GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Eric Clapton / Royal Albert Hall 2013 5th Night: Dat Master / 2CD / Beano
Live at Royal Albert Hall, London, UK 23rd May 2013
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The third master release by a heavyweight taper living in the UK, familiar with Clapton sound sources, is a superb DAT stereo audience recording on May 23, 2013, on the 5th day of the 7-day performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Recently, our shop has released “Royal Albert Hall 2013 The Last Night: DAT Master (2CD)” which recorded the last day of the same continuous performance, but the heavyweight taper recorded this master himself only locally, It was the sound source of the day that we have not released in our shop so far. Listen to it and be surprised again! As the person himself said “Definitive Version: DAT Master”, it was a complete recording version of a perfect stereo audience recording that is comparable to a good sound board recording. Therefore, our engineers, who are always mastering mastering, did not need to make any changes to this master. Because it is of that level of quality, it is a work that can be recommended not only for enthusiasts but also for general rock fans. Speaking of 2013, it was the 50th year since Clapton made his professional debut at the Yardbirds, and it was the year when the world tour was vigorously implemented to commemorate it. Clapton was 68 at the time. Just when fans around the world thought that he would still do his best even after reaching a milestone, Clapton said the following in an interview published in the March 14th issue of Rolling Stone, an American music magazine, at the beginning of this year. He made a statement and caused a stir. “(Omitted) So I’m going to borrow a line from singer-songwriter J.J. Cale. He said he’s going to stop when he turns 70. Of course he’ll continue playing and doing one-off shows. But he’ll tour. I think I’ll stop.(Omitted)”. Fans panicked. Are you going to stop touring in 2 years? This tour may be the last. However, as a result, Clapton continues to tour even now. Clapton’s “stop tour” remarks have been repeated since then because his body has become tighter with age, he has rheumatism and his fingers can no longer move as expected, but fans are Clapton I’ve become accustomed to the “wolf boy’s remarks”, and now everyone thinks that “I will continue as long as I have the energy and physical strength.” In such a place, the performance in Japan is decided again. After all Clapton is a live musician. It is true that Clapton, who is now 77 years old, is extremely declining in play due to further aging, but the age of “68 years old” at this time must have been old. Still, Clapton’s play heard here seems to have been enthusiastic about the 50th anniversary, and it was a wonderful thing that did not make him feel his age. It will be understood if you listen to this work. Clapton is dynamic in the whole volume. Furthermore, support members only for this tour, and a comprehensive set list only for this tour. Please enjoy the final performance of RAH once again with the best sound quality that can not be complained about. This work is a further definitive version of this tour.
[In the middle of the European tour, an attractive set list that has changed and a mature performance that made local fans groan]His professional debut 50th anniversary tour. Let’s take a look at this year’s tour schedule, which has become a turning point and is enthusiastic.
<<March 12: Album “OLD SOCK” released>>
・March 14-April 6: American Tour
・April 12th and 13th: The 4th Crossroads Guitar Festival will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York
・May 9th to June 19th: European tour (However, the concert in Vienna on June 11th and the concert in Stuttgart on June 12th were canceled due to the development of a herniated disc) ← Here
・November 13th and 14th: Performed at “The Annual Indoor Music Festival” held in Basel, Switzerland. The event was broadcast on Swiss radio station SRF3 as “Varoise Sessions” on the 18th.)
As a 50th anniversary tour, we first went around America and Europe, which are the biggest markets for Clapton, but on the way, we also held the “Crossroads Guitar Festival” hosted by ourselves, preparing for it and performing. Including the negotiations, it can be said that it was a year in which we were quite active. Among them, the London performance was held for seven days on May 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 24th and 26th, which is the middle of the tour. This board contains the 5th day, but in fact, the listening place of this tour was in the change of the set list. First of all, it was surprising that he performed Hello Old Friend with the opening number for the first time in 37 years since the tour in 1976, and played the most pop number Gotta Get Over from the newly released new work “OLD SOCK”. Audience reviews on the day praised the performance of this number. And while arranging an acoustic set in the middle, while assembling a representative song suitable for the 50th anniversary, while firmly setting in the old blues, Paul Carrack, who has a track record as a solo artist, will be featured in the middle and encore. It was a content with both surprises. It is also noteworthy that another number from “OLD SOCK”, Further On Down The Road, is shown in an acoustic arrangement, unlike the album. This London performance alone was performed with a set list of 6 patterns, which means that the set list was changed at almost every performance. This 5th day was the set list only for this day in 7 days. I Shot The Sheriff, which was played only 4 times in 7 days, was a precious day. The highlights of the first half before the acoustic set were the Dominos era number Got To Get Better In A Little While and the first live song Come Rain Or Come Shine from the album “RIDING WITH THE KING” released in 2000. In the former, the rhythm section by the top-notch session man Steve Jordan & Willie Weeks is a brilliant performance, and Clapton is playing a solo that blows fire, fueled by them. The latter features a vocal duet with Paul Carrack and an interplay of guitar solos with second guitarist Doyle Bramhall II. And after the angry waves in I Shot The Sheriff. Speaking of the awesomeness of Clapton’s solo in the three songs from this Got To Get Better, it is a level beyond words. Even if the concert ended with I Shot The Sheriff, would it be possible to say that no one in the audience would have complained? Anyway, these three songs are highlights of the first half that I want you to listen to. In the second half, representative songs are jostling, and rare numbers such as Blues Power and Love In Vain are accented, and Blues Power was set-in for the first time in 28 years (since the 1985 tour). It is quite a hateful composition, such as the place where the hall is boiled with that groove of the 70’s and cooled down with Robert Johnson’s Love In Vain. The solo in the representative song Cocaine also folds wildly while making full use of the wah pedal for the first time in a while. After all, Clapton’s wah play is good. It was surprising to put High Time We Went featuring Paul Carrack in the encore last, and it was a Clapton-like concern to make talented guest musicians shine (This tour was the first time Carrack was appointed, and after that (This pattern continues to this day.) When listening to the whole story in this way, from the number that colored the early career of the Cream era and the Dominos era, the composition of playing popular songs that were hit solo and inserting Clapton-like blues there is the 50th anniversary tour It can be said that it was a set list full of listening places suitable for.
[Appointment of gorgeous talented musicians only for this tour]In this tour, in addition to the best musicians supporting Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Willie Weeks, Steve Jordan, Chris Stinton, and others who participated in the album “OLD SOCK”, pedal ・Greg Reese, who plays steel and mandolin, and veteran British singer and keyboardist Paul Carrack. With the participation of these two, the range of songs has expanded, and the result has been the addition of country and soul colors. It is noticeable in the early My Father’s Eyes. This song, which was played with an acoustic arrangement different from the 1998-01 tour, has a different charm. Greg Reese is very active from the opening with pedal steel, and in this song, it can be said that it is a detailed consideration that Jordan replaced it with a snare with higher tuning and hit it. And It Ain’t Easy and High Time We Went featuring Paul Carrack. In the former, Clapton’s singing and exquisite solo is inserted. The latter is Joe Cocker’s cover, but it’s a number with Carrack’s soulful vocals. was. All of them were talented players, so the quality and thickness of the sound that comes out is the highest level in modern times. They also show off their excellent support in the acoustic set, creating a completely impeccable stage. Layla’s intermediate solo is a luxurious development of Reese’s pedal steel ~ Carrack’s organ ~ Clapton’s acoustic guitar, and it was also a rare development that Wonderful Tonight was played with an acoustic set. Don’t forget Michelle John and Sharon White, two women who have been backing vocals since 2004. Their powerful chorus work makes the new song Gotta Get Over at that time more powerful than the studio version. As a result, this number has become more lively and full of charm. It is also worth noting that Gary Clark Jr., an up-and-coming guitarist appointed as the opening act by Clapton, is participating in the encore. A performance in London. I think that you can see in this work that Clapton’s culmination stage, which celebrated his 50th anniversary with local fans, was a victory for all musicians. Perhaps, after this tour, this stage, Clapton may have reconsidered his retirement from the tour. It’s clear that he enjoyed himself and had a fulfilling night. I hope that he will add this memorable work of the 50th anniversary tour that can be heard with the finest sound quality to the collection.
★ Super high sound quality with the best balance. It is a surprise sound source.
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