A bit OT, but I just found this clip of Clapton and George Harrison with Delaney and Bonnie. Interesting stuff.

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I didn't initially like Clapton after 461 Ocean Blvd., but those albums have aged well. 461 and Slowhand are the best, but "minor" efforts like No Reason to Cry and Backless sound great on a Sunday morning - warm and comfortable. Nothing wrong with that.

i love you, man. and may i offer there's one in every crowd and another ticket for further listening enjoyment?

Agree with both of you. Take a listen to "Floating Bridge","Black Rose" or "Blow Wind Blow" all great stuff off of Another Ticket. Such an inspiration - thanks for mentioning it! I'm gonna go get the CD right now and play it. It's been out of rotation way too long at my house.

If I mention Live Alive would you consider listening to it over this Another Ticket LP business?

Hard to say.........

Different strokes for different folks.......

Finally got this box.....for free. Brilliant package, well worth whatever it costed. Rolling Stones would have charged $400 for a box like this. I must say....the "bonus tracks" are quite boring; apart from the very last one. But the DVD, featuring that 1977 concert is terrific.

I noticed you need a 'fast hand' to get the bargoon, as the price has almost doubled.

It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

It's a "relaxed" album for sure, but certainly a classic
Next Time You See Her and The Core is difficult to match....

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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

slowhand is claptons biggest selling studio album as a solo artist other than from the cradle which has slightly outsold slowhand. more than likely from the cradle sold so much because the mtv unplugged album released 2 years before from the cradle was so hugely popluar.

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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

slowhand is claptons biggest selling studio album as a solo artist other than from the cradle which has slightly outsold slowhand. more than likely from the cradle sold so much because the mtv unplugged album released 2 years before from the cradle was so hugely popluar.

I'm really surprised at that. Obviously the general populace digs Clapton more for rock lite rather than for being an effervescent guitar showman.

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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

slowhand is claptons biggest selling studio album as a solo artist other than from the cradle which has slightly outsold slowhand. more than likely from the cradle sold so much because the mtv unplugged album released 2 years before from the cradle was so hugely popluar.

I'm really surprised at that. Obviously the general populace digs Clapton more for rock lite rather than for being an effervescent guitar showman.

Clapton was down and out in the 70s, so it's a wonder he managed to pull off the Slowhand album. It features no brilliant guitarplaying, but it's still a terrific album.....Exile On Main Street, for inatnce, doesn't feature any brilliant guitar playing either....

Clapton didn't really get it together (guitarplaying-wise) before 1988 in my opinion.....

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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

slowhand is claptons biggest selling studio album as a solo artist other than from the cradle which has slightly outsold slowhand. more than likely from the cradle sold so much because the mtv unplugged album released 2 years before from the cradle was so hugely popluar.

I'm really surprised at that. Obviously the general populace digs Clapton more for rock lite rather than for being an effervescent guitar showman.

you do know one of the reasons clapton went solo in the 1st place was to escape some of the "guitar god" fame and focus more on songwriting. his solo albums in the 70's rarely feature white hot guitar playing

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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

slowhand is claptons biggest selling studio album as a solo artist other than from the cradle which has slightly outsold slowhand. more than likely from the cradle sold so much because the mtv unplugged album released 2 years before from the cradle was so hugely popluar.

I'm really surprised at that. Obviously the general populace digs Clapton more for rock lite rather than for being an effervescent guitar showman.

Clapton was down and out in the 70s, so it's a wonder he managed to pull off the Slowhand album. It features no brilliant guitarplaying, but it's still a terrific album.....Exile On Main Street, for inatnce, doesn't feature any brilliant guitar playing either....

Clapton didn't really get it together (guitarplaying-wise) before 1988 in my opinion.....

To tell you the truth (Tell The Truth!) Erik I only really like the 1st album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Pilgrim and Unplugged of his solo albums with a few songs in between. The rest I find most of his stuff lacking a bite. Perhaps you can recommend some other albums by him. Maybe I'm missing something.



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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

slowhand is claptons biggest selling studio album as a solo artist other than from the cradle which has slightly outsold slowhand. more than likely from the cradle sold so much because the mtv unplugged album released 2 years before from the cradle was so hugely popluar.

I'm really surprised at that. Obviously the general populace digs Clapton more for rock lite rather than for being an effervescent guitar showman.

Clapton was down and out in the 70s, so it's a wonder he managed to pull off the Slowhand album. It features no brilliant guitarplaying, but it's still a terrific album.....Exile On Main Street, for inatnce, doesn't feature any brilliant guitar playing either....

Clapton didn't really get it together (guitarplaying-wise) before 1988 in my opinion.....

To tell you the truth (Tell The Truth!) Eric I only really like the 1st album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Pilgrim and Unplugged of his solo albums with a few songs in between. The rest I find most of his stuff lacking a bite. Perhaps you can recommend some other albums by him. Maybe I'm missing something.

Eric Clapton is a wierd artist.....I don't like his records, either! - apart from his 70s outputs. Pilgrim is very lame, compared to the live reneditions of the same songs
He has released so many boring records; while he only shines in concert!

And when he does release a live album, like "One More Car One More Rider".....it has a such a sterile/bass-like sound that it's impossible to enjoy

I would recommend "bootleg recordings" of Eric Clapton, Silver Dagger. If you are familiar with downloading from torrent-sites, I could help you.....you'd be astonished on how good EC really could be. Puts the official albums to shame

from the cradle , unplugged and journeyman are the only post 70's clapton albums where i like the entire album

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Nicely ironed trousers.

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It's an OK album but nothing special which is probably why it didn't sell too well and why they're selling it off cheap now.

slowhand is claptons biggest selling studio album as a solo artist other than from the cradle which has slightly outsold slowhand. more than likely from the cradle sold so much because the mtv unplugged album released 2 years before from the cradle was so hugely popluar.

I'm really surprised at that. Obviously the general populace digs Clapton more for rock lite rather than for being an effervescent guitar showman.

Clapton was down and out in the 70s, so it's a wonder he managed to pull off the Slowhand album. It features no brilliant guitarplaying, but it's still a terrific album.....Exile On Main Street, for inatnce, doesn't feature any brilliant guitar playing either....

Clapton didn't really get it together (guitarplaying-wise) before 1988 in my opinion.....

remember john mayall's bluesbreakers, CREAM !