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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Motherless Children | |||
| 2. Give Me Strength | |||
| 3. Willie And The Hand Jive | |||
| 4. Get Ready | |||
| 5. I Shot The Sheriff | |||
| 6. I Can't Hold Out | |||
| 7. Please Be With Me | |||
| 8. Let It Grow | |||
| 9. Steady Rollin' Man | |||
| 10. Walkin' Down The Road (Out-Take) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Smile (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) (Previously Unreleased) | |||
| 2. Let It Grow (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) (Previously Unreleased) | |||
| 3. Can't Find My Way Home (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) (Previously Unreleased) | |||
| 4. I Shot The Sheriff (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) | |||
| 5. Tell The Truth (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) | |||
| 6. The Sky Is Cryin' / Ramblin' On My Mind / Have You Ever Loved A Woman (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) | |||
| 7. Little Wing (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) | |||
| 8. Singing The Blues (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) (Previously Unreleased) | |||
| 9. Badge (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) (Previously Unreleased) | |||
| 10. Layla (Live December 4th And 5th, 1974) (Previously Unreleased) | |||
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Product Description
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Predictably, given the drug problems which preceded its release, Clapton's second solo album proper seems to come and go in an opium haze of its own making. Oddly though, it suits him. As the history of rock attests, if you're going to get into one hard drug then you may as well make it heroin. Whereas cocaine feeds the ego and destroys judgement, heroin sublimates it and allows the artist to regress into his music. Which pretty much describes where 461 Ocean Boulevard is at. Because tracks like "Steady Rollin' Man" and US chart topper "I Shot The Sheriff" sound like they have all the time in the world, they make light work of putting the listener in a similar frame of mind. Best of all though is "Let It Grow", for many the kind of tender, foetal balladry which finds Clapton at his most quintessential. Inevitably, he cleaned up his act and sporadically attained similar heights. But for sheer mood and sense of moment, 461 Ocean Boulevard remains his masterpiece. --Peter Paphides
CD Description
After playing the 1973 Rainbow Concerts that were arranged by good friend Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton returned to Florida's Criteria Recording Studio to cut 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD. Because of a stint of personal turmoil, Clapton had not played guitar for two years preceeding the Rainbow Concerts, butwith the help of a core group of musicians including GeorgeTerry, former Derek & the Dominos bassist Carl Radle, JamieOldaker, and Yvonne Elliman, Slowhand put together an albumthat many consider to be his best.
Focusing more on his singing than his guitar pyrotechnics of the past, the new, improved Clapton used a laid-back, J.J. Cale-type vocal styleto great effect on a mellow version of "Willie And The HandJive" and Elmore James's "I Can't Hold Out". Far from beinga kinder, gentler guitar hero, Clapton also showed considerable spark on a slide-drenched "Motherless Children" and thedriving "Mainline Florida", which closes out the album. Of course, his cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff" was the musical statement that took him to the top of the charts and let the general public know he was back. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD is still one of the highest points of Clapton's solo career.
Predictably, given the drug problems which preceded its release, Clapton's second solo album proper seems to come and go in an opium haze of its own making. Oddly though, it suits him. As the history of rock attests, if you're going to get into one hard drug then you may as well make it heroin. Whereas cocaine feeds the ego and destroys judgement, heroin sublimates it and allows the artist to regress into his music. Which pretty much describes where 461 Ocean Boulevard is at. Because tracks like "Steady Rollin' Man" and US chart topper "I Shot The Sheriff" sound like they have all the time in the world, they make light work of putting the listener in a similar frame of mind. Best of all though is "Let It Grow", for many the kind of tender, foetal balladry which finds Clapton at his most quintessential. Inevitably, he cleaned up his act and sporadically attained similar heights. But for sheer mood and sense of moment, 461 Ocean Boulevard remains his masterpiece. --Peter Paphides
CD Description
After playing the 1973 Rainbow Concerts that were arranged by good friend Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton returned to Florida's Criteria Recording Studio to cut 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD. Because of a stint of personal turmoil, Clapton had not played guitar for two years preceeding the Rainbow Concerts, butwith the help of a core group of musicians including GeorgeTerry, former Derek & the Dominos bassist Carl Radle, JamieOldaker, and Yvonne Elliman, Slowhand put together an albumthat many consider to be his best.
Focusing more on his singing than his guitar pyrotechnics of the past, the new, improved Clapton used a laid-back, J.J. Cale-type vocal styleto great effect on a mellow version of "Willie And The HandJive" and Elmore James's "I Can't Hold Out". Far from beinga kinder, gentler guitar hero, Clapton also showed considerable spark on a slide-drenched "Motherless Children" and thedriving "Mainline Florida", which closes out the album. Of course, his cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff" was the musical statement that took him to the top of the charts and let the general public know he was back. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD is still one of the highest points of Clapton's solo career.
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