Eric Clapton

"The guitarist's debut solo set, after leaving the rubble of Blind Faith, started recording in November 1969 and continued through early 1970. It was then mixed not once, but three times. Two of those have been available for years. The third makes its first official appearance on this four-disc box, newly added to the others and seven extraneous tracks captured around the same time ... Clapton seems a little tentative leading this rather expansive assemblage, but the songs are generally strong and the shift to a less Cream styled improvisational style foretold the start of his decades-long solo career. There is little of the Chicago blues he later incorporated into his catalog and only a few extended guitar solos. Rather, Clapton's six-string work was integrated into the tightly-arranged tunes".

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"The mixes aren't sufficiently different to add more than nuance, but they do provide signposts as to where Clapton was and where he could have gone. A worthwhile exercise, although not an essential one".

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