ERIC CLAPTON HISTORY OF CLAPTON RARE SEALED ORIG '71 ATCO 2-LP SET w/STICKER

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·       ERIC CLAPTON (WITH THE YARDBIRDS, JOHN MAYALL BLUESBREAKERS, CREAM, BLIND FAITH, DELANEY AND BONNIE, DEREK AND THE DOMINOES AND SOLO) – THE HISTORY OF ERIC CLAPTON -  ORIGINAL 1971 ATCO RECORDS STEREO DOUBLE ALBUM SD-2-803

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL YELLOW ATCO LABEL WITHOUT WEA LOGO ALONG THE LABEL’S EDGE AND WITH BROADWAY, NY ADDRESS (LATE 60’s STYLE)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       MULTIPLE “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       COVER HAS A NIFTY 'HYPE' (ADVERTISEMENT) STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP.

·       VERY THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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This two-LP compilation was a crucial factor in the development of Eric Clapton's solo status at a time when the artist himself was incapacitated by drug problems -- a fact that was not widely known to the public at that time. And it was not only a revelation in terms of the guitarist's career, covering the years 1964 to 1970 by weaving together tracks from Clapton's various bands -- the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, and Derek & the Dominos -- but it was also the first compilation of its kind in rock music. Never before had a collection aimed at a rock audience focused on a single musician working across time in a wide variety of group contexts and music styles and idioms, and drawn from a multitude of labels. That sort of profile was well known in jazz circles, but wholly new as a commercial venture in rock -- and, in a somewhat ironic twist, History of Eric Clapton was sufficiently successful to pave the way for the release eight months later of Duane Allman: An Anthology, devoted to the work of Clapton's deceased Derek & the Dominos stablemate (including the repetition of "Layla" which, by then, was a huge hit). Its success was a turning point for Clapton, whose already considerable international fame achieved critical mass in the wake of this release (especially in the United States), as well as for rock music, which suddenly seemed to be taken a lot more seriously by casual listeners, and record labels and producers. As for the revelations contained herein, they seemed boundless at the time -- even the one Yardbirds track that was featured, "I Ain't Got You," easily the most primitive and straightforward track on the album, was something new to most listeners, especially in America, as the latter song had only previously been available on two very poorly selling American compilations and a budget U.K. collection. And from what was then the other end of his career, the "Tell the Truth" jam was a serious vault raid of a sort previously unknown in rock music, and helped to make this a priority acquisition, even for those listeners who had followed Clapton's career religiously (as in "Clapton is God," a piece of graffiti common in London in the mid-'60s). The stuff in between those two poles was also new to most casual listeners, and diverse enough, between the stylized blues of John Mayall's band and the psychedelic-tinged work of the Cream, so that it only stimulated interest in the guitarist's entire catalog. And what's even more astonishing to consider, in retrospect, is that the 11 songs represented here only went two years deep into Clapton's actual solo career -- there was still a lot more to come, although ending, as this set did, with "Layla" by Derek & the Dominos was a fortuitous choice; the original Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album had passed largely unnoticed when issued in 1970, but this compilation gave that earlier album's title song a new lease on life, especially on AM radio, turning it into a Top 10 hit which, in turn, revived interest in the original album and sent it soaring up the charts well over a year after its original release. Curiously, the U.S. and U.K. versions of History differed slightly -- side one, track three of the U.K. version was "Tales of Brave Ulysses," a killer Clapton original recorded by the Cream in 1967; whereas on the U.S. version, that track was replaced by "Tribute to Elmore," a mid-'60s Elmore James homage by Clapton and Jimmy Page, part of a group of jams featuring Clapton, Page, and Jeff Beck, recorded by Page and later released without the knowledge or approval of the other guitarists. Today, with its essential tracks, rarities, and previously unreleased studio jam on "Tell the Truth," plus liner notes, History looks like the prototype for the box set retrospectives of the '80s and '90s (which were, in turn, spearheaded by the Clapton Crossroads four-disc set and its mega-platinum success, not quite two decades after this set). In 1972,  History of Eric Clapton defined Clapton and helped save his career. And it still doesn't make a bad summation of his best work.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

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(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The records are believed to come in their original stock inner sleeves.

(c)           The records are apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP   (A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

(PLEASE NOTE: THE SHRINK WRAP HAS SEPARATED ALONG ABOUT 40% OF THE OPENING SIDE, BUT THE ALBUM IS STILL VISIBLY SEALED)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a prominent cutout saw-mark (an indent about 4/5" / 2cm long ) on one of its top corners.

-        Cover has one corner slightly dinged

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

-        Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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