Eric Clapton/Slowhand 35th Anniversary, 200 Gram Vinyl LP (Ex)

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35th Anniversary 200g Vinyl! Half-Speed Mastering!
  Remastered by Seth Foster & Kevin Reeves at Sterling Sound From Original Masters!
  Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
 
  Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 325/500!
 
  Clapton had already established himself as a guitar legend by the time he   released Slowhand. His heroin habit long behind him, Clapton's songwriting   mastery was fully evident on the album, particularly in the stunning ballad   "Wonderful Tonight." It fully actualized all of the potential hinted at in his   earlier "Promises," and Clapton trusted himself enough to slow things down. Some   of his most expressive guitar work can be found throughout this album, not just   within "Wonderful." Ironically enough, Slowhand is probably best known for the   hit "Cocaine." Built upon a simple repeated riff, the song had Clapton's   trademark smooth voice with its wear around the edges, and yet another stellar   guitar solo. Flashy runs and licks were never the most integral part of   Clapton's catalog, his blues background being the primary source for his sound.   Slowhand, with its phrasings, both guitar and vocal, established Clapton as the   possessor of one of the most extensive vocabularies in rock.
 
  Eric Clapton has fashioned albums in many different styles and with many   different themes, yet few have the sense of oneness that pervades Slowhand.   Slowhand was recorded at Olympic Studios in South West London in May 1977 and   was produced by Glyn Johns. Released in November 1977, Slowhand was the most   successful album of Clapton's '70s studio recordings. It reached No. 2 on the   Billboard chart where it stayed for five weeks, spending a total of 74 weeks on   the American album chart.
 
  Slowhand features "Wonderful Tonight', "Lay Down Sally", and "Cocaine" - songs   that are still heard regularly on radio and at Eric Clapton's live shows. So   long after its release is a great recommendation and testimony to its place in   Clapton's canon. The album includes cover versions of songs written by some of   his favorite songwriters (JJ Cale, John Martyn, Don Williams, Arthur Crudup)   along with original compositions by Eric Clapton.
 
  "Slowhand was the nickname given to Clapton by the Yardbirds. On this   quintessential Seventies album, he mixes candlelit love songs and guitar-hero   riffs; "Cocaine" and "Wonderful Tonight" are the hits, but don't overlook "Next   Time You See Her," a tender melody loaded with a death threat to a lover's   suitor." - www.rollingstone.com
 
  Features:
  • Heavyweight 200g Vinyl
  • Remastered from the Original Olympic Studios 1/4" Flat Analog Master Tapes
  • Remastered by Seth Foster & Kevin Reeves at Sterling Sound
  • Lacquers cut at 1/2 Speed by Miles Showell at Metropolis in London
  • Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
  • Exact Reproduction of Original Gatefold Packaging
 
  Selections:
  Side 1:
  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We're All The Way
  Side 2:
  1. The Core
  2. May You Never
  3. Mean Old Frisco
  4. Peaches And Diesel