ERIC CLAPTON S/T 1970 ALTERNATE DELANEY BRAMLETT MIX 1st SOLO DEREK & DOMINOES
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ERIC CLAPTON
"ERIC CLAPTON" RARE 1970 ATCO STEREO SD-33-329, FIRST CLAPTON SOLO LP AFTER THE DEMISE OF BOTH CREAM AND BLIND FAITH.
THERE WERE ACTUALLY 3 MIXES DONE OF THIS ALBUM, ONE BY DELANEY WHO ACTUALLY IS CREDITED AS PRODUCER/ARRANGER, ONE BY ENGINEER TOM DOWD, AND ONE BY/WITH CLAPTON. THIS IS THE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND MANICALLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALTERNATE ORIGINAL DELANEY BRAMLETT MIX OF THE ALBUM THAT CAME OUT OF ONE ATLANTIC CONTRACT PRESSING PLANT ONLY, TOTALLY BY MISTAKE. WHITE LABEL PROMO'S OF THIS ALBUM CAME FROM A DIFFERENT PLANT AND DID NOT HAVE THIS MASTER. IT IS A MYTH THAT THE BRAMLETT MIX IS THE FIRST PRESS AND ALL OTHERS ARE SECOND. IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF ONE PLANT BEING SENT THE WRONG MASTER, WHICH WHEN NOTICED VERY EARLY ON WAS VERY QUICKLY WITHDRAWN.
THIS VERSION OF THE ALBUM HAS THE INFAMOUS "HORN" VERSION OF "AFTER MIDNIGHT" WITH STUDIO CHATTER & FEEDBACK PRECEDING IT, AN ALTERNATE TAKE OF "LET IT RAIN", AND A DIFFERENT VERSION OF "BLUES POWER". SINCE DELANEY MIXED THE ENTIRE ALBUM THERE ARE MOST LIKELY DIFFERENCES TO BE FOUND IN THE OTHER TRACKS AS WELL BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT AS DRAMATICALLY AS THESE 3 ALTERNATE TAKES. I HAVEN'T DONE AN A-B LISTEN BUT THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES IN "EASY NOW". YOU DECIDE!
IT WAS DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS OPENING THE SHOW ON THE BLIND FAITH TOUR IN 1969 THAT INTRODUCED CLAPTON TO THE PLAYERS ON THIS ALBUM, WITH DELANEY & BONNIE'S BASIC BAND THEN RUNNING OFF WITH HIM TO BECOME DEREK & THE DOMINOES LATER IN 1970, WITH DUANE ALLMAN. THE REST, SO THEY SAY, IS HISTORY! HERE'S A TRULY RARE PIECE OF THAT HISTORY!
CONDITION:
- COVER HAS LIGHT SHELF WEAR ON SEAMS, AND A SMALL PUSH AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP
- BACK COVER SLICK IS SLIGHTLY CRIMPED OR 'WAVY', NOT APPLIED PERFECTLY AT THE FACTORY, ALSO MINOR
- NO WRITING, NO STICKERS, NO CUT, NO PUNCH
- NICE CLEAN LABELS
- THERE IS A PURELY SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL SCUFF ACROSS MOST OF SIDE 1 THAT DOES NOT AFFECT PLAY, OTHERWISE PLAYING SURFACES HAVE ONLY LIGHT MINOR PLAY WEAR
- PLAYS AND SOUNDS GREAT
- ORIGINAL ATCO DISCOGRAPHY INNER SLEEVE
TRACKS:
- SLUNKY
- BAD BOY
- LONESOME AND A LONG WAY FROM HOME
- AFTER MIDNIGHT
- EASY NOW
- BLUES POWER
- BOTTLE OF RED WINE
- LOVIN' YOU LOVIN' ME
- TOLD YOU FOR THE LAST TIME
- DON'T KNOW WHY
- LET IT RAIN
VG++ COVER, SOLID VG+ LP!
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