Eric Clapton & Friends [BOX SET] [IMPORT]

Eric Clapton

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 23, 1998
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: City Slang
• ASIN: B000007OZB
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #744,687 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Boom Boom

2. Smokestack Lightning

3. You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover

4. Take It Easy Baby

5. Let It Rock

6. I Wish You Would

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Stormy Monday

2. Stroll On

3. Big Boss Man [Instrumental]

4. Steeled Blues

5. Putty (In Your Hands)

6. Jeff's Blues [Instrumental]

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Five Long Years [Live]

2. She's So Respectable [Live]

3. Eric's Blues

4. For Your Love

5. Who Do You Love?

6. I Got Love If You Want It

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars deceptive packaging, questionable Clapton content., November 3, 1998

By A Customer

I was given this 3CD set as a gift and at first was very jazzed but that quickly faded. For the listener who might not know much about Eric's early years would have assumed that Eric is on all of the tracks in the 3CD set, but this is not TRUE ! Yes there are some great track in this set, the Sonny Boy Williams live tracks, but I also feel that someone has dubbed in keyboards and maybe a drum machine on some tracks. If you want to discover Eric's recordings with the Yardbirds to Cream then look up releases under those bands. And remeber that Eric's time with the Yardbirds was very short. Most releases of the Yardbirds have Jeff Beck and/or Jimmy Page on guitar. And if you want to really learn about Eric's recording history check out a book by Marc Roberty, The Complete Guide to the Music of Eric Clapton, ISBN: 0711943052. Hey you might like what you hear on this but for the hardcore Clapton fan you can find much better options....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid At All Costs!, December 2, 1998

By A Customer

This "box set" is nothing but sheer garbage! Clapton & Yardbirds tracks with MODERN studio overdubs. For example, the "I Ain't Got You" reprise is the very same "I Ain't Got You", but with drum machine overdubs.

I heard this box set at a friend's and you should get this only if you are REALLY desperate to have everything associate with Eric Clapton. Think of the Jimi Hendrix posthumous albums in the 70s, but with 90s overdubs instead. Heck, even listening to August or Pilgrim is more tolerable than this, and the clowns who assembled this package should be serving time for fraud!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This album kicks!!!!, May 15, 1999

By A Customer

I think Eric clapton is one of rocks most accomplished musicians he has been around longer than anyone and made dozens of albums no band today could put a dent in his repitition