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DEREK AND THE DOMINOS

Derek & the Dominos was a group formed by guitarist/singer Eric Clapton with other former members of Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, in the spring of 1970. The rest of the lineup was Bobby Whitlock (keyboards, vocals), Carl Radle (bass), and Jim Gordon (drums). The group debuted at the Lyceum Ballroom in London on June 14 and undertook a summer tour of England. From late August to early October, they recorded the celebrated double album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (November 1970) with guitarist Duane Allman sitting in. They then returned to touring in England and the U.S., playing their final date on December 6. The Layla album was successful in the U.S., where "Bell Bottom Blues" and the title song charted as singles in abbreviated versions, but it did not chart in the U.K. The Dominos reconvened to record a second album in May 1971, but split up without completing it. Clapton then retired from the music business, nursing a heroin addiction...

<reissue, originally published in 1970>

Produced by Tom Down and The Dominos

2LP     RSO RECORDS     2658 109   STEREO

PRINTED IN CANADA      LATE-70s REPRESSING

       GATEFOLD COVER

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER (CANADIAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: RSO - CREAM LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) 2658 109      

Catalog on labels: 

DISC ONE: 2658 109 (2658 109-A) /  2658 109 (2658 109-B)

DISC TWO:  2658 109 (2658 109-C) / 2658 109 (2658 109-D)

DISC ONE Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 26 2658 109-A SnB Q

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 2658 109-B SnB Q

DISC TWO Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 2658 109-C SnB Q

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 3 2658 109-D-2 SnB Q

On labels: rim text reads "Reproduction......Manufactured.......by Polygram.......Made in Canada"

On spine: Layla   Derek And The Dominos   S[Shorewood logo] Litho in Canada   RSO Stereo 2658 109

On back cover: ? 1972     Product of Polydor-England

tracklisting

Side A: I LOOKED AWAY - BELL BOTTOM BLUES - KEEP ON GROWING

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT

Side C: TELL THE TRUTH - WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD? - HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN

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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 meager 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 Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. 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...(AllMusic)