Eric Clapton - Strictly the Blues

Title: Strictly the Blues Artist: Eric Clapton Release Date: 4/11/2000 Label: Castle Duration: 53:46 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 5016073710321 Genre: Rock Styles: Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, British Blues, Album Rock Moods: Passionate, Relaxed, Rollicking, Druggy, Earnest, Hypnotic, Reverent, Rousing, Soothing, Stylish, Summery, Visceral, Bittersweet, Earthy, Gentle, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Sentimental, Street-Smart, Trippy, Fiery, Freewheeling, Plaintive, Raucous, Slick, Smooth, Sprawling, Urgent, Yearning, Bravado, Calm/Peaceful, Detached, Dreamy, Fun, Nocturnal, Searching, Volatile, Brash, Confident, Eerie, Reflective, Reserved, Swaggering, Sweet, Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow, Melancholy, Organic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Got to Hurry
2. I Ain't Got You
3. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
4. Let It Rock
5. A Certain Girl
6. Take It Easy Baby
7. Too Much Monkey Business
8. Draggin' My Tail
9. Tribute to Elmore
10. Snake Drive
11. West Coast Idea
12. Choker
13. Freight Loader
14. Down in the Boots
15. L.A. Breakdown
16. Steelin'
17. Chuckles
18. I'm Your Witchdoctor
19. Telephone Blues
20. On Top of the World

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD Castle 103

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A bunch of early Eric Clapton recordings are circulated endlessly through budget-line collections, primarily consisting of live Yardbirds cuts and a live 1965 jam session credited to the Immediate All-Stars and featuring Jimmy Page, Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, and Ian Stewart. These show up again on Strictly the Blues, along with three tracks he cut with John Mayall (none from the Bluesbreakers album) and a handful of cuts that Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page did with the Immediate All-Stars (separately, not together), and the difference here is that this is not a budget-line release; everything is presented coherently and with annotation and pretty good sound. So for hardcore Clapton fans who have to hear everything he did, this is the choice among the plethora of comps to get this early, mildly interesting marginalia. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Eric Clapton Main Performer Jeff Beck Performer Jimmy Page Performer