Eric Clapton is releasing “Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength: The 1974 / 1975 Recordings”, a 6-disc box set featuring a wealth of unreleased recordings, outtakes, studio sessions and live recordings, on November 26.
The package will also come with a 60-page hardbound book with extensive liner notes, rare photos and behind-the-scene images.
In early 1974, after a three-year absence that followed Eric Clapton’s major success with Derek and the Dominos’ seminal album “Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs”, which sealed his stature as one of rock's most revered guitarists, a rejuvenated and musically refreshed Clapton stepped into the recording studio and staged a massive resurgence with his 1974/1975 trilogy of albums – “461 Ocean Boulevard”, which featured his first No. 1 hit single “I Shot The Sheriff,” “There's One In Every Crowd” and the live “E.C. Was Here” – standing as one of the most remarkable rebirths in rock's history. Those albums decisively cemented the guitarist as both a musical and commercial force, while successfully staking out an entirely new set of creative challenges.
The 5-CD/1-Blu-Ray disc box set "Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings" is housed in a 60-page book and captures a full year’s worth of recordings, from April 1974 to June 1975.
Featured are 88 remastered, remixed, rare unreleased and live recordings, including session outtakes, from the three albums mentioned above. Also included is a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix of “461 Ocean Boulevard” and original quadrophonic mixes of “461 Ocean Boulevard” and “There's One In Every Crowd.”
The original 3 albums will also be released separately as a 3-LP set.
"Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings" features a wealth of unreleased recordings and material including:
• A 60-page hardbound book with extensive liner notes and packed with rare photos and behind-the-scene images
• Rare, unreleased outtakes from 461 Ocean Boulevard and There’s One In Every Crowd
• E.C. Was Here remixed and expanded features live tracks from Long Beach Arena (including unreleased versions of Crossroads, I Shot The Sheriff, Layla and Little Wing), the Hammersmith Odeon, Nassau Coliseum and Providence Civic Center.
• The Freddie King Criteria Studio Sessions featuring the previously unreleased versions of “Boogie Funk” and the full unreleased 22 minute version of “Gambling Woman Blues”
• A Blu-Ray disc featuring a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix of 461 Ocean Boulevard and original quadrophonic mixes of 461 Ocean Boulevard and There’s One In Every Crowd
• Extensive Liner Notes by John Lynskey
Eric Clapton
“Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength: The 1974 / 1975 Recordings”
Release date: November 26
Disc One - 461 Ocean Boulevard Expanded Version
01 Motherless Children
02 Give Me Strength
03 Willie And The Hand Jive
04 Get Ready
05 I Shot The Sheriff
06 I Can't Hold Out
07 Please Be With Me
08 Let It Grow
09 Steady Rollin' Man
10 Mainline Florida
Session Out-Takes:
11 Ain't That Lovin' You
12 Meet Me (Down At The Bottom)
13 Lonesome Road Blues (Walkin' Down The Road)
14 Getting Acquainted (Previously Unreleased)
15 Getting Acquainted 2 (Too Late) (Previously Unreleased)
16 Eric After Hours Blues
17 Please Be With Me (Acoustic) (Previously Unreleased)
18 Give Me Strength (Dobro 1) (Previously Unreleased)
Disc Two - There's One In Every Crowd Expanded Version
01 We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)
02 Swing Low Sweet Chariot
03 Little Rachel
04 Don't Blame Me
05 The Sky Is Crying
06 Singin' The Blues
07 Better Make It Through Today
08 Pretty Blue Eyes
09 High
10 Opposites
Session Out-Takes:
11 Burial (Previously Unreleased)
12 Whatcha Gonna Do
13 I Found A Love
14 (When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too
15 Fools Like Me 5:09 (Previously Unreleased)
Non-Album Single Release:
16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door
17 Someone Like You
Disc Three - E.C. Was Here Remixed And Expanded Version
(all tracks recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, July 20, 1974)
01 Smile 3:35
02 Have You Ever Loved A Woman 7:41
03 Presence Of The Lord 8:47
04 Crossroads 4:38 (Previously Unreleased)
05 I Shot The Sheriff 7:35 (Previously Unreleased)
06 Layla 6:00 (Previously Unreleased)
07 Little Wing 8:57 (Previously Unreleased)
08 Can't Find My Way Home 5:18
09 Driftin' Blues / Ramblin' On My Mind 11:38
Disc Four - E.C. Was Here Remixed And Expanded Version
01 Ramblin' On My Mind / Have You Ever Loved A Woman
(The Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974)
02 Willie And The Hand Jive / Get Ready
(Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
03 The Sky Is Crying / Have You Ever Loved A Woman / Ramblin' On My Mind
(The Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 5, 1974)
04 Badge
(Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
05 Driftin' Blues
(Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June25, 1975)
06 Eyesight To The Blind / Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
(Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975)
07 Further On Up The Road
(Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
Disc Five - The Freddie King Criteria Studios Sessions
01 Sugar Sweet
02 Tv Mama
03 Boogie Funk (Previously Unreleased)
04 Gambling Woman Blues (Previously Unreleased Full Length Version)
Disc Six (Blu-Ray)
1. 461 Ocean Boulevard 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (Previously Unreleased Elliot Scheiner Mix)
01 Motherless Children
02 Give Me Strength
03 Willie And The Hand Jive
04 Get Ready
05 I Shot The Sheriff
06 I Can't Hold Out
07 Please Be With Me
08 Let It Grow
09 Steady Rollin' Man
10 Mainline Florida
Session Out-Takes:
11 Ain't That Lovin' You
12 Meet Me (Down At The Bottom)
13 Lonesome Road Blues (Walkin' Down The Road)
2. 461 Ocean Boulevard Original 4.0 Quadraphonic Mix
01 Motherless Children
02 Give Me Strength
03 Willie And The Hand Jive
04 Get Ready
05 I Shot The Sheriff
06 I Can't Hold Out
07 Please Be With Me
08 Let It Grow
09 Steady Rollin' Man
10 Mainline Florida
3. There's One In Every Crowd Original 4.0 Quadraphonic Mix
01 We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)
02 Swing Low Sweet Chariot
03 Little Rachel
04 Don't Blame Me
05 The Sky Is Crying
06 Singin' The Blues
07 Better Make It Through Today
08 Pretty Blue Eyes
09 High
10 Opposites
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