Eric Clapton/NJ,USA 1974 Upgrade

Eric Clapton release, Tori is the best audience sound source of the stadium performance in 1974! Looking at it this way, all three works were strangely stadium performances. 1974, 1988, 1992. You can see that Clapton has been performing concerts at the stadium venue, the highest peak of artists, for 18 years without losing his popularity at all. As expected, Clapton. And this edition is in 1974 of the Drunken Tour, and it records a valuable day both in terms of performance and record. The master of this album is also a low gene master brought in by a well-known heavyweight taper living in the UK, and although the sound image is monaural, its freshness, spaciousness, and clearness are something I have never experienced before. Recorded on July 7, 1974 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Up until now, there has been an already-released version that recorded the incomplete sound board source of this day, and an already-released version that also lacked Present Of The Lord and was also a monaural audience recording, but the low generation best audience far exceeds the already-released version. This edition, which has been almost completely recorded (only Key To The Highway is not included, but includes Crossroads, which was not included in the previous soundboard title), allows you to enjoy the entire story at once, and enjoy the real pleasure of audience recording. It is something that you can definitely experience as a new definitive version of this day. We recently released “Summerfest At Rich Stadium 1974,” a recording of the stage performance at Summerfest held at Rich Stadium in Buffalo, New York, on July 6, the day before. Great Freddie King, who was a fly-in participant, is also participating on this day. He must have had a lot of fun collaborating with his disciples. The tremendous guitar battle between King and Clapton, listened to with the highest quality sound, stirs up more excitement than the day before. After this, King, who hit it off with this collaboration, invited Clapton to the recording session for his new album “BURGLAR”. Clapton must have been happy to be able to hit it off with his favorite bluesman. 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, 1974 – August 4th: 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 28th-October 6th, 1974: 2nd US tour ・October 31st – November 6th, 1974: First Japan tour November 27th – December 5th, 1974: Europe tour This performance will begin the tour after a warm-up gig in Northern Europe. It was the 8th performance of the show. It can be said to be a valuable sound source from the time when he was just trying to find his way back to the stage after a three-year retirement due to drug addiction. This U.S. tour was famous for being a tour in which he got drunk and lost his true identity in order to relieve the stress of performing live for the first time in a long time and the pressure of being watched by tens of thousands of people. Moreover, at this point, Patti Harrison (Boyd), who would provide emotional support, had not yet arrived (Patti would join us in Los Angeles 12 days later). Therefore, he had no choice but to protect himself with alcohol. It can be seen that Clapton on this day was also quite inebriated like the previous day. You’re greeted by a loud cracker and some drunken banter from the crowd (Roger Waters would have reprimanded the audience by spitting). He also shows humor when he tells a customer who is amused by throwing things onto the stage, “If you’re going to throw things, throw cash.” This inebriation is clearly reflected in the vocals, where the vocal lines are cut short, and the vocal lines are tamed more than necessary, and the arrangements are arranged as desired, but the rhythm is not disrupted, which is to be expected, and above all, the guitar I’m also surprised that there are no mistones during play. In a drunken whim, Presence of the Lord suddenly starts with the bridge, Badge and Tell the Truth cut off the ending, and so on, but the backing band responds perfectly and the performance is solid. The fact that they work together is a testament to the potential of this band. Because of this high play quality, it is an interesting sound source that you can listen to without getting bored. The set list also showed a sense of carefreeness, covering most of the popular songs from Cream to Dominos’ career up to this point, but like the previous day, the most popular song Layla was not included in the set. Although it has not yet been released, I Shot The Sheriff, which is scheduled to be cut as a single, has not been performed (the single will be released on July 31st). Still, in Let it Rain, he nails an outstanding solo, and even in Willie and the Hand Jive, a quiet number centered on rhythm riffs, there are some parts where he plays unusually. However, the highlight of the day was probably the scene with the aforementioned Freddie King. Clapton called King properly the day before the performance, but on this day he started playing on his own. There is a scene where the audience gets really excited during the intro, and this is probably where Freddy appears from the stage wings. From here on, both Freddie and Clapton are playing. Both sides show their intentions and clash. The slightly thinner Strat tone is Clapton’s, and the thicker tone is Freddie’s ES335. The sound quality is very clear, so you can clearly hear the two players playing. Which one would you give your preference to? (Although King won the song by a landslide). Anyway, this guitar battle is amazing! Clapton, who is drunk, flies around with sharp phrases. No matter how drunk Clapton was on this day, it can be said that it is a valuable sound source just by listening to this co-star. As an audience source for this day, this board is definitely the definitive version in terms of quality. As Clapton himself later said, “The 1970s were a time of regret that I wasted on alcohol,” this tour was the occasion for Clapton to show off the “weak, sloppy Clapton” that was rarely seen in Clapton’s career. Although this is revealing, it is also a sad record of how he had no choice but to protect himself. However, his guitar playing never deteriorated in quality. That’s why this tour was such a success. In “Shea Stadium 1992 2nd Night” released at the same time this week, you can see the “strong Clapton” who has overcome the tragedy and made a comeback, but on the other hand, it is precisely because there was a Clapton like this one that American fans sympathize with him. I think it was praised. The guitar play is melodious, but maintains its quality. Please enjoy this delicacy. Live at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ, USA 7th July 1974 PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) (75:49) 1. Firecrackers 2. Smile 3. Let it Grow 4. Let it Rain 5. Willie and the Hand Jive 6 . Get Ready . Presence of the Lord 8. Badge 9. Tell the Truth 10. Have You Ever Loved a Woman (with Freddie King) 11. Little Queenie 12. Crossroads Eric Clapton – Guitar, Vocals George Terry – Guitar Dicks Sims – Keyboards Carl Radle – Bass Jamie Oldaker – Drums Yvonne Elliman – Backing Vocals