The fertile year that signalled the spectacular creative resurgence of Eric Clapton is celebrated with the release of Give Me Strength: The ‘74/’75 Recordings.
This exemplary collection features tracks (12 of them previously unreleased) from the extraordinary period between April 1974 and June 1975, in which E.C. reclaimed and enhanced his status as one of rock’s most legendary guitarists and singer-songwriters.
Give Me Strength Super Deluxe houses expanded, remastered versions of his acclaimed studio albums from the period, 461 Ocean Boulevard and There’s One In Every Crowd, the subsequent live set E.C. Was Here (now both remixed and expanded into a double CD), and a disc containing the complete, fabled Freddie King Criteria Studios Session. A sixth Blu-Ray disc adds a newly-available 5.1 Surround Sound mix of 461 and the original quadrophonic mix of both studio releases.
Rarely in rock history has an artist redefined and augmented their creative oeuvre quite as Eric Clapton did during the 1974–75 season. Give Me Strength: The ‘74/’75 Recordings salutes this watershed era to stunning effect.