DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON
''DISC FOUR: FAIRFIELD HALLS, DECEMBER 7TH 1969, 2ND SHOW''
AUG 2010
RHINO HANDMADE
DISC ONE: Royal Albert Hall. December 1st 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Band Introductions
05. Only You Know And I Know
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Get Ourselves Together
08. I Don't Know Why
09. Where's There's A Will, There's A Way
10. That's What My Man Is For
11. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
12. Everybody Loves A Winner
13. Things Get Better
14. Coming Home
15. I Don't Want To Discuss It
16. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
17. My Baby Specializes
DISC TWO: Colston Hall, Bristol, December 2nd 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
08. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
09. Coming Home
10. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
11. I Don't Want To Discuss It
12. Crowd/Announcement
DISC THREE: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 1st Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Introduction
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
08. That's What My Man Is For
09. I Don't Want To Discuss It
10. Coming Home
DISC FOUR: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 2nd Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Pigmy (Instrumental)
04. Introductions
05. Things Get Better
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Only You Know And I Know
08. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
09. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
10. I Don't Know Why
11. That's What My Man Is For
12. Coming Home
13. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
Delaney Bramlett/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Eric Clapton/Lead Guitar (Occasional Vocals)
Dave Mason/Guitar
Carl Radle/Bass
Jim Gordon/Drums
Bobby Whitlock/Organ, Vocals
Jim Price/Trumpet, Trombone,
Bobby Keys/Saxophones
Tex Johnson/Percussion,
Rita Coolidge/Vocals
And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
This 42-minute, eight-song live album, cut at Croydon late in 1969, is not only the peak of Delaney & Bonnie's output, but also the nexus in the recording and performing careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On Tour With Eric Clapton features the guitarist performing the same blend of country, blues, and gospel that would characterize his own early solo ventures in 1970. He rises to the occasion with dazzling displays of virtuosity throughout, highlighted by a dizzying solo on "I Don't Want to Discuss," a long, languid part on "Only You Know and I Know," and searing, soulful lead on the beautifully harmonized "Coming Home." Vocally, Delaney & Bonnie were never better than they come off on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds tighter musically than a lot of quartets that were working at the time, whether they're playing extended blues or ripping through a medley of Little Richard songs. It's no accident that the band featured here would become Clapton's own studio outfit for his debut solo LP, or that the core of this group -- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon -- would transform itself into Derek & the Dominoes as well; or that most of the full band here would also comprise the group that played with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass and at the Concert for Bangladesh, except that the playing here (not to mention the recording) is better. Half the musicians on this record achieved near-superstar status less than a year later, and although the reasons behind their fame didn't last, listening to their work decades later, it all seems justified. One only wishes that Atlantic Records might check their vaults for any unreleased numbers from these shows that could fit on an extended CD.
REVIEW
Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of "friends" in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock's most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. The Wait Is Over - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock 'n' soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' complete performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night's performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour's final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including "I Don't Know Why" a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; "My Baby Specializes" and "Everybody Loves A Winner" from the Bramlett's debut Home; "Get Ourselves Together" from the couple's 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"; a cover of Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'"; and the instrumental "Pigmy."
''DISC FOUR: FAIRFIELD HALLS, DECEMBER 7TH 1969, 2ND SHOW''
AUG 2010
RHINO HANDMADE
DISC ONE: Royal Albert Hall. December 1st 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Band Introductions
05. Only You Know And I Know
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Get Ourselves Together
08. I Don't Know Why
09. Where's There's A Will, There's A Way
10. That's What My Man Is For
11. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
12. Everybody Loves A Winner
13. Things Get Better
14. Coming Home
15. I Don't Want To Discuss It
16. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
17. My Baby Specializes
DISC TWO: Colston Hall, Bristol, December 2nd 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
08. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
09. Coming Home
10. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
11. I Don't Want To Discuss It
12. Crowd/Announcement
DISC THREE: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 1st Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Introduction
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
08. That's What My Man Is For
09. I Don't Want To Discuss It
10. Coming Home
DISC FOUR: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 2nd Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Pigmy (Instrumental)
04. Introductions
05. Things Get Better
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Only You Know And I Know
08. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
09. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
10. I Don't Know Why
11. That's What My Man Is For
12. Coming Home
13. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
Delaney Bramlett/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Eric Clapton/Lead Guitar (Occasional Vocals)
Dave Mason/Guitar
Carl Radle/Bass
Jim Gordon/Drums
Bobby Whitlock/Organ, Vocals
Jim Price/Trumpet, Trombone,
Bobby Keys/Saxophones
Tex Johnson/Percussion,
Rita Coolidge/Vocals
And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
This 42-minute, eight-song live album, cut at Croydon late in 1969, is not only the peak of Delaney & Bonnie's output, but also the nexus in the recording and performing careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On Tour With Eric Clapton features the guitarist performing the same blend of country, blues, and gospel that would characterize his own early solo ventures in 1970. He rises to the occasion with dazzling displays of virtuosity throughout, highlighted by a dizzying solo on "I Don't Want to Discuss," a long, languid part on "Only You Know and I Know," and searing, soulful lead on the beautifully harmonized "Coming Home." Vocally, Delaney & Bonnie were never better than they come off on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds tighter musically than a lot of quartets that were working at the time, whether they're playing extended blues or ripping through a medley of Little Richard songs. It's no accident that the band featured here would become Clapton's own studio outfit for his debut solo LP, or that the core of this group -- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon -- would transform itself into Derek & the Dominoes as well; or that most of the full band here would also comprise the group that played with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass and at the Concert for Bangladesh, except that the playing here (not to mention the recording) is better. Half the musicians on this record achieved near-superstar status less than a year later, and although the reasons behind their fame didn't last, listening to their work decades later, it all seems justified. One only wishes that Atlantic Records might check their vaults for any unreleased numbers from these shows that could fit on an extended CD.
REVIEW
Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of "friends" in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock's most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. The Wait Is Over - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock 'n' soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' complete performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night's performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour's final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including "I Don't Know Why" a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; "My Baby Specializes" and "Everybody Loves A Winner" from the Bramlett's debut Home; "Get Ourselves Together" from the couple's 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"; a cover of Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'"; and the instrumental "Pigmy."
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