CLAPTON, ERIC
- CD
PEACHES AND DIESEL
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| Beano-017 |
| SOURCE: |
| Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI - March 28th, 1978 |
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| 2CD |
| RUNNING TIME: |
| 52:38, 47:11 |
| SOUND/SOURCE: |
| audience |
| PACKAGING: |
| double slimline jewel case |
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| Beano-017 |
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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 9
/ PERFORMANCE 9.5
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| TRACK LIST: |
Disc 1: The Core, Worried Life Blues, Peaches And Diesel, Wonderful Tonight, Lay Down Sally, Rodeo Man, Fool's Paradise, Cocaine, Double Trouble
Disc 2: Badge, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Key To The Highway, Let It Rain, Layla, Bottle Of Red Wine |
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| REVIEW: |
The second leg of Eric Clapton's 1978 Slowhand tour began on March 19th in Miami and ended on April 9th at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada. There are very few releases from this era and the majority of the ones that do circulate come from the February 11th Santa Monica radio broadcast. There are at least five tapes extant (excluding the Detroit club gig on March 30th), and
World Tour 1978 (ECR005/6) on the EC Rarities label of the March 24th Charlotte soundboard is really the only common document that has been released commercially. Peaches And Diesel on Beano comes from a previously unknown tape of the March 28th gig at the Cobo Hall. It is a complete stereo audience recording that captures all of the instruments perfectly and has an amazing live sound to it with depth and clarity. The only noticable blemish on the tape is a cut and fade between"Let It Rain" and "Layla" with no music lost. If the producer of the tape were situated a little closer to the stage this would receive the highest grade and would be a contender for one of the best audience recordings to come out of the seventies. The distance is the only negative with the echo smudging the music.
The set-list for the latter shows were changed a bit from earlier in the tour. The majority of the shows had "Peaches And Diesel" as the serene, laid back opening before launching into the livelier numbers. Instead, the eight minute long "The Core" is used as the opener at least since the March 21st show in Savannah, Georgia. It is one of the Clapton's better "groove" songs and sets the tone of the show much better. The audience applaud Marcy Levy as she sings the first verse and applaud louder when Clapton begins singing his verse.
"Fool's Paradise" is introduced as an "old favorite...by Buddy Holly" and is sung by Marcy Levy.
"Cocaine" is well received and "Double Trouble" is the first extended blues jam of the evening and really loosens up the band. Before "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" Clapton says, "I'd like to bring on the local talent now. The young and beautiful Miss Marcy Levy".
She says hello to everybody in Detroit, her hometown. "I'd like to do this song especially for...my mother and father who came to see me tonight...and all my friends." "Key To The Highway" sounds great with George Terry trading solos with Clapton during the long improv with interludes for piano and harmonica. "Layla" closes the set and "Bottle Of Red Wine" is played for nostalgia.
Peaches And Diesel follows the older Beano release The Core (Beano-010) featuring the amazing quality stereo audience recording of the opening night in Vancouver as essential to own boots from the Slowhand tour. It is to the label's credit they are finding these fantastic quality tapes from such an under-represented era and releasing them. There is some confusion about the front cover artwork. At the top of the page is the cover as I have it. The scan to the left is the front cover as it is posted on some websites. It isn't clear if Beano changed their minds about the cover or if there are two different covers to choose from. Both scans are posted here in case the latter is true, and the photo on the cover of the alternate version is used also in the one I have but on the inside cover. The artwork is printed on thick glossy paper with several pictures from the correct era and a list of the members in Clapton's band. It is limited to three hundred copies and is, like everything else on Beano, a fantastic release of a great sounding show and is highly recommended. |
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As with all your reviews, you are on the money here. What a great title. I might just wear this out from playing it so much. I like Marcy Levy and she seems to put a little extra "umph" into her singing for the hometown crowd. The cover of my copy features the photo at the top of the page. Thanks.
Comment by Habanero4me wrote on 2007-01-13 00:13:06
I found it very hard to exclude this title from the top ten and it was the most painful "cut". This is one of Beano's best ever, must-have releases and one wonders if they have any more uncirculated tapes of this quality coming out in the future.
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