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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...

<THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY HALF-SPEED MASTERED VINYL EDITION>

4LP BOX SET     POLYDOR RECORDS   0602507274900, UMC – 0727490

PRINTED in the EU       2020 REPRESSING + BONUS

NOTES: This compilation ℗ & © 2020 Polydor Records, A Universal Music Group Company.

Made in the Czech Republic.

Hype Sticker (Guitar Shape) on Front of The Box Set reads:

50th Anniversary Half-Speed Mastered Vinyl Edition.

Includes:

- The Original Album In Half-Speed Mastered Format

- Bonus Material Cut As Normal 180 Gram Vinyl

- First Time On Vinyl For Some Of These Rarities

F1 to F4, G1 to G4, H2 to H3: First time on vinyl these rarities (as mentioned on the back cover of the box set).

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LABEL: POLYDOR

Catalog (Sticker on front box): 0602507274900

Other (UMC): 0727490

Matrix / Runout: sealed

On Box (rear): Tracklist

This compilation ℗ & © 2020 Polydor......A Universal Music Group....Made in Czech Republic.......BIEM/SDRM

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VINYL MINT but (please, read above description)

BOX COVER STILL SEALED, MINT but (please, see pictures and read above description)

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)