Eric Clapton Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings 6 DISC BOX SET FREE SHIP

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Eric Clapton's Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings is a stunning 5 CDs + 1 Blu-ray Audio (six disc) + 60 page box set that celebrates the period between April 1974 & June 1975 when Clapton produced the studio albums 461 Ocean Boulevard and There’s One In Every Crowd, as well as the live double set E.C. Was Here.

All 3 of those albums are included in this new box in remastered, expanded form, and all include previously unreleased session outtakes or unheard live performances.  See Track Listing Below!

•461 Ocean Boulevard includes four previously released outtakes (including a couple of versions of Getting Acquainted), whilst amongst the bonus offerings on There’s One In Every Crowd are two unreleased session tracks Burial and Fools Like Me, and both sides of the Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door single.

•E.C. Was Here (live recordings) is not only remastered, but REMIXED, and expanded across two CDs, with numerous unissued extras such as versions of Layla, Crossroads and Little Wing.

•CD #5 is taken up with Clapton’s sessions with blues guitarist and singer Freddie King. Originally recorded for King’s Burglar album, four tracks are featured here, including a previously unreleased 22-minute version of Gambling Woman Blues.

As you can see from the photos, the box set also includes a beautifully bound 60 page book with many striking photos and interesting information about the albums!  There's pictures of the master recording tapes with the hand written track lists and engineering specifics- really cool to look at!  Plus there's great detail about each track as well with artist ensemble for each song, record date information, and much more.  Each page is 11" x 9" so your eyes can really feast on the images and documentation of the album!

Hi-Res Surround Sound on Blu-ray

One of the most exciting elements within this new Give Me Strength box is the inclusion of THREE surround sound mixes on Blu-ray audio disc. Respected engineer Elliot Scheiner’s unreleased 5.1 mix of 461 Ocean Boulevard is here, as well as the original quadraphonic mix of the same album. There’s One In Every Crowd is also included in the original quad mix.

This box set is used but as you can see from the photos its quite clean.  There is small tear of the track listings document that is tacked onto the back.  The discs are clean though there are a few cosmetic scratches on a few of the CDs that do not interfere with the ability to play and enjoy them. I have listened to every disc end to end on two different players and had no issues whatsoever. 

This is a really special box set. If you're a Clapton fan this is a superb collection of albums now with phenomenal sound and so many amazing additional tracks you've never heard before!  This box set is not easy to find and it's no wonder why.

CD ONE – 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD expanded version

• 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 MAINLINE FLORIDA

Session out-takes:

• 11 AIN’T THAT LOVIN’ YOU
• 12 MEET ME (DOWN AT THE BOTTOM)
• 13 LONESOME ROAD BLUES (WALKIN’ DOWN THE ROAD)
• 14 GETTING ACQUAINTED (previously unreleased)
• 15 GETTING ACQUAINTED 2 (TOO LATE) (previously unreleased)
• 16 ERIC AFTER HOURS BLUES
• 17 PLEASE BE WITH ME (ACOUSTIC) (previously unreleased)
• 18 GIVE ME STRENGTH (DOBRO 1) (previously unreleased)

CD TWO – THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD expanded version

• 1 WE’VE BEEN TOLD (JESUS IS COMING SOON)
• 2 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
• 3 LITTLE RACHEL
• 4 DON’T BLAME ME
• 5 THE SKY IS CRYING
• 6 SINGIN’ THE BLUES
• 7 BETTER MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY
• 8 PRETTY BLUE EYES
• 9 HIGH
• 10 OPPOSITES

Session out-takes:

• 11 BURIAL (previously unreleased)
• 12 WHAT’CHA GONNA DO
• 13 I FOUND A LOVE
• 14 (WHEN THINGS GO WRONG) IT HURTS ME TOO
• 15 FOOLS LIKE ME (previously unreleased)

Non-album single release:

• 16 KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
• 17 SOMEONE LIKE YOU

CD THREE – E.C. WAS HERE remixed and expanded version

• 1 SMILE (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 2 HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 19, 1974)
• 3 PRESENCE OF THE LORD (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 4 CROSSROADS (previously unreleased -Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 5 I SHOT THE SHERIFF (previously unreleased – Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 6 LAYLA (previously unreleased – Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 7 LITTLE WING (previously unreleased – Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 8 CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 9 DRIFTIN’ BLUES / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)

CD FOUR – E.C. WAS HERE remixed and expanded version

• 1 RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN (Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974)
• 2 WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE / GET READY (Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974)
• 3 THE SKY IS CRYING / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND (Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 5, 1974)
• 4 BADGE (Recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
• 5 DRIFTIN’ BLUES (Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975)
• 6 EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND / WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD (Recorded at Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975)
• 7 FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD (Recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)

CD FIVE – THE FREDDIE KING CRITERIA STUDIOS SESSIONS

• 1 SUGAR SWEET
• 2 TV MAMA
• 3 BOOGIE FUNK (previously unreleased)
• 4 GAMBLING WOMAN BLUES (previously unreleased full length version)

DISC SIX – (BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC)

• 1. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD Elliot Scheiner 5.1 Surround Sound mix (previously unreleased). 5.1 Surround Mix by Elliot Scheiner at The Eyeball.

• 2. 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD original quadraphonic mix.  Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.

• 3. THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD original quadraphonic mix. Mixed by Tom Dowd at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, January 1975.