Op 25 november brengt Universal Music een 6-Cd’s tellende box set uit van Eric Clapton getiteld ‘Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recording’ met een schat aan nog niet eerder uitgebrachte opnames, outtakes, studio sessies en live opnames. De set bevat ook een 60-pagina’s tellend boekwerk met zeldzame foto’s. de 5-CD/1-Blu-Ray disc box set ‘Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings’ bevat opnames gemaakt in de periode van april 1974 tot juni 1975 bestaande uit 88 geremasterde, geremixte, zeldzame opnames, inclusief sessie opnames van zijn albums ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’ en ‘There’s One In Every Crowd’, en zijn legendarische live album ‘E.C. Was Here’.
Buiten al dit moois bevat de box ook een nieuwe 5.1 Surround Sound mix van ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’ en originele quadrofonische mixen van ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’ en ‘There’s One In Every Crowd’. De drie originele albums zullen ook als een 3-LP set verkrijgbaar zijn. ‘Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recording’ ligt vanaf 25 november in de winkels.
Full Tracklisting ‘Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recording’:
DISC ONE – 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD expanded version
1 MOTHERLESS CHILDREN
2 GIVE ME STRENGTH
3 WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE
4 GET READY
5 I SHOT THE SHERIFF
6 I CAN’T HOLD OUT
7 PLEASE BE WITH ME
8 LET IT GROW
9 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
1 WE’VE BEEN TOLD (JESUS IS COMING SOON)
2 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
3 LITTLE RACHEL
4 DON’T BLAME ME
5 THE SKY IS CRYING
6 SINGIN’ THE BLUES
7 BETTER MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY
8 PRETTY BLUE EYES
9 HIGH
10 OPPOSITES
Session out-takes:
11 BURIAL (previously unreleased)
12 WHAT’CHA GONNA DO
13 I FOUND A LOVE
14 (WHEN THINGS GO WRONG) IT HURTS ME TOO
15 FOOLS LIKE ME (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
1 SMILE (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
2 HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 19, 1974)
3 PRESENCE OF THE LORD (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
4 CROSSROADS (previously unreleased -Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
5 I SHOT THE SHERIFF (previously unreleased – Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
6 LAYLA (previously unreleased – Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
7 LITTLE WING (previously unreleased – Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
8 CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
9 DRIFTIN’ BLUES / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
DISC FOUR – E.C. WAS HERE remixed and expanded version
1 RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN (Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974)
2 WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE / GET READY (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
3 THE SKY IS CRYING / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND (Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 5, 1974)
4 BADGE (Recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
5 DRIFTIN’ BLUES (Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975)
6 EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND / WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD (Recorded at Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975)
7 FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD (Recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
DISC FIVE – THE FREDDIE KING CRITERIA STUDIOS SESSIONS
1 SUGAR SWEET
2 TV MAMA
3 BOOGIE FUNK (previously unreleased)
4 GAMBLING WOMAN BLUES (previously unreleased full length version)
DISC SIX – (BLU-RAY AUDIO)
1. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD Elliot Scheiner 5.1 Surround Sound mix (previously unreleased). 5.1 Surround Mix by Elliot Scheiner at The Eyeball.
2. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD original quadraphonic mix. Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.
3. THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD original quadraphonic mix. Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.