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 LOTS OF CLAPTON'S BEST! April 23, 2010
John P. Pripusich (Glen Ellyn, IL)
Purists will no doubt debate the "Completeness" of this collection, but no one will do anything but rave about the pristine quality of the sound and packaging of this collection.
It's all GREAT stuff (Look at the tracks!) from his various decades of impeccable music, and you are sure to love it. I personally gravitate toward the Cream and Derek and the Dominos stuff, but if you want accoustic goodies or to go "Ridin' With The King", jump on board!
The ONLY reason for 4 stars, not 5 stars, is the fact that it arrived from Amazonuk.com without shrinkwrap. I wanted to give this as a gift, but it doesn't come across as "new" if not sealed in shrinkwrap. (How is the recipient to feel that it isn't "used"?).
Other than that, though, it's a historic and career-spanning 10-star package from a 20-star artist. Very, very highly recommended. I did not own much of the Clapton catalogue before this purchase. This was the perfect collection to one-stop-shop this music legend. You will absolutely love it. And what a bargain!
 Guitar Genius! March 7, 2010
Mr. Anthony Cox
Eric dear Eric..how to make a Black Beauty sound better..Okay we had The Yardbirds,then the psychedelic 'Cream' offerings..to 'Derek and the Dominoes' and 'Layla' to just straight 'Eric Clapton' born 'Eric Clapp' in Ripley ,Surrey...got on with the 'Beatles'..George Harrison especially..Patti Boyd included..but here is a man that can make the guitar really talk..Okay 'Jimmy Page' with his violin bow bonus amazing!..Hendrix burning his guitar ay Monterrray and smashing his guitar through the speakers..and setting it on fire!...Eric seemed to to get through all of this without being a 'Show Off'.. Eric shruggs it off saying quote 'I'm Not the Best by Far!'....'Peter Green is by far better'...and in a way,i agree...but when Eric is on form,none of them can touch him!..Jimi Fans no dis-respect...the best lead guitarist in the world is none other than this man!
Great present! December 1, 2009
Ms. J. A. Trevithick (UK)
I bought this for my Mum as I found out she was into Clapton-this has a good variety of his tracks and hopefully she'll be able to re-live her youth!
Slow hand through the decades November 26, 2008
Bob Sherunkle (London, UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As I've posted some complaints on Amazon about incompleteness of compilations (missing an artist's best-known track, apparently just to hack people off), I'd like to go the other way on this one.
Obviously this compilation is not "complete". That would require not two CDs but, er, an awful lot of CDs. It is a very fair cross-section of Mr C's career from Cream onwards, charting his emergence as a solo artist, the relative blandness of the early 80s, and his return to form from the late 80s onwards.
To be more comprehensive, it should include the early era as well, i.e. Yardbirds and Mayall. This doesn't bother me, but the blues fans might object. The Cream tracks are a mite superfluous; if you want Cream material, you probably want at least a whole compilation album, not just five tracks. Fortunately one of them is the blistering live version of "Crossroads".
I bought the album for the 1970s tracks alone, and all my favourites from this period are here, apart from "Motherless Children". You can't please everyone all of the time, and at this bargain price you really can't complain.
Full marks for the inclusion of the "unplugged" version of "Layla" as well as the original version.
birthday present November 28, 2007
gozeat (Northampton)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
My son knowing I am and always will be a huge Clapton fan, bought this for my last birthday (I don't mean my LAST bithday, I am hoping to have many more!) I would not have gone and purchased this myself, as within my CD collection I have all of these tracks and could have made up this compilation myself. Having said that it is a good collection (how many Clapton collections have there been over the years?). The two discs represent a reasonable selection of the mans work, although I would have liked some of his early stuff with John Mayall and even The Yardbirds, perhaps Blind Faith, just to round the collection out. I played it in the car and it is a great driving companion, even though I know all the tracks well, thay are great songs and just remind you once again what a tremendous guitarist and vocalist Eric was and is. "Clapton is God" well in rock music yes he is one of them!
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