ERIC CLAPTON 1994 - Part 1 From The Cradle
	K E Y to releases: Regular Guest Appearance Bootleg Regular Bootleg Guest Appearance Related (no EC participation)

INDEX Tourography 1994

CONTENTS

CD Tracks:
1. Tears In Heaven - 4:40
2. I Shot The Sheriff - 5:14
3. Forever Man - 2:51
4. Wonderful Tonight - 4:42
5. Badge - 6:13
6. Lay Down Sally - 4:29
7. Tulsa Time - 3:21
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - 3:23
9. Sunshine Of Your Love - 5:43
10. Tearing Us Apart - 6:28
11. Crossroads - 6:49
12. White Room - 6:22
13. Layla - 6:24
14. Cocaine - 5:14

A release from the (then) legit Australian bootleg industry.
Due to a loophole in the International Copyright laws, this industry experience a robust but brief life downunder, resulting most notably in the labels Chartbuster, Apple and it's daughter labels Banana and Grapefruit.

CD Tracks:
1. Waiting In The Wings
2. City Of Gold
3. Where In The World
4. Can't Fool The Blues
5. High Cost Of Lving
6. Glory Days
7. Why Does Love (Have To Go Wrong)?
8. Naked Flame
9. I Wonder Why (Are You So Mean To Me)?
10. Wrong Side Of Town

Jack Bruce - vocals, cello, keyboards (10), bass
Gary Moore - vocals, guitar
Ginger Baker - drums, percussion
with Morris Murphy - Bach trumpet (6)
Tommy Eyre - keyboards
Arran Ahmum - drums (3)

CD1 Tracks:
1. Waiting In The Wings
2. City Of Gold
3. I Wonder Why (Are You So Mean To Me)?
4. Sitting On Top Of The World
5. Glory Days
6. Naked Flame
7. Deserted Cities OF The Heart
8. Can't Fool The Blues
9. Rollin' And Tumblin'
   CD2 Tracks:
10. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
11. High Cost Of Loving
12. Why Does Love (Have To Go Wrong)?
13. I Feel Free
14. Spoonful
15. Politician

Wrapping Paper played briefly.

Jack Bruce - vocals, cello, keyboards, bass
Gary Moore - vocals, guitar
Ginger Baker - drums, percussion

CD Tracks:
1. Blues Before Sunrise
2. Third Degree
3. Reconsider Baby
4. Hoochie Coochie Man
5. Five Long Years
6. I'm Tore Down
7. How Long Blues
8. Goin' Away Baby
9. Blues Leave Me Alone
10. Sinner's Prayer
11. Motherless Child
12. It Hurts Me Too
13. Someday After A While
14. Standin' Round Crying
15. Driftin'
16. Groaning The Blues

Eric Clapton; Russ Titelman

Alan Douglas; Alex Haas

FROM THE CRADLE won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. It was also nominated for Album Of The Year

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Tim Sanders tenor - saxophone
Simon Clarke - baritone saxophone
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Dave Bronze - bass
Jim Keltner - drums
Richie Hayward - percussion

CD Now
Some 30 years after cutting BLUESBREAKERS with John Mayall, Slowhand is back--and he's plugged in, too. From the Elmore James-styled slide grunge that heralds Leroy Carr's classic "Blues Before Sunrise," to his sweet, pearly tones on an agonizingly slow "Third Degree," it's clear that FROM THE CRADLE really is your parents' Eric Clapton.
Nearly every album Clapton's ever done has had a suggestion of his roots. But there's more than a suggestion of blues on impassioned, unhinged solos like "Five Long Years," "It Hurts Me Too" and "Someday After A While"--Clapton betrays a childlike pleasure in coming out from behind his pop persona, and the joy is infectious.
That's because FROM THE CRADLE is recorded live...that is to say, everyone at once, with no instrumental or vocal overdubs (save for the sweet dobro obbligatos on an old-timey sounding "How Long Blues"). The slower tempos, like a lowdown "Sinner's Prayer" and the acoustic "Driftin'" really showcase his growth as a vocalist (particularly that bullfrog groan, by way of Muddy Waters, whom he honors with an especially faithful cover of "Standin' Round Crying"). And when Clapton leaves Earth orbit on Willie Dixon's "Groaning The Blues," you get the feeling Eric may never leave the blues again. More, please.


Rolling Stone
It takes the assurance of a titan like Eric Clapton to muster the humility that inspires "From the Cradle." The guitarist's tribute to the gods who formed him (Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Otis Rush among them), the disc sacrifices flash to sheer blazing force. "Groaning the Blues," "Five Long Years" -- this is the bone and sinew of blues.
-- PAUL EVANS (RS 698/699)
Copyright © 1968-1998 Rolling Stone Network. All Rights Reserved.

CMJ New Music Report
The question remains: can someone in a pair of boots as new and fresh as the ones Clapton's wearing in the CD booklet's pictures possibly have the blues? Well, maybe. Parts of From The Cradle, Eric Clapton's love letter to the blues, succumb to the problems typical of modern, revisionist blues interpretation: the hokey accents (Clapton oversings on "Five Years" and "Third Degree") and the laid-back groove are substituted for the intensity and spark of the originals. Vocally, Clapton often sounds forced, but when his guitar bites off a chord or snarls into the first notes of a solo, he's in peak electric form. These moments - the solos - show the significance of what Eric Clapton really did, which was take the power and psychic energy of the blues and project it to a new audience. If his version of "Hoochie Coochie Man" sounds close the original, it's because you can tell that every musician in that studio had listened to the original 50,000 times, and knows every beat, pulse, scream and twang of the song to the point of pure muscle memory. Of course, the argument is good that the world doesn't need any more versions of "It Hurts Me Too," "Hoochie Coochie Man" or any of these songs; but by putting his renditions of them in one place, Clapton has created a primer for blues, based upon his love for the music rather than on some other agenda. The thing to remember is that this is not a VH-1 record; it is not a Phil Collins pop record; it is not a radio format record; coming after the massive commercial success of "Tears In Heaven" and Unplugged, it's not even a career move - it'd be a lot safer to keep writing tender ballads or team up with other `60s veterans in a super-group. This is a blues record, a pretty darn good one, and that's all Eric Clapton's ever really wanted to make.
JAMES LIEN
© 1978-1998 College Media, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

CD Tracks:
1. I'm Tore Down
2. County Jail (live)
3. 32-20 (live)

CD Track:
1. Motherless Child (Album Version) 2:57

"From the Reprise album From The Cradle (4/2-45735)"

CD Tracks:
1. Motherless Child
2. Driftin'
3. County Jail (live)
4. 32-20 (live)

CD Tracks:
1. It Hurts Me Too
2. Someday After Awhile
3. Blues Before Sunrise

CD Tracks:
1. It Hurts Me Too
2. Crosscut Saw
3. Everybody Oughta Make A Change
4. Bad Influence
5. Before You Accuse Me

Tracks 2-5 previously released on earlier EC albums.

CD Track:
1. Five Long Years 4:48

JAPANESE EXCLUSIVE RELEASE FEATURING THE ALBUMS MONEY & CIGARETTE, BEHIND THE SUN, AUGUST, JOURNEY MAN, UNPLUGGED, FROM THE CRADLE, AND THE CD SINGLE TEARS IN HEAVEN, PACKAGED IN A LAVISH HARD CASE CD BOX.

CD Tracks
1. Terraplane Blues
2. Come In My Kitchen
3. Malted Milk
4. How Long?
5. Kidman Blues
6. County Jail
7. .44
8. Standin' Around Crying
9. Going Away
10. Blues All Day Long
11. Hoochie Coochie Man
12. It Hurts Me Too
13. Blues Before Sunrise
14. Someday After a While
15. Tore Down
16. White Room
17. Badge
18. Wonderful Tonight
19. Stone Free
20. Circus Left Town
21. Tears in Heaven
22. Five Long Years
23. Tearing Us Apart
24. Crossroads
25. Groaning the Blues
26. Layla
27. Ain't Nobody's Business

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Dave Bronze - bass
Richie Hayward - drums
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Tim Sanders - saxophone
Simon Clarke - saxophone
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Maggie Ryder - backing vocals

• "Back Again" - RAH Music - RAH CD-001/002
• "Me And The Devil " - lun - RAH man 010

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BACK AGAIN - Eric Clapton
RAH Music - RAH CD-001/002

21 February 1994 - Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Total Time - 60:25/55:20

CD Tracks
1. Terraplane Blues
2. Come in My Kitchen
3. Malted Milk
4. How Long
5. Kidman Blues
6. County Jail Blues
7. 44 Blues
8. Standin' Around Cryin'
9. Going Away
10. Blues All Day Long
11. Hoochie Coochie Man
12. Hurts Me Too
13. Blues Before Sunrise
14. Someday After a While
15. Tore Down
16. White Room
17. Badge
18. Wonderful Tonight
19. Stone Free
20. Circus Left Town
21. Tears in Heaven
22. Five Long Years
23. Tearing Us Apart
24. Crossroads
25. Groanin' The Blues
26. Layla
27. Ain't Nobody's Business

Personnel:

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Dave Bronze - bass
Richie Hayward - drums
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Tim Sanders - saxophone
Simon Clarke - saxophone
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Maggie Ryder - backing vocals

See also:

• "Me And The Devil " - lun - RAH man 010
• "RAH 1994" - Dead Brain Productions - EC1994

CD Tracks
1. Terraplane Blues
2. Come in My Kitchen
3. Malted Milk
4. How Long
5. Kidman Blues
6. County Jail Blues
7. 44 Blues
8. Standin' Around Cryin'
9. Going Away
10. Blues All Day Long
11. Hoochie Coochie Man
12. Hurts Me Too
13. Blues Before Sunrise
14. Someday After a While
15. Tore Down
16. Five Long Years
17. Crossroads
18. Groaning The Blues
19. T'ain't Nobody's Bizness

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Dave Bronze - bass
Richie Hayward - drums
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Tim Sanders - saxophone
Simon Clarke - saxophone
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Maggie Ryder - backing vocals

Date incorrectly listed as 22/02/94. The source for this CD is the very same DAT that was used for "Back Again". (R.B.)

• "Back Again" - RAH Music - RAH CD-001/002
• "RAH 1994" - Dead Brain Productions - EC1994

CD Tracks
1. Terraplane Blues
2. Come in My Kitchen
3. Malted Milk
4. How Long
5. Kidman Blues
6. County Jail Blues
7. 44 Blues
8. Standin' Around Cryin'
9. Going Away
10. Blues All Day Long
11. Hoochie Coochie Man
12. Hurts Me Too
13. Blues Before Sunrise
14. Someday After a While
15. Tore Down
16. White Room
17. Badge
18. Wonderful Tonight
19. Stone Free
20. Circus Left Town
21. Tears in Heaven
22. Five Long Years
23. Tearing us Apart
24. Crossroads
25. Groaning the Blues
26. Layla
27. Ain't Nobody's Business

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Dave Bronze - bass
Richie Hayward - drums
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Tim Sanders - saxophone
Simon Clarke - saxophone
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Maggie Ryder - backing vocals

• "The 100th Show" - RAH Music - RAH CD-003/4

CD Tracks
1. Malted Milk
2. How Long Blues
3. Kidman Blues
4. County Jail
5. .44 Blues
6. Blues Leave Me Alone
7. Going Away Baby
8. Standing Round Crying
9. Hoochie Coochie Man
10. It Hurts Me Too
11. Blues Before Sunrise MOTHERLESS CHILD - Eric Claptonsingle
    
12. Third Degree
13. Someday After a While
14. Tore Down
15. Five Long Years
16. Born Under a Bad Sign
17. Groaning The Blues
18. Crossroads

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Dave Bronze - bass
Andy Newmark - drums
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Tim Sanders - saxophone
Simon Clarke - saxophone

Included is a colour booklet outlining some of the work carried out by the organization for which the concert was a benefit. Please note that this CD is not of the complete concert. The setlist also included "Terraplane Blues" (first song), and "Reconsider Baby" (following "Third Degree"). (R.B.)

CD Tracks
1. Hoochie Coochie Man
2. Tore Down
3. Sinners Prayer
4. Motherless Child
5. Malted Milk
6. Born Under a Bad Sign
7. Someday After a While
8. It Hurts Me Too
9. .44
10. Five Long Years
11. Crossroads
12. Ain't Nobody's Business
13. Tore Down (2)
14. Five Long Years (2)

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Dave Bronze - bass
Andy Newmark - drums
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Tim Sanders - saxophone
Simon Clarke - saxophone

• "Back To The Roots" - Planet-X - PLAN 033
• "From The Heart" - Midnight Beat - MBCD028
• "FTC Tour Rehearsals" - Home Records - 6001-7
• "Live Rehearsals" - Home Records - 6001-7
• "Blues Rehearsals" - Kiss The Stone - KTS382

CD Tracks
1. Hoochie Coochie Man
2. Tore Down
3. Sinner's Prayer
4. Motherless Child
5. Malted Milk
6. Born Under a Bad Sign
7. Someday After a While
8. It Hurts Me Too
9. 44
10. Five Long Years
11. Crossroads
12. Ain't Nobody's Business

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Dave Bronze - bass
Andy Newmark - drums
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Tim Sanders - saxophone
Simon Clarke - saxophone

• "Back To The Roots" - Planet-X - PLAN 033
• "The Last Rehearsal '94" - EC - EC94003
• "From The Heart" - Midnight Beat - MBCD028
• "FTC Tour Rehearsals" - Home Records - 6001-7
• "Blues Rehearsals" - Kiss The Stone - KTS382

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