Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (Live) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998.

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Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton (1970/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Eric Clapton is the eponymous debut solo album by Eric Clapton, originally released in August 1970. Recorded in November 1969 and January 1970 and produced by Delaney Bramlett, the album has a strong pop feel and somewhat disguises Clapton’s future forays into blues and rock & roll.

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Eric Clapton – E.C. Was Here (1975/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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E. C. Was Here is a live album released in 1975 by Eric Clapton. Recorded in 1974 and 1975 at the Long Beach Arena, at the Hammersmith Odeon and at the Providence Civic Center during his first tour since touring with Derek and the Dominos in 1970.

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Eric Clapton – Backless (1978/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Backless is Eric Clapton’s sixth studio album and was originally released in November 1978. The album peaked at #8 on the Pop Albums chart, and the single “Promises” reached #9 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. It was produced by Glyn Johns.

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Eric Clapton – Back Home (2005/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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With Back Home, three-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and 16-time Grammy winner Clapton finds his way home with another modern classic. The record is comprised mostly of Clapton originals and features contributions by Steve Winwood, Billy Preston, Steve Gadd, John Mayer, and others. Back Home also features a couple of stellar covers, including George Harrison’s “Love Comes to Everyone” and “I’m Going Left,” by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright.

Winner of 2006 GrammyÂ® Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

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Eric Clapton – August (1986/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Chart History/Awards
– “It’s In The Way That You Use It” reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock charts.

Eric Clapton’s 1986 classic August represents a pivotal outing by the legendary guitarist. The evocative album features his trademark sounds with glimpses of R&B influences. Joining Clapton are greats Phil Collins (producer/drummer), Greg Phillinganes (keyboardist), Nathan East (bassist) and guest vocalist Tina Turner. The album includes his iconic track “It’s In The Way That You Use It,” which peaked at #1 on the Mainstream Rock charts and is featured in the motion picture film, The Color of Money. August is one of Clapton’s biggest-selling solo albums.

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Eric Clapton – Another Ticket (1981/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Another Ticket is Eric Clapton’s seventh studio album, and his last for Polydor Records. It was recorded in 1980 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and was released on February 17, 1981. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1981, and the single “I Can’t Stand It” hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981, as well as #10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Transfers and Mastering by Seth Foster at Sterling Sound, NYC

All digital files were mastered directly from the original analogue tapes using a custom-made analog transferring console and native hi resolution digital converters.
Tape research and remastering supervision by Bill Levenson

Eric Clapton’s 1974 release 461 Ocean Boulevard stands as a crucial milestone in his much-revered catalogue. It’s the album on which Clapton reinvented himself as a solo artist, reestablishing his musical and commercial credibility after 2 years of relative inactivity. Regarded by many as his best solo effort, 461 Ocean Boulevard contains some of Clapton’s most personal music, and created the musical template that he would follow for decades to come.

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Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974/1996) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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One of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” Clapton’s second solo album featured a number of his most powerful singles, including “Let It Grow”, “Willie and the Hand Jive” and “I Shot the Sheriff”.

461 Ocean Boulevard is Eric Clapton’s second studio solo album, arriving after his side project of Derek and the Dominos and a long struggle with heroin addiction. Although there are some new reggae influences, the album doesn’t sound all that different from the rock, pop, blues, country, and R&B amalgam of Eric Clapton. However, 461 Ocean Boulevard is a tighter, more focused outing that enables Clapton to stretch out instrumentally. Furthermore, the pop concessions on the album — the sleek production, the concise running times — don’t detract from the rootsy origins of the material, whether it’s Johnny Otis’ “Willie and the Hand Jive,” the traditional blues “Motherless Children,” Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff,” or Clapton’s emotional original “Let It Grow.” With its relaxed, friendly atmosphere and strong bluesy roots, 461 Ocean Boulevard set the template for Clapton’s ’70s albums. Though he tried hard to make an album exactly like it, he never quite managed to replicate its charms.

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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (2020) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 + BDRip 720p/1080p

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Title: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
Released: 2020
Genre: Blues, Rock

Released: Rhino Music
Duration: 02:09:21 + 02:19:45
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS-HD MA, LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29998 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio # 2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4698 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 33.35 + 38.35 GB

Eric Clapton, one of the world’s outstanding blues/rock guitarists, once again assembled an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Organized at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the therapy facility for alcohol and drug addicts founded by Clapton in 1998
After a six-year hiatus, the festival returned with new energy and outstanding performances, including performances by James Bay, Jeff Beck, Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark Jr, Robert Cray, Sheryl Crow, Andy Fairweather Low, Peter Frampton, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, Sonny Landreth, Lianne La Havas, Los Lobos, John Mayer, Keb’ Mo’, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Randolph, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jimmie Vaughan and others

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Rhino Music with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1 (there are a few split screen moments that are in wider aspect ratios). While there are still a few of the focus pulling issues that hobbled Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013, they’re nowhere near as ubiquitous or problematic, and even better this presentation is not littered with the same kind of noise that the previous release had (though there’s just a hint of it a couple of times in the darkest moments). This is by and large a very sharp and well detailed looking transfer, one the preserves potentially problematic elements like the crosshatched pixellated display in back of the players, or even the vibrating strings on any number of axes being strummed or otherwise massaged. There’s really good coverage of the players from a variety of angles. Occasional shots from the audience’s perspective are blocked by eager fans who jump up and the like, but that’s the exception rather than the rule.

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 features DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 tracks, but like a glut of concert fare I’ve reviewed lately, this is another release where the discs have been authored to default to the stereo track, so have your remote handy if you want to experience the music in surround, which is my advice. Aside from just a couple of “technical errors” like near feedback a couple of times (listen as Sheryl Crow begins “Every Day is Winding Road” for one example), this is a sterling track that offers crystal clear fidelity and very nice reproduction of all frequency ranges. Everything from some of the quieter acoustic moments to other, more electric and arguably head banging, performances register with a full bodied tone and generally well prioritized vocals. The surround track preserves the ambience of the arena environment, with crowd noises occasionally spilling over the performers. No subtitles are offered.

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Eric Clapton – Heart of a Child (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Eric Clapton - Heart of a Child (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Eric Clapton has released a new single, “Heart of a Child” from Bushbranch/Surfdog Records. The song was produced by EC and his longtime producing partner Simon Climie, and is performed by EC, Sonny Emory on drums, Nathan East on bass, Dirk Powell on mandolin, Daniel Santiago and Pedro Martins on guitar, Simon Climie on keyboards and percussion, Sharon White and Katie Kissoon on background vocals, along with Nick Ingman as the strings arranger and conductor.
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Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton: Live in Los Angeles (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Prolific English blues-rock guitarist, singer and composer affectionately known as “Slow Hand”. Born 30 March, 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England, UK. Married to Pattie Boyd from 1979 to 1989.
His holding company was Marshbrook Limited from 20 October 1967 to 6 November 2018.
Received the Order of the British Empire (CBE-Commander).
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (Performer).
Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001.

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B.B. King, Eric Clapton – Riding with the King (Deluxe Edition) (2000/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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B.B. King, Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (Deluxe Edition) (2000/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

The potential for a collaboration between B.B. King and Eric Clapton is enormous, of course, and the real questions concern how it is organized and executed. This first recorded pairing between the 74-year-old King and the 55-year-old Clapton was put together in the most obvious way: Clapton arranged the session using many of his regular musicians, picked the songs, and co-produced with his partner Simon Climie. That ought to mean that King would be a virtual guest star rather than earning a co-billing, but because of Clapton’s respect for his elder, it nearly works the other way around. The set list includes lots of King specialties — “Ten Long Years,” “Three O’Clock Blues,” “Days of Old,” “When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer” — as well as standards like “Hold on I’m Coming” and “Come Rain or Come Shine,” with some specially written and appropriate recent material thrown in, so King has reason to be comfortable without being complacent. The real danger is that Clapton will defer too much; though he can be inspired by a competing guitarist such as Duane Allman, he has sometimes tended to lean too heavily on accompanists such as Albert Lee and Mark Knopfler when working with them in concert. That danger is partially realized; as its title indicates, Riding With the King is more about King than it is about Clapton. But the two players turn out to have sufficiently complementary, if distinct, styles so that Clapton’s supportive role fills out and surrounds King’s stinging single-string playing. (It’s also worth noting that there are usually another two or three guitarists on each track.) The result is an effective, if never really stunning, work. – William Ruhlmann
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Eric Clapton, B.B. King – Riding With The King (2000) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Eric Clapton, B.B. King - Riding With The King (2000) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz] Download

The winner of the 2000 Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album, Riding with the King brings together two of the greatest, most influential blues guitarists of all time in a heart-felt exploration of blues standards. A true blues classic, the album was as commercial successful as it was critically acclaimed—shooting to #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums Chart and certified 2X Multi-Platinum.
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B.B. King, Eric Clapton – Riding with the King (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2000/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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B.B. King, Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2000/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

B.B. King, Eric Clapton – Riding with the King (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2000/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:59 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Reprise Records

Eric Clapton & B.B. King‘s album from 2000, Riding With The King, will be reissued next month to mark its 20th anniversary. The 12-track album of all-new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs has been remastered from the original tapes (by Bob Ludwig) and is expanded, featuring two unreleased bonus tracks (recorded during the original sessions). Original co-producer Simon Climie rose to the occasion and produced and mixed these two additional numbers especially for this reissue.
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