ERIC CLAPTON 1990 - Part 1 24 Nights
	K E Y to releases: Regular Guest Appearance Bootleg Regular Bootleg Guest Appearance Related (no EC participation)

INDEX Tourography 1990

CONTENTS

CD Tracks:
1. Badge
2. Running On Faith
3. White Room
4. Sunshine Of Your Love
5. Watch Yourself
6. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
7. Worried Life Blues
8. Hoodoo Man
   CD2 Tracks:
9. Pretending
10. Bad Love
11. Old Love
12. Wonderful Tonight
13. Bell Bottom Blues
14. Hard Times
15. Edge Of Darkness

• All tracks: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar).
  
• 4 Piece Band on disc 1, tracks 1-4: Greg Phillinganes (vocals, keyboards); Nathan East (vocals, bass); Steve Ferrone (drums); Phil Collins (tambourine).
  
• Blues Band on disc 1, tracks 5-7: Buddy Guy, Robert Cray (guitar); Johnnie Johnson (piano); Richard Cousins (bass); Jamie Oldaker (drums).
  Blues Band on disc 1, track 8: Jimmie Vaughan (guitar); Jerry
• Portnoy (harmonica); Johnnie Johnson (piano); Chuck Leavell (keyboards); Joey Spampinato (bass); Jamie Oldaker (drums).
  
• 9 Piece Band on disc 2, tracks 1-5 is the 4 Piece Band plus Phil Palmer (guitar); Chuck Leavell (keyboards); Ray Cooper (percussion); Katie Kissoon, Tessa Niles (background vocals).
  
• Personnel on disc 2, tracks 5-7 is the 9 Piece Band plus Michael Kamen (conductor); Alan Clark, Ed Shearmur (keyboards) and the National Philharmonic Orchestra.
  

CD Now


A collection of live recordings from a series of concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1990 & 1991. The material ranges from Cream to works for orchestra and electric guitar. Clapton plays with his regular backing band, then with a blues band that includes Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and pianist Johnnie Johnson, and then with an augmented version of his regular band. Finally, he performs with The National Philharmonic Orchestra and a rock ensemble. All captured live: "No overdubs or fixes."

Starting in 1987, Eric Clapton would traditionally take over London's Royal Albert Hall for a number of nights, putting together various themed sets. One show might be all blues while another might find him performing with an orchestra. The two-disc 24 NIGHTS takes four of these sets from the 1990 and 1991 performances, ably demonstrating how flexible Clapton's guitar playing is regardless of the setting. Disc one finds Slowhand playing a Cream-heavy set. On Clapton's blues band set he jams with heroes and friends such as Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan and Johnny Johnson on songs by Guy ("Watch Yourself"), Junior Wells ("Hoodoo Man") and Maceo Merriweather ("Worried Life Blues").

The 9-piece band opening up disc two essays numbers from JOURNEYMAN along with "Wonderful Tonight" and a Derek & The Dominos favorite, "Bell Bottom Blues." Things wrap up with Clapton backed by the aforementioned nonet and The Michael Kamen-led National Philharmonic Orchestra. Along with a version of "Hard Times" that does justice to Brother Ray's original, there's the instrumental "Edge Of Darkness." Taken from the Lethal Weapon movies
[NOT! Actually from British TV Series - JCH]
Clapton scored with Kamen, it shows another side of Slowhand that's usually buried under the deification he's shunned his whole life.



All Music Guide


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.
~ William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide

CD1 Tracks
1. 
   CD2 Tracks

This is a syndicated radio show featuring various albums.
This particularshow was onthe live album '24 Nights' and is not studio versions of the live album.
It does discuss how the live album was made.
No cover art work.

• VHS
• Laserdisc. Live fr. 24 consecutive sold-out nites @ Royal Albert Hall. W/ Phil Collins, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Albert Collins, more. "White Room," "Sunshine of Your Love," "Bell Bottom Blues," more. Dir.: Michael Kamen.
  
  IMAGE LR-2185, R-2185
  

There is not a one-to-one correspondence with the songs on the CD album and the video.

CD Tracks:
1. Piano intro(inc)
2. Pretending
3. Running On Faith
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. White Room
6. Bad Love
7. Lay Down Sally
8. Before You Accuse Me
9. Old Love
10. No Alibis
11. Tearing Us Apart
12. Wonderful Tonight
13. Cocaine
14. Layla
15. Crossroads (inc)
16. Sunshine Of Your Love (inc)

The source of this CD is different from all the others versions of this show. The audience clapping is hardly heard in places where it is prominent in the other recordings, and despite how good the others are, this one is ** much ** better. Unfortunately, there are a few seconds missing from the piano intro, as well as a skip in Crossroads and "Sunshine" fades out during the drum solo. (R.B.)

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Steve Ferrone - drums

• "London At Night Vol. 1&2" - Bad Man - BD 2/1 (sic)
  
• "Layla" - Grapefruit - PAL 018 A
  
• "A Blues Evening" - Golden Stars - JVCD 1144
  
• "Class Blues" - Beech Marten - CD 010
  
• "Class Blues Vol. 2" - Buccaneer - BUC 004
  
• "Royal Treatment" - Oedipis - 01990 (Triple LP)
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 2" -New Jersey Radio Networks -SC91-25
  
• "Bad Love" - lun - nun
  
• "7291 RAH" - Off Beat - XXCD 2
  
• "Wonderful Night" - Cuttlefish Records - CFR-007/8
  

CD Tracks:
1. Pretending
2. Running on Faith
3. Bad Love
4. Lay Down Sally
5. Before You Accuse Me
6. Old Love
7. Layla
8. Crossroads
9. Sunshine Of Your Love
10. Cocaine

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Steve Ferrone - drums

• "Love" - Snake - Snake 009/10
  
• "Layla" - Grapefruit - PAL 018 A
  
• "London At Night Vol. 1&2" - Bad Man - BD2/1 (sic)
  
• "A Blues Evening" - Golden Stars - JVCD 1144
  
• "Class Blues Vol. 2" - Buccaneer - BUC 004
  
• "Royal Treatment" - Oedipis - 01990 (Triple LP)
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 2" -New Jersey Radio Networks -SC91-25
  
• "Bad Love" - lun - nun
  
• "7291 RAH" - Off Beat - XXCD 2
  
• "Wonderful Night" - Cuttlefish Records - CFR-007/8
  

CD Tracks:
1. I Shot The Sheriff
2. White Room
3. No Alibis
4. Tearing Us Apart
5. Wonderful Tonight
6. Cocaine

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Steve Ferrone - drums

• "Love" - Snake - Snake 009/10
  
• "Class Blues" - Beech Marten - CD 010
  
• "Layla" - Grapefruit - PAL 018 A
  
• "London At Night Vol. 1&2" - Bad Man - BD2/1 (sic)
  
• "A Blues Evening" - Golden Stars - JVCD 1144
  
• "Royal Treatment" - Oedipis - 01990 (Triple LP)
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 2" -New Jersey Radio Networks -SC91-25
  
• "Bad Love" - lun - nun
  
• "7291 RAH" - Off Beat - XXCD 2
  
• "Wonderful Night" - Cuttlefish Records - CFR-007/8
  

CD Tracks:
1. Pretending
2. Running on Faith
3. I Shot The Sheriff
4. White Room
5. Before You Accuse Me
6. Old Love
7. No Alibis
8. Tearing Us Apart
9. Wonderful Tonight
10. Layla
11. Crossroads
12. Sunshine Of Your Love
13. Pretending
14. Running On Faith
15. White Room
16. Bad Love
17. Wonderful Tonight
18. Layla
19. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
20. Sunshine Of Your Love

Presumably the last couple of tracks are from RAH 24/01/90 and the remainder come from amongst the other 4-piece nights. Until this is confirmed, no cross-references will be provided. (R.B.)

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Steve Ferrone - drums (1-18)
Phil Collins - drums (19-20)

CD Tracks:
1. Key To the Highway
2. Worried Life Blues
3. All Your Love
4. Standing Around Crying
5. Long Distance Call
6. Johnnie's Boogie
7. Going Down Slow
8. You Belong To Me
9. Cry for Me
10. Same Thing
11. Money
12. Five Long Years
13. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
14. Something On Your Mind
15. Sweet Home Chicago
16. Hoochie Coochie Man
17. Wee Wee Baby

Have You Ever Loved A Woman (EC), Howling For My Baby (RC), and My Time After Awhile (BG) are not included. (R.B.)

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Robert Cray - guitar (7-17)
Buddy Guy - guitar (11-17)
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Robert Cousins - bass
Johnnie Johnson - piano

• "A Blues Evening" - Golden Stars - JVCD 1144
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 2" -New Jersey Radio Networks -SC91-25
  

CD Tracks:
1. All Your Love
2. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
3. Ramblin' On My Mind
4. Johnnie's Boogie
5. Pretending
6. Running On Faith
7. White Room
8. Bad Love
9. Wonderful Tonight
10. Layla

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass (5-10)
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards (5-10)
Steve Ferrone - drums (5-10)
Johnnie Johnson - piano (1-4)
Buddy Guy - guitar (1-4)
Robert Cray - guitar (1-4)
Jamie Oldaker - drums (1-4)
Robert Cousins - bass (1-4)

• "Blues Night" - lun - ECBN 90021/22
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 2" -New Jersey Radio Networks -SC91-25
  
• "Layla" - Grapefruit - PAL 018 A
  
• "London At Night Vol. 1&2" - Bad Man - BD 2/1 (sic)
  
• "Love" - Snake - Snake 009/10
  
• "Class Blues" - Beech Marten - CD 010
  
• "Class Blues Vol. 2" - Buccaneer - BUC 004
  
• "Royal Treatment" - Oedipis - 01990 (Triple LP)
  
• "Bad Love" - lun - nun
  
• "7291 RAH" - Off Beat - XXCD 2
  
• "Wonderful Night" - Cuttlefish Records - CFR-007/8
  

CD Tracks:
1. Key To the Highway
2. Worried Life Blues
3. Watch Yourself
4. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
5. Johnnie's Boogie
6. Standing Around Crying
7. Long Distance Call
8. Going Down Slow
9. You Belong to Me
10. Cry For Me
11. Howling for My Baby
12. Same Thing
13. Money
14. Five Long Years
15. Something on Your Mind
16. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
17. Sweet Home Chicago
18. My Time After a While
19. Wee Wee Baby
20. No Alibis
21. Pretending
22. Running on Faith

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Robert Cray - guitar
Buddy Guy - guitar
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Robert Cousins - bass
Johnnie Johnson - piano
"Journeyman" lineup from studio (20-22)

• "Royal Albert Hall (1990 & 1991)"
  
• "BLUES NIGHT IN LONDON - GOLD DISC"
  

CD Tracks:
1. Key To the Highway
2. Worried Life Blues
3. Watch Yourself
4. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
5. Johnnie's Boogie
6. Standing Around Crying
7. Long Distance Call
8. Going Down Slow
9. You Belong to Me
10. Cry For Me
11. Howling for My Baby
12. Same Thing
    CD2:
13. Money
14. Five Long Years
15. Something on Your Mind
16. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
17. Sweet Home Chicago
18. My Time After a While
19. Wee Wee Baby
20. No Alibis
21. Pretending
22. Running on Faith

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Robert Cray - guitar
Buddy Guy - guitar
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Robert Cousins - bass
Johnnie Johnson - piano
"Journeyman" lineup from studio (20-22)

• "BLUES NIGHT IN LONDON" - Blue Moon
  
• "Royal Albert Hall (1990 & 1991)"
  

CD Tracks:

Title is as written on cover

CD Tracks:
1. Orchestral Intro
2. Crossroads
3. Bell Bottom Blues
4. Lay Down Sally
5. Holy Mother
6. I Shot The Sheriff
7. Hard Times
8. Can't Find My Way Home
9. Edge of Darkness
10. Old Love
11. Wonderful Tonight
12. White Room
13. Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra 1st Movement
14. Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra 2nd Movement
15. Layla
16. Sunshine of Your Love

This is the BBC Radio 1 Broadcast and the songs are in the correct order and only the announcer's voiceovers have been removed very carefully. Limited Edition of 1,000 CDs.

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals
The National Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Michael Kamen

• "EC with The National Orchestra" - Yellow Cat - YC 001/2
  
• "Royal Albert Hall 1990 Parts 1&2"-Golden Stars-FBCD 1121/1122
  
• "Orchestra Night" - Mid Valley - 001/002
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 1" -New Jersey Radio Networks -SC91-24
  

CD Tracks:
1. Orchestral Intro
2. Crossroads
3. Bell Bottom Blues
4. Lay Down Sally
5. Holy Mother
6. I Shot the Sheriff
7. Hard Times
8. Can't Find My Way Home
9. Edge Of Darkness
10. Old Love
11. Wonderful Tonight
12. White Room
13. Concerto Movement I
14. Concerto Movement II
15. Band Intro
16. Layla
17. Sunshine of Your Love

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals
The National Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Michael Kamen

• "EC with The National Orchestra" - Yellow Cat - YC 001/2
  
• "Royal Albert Hall 1990 Parts 1&2"-Golden Stars-FBCD 1121/1122
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 1"-New Jersey Radio Networks-SC91-92
  
• "EC and The National Philharmonic Orchestra"-Bugsy-BGS 001/002
  
• "Orchestra Night" - Blues Power - EC CD003
  

CD Tracks:
1. Orchestral Intro
2. Bell Bottom Blues
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Holy Mother
5. I Shot the Sheriff
6. Hard Times
7. Can't Find My Way Home
8. Edge Of Darkness
9. Old Love
10. Wonderful Tonight
    CD2:
11. White Room
12. Concerto for Electric Guitar& Orchestra Movement I
13. Concerto for Electric Guitar& Orchestra Movement II
14. Layla
15. Sunshine of Your Love

Gold Discs
This CD appears to be a copy of the Mid Valley release; the Mid-Valley jacket is the insert of this release. The sound quality is superb and not from the FM broadcast that was the source of so many of the other versions of this show. The quality is better than the Yellow Cat release. Here there is no "error" in the orchestral introduction, and many of the orchestral instruments are better mixed providing a better balance between EC and orchestra. A truly excellent recording! (R.B.)

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals
The National Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Michael Kamen

• "EC with The National Orchestra" - Yellow Cat - YC 001/2
  
• "Royal Albert Hall 1990 Parts 1&2"-Golden Stars-FBCD 1121/1122
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 1"-New Jersey Radio Networks-SC91-92
  
• "EC and The National Philharmonic Orchestra"-Bugsy-BGS 001/002
  
• "Orchestra Night" - Blues Power - EC CD003
  

CD Tracks:
CD1:Part 1-

1. Orchestral Intro
2. Crossroads
3. Bell Bottom Blues
4. Lay Down Sally
5. Holy Mother
6. I Shot The Sheriff
7. Layla
8. Sunshine of Your Love
   CD2:Part 2-
   
9. Hard Times
10. Can't Find My Way Home
11. Edge Of Darkness
12. Old Love
13. Wonderful Tonight
14. White Room
15. Concerto for Electric Guitar

Includes "Edge Of Darkness", which is missing from most of the other releases of this show.

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals
The National Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Michael Kamen

• "EC with The National Orchestra" - Yellow Cat - YC 001/2
  
• "Eric Clapton 1990 Part 1"-New Jersey Radio Networks-SC91-24
  
• "EC and The National Philharmonic Orchestra"-Bugsy-BGS 001/002
  
• "Orchestra Night" - Mid Valley - 001/002
  
• "Orchestral Night" - Blues Power - EC CD003
  

CD Tracks:

1. Crossroads
2. Lay Down Sally
3. Old Love
4. Wonderful Tonight
5. Bell Bottom Blues
6. I Shot The Sheriff
7. Hard Times
8. Holy Mother
9. Layla
   CD2:
10. All Your Love
11. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
12. Standing And Crying
13. Long Distance Call
14. Johnnie's Boogie
15. Before You Accuse Me
16. Pretending
17. White Room
18. Sunshine Of Your Love

Soundboard Recording - compilation of many RAH nights.

CD Tracks:
1. Piano Intro
2. Pretending
3. Running On Faith
4. Breaking Point
5. I Shot The Sheriff
6. White Room
7. Can't Find My Way Home
8. Bad Love
9. Before You Accuse Me
10. Before You Accuse Me
11. Old Love
12. Tearing Us Apart
13. Wonderful Tonight
14. Cocaine
15. Layla (with intro)

The date on the CD is incorrectly listed as the 24th. The correct date is the 22nd; this is not the same show as was released on "Tulips and Cocaine".The same version of Before You Accuse Me is at the end of CD1 and the beginning of CD2, also Breaking Point is not listed on the cover. There are a few instances of two songs on a single track. (R.B.)

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals

CD Tracks:

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals

CD Tracks:
1. Pretending
2. No Alibis
3. Running on Faith
4. I Shot the Sheriff
5. White Room
6. Can't Find My Way Home
7. Bad Love
8. Hard Times
9. Before You Accuse Me
10. Old Love
11. Tearing Us Apart
12. Wonderful Tonight
13. Band Introductions
14. Cocaine
15. A Remark You Made (aka Layla Intro)
16. Layla
17. Tulpen Uit Amsterdam
18. Sunshine of Your Love

Includes an interesting performance of "Wonderful Tonight", with the entire crowd singing the song from the outset. (R.B.)
Also only know version of Tulpen Uit Amsterdam.
Good guest performance by Billy Preston.

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals
Billy Preston - organ, vocals (8-9)

CD Tracks:
1. Pretending (inc)
2. I Shot The Sheriff
3. White Room
4. Can't Find My Way Home
5. Wonderful Tonight
6. Cocaine
7. Layla
8. Crossroads
9. Volare
10. Sunshine of Your Love

Only known version of Volare.

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Nathan East - bass
Steve Ferrone - drums
Phil Palmer - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
Alan Clark - keyboards
Ray Cooper - percussion
Katie Kassoon - backing vocals
Tessa Niles - backing vocals

LP Tracks:
1. No Alibis
2. Behind The Mask - NEC 15 July 1985

Japanese import. 90 min. Material by Lenny Kravitz, Big Country, Wet Wet Wet, Moody Blues, Taylor Dayne, Chaka Khan, Lisa Stansfield, more.
JAPANESE IMPORTS R-2645 (CD now)

Although Eric isn't on this show, he has been closely associated with this event from it's inception.

Laserdisc. Japanese import. W/ Peter Gabriel, Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler & Sting, Tina Turner & Eric Clapton, Procol Harum, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney. Spec. all-star vers. of "With a Little Help From My Friends."
JAPANESE IMPORTS LR-2165, R-2165 (CD now)

Not sure exactly which years this Best Of collection contains.

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