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Live. 1986 JUNE 20: Wembley Arena. 1987 JUNE 5: Wembley Arena. 1988 JUNE 5/6: Royal Albert Hall. 2016. Mid Valley Records.

Eric Serra Multi-instrumentiste, compositeur, entrepreneur : Eric Serra a plus d’une corde à son arc ! Elevé par un père chansonnier, le garçon apprend la guitare dès ses cinq ans avant d’étudier guitare électrique, batterie, basse, piano mais aussi synthétiseurs. A quinze ans, le jeune musicien forme son premier groupe de rock progressif avant de devenir musicien de studio et de rencontrer Pierre Jolivet puis Luc Besson qui lui propose de composer les musiques de L’Avant dernier, Le Dernier Combat et Subway en 1985. Il remporte une Victoire de la Musique et une nomination aux Césars. La BO de Le Grand Bleu en 1988 consacre Eric Serra qui remporte un César, le Grand Prix de la SACEM et va jusqu’à être nommé Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

In Concert is a 2002 CD bootleg by Eric Clapton and some of his friends, including Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Joe Cocker, along with Ron Wood. This was allegedly released on a Brazilian label oddly called USA Records

Founded in 2004 by the legendary guitarist, the Crossroads Guitar Festival has given fans an opportunity to witness truly historic performances by some of the world's greatest guitarists. A veritable "Who is Who" of guitar music can be heard on this set, including Clapton, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Cray, Billy F Gibbons, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Joe Walsh, Ronnie Wood, and Jimmie Vaughn, just to name a few. This compilation features 40 remastered tracks of landmark performances from all four Crossroads Guitar Festivals, which were held in 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013. Naturally, the all-star jams deliver some of the collection's most unforgettable moments.

"ERIC CLAPTON - THE ULTIMATE MASTER COLLECTION" is a comprehensive box set released by the bootleg label Mid Valley in 2018. This collection spans 16 CDs, covering live performances from 1985 to 1989. The set includes concerts from various iconic venues and dates, showcasing Clapton's work during this period.

This remastered release features both mono and stereo versions of each cut, and the differences are astounding. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realized album as a blues guitarist – more than that, it was a seminal blues album of the 1960s, perhaps the best British blues album ever cut, and the best LP ever recorded by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Standing midway between Clapton's stint with the Yardbirds and the formation of Cream, this album featured the new guitar hero on a series of stripped-down blues standards, Mayall pieces, and one Mayall/Clapton composition, all of which had him stretching out in the idiom for the first time in the studio. This album was the culmination of a very successful year of playing with John Mayall, a fully realized blues creation, featuring sounds very close to the group's stage performances, and with no compromises

The power pop world lost a legend in March when it was announced that Eric Carmen - the Raspberries frontman turned soft-rock hitmaker of the '70s and '80s - passed away at the age of 74. Now - on the eve of what would have been his 75th birthday and a special tribute to his life and career from the city that raised him - Legacy Recordings today issues a trove of rare and unreleased recordings from his beloved solo career. And Now, Eric Carmen: The Arista Archive collects 25 demos, single versions, live tracks and studio outtakes (including three heard here for the first time) to offer an alternate look at Carmen's career as he launched radio hits like "All by Myself," "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again," "She Did It" and "Change of Heart" in the '70s; then, after a long period of quiet after a one-off album for Geffen in 1984, a last burst of hits in the thunderous Top 5s "Hungry Eyes" (from the bestselling soundtrack to 1987's Dirty Dancing) and "Make Me Lose Control," co-written with songwriter Dean Pitchford, with whom he'd penned the hit "Almost Paradise" for Loverboy's Mike Reno and Heart's Ann Wilson to take into the Top 10 from 1984's Footloose soundtrack.