DEREK & THE DOMINOS Layla VG+ 1970 Atco SD 2-704 1ST PRESS 2 LP Clapton Allman
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Vinyl: VG+ Play Graded. Sounds Great! Occasional warm vinyl crackle. Has some marks that don't affect play. Atco Labels are Clean. This is the Original 1970 Atco Records 1st Pressing! SD 2-704. The once-in-a-lifetime dream team of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman on dual guitars, and of course Eric's superb backup band consisting Jim Gordon, Carl Radle and Bobby Whitlock! This is the same team that wound up on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass the same year, 1970. This is Classic Rock, defined...allmusic gives it 5 stars!!!
In the Dead Wax: "MO" and "MR" with a circle around it, denoting that this copy was pressed at the Monarch Records Pressing Plant in Los Angeles, CA; "AT" , denoting that this pressing was mastered at Atlantic Records. On the Label: "1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y."
Cover: VG+ (see photos) Gatefold.
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Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?
First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources are currently available). First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider and subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive, with inner details more clearer. On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
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. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself.
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