The Definitive 24 Nights

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Meanwhile Eric’s love of the Blues is expressed as shares the stage with legendary Blues musicians such as Albert Collins and Buddy Guy for classics such as ‘Black Cat Bone’ and ‘My Time After a While’. But I thought that 24 nights was a period where EC was beginning to embrace his blues roots and stinging guitar leads. I wish the Pink Floyd guys would take a cue from Clapton and release a massive live set from the 70s like this or Crossroads II instead of a severely abbreviated single LP of half a concert.

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The two super deluxe edition box sets bring all of these together, which is why the CD version has six CDs and the vinyl edition has eight LPs.Each night featured him performing a career-spanning set with one of three lineups – a rock band, a blues band [and] an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen. Clapton has performed [at Albert Hall] over 200 times (and counting), more than any other artist,” Warner Records said in a statement. Designed less like a greatest-hits package than a thoughtful selection of songs, 24 Nights tells just one version of the Clapton story. For the rock concert, Clapton played many of his classic songs including “Sunshine Of Your Love,” “Can’t Find My Way Home,” “Layla,” and “Wonderful Tonight. The four-piece band recording on 24 January 1990 produced the versions of "Running on Faith", "White Room" and "Sunshine of Your Love" that were included on the CD and DVD.

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It was reissued in June 2023 as The Definitive 24 Nights in a limited edition box set containing songs which were not included in the original release. The reissue contains 35 previously unreleased performances and the collection is divided into three sets: Rock, Blues, and Orchestral.For the rock concert, Clapton played many of his classic songs including “Sunshine Of Your Love,” “Can’t Find My Way Home,” and “Wonderful Tonight. Both versions of the boxed sets come with three Blu-ray discs for the video content, a hardbound book, and an individually numbered lithograph featuring a photograph of Clapton by Carl Studna. In October 1991, Clapton released the double live album and DVD 24 Nights to celebrate those historic nights.

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The biggest highlight from the orchestral concert – and possibly the entire boxed set – is the previously unreleased 30-minute epic, “Concerto For Guitar. Clapton reportedly was not satisfied with these recordings, and delayed the release of a CD until the following year.Once appeared in a Cure video dressed as a cowboy, and thinks any situation can be improved by the introduction of cats. The collection distills Clapton’s 1990-91 Albert Hall residencies using the best performances from the rock, blues, and orchestral nights to create full concerts for each genre,” a press release describes.

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When Clapton gives his all to Ray Charles’s “Hard Times” late in the set, it’s hard to hear it from an emotional distance.This is a significant overhaul of October 1991’s original Eric Clapton 2CD 24 Nights, now expanded to fill six CDs (or 16 sides of vinyl) either as a box set (boosted by Blu-ray video) or three standalone double CDs – subtitled Rock, Blues and Orchestral to reflect the different star-studded backing Clapton employed on various nights of his long residencies. The collection distills Clapton’s 1990-91 Albert Hall residencies using the best performances from the rock, blues, and orchestral nights to create full concerts for each genre. There are unique versions – performed by Michael Kamen’s orchestra or his Rock band - of longstanding hits including ‘Wonderful Tonight’, ‘Layla’, ‘White Room’ and ‘Cocaine’ as well as rare treats such as performing Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door with Phil Collins. Covers of “Crossroads” and a reggae version of “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” with Phil Collins on drums are highlights.