Product Description
Hard To Find Actual 1975 Japanese First Pressing Still In Beautiful Condition! Heavy Grade Cover Includes Insert With Lyrics In English & Japanese, Labels Are Clean. This Eric Clapton Live LP Features Superb Versions Of “Presence Of The Lord”, “Can’t Find My Way Home” & “Further On Up The Road”.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: NEAR MINT!
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. Near Mint condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Presence Of The Lord
Drifting Blues
Side 2:
Can’t Find My Way Home
Rambling On My Mind
Further On Up The Road
AMG –
E.C. Was Here makes it clear that Clapton was and always would be a blues man. An excellent document of the period. Following Clapton's recovery from heroin addition in 1974 and subsequent comeback (461 Ocean Boulevard), the guitar legend retained his fine band and toured extensively, and this live album is a souvenir of that period. Despite having such pop-oriented hits as "I Shot the Sheriff," E.C. Was Here makes it clear that Clapton was and always would be a blues man. The opening cut, "Have You Ever Loved a Woman," clearly illustrates this, and underlines the fact that Clapton had a firm grasp on his blues guitar ability, with some sterling, emotionally charged and sustained lines and riffs. A short version of "Drifting Blues" also drives the point home, with a lazy, Delta blues feel that is intoxicating. Aside from these standout blues workouts, Clapton provides a surprise with two songs from his Blind Faith period. "Presence of the Lord" and Steve Winwood's classic "Can't Find My Way Home" are given great readings here and highlight Clapton's fine touring band, particularly co-vocalist Yvonne Elliman, whose singing adds a mellifluousness to Clapton's blues vocal inflections. This fine record remains an excellent document of the period.