Eric Clapton / Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (2LP Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Polydor Records (1971)
$80.00
Scarce 1971 Japanese First Pressing Still In Beautiful Condition! With Gatefold Cover, 4-Page Insert, Lyrics.
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Scarce 1971 Japanese First Pressing Still In Beautiful Condition! Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Notes In Japanese. Labels Are Clean. An All-Time Classic Double Album From Eric Clapton, Duane Allman & Friends.
Arguably Eric Clapton’s finest album, ‘Layla and Other Love Songs’ is credited to Derek and the Dominos ~ a group he formed with Jim Gordon, Carl Radle and Bobby Whitlock from Delaney & Bonnie’s band. ‘Layla’ is particularly memorable due to legendary lead & slide guitarist, the late Duane Allman appearing as special guest on most tracks. ‘Layla’ would go on to be regarded as a seminal rock album.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT! Amazing for LPs that are over 53 years old!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper. 1970s Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
I Looked Away
Bell Bottom Blues
Keep On Growing
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
Side 2:
I Am Yours
Anyday
Key To The Highway
Side 3:
Tell the Truth
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
Have You Ever Loved A Woman?
Side 4:
Little Wing
It’s Too Late
Layla
Thorn Tree In The Garden
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Clapton tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meager beginnings grew his greatest album. Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Patti Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself.
Geoff (verified owner) –
Arguably Eric Clapton's finest album, 'Layla' is credited to Derek and the Dominos -- a group he formed with Jim Gordon, Carl Radle and Bobby Whitlock from Delaney & Bonnie's band. Initially released in 1970 as a two-record set, 'Layla' was a fairly low-key project for Eric Clapton after his heady times with Cream and Blind Faith. The general theme of the album revolved around Clapton's unrequited love for George Harrison's wife, Patti, whom he would later marry. The emotional intensity of Eric's playing and singing is complimented perfectly by Duane Allman, who contributed some remarkable slide guitar work throughout. (Sadly, Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident less than a year after these recordings were waxed). Although Derek and the Dominos proved to be a short-lived group and a commercial failure at the time, 'Layla' would go on to be regarded as a seminal rock album. This is Eric Clapton at his passionate, poignant and personal best!