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Eric Clapton
Crossroads 2
Eric Clapton:  Crossroads 2

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Released: 1996
Label: Polydor
Selection #: 207240
Clapton in the '70s! 31 definitive live performances, four studio tracks! Nearly four hours of blues, ballads, hits! Layla, Eyesight... (w/Santana), more.
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1 Walkin' Down the Road
2 Have You Ever Loved a Woman
3 Willie and the Hand Jive/Get Ready
4 Can't Find My Way Home
5 Driftin' Blues/Rambling on My Mind
6 Presence of the Lord
7 Rambling on My Mind/Have You Ever Loved a Woman
8 Little Wing
9 The Sky Is Crying/Have You Ever Loved a Woman/Rambling on My Mind
10 Layla
11 Further on up the Road
12 I Shot the Sheriff
13 Badge
14 Driftin' Blues
15 Eyesight to the Blind/Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
16 Tell the Truth
17 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
18 Stormy Monday
19 Lay Down Sally
20 The Core
21 We're All the Way
22 Cocaine
23 Goin' Down Slow/Rambling on My Mind
24 Mean Old Frisco
25 Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
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"Crossroads" was a box set that appealed to both beginners and fanatics. "Crossroads 2 (Live in the Seventies)" only appeals to fanatics. Spanning four discs and consisting almost entirely of live material (there are a handful of studio outtakes), this is music that will only enthrall completists and archivists. For those listeners, there is a wealth of fascinating, compelling performances here, as well as a fair share of mediocre, uninspired tracks. The key word for the entire album is detail -- it is an album for studying the intricacies of Clapton's playing and how it evolved. For example, it's easy to hear the differences and progressions between the four versions of Robert Johnson's "Rambling On My Mind." And it is Clapton that evolves, not his supporting band -- although they are proficient, they are hardly exciting. However, their static, professional support provides a nice bed to chart Slowhand's growth over the course of the decade, simply because he is always the focal point. "Crossroads 2" may only be for a collector, but for those collectors, it is a treasure, even if some of the tracks are fool's gold. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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