NEW AUDIO FIDELITY ERIC CLAPTON'S RAINBOW CONCERT SERIAL NUMBER 0025 SEALED

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For sale is the numbered, SERIAL NUMBER 0025, Eric Clapton Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert Numbered Limited Edition 180g LP, FACTORY SEALED!

A SERIAL NUMBER OF ONLY 0025!

It is without rips or tears. It is beautiful!

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This is a SERIAL NUMBERED ITEM with A SERIAL NUMBER OF ONLY 0025 that is investment grade as the low number continues to climb in value! It is NOT recommended that it be unsealed for playing as the value will be adversely affected. If you wish this item for a collection and for listening pleasure, then it is recommended that a already opened item be purchased for that particular purpose or one that does not have a serial number.

Serial Number 0025!

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Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert

180+ Virgin Vinyl

(AFZLP 071)

TRACKS:

Side One

Badge (Eric Clapton, George Harrison) – 3:32

Roll It Over (Clapton, Bobby Whitlock) – 6:43

Presence of the Lord (Clapton) – 5:37

Side Two

Pearly Queen (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood) – 7:00

After Midnight (J. J. Cale) – 5:12

Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:32

Producer Bob Pridden

Mastered for this vinyl release by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

"A historic live appearance...all gritty rock n' roll and smoldering blues"

Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert

Other than one appearance in August 1971 at George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh, Eric Clapton had not been heard from until Pete Townshend coaxed him to headline a concert appearance. The show was scheduled for January 13, 1973 at London's Rainbow Theatre. An all-star band was assembled for the show and in addition to Townshend the other English rock luminaries included Clapton's old Blind Faith pals, Steve Winwood and Rick Grech, Winwood's Traffic mate Jim Capaldi, Ron Wood, Jimmy Karstein and Rebop Kwaku Baah. It was an ensemble effort but the show demonstrated that the reclusive Clapton, nursing a heroin addiction, could still play, and that was welcome news.

If the classic Derek and the Dominos' In Concert album shows Clapton on the upswing, then Rainbow Concert explores the lower reaches of his psyche. The Rainbow performance was his attempt at starting all over again and coming out of isolation to return to his music. Upon listening to Rainbow Concert it becomes clear just how much the concert helped to reenergize him. The concert at London's Rainbow Theatre stands as the beginning of Eric Clapton's return to the stage.

Rainbow Concert is a recording of monolithic melancholy, the music is rich in its make-up and sad in tone. Townshend's and Wood's guitars and Winwood's organ surround Clapton in a protective aural capsule, but he cuts loose as much as his setting allows in "Badge," and he's solid for most of the show.  The album's excitement comes from the layered instrumental textures, the solemn measured movement into climaxes that are majestic if not explosive, and the nuances of Clapton's restrained playing and singing in a suitably course and bluesy voice.

In addition to "Badge," written by Clapton and George Harrison and covers such as J.J. Cale's "After Midnight" and a very soulful rendition of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing," Steve Winwood steps back as lead vocalist in Eric Clapton's favor for Blind Faith's "Presence of the Lord" and Traffic's "Pearly Queen."

Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert is a live album by English musician Eric Clapton, recorded at London's Rainbow Theatre on January 13, 1973 and released in September that year. The concert was organized by Pete Townshend from the Who and marked a comeback by Clapton after two years, broken only by his performance at the Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971. Along with Townshend, the musicians supporting Clapton include Steve Winwood, Ronnie Wood and Jim Capaldi. In the year following the two shows at the Rainbow, Clapton recorded 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974).

This concert is the first live performance where Clapton used his famous Stratocaster guitar "Blackie." The Rainbow concert is a historic recording, the music is rich and rockin' in its make up. The addition of Pete Townshend, Ronnie Wood and Steve Winwood bring out the best in Clapton. The album includes "Badge," "After Midnight" and Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" with Steve Winwood taking lead vocals on Blind Faith's "Presence of the Lord" and "Pearly Queen."

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