ERIC CLAPTON 1977 Slowhand
	K E Y to releases: Regular Guest Appearance Bootleg Regular Bootleg Guest Appearance Related (no EC participation)

INDEX Tourography 1977

CONTENTS

ONE OF THE BOYS - Roger Daltry
ROUGH MIX - Ronnie Lane & Pete Townshend
ERIC CLAPTON IN CONCERT - Eric Clapton
CLAPTOMANIA - Eric Clapton
HAMMERSMITH - Eric Clapton
LIVE IN GREAT SMOKE - Eric Clapton
SLOWHAND - Eric Clapton
SLOWHAND - MFSL - Eric Clapton
STAGES - Eric Clapton
A NIGHT IN COPENHAGEN - Eric Clapton
NUDE GIRLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT - Eric Clapton
ON TOUR - Eric Clapton
THIRD APPEARANCE - Eric Clapton
NAGOYA FIRST APPEARANCE - Eric Clapton
BUDOKAN THIRD APPEARANCE - Eric Clapton
HAILE I HYMN - Ijahman Levi
WE ARE WARRIOR - Ijahman Levi

CD Tracks:
1. Paradise
2. Single Man's Dilemma
3. Avenging Annie
4. The Prisoner
5. Leon
6. One Of The Boys
7. Giddy
8. Written On The Wind
9. Satin And Lace
10. Doing It All Again
11. Martyrs And Madmen (bonus CD track)
12. Treachery (bonus CD track)
13. Say It Ain't So Joe (bonus CD track)

Eric Clapton credited on album, but Roberty thinks not.

CD Tracks:
1. My Baby Gives It Away
2. Nowhere To Run
3. Rough Mix
4. Annie
5. Keep Me Turning
6. Catmelody
7. Misunderstood
8. April Fool
9. Street In The City
10. Heart To Hang Onto
11. Till The Rivers All Run Dry

Pete Townshend - guitar, vocals
Ronnie Lane - acoustic & electric guitars,mandolin, bass, banjo, ukelele
Eric Clapton - acoustic & electric guitars, dobro
Graham Lyle - 12-string acoustic guitar
Charlie Hart - violin
David Marquee - double bass
John Entwistle - brass, background vocals
Mel Collins - saxophone
Peter Hope Evans - harmonica
Benny Gallagher - accordion
Ian Stewart - piano
Rabbit - piano,Fender Rhodes electric piano, organ
Boz Burrell - bass
Charlie Watts - drums
Henry Spinetti - drums
Julian Diggle - percussion
Billy Nicholls - background vocals

CD Tracks:
1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Alberta
4. Tell The Truth
5. Can't Find My Way Home
6. Double Trouble
7. I Shot The Sheriff
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
9. Further On Up The Road
10. Badge

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

This is the BBC TV "Whistle Test" show that was released on video.

• "Claptomania (Hawaii 1977)" - Archivio Records - ARC 004
  

CD Tracks:
1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Alberta
4. Tell The Truth
5. Can't Find My Way Home
6. Double Trouble
7. I Shot the Sheriff
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
9. Further On Up the Road
10. Badge

This is not the Hawai'i show (9&10 Ocotber 1977) as shown on the CD label (I know I was there!) but in fact the BBC "Whistle Test" TV show.

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

• "Eric Clapton in Concert 1977" -Super Golden Radio Shows-018
  

CD Tracks:
1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Alberta
4. Tell The Truth
5. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
6. Steady Rollin' Man
7. Can't Find My Way Home
8. Further On Up the Road
9. Stormy Monday
10. Badge
11. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
12. I Shot the Sheriff
13. Layla
14. Key To The Highway

The date of this recording is in dispute. Other possible dates are 27 or 28/4/77. (R.B.)

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

• "Blues You Can't Loose" - Traditional Line - TL1322
  

CD Tracks:
1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Alberta
4. Tell The Truth
5. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
6. Steady Rollin' Man
7. Can't Find My Way Home
   CD2
8. Further On Up the Road
9. Stormy Monday
10. Badge
11. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
12. I Shot the Sheriff
13. Layla
14. Key To The Highway

Soundboard Recording, NOT complete show

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

CD Tracks:
1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We're All The Way - (with Marcy Levy)
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches And Diesel

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
George Terry - guitar
Mel Collins - saxophone
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
James Oldaker - drums, percussion
Marcy Levy - background vocals
Yvonne Elliman - background vocals

CD Now
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.


Rolling Stone
Eric Clapton's solo albums have tended to be so evenhanded and laconic that they often seem interchangeable. His pain was always so apparent that every move he made seemed frozen for eternity. At first glance, "Slow Hand " does nothing to alter that pattern -- a few good tracks interspersed between the usual filler -- but there's a lot more going on here beneath the surface Clapton is showing signs of psychic rehabilitation. His love songs are pointedly realistic. In a chilling moment of self-revelation called "Next Time You See Her," he focuses his long-sublimated anger at losing his lover. Perhaps most importantly, for the first time since leaving Cream he seems comfortable with his image as the hotshot guitarist, using his old Yardbirds nickname for the album title and flashing the old superstar form.
The pyrotechnics are mostly restricted to along (8:42) jam, "The Core." The band (Dick Sims on keyboards, Jamie Oldaker on drums, bassist Carl Radle and guitarist George Terry) rolls into a boogie rhythm reminiscent of Derek and the Dominoes. Mel Collins blows a searing, double-tracked soprano sax break, and Eric takes off on a lightning solo that sounds more like his classic run on "Crossroads" than anything he's done since . Glyn Johns' production is superb -- the guitar/drums relationship is crisp and authoritative, powerhouse Clapton caught in a glimpse of white hot frenzy.
Except for Eric's great slide guitar playing on the hard-edged slow blues, "Mean Old Frisco," the rest of the album is more subdued, with the influence of country songwriter Don Williams dominating Eric's writing. "Wonderful Tonight," the sprightly shuffle, "Lay Down Sally" and the calmly vengeful "Next Time You See Her" have the same modest intensity and forthrightness of "We're All the Way," the Williams song Clapton covers here. On "Next Time You See Her," Clapton sings , "And if you see her again. I will surely kill you," an unusual enough sentiment for him. Bu the line is all the more powerful because it is delivered quietly, with matter-of-fact resignation and even a touch of sympathy for the guy who will be his victim. In as striking of an effect as this it's easy to see that Clapton has learned the lesson he's been striving for all these years. He is in touch with the horrible moral power and long-suffering self-righteousness that is the essence of the blues. And that knowledge gives him the power to stand up and be himself. (RS 255)
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Q Magazine
3 Stars - Good - "...slightly more upbeat...[raised] Clapton's mainstream profile via `Cocaine,' `Wonderful Tonight,' and `Lay Down Sally'..."
Q Magazine 2/96, p.104

CD Tracks:
1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We're All The Way - (with Marcy Levy)
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches And Diesel

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
George Terry - guitar
Mel Collins - saxophone
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
James Oldaker - drums, percussion
Marcy Levy - background vocals
Yvonne Elliman - background vocals

CD Tracks:
1. Stepping Out
2. Ramblin' On My Mind
3. Hideaway
4. Have You Heard
5. Outside Woman Blues
6. Crossroads
7. They Call It Stormy Monday
8. Well Alright
9. Bell Bottom Blues
10. Blues Power (live)
11. Drifting Blues
12. Mean Old Frisco Blues

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1-4,7)
Cream (5-6)
Blind Faith (8)
Derek & The Dominos (9-10)
Eric Clapton (11-12)

CD Tracks:
1. Sign Language
2. Further On Up The Road
3. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
4. Stormy Monday
5. Tell the Truth
6. Key To the Highway
7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
8. Layla

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

• "Nude Girls and Stuff Like That" - Teddy Bear Records - TB62
  

CD Tracks:
1. Sign Language
2. Further On Up The Road
3. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
4. Stormy Monday Blues
5. Tell The Truth
6. Key To The Highway
7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
8. Layla

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

• "A Night in Copenhagen" - Lost Rose - LR 09
  

LP Tracks:
Side 1 -
1. The Core
2. Double Trouble
3. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
   Side 2 -
4. Blues Power
5. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
   Side 3 -
6. All The Way
7. Sign Language
8. Tell The Truth
   Side 4 -
9. Stormy Monday
10. Layla

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Marcy Levy - vocals<

Delux fold-out cover.

CD Tracks:
1. The Core (incomplete)
2. I Shot The Sheriff
3. Blues With A Feeling
4. Stormy Monday
5. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
6. One Night With You
7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
8. We're All the Way
9. Sign Language
10. Alberta
11. Badge
12. Key To The Highway
13. Layla

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

CD1 Tracks:
1. The Core
2. I Shot The Sheriff
3. Slow Blues (aka Blues With A Feeling
4. Stormy Monday
5. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
   CD2:
6. One Night With You
7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
8. We're All The Way
9. Sign Language
10. Alberta Alberta
11. Badge
12. Key To The Highway
13. Layla

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

Soundboard Recording. This is probably not the first appearance but rather the third (after the 1974 and 1975 tours) but not certain on this venue, although the previous entry (THIRD APPEARANCE) suggests such.

CD1 Tracks:
1. The Core
2. I Shot The Sheriff
3. Double Trouble
4. Badge
5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
6. Mama Told Me
   CD2 Tracks:
7. Sign Language
8. Alberta Alberta
9. Cocaine
10. Bottle Of Red Wine
11. Stormy Monday
12. Layla

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Dick Sims - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
George Terry - guitar
Yvonne Elliman - vocals
Marcy Levy - vocals
Sergio Pastora Rodrigez - percussion

Soundboard Recording. This is not the first appearance but rather the third (after the 1974 and 1975 tours).

CD Tracks:
1. Jah Heavy Load 5:05
2. Jah Is No Secret10:45
3. Zion Hut 12:25
4. I'm A Levi 7:25
   

Q Magazine
4 Stars - Excellent Q Magazine

CD Tracks:
1. Are We A Warrior 7:32
2. Moulding 7:13
3. The Church 3:50
4. Miss Beverly 4:58
5. Two Sides Of Love 7:58

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