Eric Clapton/NC,USA 1974 Upgrade

Once again, we will release a treasured sound source from the Low Generation Master cassette brought from the British-based heavyweight taper! From the famous 1974 U.S. tour where Derek and the Dominos made a comeback after a three-year hiatus after disbanding, the main part is an outstanding monaural recording of the Greenboro performance on August 2nd, which was the final stage. It consists of a sound board recording and an additional sub part with a good monaural audience recording, and is delivered as a complete recording version. Actually, there was a previously released version of the sound source with this configuration. If you’re worried that it’s the same thing, don’t worry. There is no way our store would release something like that. This is the “definitive edition” that combines the raw sound board master provided by the heavyweight taper and the audience master, which also has a better sound than the previously released version and has a normal pitch. When comparing the heavyweight taper master with the previously released version, it was clear that the sound board part had better sound quality on the main version. You can tell from the fact that the guitar sound in the early acoustic guitar number rings like a bell that the high notes are not crushed. It was clearly from the Low Generation. Furthermore, the final part of Let It Rain had a lot of tape distortion in the original master, so it was unavoidably recorded with a fade-out on the previous release, but for this version, our engineers have smoothed out the tape distortion as much as possible, and the tape is completely distorted. It was restored to a listenable level. Therefore, it is the longest fully recorded version in history. And, in the audience recording part, the intro was recorded about 3 seconds longer on the master of the main version than on the previously released version. Moreover, the previously released version had the disadvantage of a low pitch. Therefore, our store perfectly corrected the pitch of this audience part, alleviated the hiss a little, and jointed it as a complete version with an unreleased intro part (only 3 seconds). As a result, it has become a quality that reigns as the definitive version of “Greensboro 1974”. This is the highest quality upgrade version that Clapton enthusiasts should listen to. Now, let’s take a look at the position of this day’s performance in this comeback year. ・June 19th and 20th, 1974: Warm-up gig in Scandinavia for US comeback tour ・June 28th – August 4th, 1974: US tour ←★Here★≪August 5th, 1974 : Album “461 OCEAN BOULEVARD” released≫ ・August-September 1974: Recorded the album “THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD” in Miami ・September 28-October 6, 1974: 2nd U.S. tour October 31st – November 6th, 1974: First Japan Tour November 27th – December 5th, 1974: Europe Tour On August 2nd, there were only two performances left on the comeback tour. Greensboro. In fact, at this time, their comeback album “461” had not yet been released, but they had been sufficiently promoted for over a month, and the band’s unity was solid. The topic of this day was the arrival of Clapton’s close friends, Pete Townshend and Keith Moon of The Who. Although Clapton himself had been drinking, it was a day when he was in good physical condition and his playing was clear. I think you can understand that by listening to the very sharp and wonderful play on Have You Ever Loved A Woman. Since Pete was supposed to jump into the next song, you can understand Clapton’s enthusiasm. Pete jumps in on the next song and lets you hear his typical rhythm cutting, but it’s a shame that his outstanding play was not captured. However, since the two have only performed together infrequently, this record will be important for both Clapton fans and The Who fans. Listening to Clapton’s MC, it seems that the last number of the regular set on this day was Let It Rain, and Pete and Keith appeared in the encore (Pete is jumping in for the second time). When Pete appeared on stage, he reportedly brought a ukulele and crashed it into Clapton’s head, causing the audience to burst into laughter by performing a ukulele crash that was not the Who’s signature “guitar crash.” . Please listen carefully. Do you understand such a scene? (This production may have been performed at the Atlanta performance the day before) It seems that Pete and Keith went all the way to the United States to attend Clapton’s concert at this time. What’s more, they brought in Who sound engineer Bob Pridden to handle the PA mixing for Clapton’s concerts (Pridden says, “Compared to Who concerts, the sound production for Clapton’s concerts was easy.”) ). I guess he was so happy about his best friend’s comeback. Come to think of it, Pete had organized the “Rainbow Concert” in January of the previous year, when Clapton was still addicted to drugs, to help his best friend return to the stage. After that, Pete was deeply worried about Clapton, who had disappeared into the clouds again, so I think that after hearing about Clapton’s comeback on his own, he couldn’t stand still and went to the United States. It’s nice to have a best friend. This is the definitive version of Greensboro that you should listen to while thinking about these things. Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA 2nd August 1974 SBD(UPGRADE) Disc 1 (59:56) 1. Intro 2. Smile 3. Easy Now 4. I Can’t Hold Out 5. Tell The Truth 6. Blues Power 7. Have You Ever Loved A Woman Disc 2 (60:44) 1. MC 2. Willie And The Hand Jive * 3. Get Ready * 4. I Shot The Sheriff 5. Let It Rain 6. MC 7. Layla * * * 8. Badge * ** 9. Little Queenie * ** SPECIAL GUEST: Pete Townshend * Keith Moon ** SOUNDBOARD RECORDING