![Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set (and other formats) on 19 November to celebrate its 35th anniversary.]( "Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set (and other formats) on 19 November to celebrate its 35th anniversary.")
Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set (and other formats) on 19 November to celebrate its 35th anniversary.
The album includes of two of Clapton’s best known songs Wonderful Tonight, and the cover of J.J. Cale’s Cocaine.
The Super Deluxe box set includes three previously unreleased session outtakes (four in total) and two CDs are devoted to presenting the complete 14-track performance of the Hammersmith Odeon concert on 27 April 1977.
The record has been remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4″ flat analog master tapes and the session tracks and live performances are newly mixed from the original two-inch analogue tapes. This all sounds very promising from a sound perspective.
Probably the most exciting aspect is the audio-only DVD that comes only with this super deluxe box. This disc offers the album in 5.1 surround sound (not hi-res) and a hi-res stereo version.
Finally, included with the super deluxe edition, is a LP version of the remastered album, pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, three replica tour programmes from the period and a book featuring a behind-the-scene look at the recording.
Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded
Cocaine
Wonderful Tonight
Lay Down Sally
Next Time You See Her
We’re All the Way
The Core
May You Never
Mean Old Frisco
Peaches and Diesel
Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
Alberta (Bonus track)
Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)
Disc 2 – Slowhand Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Audio DVD
Cocaine
Wonderful Tonight
Lay Down Sally
Next Time You See Her
We’re All the Way
The Core
May You Never
Mean Old Frisco
Peaches and Diesel
Disc 3 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 1)
Hello Old Friend
Sign Language
Alberta
Tell the Truth
Knockin’ on Heavens Door
Steady Rolling Man
Can’t Find My Way Home
Further On Up the Road
Stormy Monday
Disc 4 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 2)
Badge
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
I Shot the Sheriff
Layla
Key to the Highway
