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No Reason to Cry
is the fourth
solo
studio album
by
released by
RSO Records
on
August,27th 1976.
The album was
recorded
in Malibu
and
Los Angeles
between
December 1975
to May 1976.
The record went silver
in the U.K.
Recording
The album was recorded
at The Band's
Shangri-la Studios
in March 1976,
and included
involvement from
all five members of
The Band;
Rick Danko
shared vocals
with Clapton
on
"All Our Past Times",
which he co-wrote
with Clapton.
The album also includes
a duet with
Bob Dylan
on his otherwise
unreleased song
"Sign Language".
The booklet in
Bob Dylan's
box set
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3
(Rare & Unreleased)
1961–1991
describes his involvement
in this album:
"Dylan dropped by and was
just hanging out,
living in a tent at
the bottom
of the garden.
He would sneak into
the studio to see
what was going on."
Dylan offered his new,
unrecorded song
"Seven Days"
to Clapton.
Clapton passed on it,
but Ron Wood
took him up
on the offer
and released it
on his third
solo album
Gimme Some Neck.
The song
"Innocent Times"
is sung by
Marcy Levy,
who also
shared vocals
with Clapton on
"Hungry".
In the track
"Last Night",
added in the
1990 re-release,
Clapton
shares vocals
with
Richard Manuel.
Chart Performance
No Reason to Cry
is one of Clapton's
most internationally
successful albums
from the 1970s.
The release reached
the Top 30
in seven national
music album charts,
hitting Top 10
in United Kingdom
(peaking at No. 8)
and in the
Netherlands,
where it topped
out No. 9
. The album was
certified silver
in the United Kingdom.
In Norway
and the United States,
the album charted
at No. 13
and No. 15
respectively,
while in
New Zealand
and Sweden,
it reached No. 18
and No. 24
respectively.
TRACKLIST
Beautiful Thing
Carnival
Sign Language
(w/ Bob Dylan)
County Jail Blues
All Our Past Times
Hello Old Friend
Double Trouble
Innocent Times
(w/Marcella Levy)
Hungry
(w/Marcella Levy)
Black Summer Rain
Last Night
(w/ Richard Manuel)
Looking At The Rain
Alberta
Greyhound Bus
Stars, Stays and Ashtrays
BONUS !!
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Eric Clapton
From Paradise To Shangri-La
(The No Reason To Cry Sessions)
Shangri-La Studios
Malibu, CA
March 1976
TRACKLIST
CD 1
1. Shuffle Jam
2. Sign Language
3. All Our Past Times
4. County Jail
5. Tenho Sede
6. Carnival
7. Adios Mi Corazon
8. The Water Is Wide
9. Idiot Wind
10. Steppin' Out
11. What Would I Do
CD 2
1. Right Now
2. Tried To Make The Devil Mad
3. What Would I Do
4. Shuffle Jam
5. What Would I Do
6. Won't Somebody Tell Me
7. Right Now
8. It's Eric's Birthday
9. Who Do You Love
10. Hard Times
11. Stormy Monday
12. Big River
The Band:
Eric Clapton guitar, vocals
Carl Radle bass
George Terry guitar
Jamie Oldaker drums
Dick Sims keyboards
Yvonne Elliman vocals
Marcy Levy vocals
Sergio Pastora percussion
Bob Dylan vocals, guitar
Georgie Fame organ
Ron Wood guitar
Van Morrison vocals
Rick Danko bass, vocals
Robbie Robertson guitar
Jesse Ed Davis guitar
Billy Preston vocals, keyboards
Garth Hudson organ
Richard Manuel vocals, piano
Levon Helm vocals, drums
Wah Wah Watson guitar
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