Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Eric Clapton : Give Me Strength : The ’74/’75 Recordings (Box Set (5 CDs)


I SHOT THE SHERIFF

BUT I DID NOT 

SHOOT THE DEPUTY



 Give Me Strength: 

The ’74/’75 Recordings


 is a 5CD 

 box set

 that celebrates the

 period between

 April 1974 and June 1975 

when Clapton

 produced the

 studio albums

 461 Ocean Boulevard 

and 

There’s One In Every Crowd, 

as well as the

 live double set

 E.C. Was Here.


All three of those albums
 are included
 in this new box 
in
 remastered, 
expanded form, 
and all include 
previously unreleased 
session outtakes 
or unheard
 live performances.

The first album, 
461 Ocean Boulevard,
 includes four
 previously released outtakes
 including a couple of 
versions of 
Getting Acquainted

The second album,
 There’s One In Every Crowd,
 includes bonus offerings
 of two unreleased 
session tracks 
Burial 
and
 Fools Like Me, 
and both sides
 of the
 Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door single.
Plus
 I Put on A Remix
Not On The Box

The third album, 
E.C. Was Here,
 is not only remastered, 
but remixed, 
and expanded 
across two CDs, 
with numerous 
unissued extras 
such as versions of 
Layla, 
Crossroads 
and 
Little Wing.

The fifth CD
 is taken up
 with 
Clapton’s sessions
 with blues guitarist 
and singer
 Freddie King. 
Originally recorded for 
King’s Burglar album, 
four tracks 
are featured here,
 including a 
previously unreleased
 22-minute version of
 Gambling Woman Blues.

TURN IT UP !!!

TRACKLIST


CD 1

(461 Ocean Boulevard)

Motherless Children

Give Me Strength

Willie And The Hand Jive

Get Ready

I Shot The Sheriff

I Can't Hold Out

Please Be With Me

Let It Grow

Steady Rollin' Man

Mainline Florida

Ain't That Lovin' You

Meet Me 
(Down At The Bottom)

Lonesome Road Blues
 (Walking Down The Road)

Getting Acquainted

Getting Acquainted 2
 (Too Late)

Eric After Hours Blues

Please Be With Me
 (Acoustic)

Give Me Strength 
(Dobro 1)
(Instr)

CD 2

(There's One In Every Crowd)

We've Been Told
 (Jesus Is Coming Soon)

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Little Rachel

Don't Blame Me

The Sky Is Crying

Singin' The Blues

Better Make It Through Today

Pretty Blue Eyes

High

Opposites

Burial

Whatcha' Gonna Do

I Found A Love

(When Things Go Wrong)
 It Hurts Me Too

Fools Like Me

Knockin' On Heaven's Door
 (Remix) [*]

Someone Like You

Eyesight To The Blind [*]

CD 3

(E.C. WAS HERE Part 1)

Smile 
(Live)

Have You Ever Loved A Woman
 (Live)

Presence Of The Lord 
(Live)

Crossroads 
(Live)

I Shot The Sheriff 
(Live)

Layla 
(Live)

Little Wing
 (Live)

Can't Find My Home 
(Live)

Driftin' Blues / 
Ramblin' On My Mind 
(Live)

Double Trouble
 (Live) [*]

CD 4

(E.C. WAS HERE Part 2)

Rambling On My Mind/
Have You Ever Loved A Woman
 (Live)

Willie And The Hand Jive/
Get Ready
 (Live)

The Sky Is Crying/
Have You Ever Loved A Woman/
Rambling On My Mind 
(Live)

Badge
 (Live)

Drifting Blues 
(Live)

Eyesight To The Blind/
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad 
(Live)

Further On Up The Road
 (Live)

CD 5

(The Freddie King Criteria Studios Sessions)

Sugar Sweet 
(w/ Freddie King)

TV Mama
 (w/ Freddie King)

Boogie Funk
 (w/ Freddie King)

Gambling Woman Blues
 (w/ Freddie King)

BONUS

Badge
 (Remix)  [*]

Layla
 (Remix)  [*]

Let it Rain 
(Remix) [*]

I Shot The Sheriff
 (Remix) [*]

Wonderful Tonight
 (Remix) [*]



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