Clapton used a diminutive 5-watt tweed Fender Champ during the sessions,[9] which has grown to legend since. Bell Bottom Blues is my favourite and the Hendrix cover Little Wing. The first disc has the same tracks as the original LP, remixed in stereo from the 16-track analog source tapes and digitally remastered. Maybe??? 5 out of 5 stars (5) 5 reviews $ 20.00. These songs would later make up the bulk of the material on Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. [26][32][36][37][38] In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Christgau dubbed it "Clapton's most carefully conceived recording", while admiring the album's "relaxed shuffle and simple rock and roll" and Clapton's "generally warm" singing. [47] The "Super Deluxe" version comprises the two-CD "Deluxe" album, a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD of the album, a newly remastered In Concert two-CD set, a double LP version of the album, a hardcover book, and a number of other extras.[48]. ", Hand Painted 3D construction on canvas 27" grooved vinyl disc & fine art paper label, The source of the centrepiece song 'Layla' was rooted in Clapton's personal life; he had fallen in love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend George Harrison, and not even heroin could dull the pain. From shop SabinaFenn ... Print 8 x 10 - "Layla Album Cover Redux" Watercolor ArtByJamesE. We have a poster for sale at a great price. That would sound better. The whole set is housed in a box featuring pop-up artwork, reproduced swag and a new hardcover book. High-quality Eric Clapton Wall Art designed and sold by artists. The version with vocals released on Layla captures the jam's slower pace. This paint job was done by artist Moondog and is a great representation of the classic album art featured by Eric Clapton's one-off band, Derek and The Dominos. The second was just as bad. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. [21] Writing in Saturday Review magazine, Ellen Sander described it as "pointless and boring" and "a basket case of an album", and said that Clapton had "all but blown his musical credibility". "[23] Leimbacher found Clapton's singing "always at least adequate, and sometimes quite good" and concluded, "forget any indulgences and filler – it's still one hell of an album. [16] Despite this achievement, Layla was viewed as a commercial failure, according to authors Harry Shapiro[13] and Jan Reid. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (40th Anniversary / 2010 Remastered). Tedeschi Trucks Band covered the album in its entirety on 24 August 2019 at Lockn' with Trey Anastasio of Phish and Doyle Bramhall II sitting in. "[33], AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised Allman's slide guitar work for "push[ing] Clapton to new heights" and stated, "what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. [13] The album failed to chart in the United Kingdom,[15] while in the US, it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. [39] Yahoo! The band released only this one studio album in December 1970, which has been re-evaluated since its release and is now regarded as one of Clapton's finest recordings and is often considered to be the defining achievement of Clapton's career. Simply, one of the great albums of the decade('70's) or any other. "[28] Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone called the album "a masterpiece" and praised its raw nature, writing that "the playing on the album, too, teeters on the edge of chaos but never tips. … I want to see him play … let's go." [citation needed] Following the latter's dissolution, he joined Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, whom he had come to know while they were the opening act on Blind Faith's US tour in the summer of 1969. When the tour was over, they headed for Criteria Studios in Miami to record an album. Live on the Johnny Cash TV Show, 5 November, 1970 8-13. Unable to add item to List. Both vocal versions were later included on the 1972 compilation The History of Eric Clapton. Clapton at his finest and the contribution of Bobby Whitlock in particular to the songwriting ,outstanding. The other band members were Bobby Whitlock on keyboards and vocals, Jim Gordon on drums, Carl Radle on bass. [1] It was voted number 287 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). Comprehensive collection of the music of one of the 70's best bands. This MFSL 20-bit remastering of Layla preserved more of the fidelity of the original recordings than had previously been heard on CD. The result, according to Dowd, was "the perfect stereo recording". It consistently appears in listings of the best rock albums ever recorded, and was finally inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 and continuous to be noticed by critics. Filmed at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, and broadcast on 6 January 1971, the band performed "It's Too Late" and then joined Cash and Carl Perkins for the Perkins' classic, "Matchbox". As usual, Amazon makes getting a credit for defective product easy but wanted to warn other vinyl collectors that we may all need to wait until a new supply is available. This poster measures 24 inches x 24 inches and looks awesome. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020. Whitlock also contributed "Thorn Tree in the Garden", while Clapton brought "I Am Yours" (from a poem by Nizami) and "Layla" (with a coda credited to Jim Gordon). STEVE WINWOOD, Traffic, Derek & The Dominoes, Dave Mason, Spencer Davis Group. Bobby revealed in an interview in August 1970 they started an egg-throwing fight at Frandsen's house in France which his son Emile covered for them. 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs' is the only studio album by blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, released in November 1970. Find everything you need to make music. The Polydor 2004 SACD/CD dual layer hybrid release remixed the album in 5.1 surround sound on the SACD layer and remastered the 1970 stereo version yet again on the CD layer.