DEREK & THE DOMINOS Layla Eric Clapton BOBBY WHITLOCK (1948-8/10/2025) 1970 2xLP

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Offered: Layla and other assorted love songs DEREK AND THE DOMINOS SD-2-704 (Product Polydore England Yellow labels ATCO runout side 4 stc-70246-CCC W (lacquer blank audio devices) GATEFOLD records near mint great sound few crickets tight spindle fit , one original inner sleeve one white. Bobby Whitlock founding member (1948- August 10, 2025) Just finished listening to list and news of Bobby's passing moments later; just like the band that made the album turned out it was a one time studio album, a brief existence.

Derek and the Dominos in 1970

Seeking to start a new band, Whitlock and Clapton reunited with Radle and Gordon at a session for P.P. Arnold, before going on to back Harrison on his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. Whitlock described the latter sessions as "spectacular in every way" Although individual contributions remain hard to ascertain, due to the large cast of musicians on the Phil Spector-produced recording, Harrison biographer Simon Leng identifies Whitlock as one of two "core keyboard players" on All Things Must Pass. Having traditionally favored Hammond organ as his keyboard instrument, Whitlock played piano for the first time on a studio recording during the session for Harrison's "Beware of Darkness"

In June 1970, early in the All Things Must Pass sessions, Clapton, Whitlock, Radle and Gordon formed the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos.Their first release was a US-only single, "Tell the Truth", produced by Spector and written primarily by Whitlock.In August, once their work on Harrison's album was complete, Derek and the Dominos toured the UK, playing to small venues.That summer, Whitlock and his bandmates also participated in London sessions for Dr John's album The Sun, Moon & Herbs (1971).

Unhappy with Spector's treatment of their sound, the band went to Criteria Studios in Miami to work with producer Tom Dowd,[on what became a double album – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). As well as a remake of "Tell the Truth", the album included six other songs written or co-written by Whitlock,[ including "Anyday", "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?", "Keep on Growing" and "Thorn Tree in the Garden".In addition, Whitlock helped Clapton finish "Bell Bottom Blues", although he was not initially credited as a co-writer on that song] "Keep on Growing" and "Thorn Tree in the Garden" featured Whitlock on lead vocals, while on other tracks he and Clapton shared the singing in a style reminiscent of Sam & Dave.

After the recording [of Layla, we were on the road, and we scored an enormous amount of drugs to take with us. That was the beginning of the end ... , on our worst night we were the best band on the planet. It was impossible for us to play badly.

– Bobby Whitlock discussing the demise of Derek and the Dominos, December 2006

Adding to the power of the Dominos' music, Clapton's inspiration for the songs on Layla was his unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, Harrison's wife.Whitlock began a relationship with Boyd's sister Paula at this time, and was therefore, as he described it, "in the inner circle ... in the middle of it with all of them".He comments on a musical dialogue between Harrison and Clapton in their songs: "There were subliminal messages, going back and forth, between two good friends as a way of healing and setting each other free ... I have always known that the better part of those songs [on All Things Must Pass] were directed to Eric, just like Eric's were to George on the Layla record."

Between October and December 1970] Derek and the Dominos toured the United States in support of Layla. The Elton John Band was their opening act. In his autobiography, Elton John said, "They were phenomenal. From the side of the stage, I took mental notes of their performance ... it was their keyboard player Bobby Whitlock that I watched like a hawk. ... You watched and you learned, from people that had more experience than you."[ But the Layla album made little commercial impact on release, failing to chart in the UK.[ Clapton's despondency at being rejected by Boyd, the band's drug consumption, and personal conflicts between the members, particularly with Gordon, all contributed to the break-up of the Dominos in May 1971.