Check out the bootleg from Irving Plaza in NYC during his blues tour in support of the release “from the cradle” after his acoustic portion for the first third of the show he then went electric and then lit it up. I reckon you haven’t seen Clapton live through the years because of seen plenty of shows where he reaches deep and there’s plenty of fire in his playing. Many of the shows are available as bootlegs but unfortunately the quality of the recordings are poor but some of the playing and performances are riveting and Clapton displays plenty of fire. They actually toured Europe before coming to the USA to record the album. The Dominos shows varied and some were much heavier that the Fillmore nights such as The Electric Factory in Philadelphia. Unfortunately when they re-packaged the release the replaced some of the better versions of songs for example “why does love have to be so sad” with another version that was not as good and they included extra tracks that were not on the album when first released that should not have been released. I loved it when it first came out and still do. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs can be bought here.Īctually Just Bill, hard to compare as Layla was really a masterpiece and a studio album and “Live” was just one of the stops along the road for The Dominos. It seems that Eric is gradually returning to the scene…hopefully the success of this record – and it’s sure to be a hit if it gets the airplay – will convince him that we need him.” Though two years old, it’s still the best record of the week, with that scorching interplay between Eric Clapton and the late Duane Allman. Melody Maker‘s July 1972 review of “Layla”: “Colleagues who frequent such places tell me that this is an all-time favorite at The Speakeasy.
It made No.7 in 1972 and a decade later, on March 6, 1982, it charted again, making No.4. In the UK, the track was not released as a single at all until August 1, 1972, and only then in the shortened version. A year later, a longer version of “Layla” was issued in the States and fared better, entering the Hot 100 at No. “Bell Bottom Blues” was the lead single from the album, but only reached No.
But what about “Layla” as a single? In the US, it was released as an edited 45rpm in March 1971 and made No.
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