Eric Clapton There's One In Every Crowd CD

Out of print in the U.S.! Digitally remastered pressing of Slowhand's 1975 Sandwiched between the albums 461 Ocean Boulevard and E.C. Was here, There's One In Every Crowd remains one of his finest solo releases. Standout tracks include 'The Sky Is Crying', 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot and 'Pretty Blue Eyes. Features guests Carl Radle and Yvonne Elliman. Universal.

Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar, dobro); Carl Radle (guitar, bass); George Terry (guitar, background vocals); Dick Sims (piano, organ); Jamie Oldaker (drums, percussion); Marcy Levy (background vocals).
Recorded at Dynamic Sounds Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro); George Terry (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Marcy Levy, Yvonne Elliman (vocals); Carl Radle (electric guitar, electric bass); Dick Sims (piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, drums, percussion); Albhy Galuten (piano); Jamie Oldaker (drums, percussion).
Recording information: Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL; Dynamic Sound Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; Dynamic Sounds Studios, Kingston Jamaica.
Arranger: Eric Clapton.
Having stayed out of the recording studio for four years prior to making his comeback album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Eric Clapton returned to recording only a few months later to make its follow-up, There's One in Every Crowd. Perhaps be hadn't had time to write or gather sufficient material to make a similarly effective album, since the result is a scatter-shot mixture of styles, leading off with two gospel tunes, one a reggae version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Clapton and his second guitarist, George Terry, had written a sequel to "I Shot The Sheriff," "Don't Blame Me," which Clapton sang in his best impersonation of Bob Marley's voice. The other originals included "Opposites," whose lyrics were just that -- day, night, life, death, etc. The album's best track, naturally, was the blues cover, Clapton's take on Elmore James's "The Sky Is Crying." But There's One in Every Crowd was a disappointing follow-up to 461 Ocean Boulevard, and fans let Clapton know it: While the former album had topped the charts and gone gold, the latter didn't even make the Top 10. ~ William Ruhlmann
Having stayed out of the recording studio for four years prior to making his comeback album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Eric Clapton returned to recording only a few months later to make its follow-up, There's One in Every Crowd. Perhaps he hadn't had time to write or gather sufficient material to make a similarly effective album, since the result is a scattershot mixture of styles, leading off with two gospel tunes, one a reggae version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Clapton and his second guitarist, George Terry, had written a sequel to "I Shot the Sheriff," "Don't Blame Me," which Clapton sang in his best impersonation of Bob Marley's voice. The album's best track, naturally, was the blues cover, Clapton's take on Elmore James' "The Sky Is Crying." But There's One in Every Crowd was a disappointing follow-up to 461 Ocean Boulevard, and fans let Clapton know it: while the former album had topped the charts and gone gold, the latter didn't even make the Top Ten. ~ William Ruhlmann
By 1975, Eric Clapton was coming off the smash success of 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD. If his last album was a cathartic release after coming out of a battle with drug addiction, then THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD was the first record where Clapton could catch his breath. Having become enamored with reggae after riding Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff" to the top of the charts around the world, E.C. chose to record in Kingston, Jamaica. Although recordings of Clapton with Peter Tosh first surfaced over a decade later on the CROSSROADS box set, Slowhand successfully dipped his toe into the reggae pool by way of the loping beat of "Don't Blame