Eric Clapton/MO,USA 6.10.1975

This week, Eric Clapton’s first-ever live recording will be released. This is a completely first-ever stereo audience master provided by the familiar heavyweight Taper, a British resident whom we trust. This is a very good and well-balanced stereo audience recording of the Kansas City performance on July 10th, which was the middle of the long-term “THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD US tour” held in the summer of 1975 for two and a half months. Last week, our shop just released the St. Louis performance on July 11th of the same tour from the same heavyweight Taper’s master, but the quality of this master exceeds that. Once again, the first public master has been unearthed after 42 years. On this day, there was an incomplete recording of the sound board on the already released board. It was only recorded from the opening to the point where Blues Power was cut out about one minute into the intro. In that sense, this audience master is recorded up to the encore, so it can be said to be a very valuable thing that allows you to know the whole picture of this day for the first time. However, the master of this album also had some shortcomings, and Kansas City and Teach Me To Be Your Woman, in which Marcy Levy sings, were not included. Perhaps they gave up on recording Marcy’s part, considering the remaining amount of tape. In addition, some songs had some tape warping due to aging, and the songs were cut off because recording was stopped between each song (this was also a measure to consider the remaining amount of tape). In addition, there was a jump in the sound during the song Better Make It Through Today at the time of mastering. However, in order to release this wonderful sound quality master, which has been brought about over 42 years, with a title that suits it, our shop carefully eliminated these shortcomings. Although the tape warping was difficult to do anything about, in addition to compensating for the two songs that were not recorded from the previously released soundboard recording, the songs were also smoothly connected, and the sound jump part of Better Make It Through Today was accurately patched from the soundboard master to the missing part of this master, and a cross-fade process was applied that did not feel strange. Did you notice that the soundboard source that was already released was 20% higher in pitch? Our engineer took these measures after correctly correcting the pitch of the soundboard master, and the concert on this day was completely recorded without any sense of incongruity. If you are a Clapton fan, you must be eager to hear it already? Now, let’s review the meaning of this concert once again. ≪April 1, 1975: Album “THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD” Release≫ ・April 7-28, 1975: Oceania Tour ・June 14-August 30, 1975: US Tour ←★Here★ ・September 1975 Off ・October-November 1975: Second Japan Tour As you can see, most of the year was spent on tour, and among them, this US tour was the main event. As the tour name suggests, the purpose of the tour was to promote the recently released album “THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD”. Although the songs Singin’ The Blues and Better Make It Through Today were included in the set, the attraction of this day is that it was packed with rare numbers. In addition to playing the acoustic number Give Me Strength from “461 OCEAN BOULEVARD” in an electric version, he played the extremely rare number Don’t Know What to Do as an introduction to Badge. This pattern was only available for this number, which has been played many times over the years. And the only time you can hear the live version of Give Me Strength is on this day, not only in the 1975 tour, but in his entire career. Moreover, playing it electric, this is already a “rare” take. In addition, the finale is Keep On Growing, which was only played live a few times during the Derek & The Dominos era. This was a very rare set on this day. In addition, it is characteristic that they played many Domino numbers such as Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out and Tell The Truth. As for the performance, you can hear a rare pattern in which Clapton takes a rare slide solo in the opening Layla afterword. What’s more, Clapton’s condition on this day is particularly noteworthy, and if you listen to FurTher On Up The Road, you will be able to hear the storm of sharp phrases that are piled up. And as expected, Carlos Santana also jumped in for the encore on this day. The collaboration between the two of them on this day is something that can only be heard on this album. This number on this day was performed in an unusual configuration that inserted a break twice in the song. I think it was amazing that they were able to play such an irregular pattern properly while inviting Santana and Alfonso Mouzon. The set list and performance are completely different from the performance the day after “St. Louis 1975” released the other day. This is a complete recording that accurately supplements the high-quality audience master of the Kansas performance, which is being released for the first time in Japan, with a soundboard master. This will be the definitive version of the 1975 Kansas performance. Live at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO. USA 10th July 1975 TRULY AMAZING/PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (49:23) 1. Intro 2. Layla 3. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 4. Singin’ The Blues 5. Give Me Strength 6. Can’t Find My Way Home 7. Further On Up The Road 8. Better Make It Through Today Disc 2 (68:54) 1. Don’t Know What to Do 2. Badge 3. Kansas City 4. Teach Me To Be Your Woman 5. Blues Power 6. Stormy Monday 7. Tell The Truth 8. Keep On Growing 9. Eyesight To The Blind * Eric Clapton – Guitar / Vocals George Terry – Guitar Dicks Sims – Keyboards Carl Radle – Bass Jamie Oldaker – Drums Yvonne Elliman – Backing Vocals Marcy Levy – Backing Vocals Carlos Santana – Guitar *