Eric Clapton - From the Album Eric Clapton Unplugged (Catalog No. 702086) [Paperback]

Eric Clapton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1994 | Series: Catalog No. 702086

Matching folio to his best-selling acoustic album. 14 songs, including: Tears in Heaven * Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out * Layla * Alberta * Old Love * and more.

Product Details

Sample Music Notation [41kb PDF]

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793536162
• ISBN-13: 978-0793536160
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #803,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good for easy guitar, June 3, 2000

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Tal - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eric Clapton - From the Album Eric Clapton Unplugged (Catalog No. 702086) (Paperback)

Naturally, the title tells it all. Well, not naturally, but in this case it just so happens to be so. Although, as you can tell, I gave it 3 stars, it really can be made 5 stars if you're for the most part a beginner. The book includes all of the unplugged songs, and they are even in TAB form. The only catch is that these TAB's aren't the actual TAB's Clapton plays. Thus, although you'll be playing a more complex version of the songs then just chords, it still won't have the same fingering as Claptons. Although there is another version that actually has the exact fingering as Clapton (besides the solos, unfortunately), I haven't seen it on Amazon. There is one more version of the book on Amazon, but I'm pretty sure that it is the chords only verison, or sheet music version. Personally speeking, I've only played for around 1 1/2 years, and I have found the real version (the one with Claptons actual fingering in TAB form, which isn't available on Amazon) to be rather easy, and rewarding. Although some songs you might just rather learn the chords for, others loose much of thier style when played in only chords. Thus, I recommend going down to your local Guitar Center and seeing if they have the real version in stock. As far as the content, it's what you expect from slowhand. Perfection. The album consists of many blues classics, and the book is true to it. In my opinion, nearly every song on this album is worth knowing how to play if you wish to enhance your mastery of the blues. Get one version or another soon, though.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wrong one!, April 14, 2002

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Scott Bruno (Newport Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eric Clapton - From the Album Eric Clapton Unplugged (Catalog No. 702086) (Paperback)

If you think this book will teach you the songs on "Unplugged", it won't. This is just a simplified version of the song transcriptions and is pretty much useless.

There's another version out there that contains the note-for-note transcrptions. That's the version I bought several years ago when "Unplugged" first came out, and that's the one you should buy...

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy This Book, February 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Eric Clapton - From the Album Eric Clapton Unplugged (Catalog No. 702086) (Paperback)

This book is USELESS if you want to learn how to play this album. The tablature is only for the melody not the actual guitar parts, thus if you buy this book because you want to play like Clapton it won't help you at all. ~guy