Eric Clapton Lost Polydor Tapes

Before Derek And The Dominos were to perform in Berkeley, California at the Berkeley Community Theater, Eric Clapton was aware of a 16-year old guitarist named Neal Schon. Clapton decided to jam a bit with Santana and Schon and see what was going on. Clapton decided that Schon would be a good guy to bring with him in The Dominos. as Duane Allman was in The Allman Brothers Band and George Harrison, who had played on the first Dominos single, was not ready to perform solo yet, and All Things Must Pass was only a week away from being released. Schon declined the offer to join Clapton's band, but he did agree to perform with him at the Derek And The Dominos concert. According to the story, Schon had already joined Santana as a new member. A few years later, Schon would leave Santana and form his own group, Journey. Village Recorders Tapes is a soundboard recording but is a few generations away from the original source.

Eric Clapton - Slowhand (1977) [3CD+DVD] {2012 Polydor, 35th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 970 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 340 Mb
DVD -> 1,9 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | Dolby AC3, 2 ch / DTS, 6 ch / LinearPCM, 2 ch | ~ 80 m | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 2.1 Gb | 5% repair rar
© 2012 Polydor / UMG | 0600753407257
Rock / Blues Rock

Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set (and other formats) on 19 November to celebrate its 35th anniversary. The album includes of two of Clapton’s best known songs Wonderful Tonight, and the cover of J.J. Cale’s Cocaine. The Super Deluxe box set includes three previously unreleased session outtakes (four in total) and two CDs are devoted to presenting the complete 14-track performance of the Hammersmith Odeon concert on 27 April 1977. The record has been remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4″ flat analog master tapes and the session tracks and live performances are newly mixed from the original two-inch analogue tapes. This all sounds very promising from a sound perspective. Probably the most exciting aspect is the audio-only DVD that comes only with this super deluxe box. This disc offers the album in 5.1 surround sound (not hi-res) and a hi-res stereo version.

Between laid-back and listless, between the tastefully restrained and the downright niggardly, the line can be perilously thin. Eric Clapton's new album teeters precariously on the very edge, flirting with, but in the nick of time always just skirting, dullness.

Eric Clapton was contracted to Polydor Records from 1966 to 1981, first as a member of Cream, then Blind Faith, and later as a solo artist and as the leader of Derek and the Dominos…

Eric Clapton: Prolific English blues-rock guitarist, singer and composer affectionately known as "Slow Hand". Received the Order of the British Empire (CBE-Commander). Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (Performer). Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001…