DEREK & THE DOMINOS Layla 1970 UK POLYDOR 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
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DEREK & THE DOMINOS Layla 1970 UK POLYDOR 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT

DEREK & THE DOMINOS
Layla (and other assorted love songs)

UK POLYDOR (SUPER 2625 005) FIRST PRESSING (December 1970)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - PLAYS LIKE NEW

THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES - ONE DATED '0970' (September 1970), THE OTHER UNDATED
MATRIX RECORD ONE: 2335009 A//1 ∇ 420 11 1 / 2335009 B//2 ∇ 420 11 3
MATRIX RECORD TWO: 2335010 A//1 ∇ 420 11 3 / 2335010 B//2 ∇ 420 11 5

 Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meagre beginnings grew his greatest album.
Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Patti Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla. - "Have you ever loved a woman so much you tremble in pain? And all the time you know she bears another mans name." (Have You Ever Loved A Woman)
But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion.
He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself

Side 1:
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)
Side 2:
I Am Yours (3:32)
Anyday (6:37)
Key To The Highway (9:47)
Side 3:
Tell The Truth (6:45)
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? (4:50)
Have You Ever Loved A Woman (6:51)
Side 4:
Little Wing (5:23)
It's Too Late (3:45)
Layla (7:10)
Thorn Tree In The Garden (2:51)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
All four vinyl surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
This superb set plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Light rub to the edges and corners but sharp and clean - fine example

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POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)

Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period at £3 for each additional LP
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