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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Boom Boom - (with The Yardbirds)
2. Honey in Your Hips - (with The Yardbirds)
3. Baby What's Wrong - (with The Yardbirds)
4. I Wish You Would - (with The Yardbirds)
5. Certain Girl, A - (with The Yardbirds)
6. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl -The Yardbirds
7. I Ain't Got You - (with The Yardbirds)
8. For Your Love - (with The Yardbirds)
9. Got to Hurry - (with The Yardbirds)
10. Lonely Years - (with John Mayall)
11. Bernard Jenkins - (with John Mayall)
12. Hideaway - (with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers)
13. All Your Love - (with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers)
14. Ramblin' on My Mind - (with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers)
15. Have You Ever Loved a Woman - (with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers)
16. Wrapping Paper - (with Cream)
17. I Feel Free - (with Cream)
18. Spoonful - (with Cream)
19. Lawdy Mama - (previously unreleased, with Cream)
20. Strange Brew - (with Cream)
21. Sunshine of Your Love - (with Cream)
22. Tales of Brave Ulysses - (with Cream)
23. Steppin' Out - (previously unreleased, with Cream)
DISC 2:
1. Anyone For Tennis - (with Cream)
2. White Room - (with Cream)
3. Crossroads - (with Cream)
4. Badge - (with Cream)
5. Presence of the Lord - (with Blind Faith)
6. Can't Find My Way Home - (with Blind Faith)
7. Sleeping in the Ground - (previously unreleased, with Blind Faith)
8. Comin' Home - (with Delaney & Bonnie)
9. Blues Power
10. After Midnight - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
11. Let It Rain
12. Tell the Truth - (with Derek & The Dominos)
13. Roll It Over - (with Derek & The Dominos)
14. Layla - (with Derek & The Dominos)
15. Mean Old World - (with Duane Allman)
16. Key to the Highway - (with Derek & The Dominos)
17. Crossroads - (with Derek & The Dominos)
DISC 3:
1. Got to Get Better in a Little While - (with Derek & The Dominos)
2. Evil - (with Derek & The Dominos)
3. One More Chance - (with Derek & The Dominos)
4. Mean Old Frisco - (with Derek & The Dominos)
5. Snake Lake Blues - (with Derek & The Dominos)
6. Let It Grow
7. Ain't That Lovin' You - (previously unreleased)
8. Motherless Children
9. I Shot the Sheriff - (previously unreleased)
10. Better Make It Through Today
11. Sky Is Crying, The
12. I Found a Love - (previously unreleased)
13. Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong) - (previously unreleased)
14. Whatcha Gonna Do - (previously unreleased)
15. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
16. Someone Like You
DISC 4:
1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Further on up the Road - (previously unreleased)
4. Lay Down Sally
5. Wonderful Tonight
6. Cocaine
7. Promises
8. If I Don't Be There by Morning
9. Double Trouble
10. I Can't Stand It
11. Shape You're In, The
12. Heaven Is One Step Away
13. She's Waiting
14. Too Bad
15. Miss You
16. Wanna Make Love to You
17. After Midnight
Album Notes
The motherload, this four-disc box set spans a quarter-century of Slowhand's career and acts as both a comprehensive introduction and an overview of the guitar legend.
The release of the 4-CD box set CROSSROADS is the perfect package to commemorate Eric Clapton's first 25 years of making music. Starting out as a blues purist with the like-minded Yardbirds, Clapton left after the band moved in a decidedly more pop direction. He began an apprenticeship under John Mayall. Encouraged to indulge in his love for the songs of Freddie King ("Hideaway") and Robert Johnson ("Ramblin' On My Mind") among others, Clapton metamorphosed into a guitar god after forming Cream with two of Mayall's sidemen, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. These three virtuosos set the bar for the classic power trio line-up and in the process redefined rock music and introduced unprecedented levels of improvisational freedom within songs such as "Crossroads." Post-Cream, Clapton took his godhead status into the supergroup Blind Faith before becoming a sideman with Delaney & Bonnie ("Comin' Home"). Using their back-up band on his solo debut led to the formation of Derek & The Dominos. This unit's synergy allowed Clapton to unleash all his accumulated creative might amidst the throes of personal unrest yielding the epic "Layla." Later, Clapton reinvented himself as a mellow singer-songwriter. CROSSROADS covers all this history and includes extensive liner notes by Anthony.
Industry Reviews
5 Stars - Classic
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