CLAPTON, ERIC
- CD
NO REASON TO CRY SESSIONS 3CD
| LABEL: |
| Uxbridge 2835 |
| SOURCE: |
| Shangri la Studios, Malibu 7-30 Mar. 1976 |
| FORMAT: |
| 3 cdrs |
| RUNNING TIME: |
| 31.04/51.24/58.31 |
| SOUND/SOURCE: |
| Soundboard stereo except for Disc One, Tracks 2-6: Soundboard mono |
| PACKAGING: |
| Fatboy case |
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SOUND 10 / PACKAGING 9
/ PERFORMANCE 10
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| TRACK LIST: |
Disc One: 1.
Shangri-La Jam, 2. Sign Language
, 3. All Our Past Time, 4. County Jail, 5. Tenho Sede, 6. Carnival.
Disc Two: 1. Adios
Mi Corazon, 2. The Water Is Wide, 3. Idiot Wind, 4. Right Now, 5. Shuffle Jam,
6. Right Now, 7. Steppin’ Out. 8. What Would I Do.
Disc Three: 1.
Who Do You Love, 2. Tried To Make The Devil Mad, 3. What Would I Do, 4. Won’t
Somebody Tell Me, 5. It’s Eric’s Birthday, 6. Hard Times, 7. Big River, 8. Stormy
Monday.
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| REVIEW: |
This
release from Uxbridge is a longer version of what has already been reviewed
here lately. This is said to come from the master tapes in a low generation
copy said to come straight from the session’s sound engineer. On Disc One we
find County Jail which features Georgie Fame on keyboards. The audio fidelity
is exceptional with extreme stereo separation, except on Disc One which is almost
all in mono featuring rough mixes, Ron Wood is said to play electric sitar on
Carnival. The first jam and Tehno Sede (I’m Thirsty) were warm ups, the latter
a Portuguese song sang by Ivonne Elliman. The first 3 tracks on Disc Two
feature Bob Dylan, the session started late on the 30th of March and
continued all through the night with Dylan appearing at 8 o’clock in the
morning. Adios Mi Corazon is actually a sentence from Spanish Is The Loving
Tongue. On Steppin’ Out Clapton plays dobro with Levon Help on vocals while
Richard Manuel sings on What Would I Do, this us an extra-long version that clocks
in at 22.14 minutes, first time I hear this long version. On Disc Three Track 7
comes from the Dylan session. From the 4th track the session involve
Clapton’s band as well as members of the Band, Ron Wood, Van Morrison and Billy
Preston who is featured on Right Now and sings on Tried To Make The Devil Mad.
Van Morrison sings on Who Do Tou Love and Won’t Somebody Tell Me features
Clapton on vocals and on the first guitar solo, while the second is from Robbie
Robertson and the third by George Terry. On It’s Eric’s Birthday Ron Wood plays
on the right channel with Preston on piano like on Hard Times, a Ray Charles
cover sang by Rick Danko. Big River, the Johnny Cash song, actually comes from
the Dylan session from 30 March and the latter can be heard on vocals duetting
with Clapton, while on Stormy Monday it’s Van Morrison to sing. Also
interesting are the in between songs dialogues from which it is easy to
ascertain the respect Billy Preston had from all the other musicians.
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Jul 28, 2026 - 11:09:09 AM |