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Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Eric Clapton; Marcy Levy, Yvonne Elliman (vocals, background vocals); Jamie Oldaker, James Oldaker (drums, percussion); George Terry (guitar); Mel Collins (saxophone, horns); Dick Sims (keyboards); Carl Radle (bass guitar).
Recording information: Olympic Studios, London, England (05/1977).
Editors: Eric Clapton; Patti Clapton.
Photographers: Watalu Asanuma; Andy Seymour.
After the guest-star-drenched No Reason to Cry failed to make much of an impact commercially, Eric Clapton returned to using his own band for Slowhand. The difference is substantial -- where No Reason to Cry struggled hard to find the right tone, Slowhand opens with the relaxed, bluesy shuffle of J.J. Cale's "Cocaine" and sustains it throughout the course of the album. Alternating between straight blues ("Mean Old Frisco"), country ("Lay Down Sally"), mainstream rock ("Cocaine," "The Core"), and pop ("Wonderful Tonight"), Slowhand doesn't sound schizophrenic because of the band's grasp of the material. This is laid-back virtuosity -- although Clapton and his band are never flashy, their playing is masterful and assured. That assurance and the album's eclectic material make Slowhand rank with 461 Ocean Boulevard as Eric Clapton's best albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
SLOWHAND was the album which defined the new cool of Eric Clapton, a sultry, laid-back mix of rock and blues, with a heavy dose of country and southwestern regional sounds to leaven the blend. After LAYLA, SLOWHAND was probably Clapton's most popular, fully realized solo disc.
The opening number was by J.J. Cale, whose "After Midnight" had been one of the real joys of the guitarist's first solo excursion, ERIC CLAPTON. "Cocaine," with its slow grinding beat, menacing melodic vamp and one-step from perdition lyrics, was the toughest, most rocking number on SLOWHAND, and a major radio hit from the outset.
A couple of vocal duets with countryish harmonies set the tone for the rest of SLOWHAND. "Lay Down Sally" was a funky, chicken-fried bit of boogie with a taut, melodic aside from Clapton's twangy Stratocaster, while Don Williams' sweet, soulful "We're All The Way" provided a low-key vehicle for Clapton's tender vocal exchanges with Marcy Levy, as his understated arpeggios toll away in the background.
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Q (2/96, p.104) - 3 Stars - Good - "...slightly more upbeat...[raised] Clapton's mainstream profile via `Cocaine,' `Wonderful Tonight,' and `Lay Down Sally'..." Eric Clapton Slowhand Songs Slowhand Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Oldie But Goooodie
Remember listening to this album on 8-track tape in a buddies car.Cocaine was the featured song and was being played everywhere.After listening through the whole tape another song stuck out even more than the rest of Claptons Gems."The Core" ,which is hard to find on any other of Clapton's work is by far the most obscure and favorite of mine.A must for all early Clapton music lovers.
Submitted by rpr222 (Cumberland,MD,USA) 
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 An inconsistent effort from Clapton
OK, I'm a Clapton fan, and I know this album is regarded by many as one of his best. I agree with this to an extent: "Cocaine" is phenomenal; it makes Cale's version pale into insignificance! And "Wonderful Tonight" must be one of the sweetest ballads ever written. "Peaches and Diesel" is a particular favourite of mine; I think it is the quintessential mellow track that allows Clapton to make his guitar 'gently weep' whilst "Mean Old Frisco" is again another example of the lowdown dirty blues that few white men can perform well - in fact Clapton, Cale, Mayall, Page and Vaughan are the only artists that can do justice to the blues. HOWEVER, the other tracks on this album are non-events; they really don't have much to them. "Slowhand" has its moments, but then it crashes and burns with some terribly pedestrian and boring tracks like "We're all the way" (which is probably one of the worst songs Clapton has ever done). It's an inconsistent album overall; going from phenomanally good to the opposite extreme.
Submitted by James Richardson (Elizabeth, South Australia)
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A MASTERPIECE
Deserves the ''Deluxe Edition''treatment
Submitted by jhill_07701 (Monmouth County,NJ)
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If you can't rate this a 5 you don't like Clapton. This has some of his best music ever. Maybe not as bluesy and fast as other efforts, but play the songs on guitar and look at the arrangements. If you can play like EC you will understand why he is the Slowhand.
Submitted by al (Lawrenceville, Ga 30045)
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Slowhand is one of the better albums to come out of the music rich seventies. From the love serenades "Woderful Tonight", and "May You Never" to the eye-opening performance on "Core", this is, from top to bottom, Eric Clapton at his best! Kick back and enjoy!
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Derek & The Dominos: Eric Clapton (electric & acoustic guitars, vocals), Duane Allman (electric & acoustic guitars, slide guitars), Bobby Whitlock (organ, piano, acoustic guitar, vocals), Carl Radle (bass, percussion), Jim Gordon (drums, piano, percussion).
Engineers include: Ron Albert, Steve Rinkoff, Chuck Kirkpatrick.
Producers: Tom Dowd, Derek & The Dominos, Bill Levenson.
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida from August to October 1970.
This box set was digitally remixed and remastered by Bill Levenson and Steve Rinkoff at The Power Station, New York from May to June 1990. Includes a 16-page booklet with session notes, annotations and an essay by Gene Santoro.
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Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar, dobro); Eric Clapton; Yvonne Elliman (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Carl Radle (bass guitar); Al Jackson, Al Jackson, Jr. (drums); Thomas Bernfeld (background vocals); Tom Bernfield (vocals, background vocals); George Terry (guitar, piano, background vocals); Albhy Galuten (piano, electric piano, clavichord, organ, synthesizer); Dick Sims (organ, keyboards); Jamie Oldaker (drums, percussion); Jim Fox (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio.
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| | Eric Clapton No Reason To Cry CD (1976) Remastered
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Personnel includes: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ron Wood, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Georgie Fame, Richard Manuel, Marcy Levy, Jesse Ed Davis, Yvonne Elliman, Carl Radle, Wah Wah Watson.
Engineers: Ralph Moss, Ed Anderson, Nat Jeffrey.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Chris Jagger, Sandy Castle, Marcy Levy, Yvonne Elliman, Bob Dylan (vocals); Robbie Robertson (guitar, keyboards); George Terry, Jesse Ed Davis , Ron Wood, Wah Wah Watson (guitar); Garth Hudson (saxophone, keyboards); Bobby Ellis (trumpet); Albhy Galuten (piano); Dick Sims, Georgie Fame, Billy Preston (keyboards); Jamie Oldaker, Levon Helm, ...
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Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Carl Radle (vocals, bass); Jamie Oldaker (vocals, drums, percussion); Marcy Levy (vocals); George Terry (guitar); Dick Sims (keyboards); Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle (background vocals).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals); Marcy Levy (vocals); George Terry (guitar); Dick Sims (keyboards); Carl Radle (bass, vocals); Jamie Oldaker (drums, percussion, vocals); Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle (background vocals).
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Jimi Hendrix (vocals, guitar, bass); Noel Redding (vocals, bass); Mitch Mitchell (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel: Chris Wood (flute); Freddie Smith (tenor saxophone); Al Kooper (piano); Mike Finnigan, Steve Winwood (organ); Jack Casady (bass); Buddy Miles (drums); Larry Faucette (congas).
Principally recorded at the Record Plant, New York, New York in April and May 1968.
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This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
AC/DC: Bon Scott (vocals); Angus Young, Malcom Young (guitar); Cliff Williams (bass); Phil Rudd (drums).
Recorded at Roundhouse Studios, London, England in 1979. Originally released as Atlantic (19244). The 2003 edition of HIGHWAY TO HELL includes liner notes by Ernie Welch.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
AC/DC: Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Bon Scott, Cliff Williams , Phil Rudd.
Personnel: Bon Scott (vocals); Malcolm Young, Angus Young (guitar); Phil Rudd (drums).
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| | Stephen Stills CD (1970)
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Personnel includes: Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards, bass, steel drums, percussion); Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton (guitar); Sydney George (flute, alto flute, winds); Booker T. Jones (organ, keyboards, background vocals); Fuzzy Samuels (bass, background vocals); Dallas Taylor, John Barbata (drums); David Crosby, Graham Nash, Cass Elliott, Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, John Sebastian (background vocals).
Personnel: Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards, steel drum, percussion); Booker T. Jones (vocals, organ, keyboards); Sherlie Matthews, David Crosby, Claudia Lanier, Fuzzy Samuels, Priscilla Jones, Graham Nash, Judith Powell, John Sebastian , Larry Steele, Liza Strike, Priscilla Coolidge, Rita Coolidge, Tony Wilson , Claudia Lennear, Cass Elliot (vocals); Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix (guitar); Sidney George (flute, alto flute); Dallas Taylor , Conrad Isadore, John Barbata, Richard Hayward (drums); Jeff Whittaker (congas); Sydney George (wind).
Recording information: London, England.
Talk about understatement -- there's Stephen Stills on the cover, acoustic guitar in hand, promising a personal singer/songwriter-type statement. And there is some of that -- even a lot of that personal music-making -- on Stephen Stills, but it's all couched in astonishingly bold musical terms. Stephen Stills is top-heavy with 1970 sensibilities, to be sure, from the dedication to the memory of Jimi Hendrix to the now piggish-seeming message of "Love the One You're With." Yet, listening to this album three decades on, it's still a jaw-dropping experience, the musical equal to Crosby, Stills & Nash or Déjà Vu, and only a shade less important than either of them. The mix of folk, blues (acoustic and electric), hard rock, and gospel is seamless, and the musicianship and the singing are all so there, in your face, that it just burns your brain (in the nicest, most benevolent possible way) even decades later. Recorded amid the breakup of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Stills' first solo album was his effort to put together his own sound and, not surprisingly, it's similar to a lot of stuff on the group's two albums. But it's also infinitely more personal, as well as harder and bluesier in many key spots; yet, it's every bit as soft and as lyrical as the group in other spots, and all laced with a degree of yearning and urgency that far outstrips virtually ...
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On what may very well be the first-ever punk album inspired by the Serenity Prayer, Boston's (actually Charlestown's) native sons Blood for Blood manage to deliver a full program of hardcore ...
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"Some Cities" retains Doves euphoric/melancholic sound, but with a warmer, more soulful feel than previously and echoes of classic Motown and Northern Soul.
Doves: Andy Williams, Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin.
Audio Mixers: Ben Hillier; Rich Costey.
Recording information: 2Khz, London, England; Andy's House; Angel Studios; Fort Augustus Abbey; Moolah Rough, Rockport, Manchester, England; Panarific; Parr Street Studios, Liverpool; The Dairy, Brixton, England; The Old School House, Fort Augustus; Whitfield Street Studios, Soho.
For those who adored the lush textures of Doves' second album, The Last Broadcast, the seriousness of Some Cities might be a bit jarring. The ambitious indie rock trio is much more direct and exact this time out, and it's a great shift in style. In contrast to this opus, optimism ruled on The Last Broadcast, which soared with a majestic celestial setting of bright choruses, vibrant electronic beats, and gushing guitar riffs. Some Cities percolates with more of a hopeful but grounded spirit, an English spirit. The band's native Manchester comes into view. Shades of ash and cinder surround Doves' guitar flow, but without melancholy. The album's title track captures that with vocalist/guitarist Jimi Goodwin's earnest plea, "Some cities crush/Some cities heal/Some cities laugh/While other cities steal/Can't I make you see?" Pianos and drums run parallel on "Black and White Town" and match the adrenaline and motion of "There Goes the Fear." Only two songs in, the band's soft dreamy focus turns into complex emotion, and it's beautifully done. ...
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3rd Release From Dallas-Based Industrial Band
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