DELANEY AND BONNIE EXTEND TOUR
Rhino Handmade Reissues Live Classic On Tour With Eric Clapton As A
Four-Disc Set With More Than Three Hours Of Unreleased Performances
Pre-Order From Rhino.com Now, Out On July 27
LOS ANGELES – Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of “friends” in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock’s most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock ’n’ soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends’ complete performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night’s performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour’s final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Set for release on July 27, ON TOUR WITH ERIC CLAPTON – DELUXE EDITION is now available for pre-order exclusively at www.rhino.com for a suggested list price of $79.98.
Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge. The Croydon shows also feature Mysterioso (aka George Harrison), who was hanging back in the shadows and going largely unnoticed until the announcer outed him between the closing tandem of “Coming Home” and the “Little Richard Medley.”
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including “I Don’t Know Why” a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; “My Baby Specializes” and “Everybody Loves A Winner” from the Bramlett’s debut Home; “Get Ourselves Together” from the couple’s 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”; a cover of Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’”; and the instrumental “Pigmy.”
Glyn Johns, who recorded the Colston Hall gig, revisits his experience in the collection’s detailed liner notes: “There is no question that they had an immense effect on popular music, mostly by influencing some of the most successful musicians of the day. The outstanding memory for me is the sound they created. Being an engineer, it had a huge influence on me—this, coupled with the complexity of the rhythm section and the ease with which they performed. Us Brits had never heard anything so fluid.”
DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS
ON TOUR WITH ERIC CLAPTON – DELUXE EDITION
Track Listing
Disc 1: Royal Albert Hall (12/1/1969)
1. Intro/Tuning
2. Opening Jam
3. “Gimme Some Lovin’”
4. Band Introductions
5. “Only You Know And I Know”
6. “Poor Elijah”/“Tribute To Johnson”
7. “Get Ourselves Together”
8. “I Don’t Know Why”
9. “Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way”
10. “That’s What My Man Is For”
11. “Pour Your Love On Me”/ “Just Plain Beautiful”
12. “Everybody Loves A Winner”
13. “Things Get Better”
14. “Coming Home”
15. “I Don’t Want To Discuss It”
16. “Little Richard Medley”
a) Tutti Frutti
b) The Girl Can’t Help It
c) Long Tall Sally
d) Jenny Jenny
17. “My Baby Specializes”
Disc 2: Colston Hall (12/2/1969)
1. Intro/Tuning
2. Opening Jam
3. “Gimme Some Lovin’”
4. “Things Get Better”
5. “Poor Elijah”/“Tribute To Johnson”
6. “I Don’t Know Why”
7. “Pour Your Love On Me”/“Just Plain Beautiful”
8. “Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way”
9. “Coming Home”
10. “Little Richard Medley”
11. “I Don’t Want To Discuss It”
12. Crowd/Announcements
Disc 3: Fairfield Halls (12/7/1969 – 1st Show)
1. Intro/Tuning
2. “Gimme Some Lovin’”
3. Band Introductions
4. “Things Get Better”
5. “Poor Elijah”/“Tribute To Johnson”
6. “I Don’t Know Why”
7. “Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way”
8. “That’s What My Man Is For”
9. “I Don’t Want To Discuss It”
10. “Coming Home”
Disc 4: Fairfield Halls (12/7/1969 – 2nd Show)
1. Intro/Tuning
2. “Gimme Some Lovin’”
3. “Pigmy” – Instrumental
4. Band Introductions
5. “Things Get Better”
6. “Poor Elijah”/“Tribute To Johnson”
7. “Only You Know And I Know”
8. “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”
9. “Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way”
10. “I Don’t Know Why”
11. “That’s What My Man Is For”
12. “Coming Home”
13. “Little Richard Medley”
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