TOP M- DEREK & THE DOMINOS LAYLA Allman CLAPTON Blues

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180

      DEREK & THE DOMINOS

                LAYLA
         

                     ...USA - (yellow) ATCO Records - SD 2-704

MINTY CLEAN 1970 first pressing original 2xLp set in thick (!) gatefold cover ...the historic & legendary album containing both ERIC CLAPTON & DUANE ALLMAN...

Includes the original printd ATCO inner sleeve for both albums...

LAYLA remains the album's most famous song. From Duane Allman’s guitar introduction to Clapton’s emotional vocal to both guitarists playing off one another, it is a rock classic.

Throughout the album, there is much to like. “Bell Bottom Blues” features only Clapton on guitar, playing both rhythm and lead. “I Am Yours” is a nice acoustic performance by E.C.. “Tell The Truth” finds him and Whitlock alternating vocals by verse and Allman contributing some classic slide guitar work. And he just roars through Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing.”

Many fans and critics site tha double album as one of the greatest blues-rock recordings of all time. As guitarists, you have to tip your hat to Clapton and Allman, who offer something beyond the 'super-group' hype of lesser combinations (Blind Faith leaps instantly to mind), and the result is an astounding set of songs. The depth of sorrow in the blues here is palpable, an anguish that often is missed in white-boy blues (as if simply knowing the notes results in a good blues recording -- it does not). One would point to three transcendent blues covers, Little Walter's 'Key to the Highway' (one helluva dueling lead jam), Freddie King's 'Have You Ever Loved a Woman' and Jimmie Cox's 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out' as prime examples of Clapton not merely knowing the blues but revelling in it and living it. And as far as covers go, there is no better rendition of Hendrix's 'Little Wing' than on this album.

And then there is the song 'Layla'. The composition is brilliant, with its two separate movements, the first featuring Clapton's signature guitar riff, and the second with Jim Gordon's piano coda, interspersed with the improvisational duetting of Duane Allman's slide and Clapton's slowhand bent notes. Couple this remarkable melding of elements with Clapton's languishing lyrics of unrequited love, and Derek and the Dominos produced one of the iconic songs in rock and roll history.

In addition, there are several other memorable songs like 'Bell Bottom Blues', 'Tell the Truth', 'Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad' and Bobby Whitlock's tormented 'Thorn Tree in the Garden'. Not surprisingly, producer Tom Dowd was quite proud of Derek and the Dominos' 'Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, proclaiming it "the perfect stereo recording" in an interview in 'Producer' magazine. One must heartily agree with his sentiment.

A

I Looked Away

3:04

Bell Bottom Blues

5:06

Keep on Growing

6:22

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

4:57

B

I Am Yours

3:32

Anyday

6:37

Key to the Highway

9:47

C

Tell the Truth

6:45

Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad

4:50

Have You Ever Loved a Woman

6:51

D 

Little Wing

5:23

CONDITION:

The thick strong gatefold cover has been well handled over 40 years "EX" (excellent) with no problems anywhere...a nice keeper copy !

The vinyl records are both clean, all 4 sides are M- top level clean...

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record