Eric Clapton – 24 Nights

Name: Eric Clapton - 24 Nights
Brand: Eric Clapton
SKU: 1935654326
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Eric Clapton, who had not released a live album since 1980, had several good reasons to release one in the early ’90s. For one thing, his spare backup band of keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, bassist Nathan East, and drummer Steve Ferrone was his best live unit ever, and its powerful live versions of Cream classics like “White Room” and “Sunshine of Your Love” deserved to be documented. For another, since 1987 Clapton had been playing an annual series of concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London, putting together various special shows (blues nights, orchestral nights, etc.). 24 Nights, a double album, was culled from two years of such shows, 1990 and 1991, and it demonstrated the breadth of Clapton‘s work, from his hot regular band to assemblages of bluesmen like Buddy Guy and Robert Cray to examples of his soundtrack work with an orchestra led by Michael Kamen. The result was an album that came across as a lavishly constructed retrospective and a testament to Clapton‘s musical stature. But it made little impact upon release (though it quickly went gold), perhaps because events overcame it — three months later, Clapton‘s elegy for his baby son, “Tears in Heaven,” was all over the radio, and a few months after that he was redefining himself on MTV Unplugged — a live show as austere as 24 Nights was grand. Still, it would be hard to find a more thorough demonstration of Clapton‘s abilities than the one presented here.

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SKU: 1935654326 Categories: Blues, Rare & Collectable, Rock & Roll Tag: Eric Clapton

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Reprise Records 7599-26420-1, WX 373, 2xLP, Album UK & Europe 1991

4 Piece
A1. Badge 6:51
A2. Running On Faith 6:49
A3. White Room 6:10
A4. Sunshine Of Your Love 9:07
Blues
B1. Watch Yourself 5:39
B2. Have You Ever Loved A Woman 6:52
B3. Worried Life Blues 5:28
B4. Hoodoo Man 5:40
9 Piece
C1. Pretending 7:08
C2. Bad Love 6:10
C3. Old Love 7:55
C4. Wonderful Tonight 9:07
Orchestra
D1. Bell Bottom Blues 6:38
D2. Hard Times 3:45
D3. Edge Of Darkness 6:29

Credits:

Art Direction, Design – Wherefore Art?
Backing Vocals – Katie Kissoon
Backing Vocals – Tessa Niles
Bass Guitar – Joey Spampinato
Bass Guitar – Richard Cousins
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Nathan East
Conductor – Michael Kamen
Coordinator [Producer] – Di Puplett
Coordinator [Producer] – Donna Ranieri
Coordinator [Producer] – Gladys Bates
Coordinator [Producer] – Meg Way
Drums – Jamie Oldaker
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Guitar – Buddy Guy
Guitar – Jimmie Vaughan
Guitar – Phil Palmer
Guitar – Robert Cray
Guitar, Vocals – Eric Clapton
Harmonica – Jerry Portnoy
Illustration – Peter Blake (4)
Keyboards – Alan Clark
Keyboards – Chuck Leavell
Keyboards – Edward Shearmur
Keyboards, Vocals – Greg Phillinganes
Management – Roger Forrester
Percussion – Ray Cooper
Photography By – Carl Studna
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Producer – Russ Titelman

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Recorded live at The Royal Albert Hall, London. 1990 & 1991.
This is an all live recording. No overdubbing or fixes.

Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

On rear cover: and inners: WX 373
On labels: WX373

Embossed Warner logo on rear cover lower right corner

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