Eric Clapton fans will be receiving an early Christmas gift on November 26th. That's the day that the new box set "Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings" will be released.The 6-disc set will include previously unreleased recordings, as well as outtakes, studio sessions and live recordings from the two seminal years in Clapton's career that produced the three albums "461 Ocean Boulevard," "There's One In Every Crowd," and the live album "E.C. Was Here."
The set will feature 5 CDs and 1 Blu-Ray that will be housed in a 60-page book and will include 88 remastered, remixed, rare unreleased and live recordings.
The Blu-Ray will feature a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix of "461 Ocean Boulevard" and the original quadrophonic mixes of that album and "There's One In Every Crowd."
There will also be a vinyl release with the three albums reissued in a 3-LP set.
Tracklisting:
Disc One - 461 Ocean Boulevard Expanded Version
1 Motherless Children
2 Give Me Strength
3 Willie And The Hand Jive
4 Get Ready
5 I Shot The Sheriff
6 I Can't Hold Out
7 Please Be With Me
8 Let It Grow
9 Steady Rollin' Man
10 Mainline Florida
Session Out-Takes:
11 Ain't That Lovin' You
12 Meet Me (Down At The Bottom)
13 Lonesome Road Blues (Walkin' Down The Road)
14 Getting Acquainted (Previously Unreleased)
15 Getting Acquainted 2 (Too Late) (Previously Unreleased)
16 Eric After Hours Blues
17 Please Be With Me (Acoustic) (Previously Unreleased)
18 Give Me Strength (Dobro 1) (Previously Unreleased)
Disc Two - There's One In Every Crowd Expanded Version
1 We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)
2 Swing Low Sweet Chariot
3 Little Rachel
4 Don't Blame Me
5 The Sky Is Crying
6 Singin' The Blues
7 Better Make It Through Today
8 Pretty Blue Eyes
9 High
10 Opposites
Session Out-Takes:
11 Burial (Previously Unreleased)
12 Whatcha Gonna Do
13 I Found A Love
14 (When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too
15 Fools Like Me 5:09 (Previously Unreleased)
Non-Album Single Release:
16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door
17 Someone Like You
Disc Three - E.C. Was Here Remixed And Expanded Version
1 Smile 3:35
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
2 Have You Ever Loved A Woman 7:41
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 19, 1974
3 Presence Of The Lord 8:47
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
4 Crossroads 4:38 (Previously Unreleased)
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
5 I Shot The Sheriff 7:35 (Previously Unreleased)
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
6 Layla 6:00 (Previously Unreleased)
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
7 Little Wing 8:57 (Previously Unreleased)
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
8 Can't Find My Way Home 5:18
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
9 Driftin' Blues / Ramblin' On My Mind 11:38
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
Disc Four - E.C. Was Here Remixed And Expanded Version
1 Ramblin' On My Mind / Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Recorded At The Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974
2 Willie And The Hand Jive / Get Ready
Recorded At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
3 The Sky Is Crying / Have You Ever Loved A Woman / Ramblin' On My Mind
Recorded At The Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 5, 1974
4 Badge
Recorded At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975)
5 Driftin' Blues
Recorded At Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June
25, 1975
6 Eyesight To The Blind / Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
Recorded At Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June
25, 1975
7 Further On Up The Road
Recorded At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975
Disc Five - The Freddie King Criteria Studios Sessions
1 Sugar Sweet
2 Tv Mama
3 Boogie Funk (Previously Unreleased)
4 Gambling Woman Blues (Previously Unreleased Full Length Version)
Disc Six (Blu-Ray)
1. 461 Ocean Boulevard 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (Previously Unreleased
Elliot Scheiner Mix)
1 Motherless Children
2 Give Me Strength
3 Willie And The Hand Jive
4 Get Ready
5 I Shot The Sheriff
6 I Can't Hold Out
7 Please Be With Me
8 Let It Grow
9 Steady Rollin' Man
10 Mainline Florida
Session Out-Takes:
11 Ain't That Lovin' You
12 Meet Me (Down At The Bottom)
13 Lonesome Road Blues (Walkin' Down The Road)
2. 461 Ocean Boulevard Original 4.0 Quadraphonic Mix
1 Motherless Children
2 Give Me Strength
3 Willie And The Hand Jive
4 Get Ready
5 I Shot The Sheriff
6 I Can't Hold Out
7 Please Be With Me
8 Let It Grow
9 Steady Rollin' Man
10 Mainline Florida
3. There's One In Every Crowd Original 4.0 Quadraphonic Mix
1 We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)
2 Swing Low Sweet Chariot
3 Little Rachel
4 Don't Blame Me
5 The Sky Is Crying
6 Singin' The Blues
7 Better Make It Through Today
8 Pretty Blue Eyes
9 High
10 Opposites
