving coil cartridge, tracking at 2 grams into a Cambridge Audio Azur 340A amp and out to a pair of Bose speakers with a Super Woofer)
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 Patti 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.
1 I Looked Away
2 Bell Bottom Blues
3 Keep on Growing
4 Nobody Knows You When You'reDown and Out
5 I Am Yours
6 Anyday
7 Key to the Highway
8 Tell the Truth
9 Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
10 Have You Ever Loved a Woman?
11 Little Wing
12 It's Too Late
13 Layla
14 Thorn Tree in the Garden
Complete with PVC cover
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