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Wonderful Tonight: Clapton's "Slowhand" Goes Super Deluxe This Winter

October 11, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Eric Clapton gained the nickname “Slowhand” from Giorgio Gomelsky in the 1960s, once recalling that the impresario and Yardbirds manager coined it “as a good pun. He kept saying I was a fast player, so he put together the ‘slow handclap’ phrase [when a restless audience claps slowly hoping the performer will arrive onstage] into ‘Slowhand’ as a play on words.”  Clapton fully embraced the name in 1977 as the title of his fifth studio album as a solo artist, following stints in the Yardbirds, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and Derek and the Dominos.  Recorded for Robert Stigwood’s RSO Records, Slowhand yielded three hit singles and a No. 2 berth on the Billboard 200.  One of Clapton’s most beloved albums, Slowhand will receive the super deluxe box set treatment from Polydor on November 26 internationally, and in the U.S. on December 4.

Produced by Glyn Johns, Slowhand was recorded at London’s Olympic Studios in May 1977.  Released that November, it became Clapton’s most successful studio album of the decade, and eventually spent 74 weeks on the U.S. albums chart after five weeks at No. 2.  “Lay Down Sally,” “Cocaine” and “Wonderful Tonight,” the latter written for Clapton’s then-partner (and ex-Mrs. George Harrison) Pattie Boyd, all became hit singles.  Slowhand contained a number of songs written or co-written by Clapton (“Wonderful Tonight,” “Lay Down Sally” with Marcy Levy and George Terry, “Peaches and Diesel” with Albhy Galuten) alongside compositions by J.J. Cale (“Cocaine”), John Martyn (“May You Never”), Don Williams (“We’re All the Way”), and Arthur Crudup (“Mean Old Frisco”).  The blend of blues, rock, country and pop was arguably Clapton’s strongest assembly of songs by that point.

Slowhand will be available in five different formats.  Both the Super Deluxe Edition (3 CDs, 1 DVD and 1 LP) and Deluxe Edition (2 CDs) feature four session outtakes, three of which are previously unreleased: “Looking at the Rain,” “Alberta”, “Greyhound Bus” and “Stars, Strays and Ashtrays.”  Both editions feature selections from Clapton’s Hammersmith Odeon concert, recorded just one week before sessions began for the new album.  The complete, 14-track performance of April 27, 1977 is included on the Super Deluxe Edition on two CDs, while 9 highlights appear on one disc of the Deluxe Edition.  The Super Deluxe Edition adds the album on audio DVD in high-resolution stereo and surround, and on vinyl.  (It remains to be seen whether the surround mix will be a new one or has been derived from the existing SACD.)  Slowhand will also be available as a single-disc album-only remaster, a vinyl LP and digital download.

After the jump: exactly what will you find on each edition?  We have all of the specs, plus a complete track listing and pre-order links!

3-CD/1-DVD/1-LP Super Deluxe Edition:
• Slowhand remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4" flat analog master tapes, plus four album session outtakes. The unreleased tracks have been newly mixed from the original Olympic Studios 2" analog masters by Kevin Reeves at Sterling Sound.
• Complete Live at Hammersmith Odeon, recorded on April 27, 1977, on 2 CDs.  Containing 14 tracks, 10 of which are previously unreleased, Hammersmith Odeon has been newly mixed from the original 2" analog masters by Reeves.
• Slowhand remastered in 24/96 Hi-Resolution Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound.  (Audio DVD)
• Slowhand remastered original LP on 180g vinyl.
• Includes 3 replica tour programs and a new book.

2-CD Deluxe Edition:
• Slowhand remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4" flat analog master tapes, plus four album session outtakes.  (Identical to CD 1 in the Super Deluxe box set.)
• Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (Highlights) - 9 tracks, 5 of which are previously unreleased.

Single CD:
•Slowhand remastered from the original analog masters.

Vinyl LP:
• Slowhand remastered from the original analog masters.

Digital Album:
• Remastered original album plus the four session outtakes.

Slowhand arrives internationally on November 26 and in the U.S. on December 4.  You can pre-order the Super Deluxe Edition below; other links are still forthcoming!

Eric Clapton, Slowhand: 35th Anniversary Edition – Super Deluxe Box Set (Polydor, 2012)

CD 1: The Original Album plus bonus tracks

  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We're All the Way
  6. The Core
  7. May You Never
  8. Mean Old Frisco
  9. Peaches and Diesel
  10. Looking at the Rain  (Previously Unreleased Bonus Track)
  11. Alberta (Bonus Track) (previously released on Blues, Polydor, 1999)
  12. Greyhound Bus (Previously Unreleased Bonus Track)
  13. Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Previously Unreleased Bonus Track)

Audio DVD - Slowhand Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We're All the Way
  6. The Core
  7. May You Never
  8. Mean Old Frisco
  9. Peaches and Diesel

CD 2 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Disc 1)

  1. Hello Old Friend
  2. Sign Language
  3. Alberta
  4. Tell the Truth (previously released on Crossroads 2, Polydor, 1996)
  5. Knockin' on Heaven’s Door (previously released on Crossroads 2, Polydor, 1996)
  6. Steady Rolling Man
  7. Can't Find My Way Home
  8. Further On Up the Road (previously released)
  9. Stormy Monday (previously released on Crossroads 2, Polydor, 1996)

CD 4 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Disc 2)

  1. Badge
  2. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  3. I Shot the Sheriff
  4. Layla
  5. Key to the Highway

Vinyl LP: The Original Album

Side 1

  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We're All the Way

Side 2

  1. The Core
  2. May You Never
  3. Mean Old Frisco
  4. Peaches and Diesel

Eric Clapton, Slowhand: 35th Anniversary Edition – Deluxe Edition (Polydor, 2012)

CD 1: The Original Album plus Bonus Tracks

  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We're All the Way
  6. The Core
  7. May You Never
  8. Mean Old Frisco
  9. Peaches and Diesel
  10. Looking at the Rain  (Previously Unreleased Bonus Track)
  11. Alberta (Bonus Track) (previously released on Blues, Polydor, 1999)
  12. Greyhound Bus (Previously Unreleased Bonus Track)
  13. Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Previously Unreleased Bonus Track)

CD 2 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Highlights)

  1. Tell the Truth (previously released on Crossroads 2, Polydor, 1996)
  2. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (previously released on Crossroads 2, Polydor, 1996)
  3. Steady Rolling Man
  4. Can't Find My Way Home
  5. Further On Up the Road (previously released)
  6. Stormy Monday (previously released on Crossroads 2, Polydor, 1996)
  7. Badge
  8. I Shot the Sheriff
  9. Layla

Original album released in the U.K. as RSO LP 2394-196 and in the U.S. as RSO LP 8T-1-3030, 1977.

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Jim Regan (@Jbones72) says

    October 11, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    2 cd version for me

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  2. Shaun says

    October 11, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    "The complete, 14-track performance of April 27, 1977 is included on the Super Deluxe Edition on two CDs, while 9 highlights appear on one disc of the Deluxe Edition."

    Great... Another case where fans will have to shell out mega-bucks in order to get something they really want. I'd love that complete Hammersmith show. But I can only get it if I buy the "Super Duper Mega Awesome Deluxe Edition" that includes a (worthless to me) LP, not to mention I already have the Slowhand album on CD to begin with. Heaven forbid the complete concert be released on its own!

    Hopefully someone will put that full concert up on a torrent site, because I'm not shelling out the big bucks for a CD I already have, an LP, and an audio-only DVD. If they'd release the concert on its own, I'd buy it.

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  3. mark schlesinger says

    October 11, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    absolutely right, shawn. the greed of these record companies is unbelievable. eg the "Seat License" on that dumb BB King box-with no rarities at all. I guess vinyl LPs are trendy, at usually double the price of a better sounding and more durable CD and triple the price of a download. This kinda crap does lead folks to download the rare stuff from anywhere they can! These guys should run for office--or better yet, run for the hills!. And they called guys like Sam Phillips, Leonard Chess, and Ahmet Ertigun CROOKS...

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  4. greg says

    October 12, 2012 at 1:41 am

    I also will be passing on this,I have the sacd of this but just like a number of other titles that are released with vinyl to many to list,I have no use for vinyl why they don't put out the vinyl as a stand alone release. I keep hearing that vinyl has made a huge come back but out of my group of friends a few of them are audiophiles and have systems that cost as much as my car they don't own turntables and have no plans to buy one even though each one of them did at one time own one

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