Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (2LP, Ultra Analog, Half-speed Mastering)
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Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars [click here to see more vinyl featuring Eric Clapton]
Bobby Whitlock – vocals, keyboards; acoustic guitar (on "Thorn Tree in the Garden")
Carl Radle – bass, percussion
Jim Gordon – drums, percussion; piano (on "Layla")
Duane Allman – guitars (on all tracks except "I Looked Away," "Bell Bottom Blues," and "Keep on Growing")
Albhy Galuten – piano (on "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out")
2 LPs, gatefold sleeve
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half-speed Mastering
GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : ATCO Records
Recorded 26 August–10 September and 1–2 October 1970 at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida
Engineered by Chuck Kirkpatrick, Howie Albert, Carl Richardson, Mac Emmerman, Ron Albert
Produced by The Dominos
Remastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in 1970
Reissued in 2017
Tracks:
Side A :
- I Looked Away
- Bell Bottom Blues
- Keep On Growing
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Side B :
- I Am Yours
- Anyday
- Key To The Highway
Side C :
- Tell The Truth
- Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Side D :
- Little Wing
- It's Too Late
- Layla
- Thorn Tree In The Garden
Awards:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 117/500
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
1000 Recordings you must hear before you die - Ranked 176
Reviews :
"Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meager beginnings grew his greatest album. Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra Analog™ : The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ Series stems from the use of the Gain 2 system, mastered at half speed from the original master tapes where possible, capturing and uncovering as before undiscovered sonic information.
Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,39 / 5