The Cream vaults were mined for the Heavy Cream compilation and the Live Cream Volume II album. In the UK, the belated release of “Layla” as a single from Derek & the Dominos’ 1970 Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs album took it into the Top 10. The History of Eric Clapton compilation reached the US Top 10, and another American compilation, Eric Clapton At His Best, followed later in the year. The all-star event became known as his comeback concert, even though the guitar hero still had much more work ahead in the personal recovery that manifested itself in 1974.Īll that EC fans had to go on during 1972 was catalog and live material. So it was a huge moment when, at the encouragement of Pete Townshend, Clapton stepped back on stage at the Rainbow Theater in London on January 13, 1973. Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival is set to return for the first time in four years, taking place Sept. Brought low by heroin addiction, he entered a downward spiral after appearing at his friend George Harrison’s Concert For Bangla Deshin August 1971, and the following year was devoid of any new material. As his countless devotees remember, the early 1970s were a difficult time in the life of Eric Clapton.
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