ERIC CLAPTON 1972 Wonder Year
	K E Y to releases: Regular Guest Appearance Bootleg Regular Bootleg Guest Appearance Related (no EC participation)

INDEX Tourography 1972

CONTENTS

HISTORY OF ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton
AT HIS BEST - Eric Clapton
BOBBY KEYS - Bobby Keys
HANDS OF JACK THE RIPPER - Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
I'M FREE - Stevie Wonder
TALKING BOOK - Stevie Wonder
INNERVISIONS - Stevie Wonder

LP1 Tracks:

1. I Ain't Got You - Yardbirds
2. Hideaway - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
3. Tribute to Elmore - Clapton & Jimmy Page
4. I Want to Know - Powerhouse
5. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
6. Crossroads - Cream
7. Spoonful - Cream
8. Badge - Cream
   LP2 Tracks:
9. Sea of Joy - Blind Faith
10. Only You Know and I Know - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
11. I Don't Want to Discuss It - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
12. Teasin' - King Curtis
13. Blues Power - Eric Clapton
14. Tell the Truth (single version) - Derek & The Dominos
15. Tell the Truth (Jam) - Derek & The Dominos
16. Layla- Derek & The Dominos

Decent compilation and general Best of ... effort. First release of additional material from the Layla sessions. - JCH

LP Tracks:
Side 1 -
1. Bottle of Red Wine - 3:06
2. Anyday - 6:33
3. I Looked Away - 3:02
4. Let It Rain - 5:07
5. Lonesome And A Long Way From Home - 3:43
   Side 2 -
6. Sea of Joy - 5:23
7. Layla - 7:01
8. Blues Power - 3:10
9. Bell Bottom Blues - 5:00
   Side 3 -
10. After Midnight - 3:11
11. Keep On Growing - 6:20
12. Little Wing - 5:31
13. Presence of the Lord - 4:48
    Side 4 -
14. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? - 4:41
15. Easy Now - 2:58
16. Slunky - 3:33
17. Key To The Highway - 9:39

Blind Faith - (Tracks 6,13)
Jimmy Miller in association with theRobert Stigwood Organisation (RSO)
Eric Clapton solo album - (Tracks 1,4,5,8,10,15,16)
Delaney Bramlett (and arranged) in association with the Robert Stigwood Organisation (RSO)
Derek & The Dominos - (Tracks 2,3,7,9,11,12,14,17)
The Dominos (and arranged), Executive Producer: Tom Dowd

Blind Faith - (Tracks 6,13)
not listed
Eric Clapton solo album - (Tracks 1,4,5,8,10,15,16)
Bill Halverson
Derek & The Dominos - (Tracks 2,3,7,9,11,12,14,17)
Ron Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick, Howie ALbert, Carl Richardson, Mac Emmerman

Blind Faith - (Tracks 6,13) -
Eric Clapton - guitar
Ginger Baker - drums
Rick Getch - bass
Stevie Winwood - vocals, organ, guitar

Eric Clapton solo album - (Tracks 1,4,5,8,10,15,16) -
Eric Clapton - guitar, lead vocals
J.I. Allison -vocals (crickets)
Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
Delaney Bramlett - rhythm guitar, vocals
Rita Coolidge - vocals
Sonny Curtis - vcoals (crickets)
Jim Gordon - drums
Bobby Keys - sax
Jim Price - trumpet
Carl Radle - bass
Leon Russel - piano
John Simon - piano
Stephen Stills - guitar
Bobby Whitlock - organ, vocals

Derek & The Dominos - (Tracks 2,3,7,9,11,12,14,17) -
Eric Clapton - guitar, lead vocals
Duanne Allman - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums
Carl Radle - bass
Bobby Whitlock - organ, piano, vocals, acoustic guitar

Also released at this time were similar 2LP sets:
• Jack Bruce At His Best
• Ginger Baker At His Best
• Heavy Cream

LP Tracks

1. Steal From A King
2. Smokefoot
3. Bootleg
4. Altar Rock
5. Key West
6. Command Performance
7. Crispy Duck
8. Sand & Foam

LP Tracks
SIde 1 -
1. Gotta Keep A-Rocking - 4:28
2. Roll Over Beethoven - 2:30
3. Country Club - 3:16
4. Hands Of Jack The Ripper - 9:15
   Side 2 -
5. Good Golly Miss Molly - 4:40
6. Great Balls of Fire - 3:50
7. Bye Bye Johnny/Johnny B. Goode - 4:00
8. Tutti Frutti Medley - 5:06
   • Long Tall Sally
   • Jenny Jenny
   • Keep A-Knockin'
   • Jenny Jenny
   • Tutti Frutti

Lord Sutch [Lord David Sutch (the fifth Earl of Harrow)] - vocals
Keith Moon - drums
Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
Noel Redding - bass
Matthew Fisher - organ, piano
Victor Brox - vocals
Brian Keith - vocals, trombone
Annette Brox - vocals
Nick Simpler - bass
Carlo Little - drums
Sid Phillips - saxophone

Keith Moon, Ritchie Blackmore, Noel Redding, Matthew Fisher, Victor Brox, Brian Keith, Annette Brox are all listed on the front album cover.

Liner notes excerpt:
"HANDS OF JACK THE RIPPER: is mainly a rock and roll album (no cutsie intellectual boredom here).
It features virtuoso performances by
Keith Moon (The Who), Victor Brox, Brian Kieth and Annette Brox (Jesus Christ Superstar), Nick Simpler, Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Noel Redding (Jimmy Hendrix Experience), Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum),
and others that we we not allowed to list for legal reasons (as if those named were not enough)."

Eric Clapton has been rumored to be on some of the tracks as one of the uncredited guests.

See also the first album by Lord Sutch - LORD SUTCH AND HEAVY FRIENDS - 1970.

Track

1. I'm Free - unissued

Stevie Wonder - keyboards, drums, vocals
Eric Clapton - guitar

Talking Book - (10/72) - #3 on the Pop Album Charts
Innervisions - (8/73) - #4 on the Pop Album Charts

• Superstition - 10/72 - #1 on Pop Charts (1 week)
• You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - 2/73 - #1 on Pop Charts (1 week)
• Higher Ground - 7/73 - #4 on Pop Charts
• Living For The City - 10/73 - #8 on Pop Charts

CD Tracks

1. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
2. Maybe Your Baby
3. You And I
4. Tuesday Heartbreak
5. You've Got It Bad Girl
6. Superstition
7. Big Brother
8. Blame It On The Sun
9. Lookin' For Another Pure Love
10. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)

"You've Got It Bad Girl" (Y. Wright)
"Blame It On The Sun" (Wonder/S. Wright)
"I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)"

Stevie Wonder - vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizers, keyboards, drums, percussion
Jeff Beck - guitar
Gloria Barley, Lani Groves, Jim Gilstrap - vocals on "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
Ray Parker, Jr. - guitar on "Maybe Your Baby"
Buzzy Feton - guitar
David Sanborn - alto saxophone on "Tuesday Heartbreak"
Trevor Laurence - saxophone
Steve Madaio - trumpet
Shirley Brewer, Denise Williams, Loris Harvin, Debra Williams - background vocals
Malcolm Cecil, Rogert Margouleff - Moog synthesizer programming

CD Now
1972 was an important year for Wonder: his new contract allowed him to produce albums without Motown's interference, and a spot as opening act on The Rolling Stones American tour widened his audience considerably. TALKING BOOK reaped the benefits of both, as 2 songs rose to number 1 on the pop charts ("Superstition" and "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"), and his songwriting and singing continued to push the boundaries of pop music.

Rolling Stone
"..ambitious, richly-textured...Even at its dreamiest, the music has a glowing vibrancy...Altogether, an exceptional, exciting album, the work of a now quite matured genius.."
-Rolling Stone 1/4/73, pg.61

Q Magazine
Recommended

CD Tracks

1. Too High
2. Visions
3. Living For The City
4. Golden Lady
5. Higher Ground
6. Jesus Children Of America
7. All In Love Is Fair
8. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
9. He's Misstra Know-It-All

Stevie Wonder - vocals, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, bass, drums
Dean Parks, Ralph Hammer - acoustic guitar
David "T" Walker - electric guitar
Clarence Bell - organ
Robert Marguoleff - synthesizer programming
Malcolm Cecil - bass, synthesizer programming
Scott Edwards, Willie Weeks - bass
Larry"Nastyee" Latimer - congas
Yusuf Roahman - shaker
Sheila Wilkerson - bongos, Latin gourd
Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas - background vocals

CD Now INNERVISIONS is Stevie Wonder squarely in the middle of his early-'70s peak. Continuing his ongoing proof that popular music can have a social conscience, INNERVISIONS features some of Wonder's finest pop singles while dealing rigorously with spiritual and sociological issues. "Living For The City" is a detailed ghetto anthem along the lines of his friend Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," while the wildly funky "Higher Ground" looks to reincarnation and salvation. Both cracked the Top 10 in 1973.

New Music Express Ranked #32 on NME's list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time."
New Musical Express 10/2/93, p.29
Ranked #15 among The Greatest Albums Of The '70s.
New Musical Express 9/18/93, p.19

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