Crossroads 2 - Live In The Seventies [4CD]

Blues & Rock/Rythm & Blues
premiera polska: 1999-11-15
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
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All Music Guide:
Crossroads was a box set that appealed to both beginners and fanatics. Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies only appeals to fanatics. Spanning four discs and consisting almost entirely of live material (there are a handful of studio outtakes), this is music that will only enthrall completists and archivists. For those listeners, there is a wealth of fascinating, compelling performances here, as well as a fair share of mediocre, uninspired tracks. The key word for the entire album is detail -- it is an album for studying the intricacies of Eric Clapton's playing and how it evolved. For example, it's easy to hear the differences and progressions between the four versions of Robert Johnson's "Rambling on My Mind." And it is Clapton that evolves, not his supporting band -- although they are proficient, they are hardly exciting. However, their static, professional support provides a nice bed to chart Slowhand's growth over the course of the decade, simply because he is always the focal point. Crossroads 2 may only be for a collector, but for those collectors, it is a treasure, even if some of the tracks are fool's gold.
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

utwory:
CD1:
1. "Walkin' Down the Road" (Studio outtake) (Paul Levine, Alan Musgrove) – 5:15
Studio outtake recorded May 1974 at Criteria Studios, Miami for 461 Ocean Boulevard
2. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Billy Myles) – 7:41
Recorded 19 July 1974 at the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
3. "Willie and the Hand Jive/Get Ready" (Johhny Otis/Eric Clapton, Yvonne Elliman) – 11:42
4. Can't Find My Way Home" (Steve Winwood) – 5:19
5. "Driftin' Blues/Ramblin' On My Mind" (Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams/Robert Johnson) – 11:36
6. "Presence of the Lord" (Clapton) – 8:48
Tracks 3–6 recorded 20 July 1974 at the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
7. "Rambling On My Mind/Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Johnson/Myles) – 8:16
8. "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:43
Tracks 7–8 recorded 4 December 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England
9. "The Sky Is Crying"/"Have You Ever Loved a Woman"/"Rambling on My Mind" (Elmore James/Myles/Johnson) – 7:39
Recorded 5 December 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England

CD2:
1. "Layla" (Clapton, Jim Gordon) – 5:38
2. "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 4:31
3. "I Shot the Sheriff" (Bob Marley) – 10:21
4. "Badge" (Clapton, George Harrison) – 10:42
Tracks 3–4 recorded 28 June 1975 at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
5. "Driftin' Blues" (Moore, Brown, Williams) – 6:58
6. "Eyesight to the Blind/Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (with guitarist Carlos Santana) (Sonny Boy Williamson/Clapton, Bobby Whitlock) – 24:19
Tracks 1–2 & 5–6 recorded 25 June 1975 at the Providence Civic Center. Providence, Rhode Island

CD3:
1. "Tell the Truth" (Clapton, Whitlock) – 8:57
2. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 5:20
3. "Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) – 13:02
Tracks 1–3 recorded 27 April 1977 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England
4. "Lay Down Sally" (Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry) – 5:23
5. "The Core" (Clapton, Levy) – 9:13
6. "We're All the Way" (Don Williams) – 2:55
7. "Cocaine" (J.J. Cale) – 6:37
Tracks 4 & 6-7 recorded 12 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
8. "Goin' Down Slow/Ramblin' On My Mind" (St. Louis Jimmy Oden/Johnson) – 13:45
Tracks 5 & 8 recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
9. "Mean Old Frisco" (Arthur Crudup) – 5:53
Recorded 21 March 1978 at the Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, Georgia

CD4:
1. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder) – 4:23
2. "Worried Life Blues" (Big Maceo Merriweather) – 5:58
3. "Tulsa Time" (Danny Flowers) – 4:31
4. "Early in the Morning" (Traditional) – 6:19
5. "Wonderful Tonight" (Clapton) – 6:24
6. "Kind Hearted Woman" (Johnson) – 5:17
Tracks 3 & 5-6 recorded 24 November 1978 at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
7. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) – 11:06
8. "Crossroads" (Johnson) – 5:20
Tracks 1-2, 4, & 7-8 recorded 28 November 1978 at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
9. "To Make Somebody Happy" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 5:11
10. "Cryin'" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:54
11. "Water on the Ground" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:59
Tracks 9-11 are studio recordings, recorded 28 December 1978 at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England

total time - 04:26:55
nagrano: May, 1974 - December, 1978

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