Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
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Artist: Derek and the DominosEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1996-08-20
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- I Looked Away
- Bell Bottom Blues
- Keep on Growing
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- I Am Yours
- Anyday
- Key to the Highway
- Tell the Truth
- Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
- Have You Ever Loved a Woman
- Little Wing
- It's Too Late
- Layla
- Thorn Tree in the Garden
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Free Music Review: Classic Rock Must Own
Hit: 5 Stars
Clapton and Duane Allman unite with Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon and Carl Radle for one of the most memorable releases in music history. The tone of this disk is inspired by Clapton's burgeoning love affair with Patty Boyd Harrison, the wife of his best friend, Beatle George Harrison. "I Looked Away" is a poppy ballad that features Clapton's vocal trades with the soulful sound of Bobby Whitlock, in classic call and reply style. "Bell Bottom Blues" is a soulful love song we all know well. "Keep On Growing" changes the mood to a happier tone, and is dominated by the stunning vocal interplay between Clapton and Whitlock that is prevalent on almost every song. Covers of classic tunes are sprinkled through out, as the Dominos tear through "Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out", "Key To the Highway" and a sped up take on the Hendrix classic "Little Wing". Duane Allman's slide guitar serves as counterpoint to Clapton's bluesy playing throughout the disk. "It's Too Late" is another perfect example of traditional call and reply blues singing, as Whitlock responds to Clapton's sorrow laden cries of "She's Gone" in the chorus. The title song need no discussion, other than the fact that the tender piano part at the end was written by Jim Gordon, who is currently doing time for murdering his mother. The short but tender Bobby Whitlock ballad "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is the perfect ending to a wonderful release. Tom Dowd clicks perfectly in the studio with these top musicians to produce a memorable release that is a must have.
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Poster
Layla stands as one of a handful of pillars of classic rock. The short-lived ensemble that was the Dominos provided an outlet for Eric Clapton to vent his then unrequited (and secret) passion for the wife of his best friend, George Harrison. Romantic anguish inspired Clapton to write and collect an embroiling and interconnected song cycle. Meanwhile, latecomer Duane Allman prodded Clapton to tear it up on guitar, so as not to be overwhelmed by his even more talented foil. Of course, Clapton eventually won the hand of his lady love. And then he divorced her. Sometimes real life messes up a good plot line. --Steve StolderClassic Rock Music CDs
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