DEREK AND THE DOMINOS Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs RSO RS-2-3801 (NM)

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DEREK AND THE DOMINOS Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs RSO RS-2-3801 (1972 pressing)

Tracklist

A1 I Looked Away Written-By – Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton 3:04 A2 Bell Bottom Blues Written-By – Eric Clapton 5:06 A3 Keep On Growing Written-By – Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton 6:22 A4 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Written-By – Jimmie Cox
4:57 B1 I Am Yours Written-By – Eric Clapton, Nizami Ganjavi* 3:32 B2 Anyday Written-By – Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton 6:37 B3 Key To The Highway Written-By – Willie Broonzy*, Charles Segar
9:47 C1 Tell The Truth Written-By – Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton 6:45 C2 Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? Written-By – Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton 4:50 C3 Have You Ever Loved A Woman Written-By – Billy Myles
6:51 D1 Little Wing Written-By – Jimi Hendrix 5:23 D2 It's Too Late Written-By – Chuck Willis 3:45 D3 Layla Written-By – Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon 7:10 D4 Thorn Tree In The Garden Written-By – Bobby Whitlock 2:51

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• Bass, Percussion – Carl Radle
• Drums, Percussion, Piano – Jim Gordon
• Guitar – Duane Allman
• Guitar, Lead Vocals – Eric Clapton
• 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

Notes

Record 1: Sides 1 & 2
Record 2: Sides 3 & 4 AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
     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.