Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton, Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (Series)

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 2003)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B0000A0VA3
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,555 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Full title - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues. From the PBS series produced by filmmaker Martin Scorsese, this release features tracks from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Howlin' Wolf, Derek & The Dominos and Eric Clapton with Duane Allman. Polydor. 2003.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tasty Blues, September 17, 2003

By	WKT (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This is a great collection of material from the Clapton vault...some will be very famillar..but there are a few rare gems on this CD..a'la a live Derek&Dominos Crossroads. There are no modern Clapton cuts here...but for me thats ok. I always liked Clapton's more direct tone...before all these techno freeks started building pedal boards and custom amps...thats when everyone started sounding the same to me. Really, has Clapton ever sounded better than he did on the Blues Breaker album? Just a Les Paul into a Marshall combo...one of the most delious guitar tones I've ever heard. Just pop this in your cars CD player and drive.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ***3/4. A bit brief but quite good, August 24, 2004

By	Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

A ten-track CD is not very impressive, not even when one song is a self-indulgent 16 minutes long (the live "Spoonful").
But if you're looking for a collection of Eric Clapton's bluesiest material, some of which is quite rare, check out this installment in the "Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues" series.

This is mostly 60s and early 70s material, songs recorded by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek & The Dominos ("Crossroads" in an eight-minute live rendition). And while this is only a fraction of the blues recorded by Eric Clapton, it shows how important Eric Clapton was in leading the blues renaissance in rock music.
Highlights include the acoustic slide guitar-fest "Mean Old World", which features the late Duane Allman, the smouldering slow blues "Have You Ever Loved A Woman", Otis Rush's "All Your Love", and the aforementioned "Crossroads", and while this is obviously not a career-spanning compilation, it would be a very nice supplement for the "mid-level" fan who wants to dig a little deeper.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars weak., September 3, 2005

By	Petri "PT" (Slovakia, Middle Europe) - See all my reviews

This doesn't do Eric's blues work justice. It's way too brief and
some of the ssongs included are debatable.
And that no Yardbirds era track is included is a shame.
If you want to have Eric's Blueswork only- you should get
Bluesbrakers with Eric Clapton
Blues (2cd collecting many of his blues nmbers culled from albums
between 1970 -1992, far from perfect, but still quite good)
From the Cradle
Me And Mr. Johnson
Riding With The King
Sessions for Robert J.