Delaney & Bonnie & Friends With Eric Clapton On Tour Speakers Corner Vinyl LP
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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends With Eric Clapton - On Tour - Speakers Corner Vinyl 180g LP
Brand New & Sealed.
Label: Speakers Corner Records SD 33-326
Country: Germany
Year: 2020
“On Tour” – Delaney Bramlett (g, voc); Bonnie Bramlett, Rita Coolidge (voc); Eric Clapton, Dave Mason (g); Bobby Keys (sax); Jim Price (tb); B. Whitlock (org, voc); Carl Radle (b); Tex Johnson (bgo, cga); Jim Gordon (dr)
This 42-minute-long live album, which was recorded in December 1969 in Croydon, England and was awarded 5 stars by the magazine Rolling Stone, is not only the culmination of Delaney & Bonnie’s creative output, but also marks their connection to the further careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On this particular tour Clapton plays the same mixture of country music, blues and gospel that were to hallmark his own early solo appearances from 1970. He rose to the occasion with consistently brilliant virtuosity; the highlights are a dizzying solo in “I Don’t Want To Discuss It”, a lengthy ‘Slowhand’ passage in “Only You Know And I Know”, and a dry fervent introduction to the wonderfully balanced “Coming Home”. Vocally Delaney & Bonnie were never better than on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds musically more close-knit than many a quartet of the times, regardless of whether they are playing a lengthy blues number or a medley of Little Richard songs. It is certainly no coincidence that the band featured here would become Clapton’s own choice for his first solo LP, or that the kernel of this group – Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon – would metamorphose into Derek and the Dominos, or that the bulk of the band would constitute the group that would perform with George Harrison in “All Things Must Pass” and The Concert For Bangladesh, except that their playing (not to mention the recording) is better here. Half the musicians on this record attained near-superstar status less than one year later, and although their fame was fairly short-lived, this is certainly justified, as you will ascertain when you listen to this live performance.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.
Around the time of the first covid lockdown in 2020 I started to collect vinyl records. The plan was to buy a turntable. 12 months later I have collected over 120 records BUT still no turntable! To be honest, I've been enjoying streaming and digital sourced music generally along with the practical benefits that these music sources bring. I also didn't plan for the space records take up! I can't see me buying a turntable, and instead have started buying SACD's. I've really enjoyed the process of collecting vinyl despite not being able to play them! However, slowly I will start to part with them, a few at a time, as and when I feel like it. 90% of my records are audiophile quality pressings from the likes of MFSL, Analogue Productions, Speakers Corner, ORG etc. Despite having never played any of my records I still get pleasure from having them!
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