GIVE ME STRENGTH: THE 1974 / 1975 RECORDINGS

Artist:

Eric Clapton

Label:

Polydor / PGD

Release Date:

25 Nov 2013

Format:

CD / BluRay

Comes with a 60-page hardbound book with extensive liner notes and packed with rare photos and behind-the-scene images
DISC ONE – 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD EXPANDED VERSION
01. MOTHERLESS CHILDREN 
02. GIVE ME STRENGTH 
03. WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE 
04. GET READY
05. I SHOT THE SHERIFF 
06. I CAN’T HOLD OUT 
07. PLEASE BE WITH ME 
08. LET IT GROW 
09. STEADY ROLLIN’ MAN 
10. MAINLINE FLORIDA 
Session outtakes
11. AIN’T THAT LOVIN’ YOU 
12. MEET ME (DOWN AT THE BOTTOM) 
13. LONESOME ROAD BLUES (WALKIN’ DOWN THE ROAD)
14. GETTING ACQUAINTED (previously unreleased)
15. GETTING ACQUAINTED 2 (TOO LATE) (previously unreleased)
16. ERIC AFTER HOURS BLUES
17. PLEASE BE WITH ME (ACOUSTIC) (previously unreleased)
18. GIVE ME STRENGTH (DOBRO 1) (previously unreleased)

DISC TWO – THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD EXPANDED VERSION
01. WE’VE BEEN TOLD (JESUS IS COMING SOON) 
02. SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT 
03. LITTLE RACHEL 
04. DON’T BLAME ME 
05. THE SKY IS CRYING 
06. SINGIN’ THE BLUES 
07. BETTER MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY 
08. PRETTY BLUE EYES 
09. HIGH 
10. OPPOSITES 
Session outtakes
11. BURIAL (previously unreleased)
12. WHATCHA GONNA DO 
13.  I FOUND A LOVE
14. (WHEN THINGS GO WRONG) IT HURTS ME TOO
15. FOOLS LIKE ME (previously unreleased)
Non-album single release:
16. KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
17. SOMEONE LIKE YOU

DISC THREE – E.C. WAS HERE REMIXED AND EXPANDED VERSION
01. SMILE  
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
02. HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN  
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 19, 1974
03. PRESENCE OF THE LORD  
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
04. CROSSROADS (previously unreleased)
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
05. I SHOT THE SHERIFF (previously unreleased)
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
06. LAYLA (previously unreleased)
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
07. LITTLE WING (previously unreleased)
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
08. CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
09. DRIFTIN’ BLUES / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974

DISC FOUR – E.C. WAS HERE REMIXED AND EXPANDED VERSION
01. RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN 
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 4, 1974
02. WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE / GET READY 
Recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1974
03. THE SKY IS CRYING / HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN / RAMBLIN’ ON MY MIND
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, December 5, 1974
04. BADGE 
Recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975
05. DRIFTIN’ BLUES
Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975
06. EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND / WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD
Recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25, 1975
07. FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD
Recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale New York, June 28, 1975

DISC FIVE – THE FREDDIE KING CRITERIA STUDIOS SESSIONS
01 SUGAR SWEET 
02 TV MAMA 
03 BOOGIE FUNK (previously unreleased) 
04 GAMBLING WOMAN BLUES (previously unreleased full length version) 

DISC SIX (BLU-RAY)
461 OCEAN BOULEVARD 5.1 Surround Sound mix (previously unreleased Elliot Scheiner mix)
01. MOTHERLESS CHILDREN 
02. GIVE ME STRENGTH 
03. WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE 
04. GET READY 
05. I SHOT THE SHERIFF 
06. I CAN’T HOLD OUT 
07. PLEASE BE WITH ME  
08. LET IT GROW 
09. STEADY ROLLIN’ MAN
10. MAINLINE FLORIDA 
Session outtakes:
11 AIN’T THAT LOVIN’ YOU 
12 MEET ME (DOWN AT THE BOTTOM) 
13 LONESOME ROAD BLUES (WALKIN’ DOWN THE ROAD)
461 OCEAN BOULEVARD original 4.0 quadraphonic mix
01. MOTHERLESS CHILDREN
02. GIVE ME STRENGTH 
03. WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE 
04. GET READY 
05. I SHOT THE SHERIFF 
06. I CAN’T HOLD OUT 
07. PLEASE BE WITH ME  
08. LET IT GROW 
09. STEADY ROLLIN’ MAN 
10. MAINLINE FLORIDA 
THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CROWD original 4.0 quadraphonic mix
01. WE’VE BEEN TOLD (JESUS IS COMING SOON) 
02. SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT 
03. LITTLE RACHEL 
04. DON’T BLAME ME 
05. THE SKY IS CRYING 
06. SINGIN’ THE BLUES 
07. BETTER MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY 
08. PRETTY BLUE EYES 
09. HIGH 
10. OPPOSITES 

The original 3 albums will also be released separately as a 3-LP set.

Release Dates:
25 November – U.K. / Europe
10 December – U.S.