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Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) [1993, MFSL Remastered]

Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) [1993, MFSL Remastered]

461 Ocean Boulevard is Eric Clapton’s second studio solo album, arriving after his side project of Derek and the Dominos and a long struggle with heroin addiction. Although there are some new reggae influences, the album doesn’t sound all that different from the rock, pop, blues, country, and R&B amalgam of Eric Clapton. Continue reading “Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) [1993, MFSL Remastered]”

Eric Clapton – Happy Xmas (2018) [Japanese SHM-CD]

Eric Clapton - Happy Xmas (2018) [Japanese SHM-CD]

Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings (2013) [Box Set, Remastered, 5CD + Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]

Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength: The '74/'75 Recordings (2013) [Box Set, Remastered, 5CD + Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]

Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings (2013)
[Box Set, Remastered, 5CD + Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]
5x EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Blu-ray Audio | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD MA (5.1 & 4.0 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM (5.1 & 4.0 / 24bit / 96kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.84 GB (CDs) + 21.1 GB (BD Audio) + 6.26 GB (Hi-Res) + 434 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor | EU | Cat#: 0602537545940 | Genre: Blues Rock

Limited edition six disc box set containing five CDs plus Blu-ray. Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings is beautifully housed in a 60-page book and captures a full year’s worth of recordings, from April 1974 to June 1975. Featured are 88 remastered, remixed, rare unreleased and live recordings, including session outtakes, from his landmark studio albums 461 Ocean Boulevard and There’s One in Every Crowd, and his legendary live album E.C. Was Here. Also included is a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix of 461 Ocean Boulevard and original quadrophonic mixes of two milestone releases. Continue reading “Eric Clapton – Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings (2013) [Box Set, Remastered, 5CD + Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]”

Eric Clapton – Discography (1970 – 2016)

Eric Clapton - Discography (1970 - 2016)

By the time Eric Clapton launched his solo career with the release of his self-titled debut album in mid-1970, he was long established as one of the world’s major rock stars due to his group affiliations — the Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith — which had demonstrated his claim to being the best rock guitarist of his generation. Continue reading “Eric Clapton – Discography (1970 – 2016)”

John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

John Mayall With Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers (1966) [2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

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 Continue reading “John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered]”

John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayall With Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 774 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9043 | Genre: Blues Rock
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J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton – The Road To Escondido (2006)

J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road To Escondido (2006)

The Road to Escondido is an album by J. J. Cale and Eric Clapton. It was released on 7 November 2006. Contained on this album are the final recordings of Billy Preston, to whom the album is dedicated. Continue reading “J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton – The Road To Escondido (2006)”

Eric Clapton & Friends – The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale (2014)

Eric Clapton & Friends - The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale (2014)

In a sense, nearly every album Eric Clapton recorded after 1970 has been a tribute to J.J. Cale. On that first solo album, Clapton cut a cover of Cale’s “After Midnight” and while he was under the spell of Delaney Bramlett for that album, soon enough Slowhand began drifting toward the laconic shuffle that was Cale’s stock in trade. Clapton never hesitated to credit Cale, dropping his name in interviews, turning “Cocaine” into a modern standard, even going so far as to record an entire duet album with the Oklahoma troubadour called The Road to Escondido in 2006. Continue reading “Eric Clapton & Friends – The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale (2014)”

Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) {1993, MFSL, Remastered}

Derek And The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) {1993, MFSL, Remastered}

Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) {1993, MFSL, Remastered}
EAC Rip | APE Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @300 dpi, JPG, Included
Total Size: 510 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 585 | Genre: Blues Rock

Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meager beginnings grew his greatest album. Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Continue reading “Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) {1993, MFSL, Remastered}”

Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977) {1991, MFSL, Remastered}

Eric Clapton - Slowhand (1977) {1991, MFSL, Remastered}

Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977) {1991, MFSL, Remastered}
EAC Rip | WavPack Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @300 dpi, JPG, Included
Total Size: 237 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 553 | Genre: Blues Rock

After the guest-star-drenched No Reason to Cry failed to make much of an impact commercially, Eric Clapton returned to using his own band for Slowhand. The difference is substantial — where No Reason to Cry struggled hard to find the right tone, Slowhand opens with the relaxed, bluesy shuffle of J.J. Cale’s “Cocaine” and sustains it throughout the course of the album. Continue reading “Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977) {1991, MFSL, Remastered}”