Delaney & Bonnie & Friends On Tour With Eric Clapton

High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Vinyl LP!
This 42-minute-long live album, which was recorded in December 1969 in Croydon, England and was awarded 5 stars by the magazine Rolling Stone, is not only the culmination of Delaney & Bonnie's creative output, but also marks their connection to the further careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison.
On this particular tour Clapton plays the same mixture of country music, blues and gospel that were to hallmark his own early solo appearances from 1970. He rose to the occasion with consistently brilliant virtuosity; the highlights are a dizzying solo in "I Don't Want To Discuss It", a lengthy 'Slowhand' passage in "Only You Know And I Know", and a dry fervent introduction to the wonderfully balanced "Coming Home".
Vocally Delaney & Bonnie were never better than on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds musically more close-knit than many a quartet of the times, regardless of whether they are playing a lengthy blues number or a medley of Little Richard songs. It is certainly no coincidence that the band featured here would become Clapton's own choice for his first solo LP, or that the kernel of this group - Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon - would metamorphose into Derek and the Dominos, or that the bulk of the band would constitute the group that would perform with George Harrison in "All Things Must Pass" and The Concert For Bangladesh, except that their playing (not to mention the recording) is better here. Half the musicians on this record attained near-superstar status less than one year later, and although their fame was fairly short-lived, this is certainly justified, as you will ascertain when you listen to this live performance.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.
Recording: December 1969 live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon (UK), by Andy Johns and Glyn Johns
Production: Delaney Bramlett and Jimmy Miller

Features:

• 180g High Quality Virgin Vinyl
• Pure Analogue
• Made from the original, analogue master tapes
• Faithful reproduction of original artwork and labels
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany

Musicians:

• Delaney Bramlett (g, voc)
• Bonnie Bramlett, Rita Coolidge (voc)
• Eric Clapton, Dave Mason (g)
• Bobby Keys (sax)
• Jim Price (tb)
• B. Whitlock (org, voc)
• Carl Radle (b)
• Tex Johnson (bgo, cga)
• Jim Gordon (dr)

Selections:
Side A
1. Things Get Better
2a. Poor Elijah
2b. Tributes
3. Only you know and i know
4. I Don't Want To Discuss It
Side B
1. That's What My Man Is For
2. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
3. Coming Home
Little Richard Medley
4a. Long Tall Sally
4b. Jenny Jenny
4c. The Girl Can't Help It
4d. Tutti-Frutti

Recording: December 1969 live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon (England), by Andy Johns and Glyn Johns Production Delaney Bramlett and Jimmy Miller