Eric Clapton - 2004-04-24 - Belfast, Ireland (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

"The Geetarz Guide to Easy Air Guitar v. 2.0 (Featuring Eric Clapton)"
Odyssey Arena

Geetarz 125/126 - SB 6 (Pre-FM)

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Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals
Nathan East Bass, Vocals
Chris Stainton Keyboards
Steve Gadd Drums
Doyle Bramhall II Guitar, Vocals
Billy Preston Keyboards, Vocals
Sharon White Backing Vocals
Michelle John Backing Vocals

Special Guest:
Robert Randolph (Pedal Steel Guitar) on "Sunshine of your love" (partly) and "Got my mojo working"

Disc 1:
01 - Let it Rain
02 - Hoochie Coochie Man
03 - Walk Out in the Rain
04 - Bell Bottom Blues
05 - I Shot the Sheriff
06 - Milkcow's Calf Blues
07 - When You've Got a Good Friend
08 - They're Red Hot
09 - Kind Hearted Woman Blues
10 - Got to Get Better in a Little While
11 - Have You Ever Loved a Woman

Disc 2:
01 - Badge
02 - Wonderful Tonight
03 - Layla
04 - Cocaine
05 - Sunshine of Your Love
06 - Got My Mojo Working
07 - Kindhearted Woman Blues (REHEARSALS - NOT INCLUDED)
08 - Milkcow's Calf Blues (REHEARSALS - NOT INCLUDED)

Geetarz Comments:
This concert was originally aired live by BBC Radio 2. The show begins with an announcer voice-over as the band begins with "Let it Rain". The original live broadcast ended with "Cocaine", as the band left the stage for the encore break.
The encores ("Sunshine of Your Love" and "Got My Mojo Working") were never broadcast by the BBC.

Some weeks after the concert, I was contacted by a BBC Engineer and offered a complete, pre-FM version of this show, with encores, "no optimod or additional compression". Fuck it, I don't even know what "optimod" is, but damned if it doesn't sound impressive, and if he says it doesn't have it - it doesn't.

Now here's the rub ... the BBC distributed this show from the venue to their broadcast centre via an internal digital link, which is lossy. I have no idea what the technical specifications are of the internal BBC link. BUt in the case of this recording, because of the distribution used, *all* versions of this performance are from the same signal, as there was never an analog distribution. In this case, there is nothing to be gained by acquiring FM broadcast versions, since they were broadcast using the same source.

Here it is, in all its glory. No remastering, no "tweaking", no editing, no B.S., in perfect digital quality.