Live Albums By Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton is a legendary guitarist who has worked with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, Delaney & Bonney, Derek & The Dominos and as a solo artist.
During that time he has recorded some must hear live albums. In fact I think, with the exception of the great Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs with the Dominos and his Beano album with the Bluesbreakers, his live albums are much more compelling in my opinion than his studio records.
His Unplugged live album was a huge success and helped to popularise the acoustic live album idea although personally, I prefer it when Clapton’s guitar is plugged into the electrical supply.
Studio Albums By Eric Clapton
It’s useful to see the timing of the studio albums before looking at the live albums in detail.
1966 Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (the Beano album)
1966 Fresh Cream
1967 Disraeli Gears
1968 Wheels Of Fire (also includes live tracks)
1969 Goodbye (also includes live tracks)
1969 Blind Faith
1970 Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
1970 Eric Clapton
1974 461 Ocean Boulevard
1975 There’s One in Every Crowd
1976 No Reason to Cry
1977 Slowhand
1978 Backless
1981 Another Ticke
1983 Money and Cigarettes
1985 Behind the Sun
1986 August
1989 Journeyman
1992 Rush (soundtrack)
1994 From the Cradle
1998 Pilgrim
2001 Reptile
2004 Me and Mr. Johnson
2004 Sessions for Robert J
2005 Back Home
2010 Clapton
2013 Old Sock
2014 The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
Clapton also did a few collaborations with other artists:
2000 Riding with the King (with B.B. King)
2006 The Road to Escondido (with JJ Cale)
Cream Live Albums with Eric Clapton
1968 Wheels Of Fire (one LP was in the studio, one LP was live)
1968 Goodbye (part live, part studio recorded)
1968 Live Cream
1968 Live Cream Volume II
BBC Sessions
2005 Royal Albert Hall London
Delaney & Bonnie Live Album with Eric Clapton
1969 On Tour With Eric Clapton
Derek & The Dominos Live Album with Eric Clapton
1970 Live At The Fillmore (an extended version of In Concert)
Eric Clapton Live Albums (solo)
1970 to 1979 Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies
1973 Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert
1974 E. C. Was Here
1979 Just One Night
Time Pieces Vol.II Live In The Seventies
1990/91 24 Nights
1992 Unplugged
2001 One More Car, One More Rider
2008 Live from Madison Square Garden (with Steve Winwood)
2011 Play the Blues Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center (with Wynton Marsalis)
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I have also included in this category an unexpected item, George Harrison Live In Japan . That’s because in 1991 Eric Clapton and his band went on tour as the backing band for the former Beatle so, for example, you can get to hear a live version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.
Buying Albums By Eric Clapton
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The Best Live Albums Of All Time
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Delaney And Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton is a live album by delaney and Bonney.
It was recorded at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, England on 7 December 1969 while Eric Clapton was with them.
There is also a much extended box set with:
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Live from Madison Square Garden is a live album and DVD by Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood. The two stars were members of the supergroup Blind Faith back in 1969.
This album was recorded in New York City over the four nights, 25–28 February 2008.
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70th Birthday Party is a live album or DVD by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Friends. The friends are Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Chris Farlow.
It was recorded in Liverpool on July 19 2003. The celebration was a little premature since Mayall was born on 29 November 1933.
While former Rolling Stones lead guitarist Taylor returned to play with the Bluesbreakers in the early 1980s, this was the first time for nearly forty years that Clapton and Mayall had appeared together on stage. Back in early 1966 they had recorded the classic studio album John Mayall & The Blues Breakers with Clapton reading the Beano comic on the cover.
This isn’t the over-the-top guitar album that you might have expected with younger versions of Clapton and Taylor. Both are aware that they are honouring the contribution that John Mayall has made to the British blues and are sharing the limelight with John Mayall rather than seizing it away.
The album therefore lies in the intersection of blues and blues rock.
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One More Car, One More Rider is a live album by Eric Clapton.
It was recorded at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California on the 18 & 19 August 2001 and was released in November 2002.
At the time, it was thought that this would be the last time Clapton would tour the world. We now know those comments weren’t true as there have been more tours and more live albums.
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Crossroads 2 Live In The Seventies is a live album boxset by Eric Clapton.
While there are a few studio tracks, the majority of this 4 CD set consists of previously unreleased recordings of Eric Clapton and his band performing live from 1974 to 1978.
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Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert is the famous comeback gig at the Rainbow Theatre in London with Eric Clapton and his friends (The Palpitations) from January 13, 1973.
After recording the exceptional studio album Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs, Eric Clapton’s addiction to heroin overwhelmed him. Fortunately his friends led by Pete Townshend from The Who brought him back from the brink.
This album was originally only 34 minutes with six songs and if that’s the album you know, you need to take a second look. It has been extended by more than double and now features 14 songs including a live electric version of Layla.
Unplugged is a live album by Eric Clapton which was recorded in January 1992.
Clapton earned six Grammy Awards for the Unplugged and the song Tears In Heaven including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Rock Male Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song.
It’s also one of the best selling live albums ever going Diamond in the USA and Canada and Platinum in other countries,
Not bad at all for putting down the electric guitar and playing the blues.
Live At The Fillmore is an expanded edition of the first Derek And The Dominos live album called In Concert. It was recorded in New York in October 1970.
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In December 1991, after his revival with the Traveling Wilburys, Eric Clapton convinced former Beatle, George Harrison to go on tour in Japan. What happened is recorded on this Live In Japan album.
I ache for a live album from The Beatles recorded around 1969. I know it can’t happen because they gave up touring a few years earlier but I’d love to hear live versions of the songs from Revolver, Sergeant Pepper, The White Album, Abbey Road and Let It Be.
I came up with the idea of Paul McCartney plays The Beatles live because he regularly performs plenty of his classic tunes ad started to speculate on what songs I’d love to hear that John Lennon wrote. I didn’t really think about adding in George Harrison’s songs too but after hearing Live In Japan, I realise that was a mistake.
EC Was Here is a live album by Eric Clapton recorded on tour in 1974 and 75. This was his first tour since he disbanded Derek & the Dominos.
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