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Eric Clapton - Strictly the Blues Audio CD

A fair review of the Eric Clapton "Strictly the Blues" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Eric Clapton reviews here, or go back to the Eric Clapton tabs.

Band: Eric Clapton Title: Strictly the Blues Rating: Release Date: 1998-02-05 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Got to Hurry - Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds 2: I Ain't Got You - Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds 3: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds 4: Let It Rock - Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds 5: Certain Girl - Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds 6: Take It Easy Baby - Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds 7: Too Much Monkey Business - Eric Clapton, 8: Draggin' My Tail - Eric Clapton, 9: Tribute to Elmore - Eric Clapton, 10: Snake Drive - Eric Clapton, 11: West Coast Idea - Eric Clapton, 12: Choker - Eric Clapton, 13: Freight Loader - Eric Clapton, 14: Down in the Boots - Jimmy Page, 15: L.A. Breakdown - Jimmy Page, 16: Steelin' - Jeff Beck, 17: Chuckles - Jeff Beck, 18: I'm Your Witchdoctor - Eric Clapton, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 19: Telephone Blues - Eric Clapton, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 20: On Top of the World - Eric Clapton, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

Okay
I enjoy it, but am not bowled over by it. This is by far not my favorite Eric Clapton CD.

Claptons' blues
All titles were recorded before he reached total stardom with Cream. These recordings are essential for anyone's collection of Eric Clapton or British Blues. Some are with the Yardbirds, some with John Mayall, and some are small band sessions done between Eric being in groups. Just the 2 songs done with Mayall,"telephone blues" and "I'm your witchdoctor" are worth the price(bargain) of the disc. The screaming (almost) one note distorted solo in "witchdoctor" is amazing and the solo in "telephone" has to be one of the best he ever recorded. These were recorded during the time that the "Clapton is god" graffiti appeared in London and listening to the intensity of his playing helps you understand why. Awesome music.

WONDERFUL....
The way it's put together. I really enjoyed this album. . the sound quality is not that wonderful but that can be overlooked because this is Eric Clapton after all. Maybe not his best, but it's certainly up there.

For completests - some good songs but poor sound quality
I particularly like the Blues Breakers tracks, like Telephone Blues. There are some very good tracks on here - but the sound quality of many is poor. The early Yardbirds tracks are interesting but some of the songs are so-so. They are interesting because they have some of that great heavy, distorted guitar sound which is generally associated with Eric Clapton's later Blues Breakers work. Sound quality is dubious to bad on several tracks (perhaps not surprisingly considering how long ago they were made)e. g. tribute to Elmore. The CD includes a couple of covers of Chuck Berry songs with a more rocking feel, as well as more traditional blues.

Before you buy this though, consider buying the following Eric Clapton blues albums first - they are much better:
Eric Clapton with John Mayall's BLuesbreakers,
From the Cradle,
Unplugged.

An album PACKED full of blues
any blues fan will love this record. 3 great guitarists, Eric clapton, jimmy page and jeff beck team up to create a great blues album that includes 20 songs.

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