Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of “friends” in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock’s most powerful and enduring live albums.Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. THE WAIT IS OVER - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock ’n’ soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends’ complete performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night’s performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour’s final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon.
Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including “I Don’t Know Why” a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; “My Baby Specializes” and “Everybody Loves A Winner” from the Bramlett’s debut Home; “Get Ourselves Together” from the couple’s 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”; a cover of Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’”; and the instrumental “Pigmy.”
Glyn Johns, who recorded the Colston Hall gig, revisits his experience in the collection’s detailed liner notes: “There is no question that they had an immense effect on popular music, mostly by influencing some of the most successful musicians of the day.
The outstanding memory for me is the sound they created. Being an engineer, it had a huge influence on me—this, coupled with the complexity of the rhythm section and the ease with which they performed. Us Brits had never heard anything so fluid.”
Disc 1:01.Intro/Tuning
02.Opening Jam
03.Gimme Some Lovin'
04.Band Introductions
05.Only You Know And I Know
06.Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07.Get Ourselves Together
08.I Don't Know Why
09.Where's There's A Will, There's A Way
10.That's What My Man Is For
11 Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
12.Everybody Loves A Winner
13.Things Get Better
14.Coming Home
15.I Don't Want To Discuss It
16.Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
17. My Baby Specializes
Coming Home:
Disc 2:
01.Intro/Tuning
02.Opening Jam
03.Gimme Some Lovin'
04.Things Get Better
05.Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06.I Don't Know Why
07.Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
08.Where There's A Will, There's A Way
09.Coming Home
10.Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
11.I Don't Want To Discuss It
12.Crowd/Announcement
Disc 3:
01.Intro/Tuning
02.Gimme Some Lovin'
03.Introduction
04.Things Get Better
05.Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06.I Don't Know Why
07.Where There's A Will, There's A Way
08.That's What My Man Is For
09.I Don't Want To Discuss It
10.Coming Home
Disc 4:
01.Intro/Tuning
02.Gimme Some Lovin'
03.Pigmy (Instrumental)
04.Introductions
05.Things Get Better
06.Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07.Only You Know And I Know
08.Will The Circle Be Unbroken
09.Where There's A Will, There's A Way
10.I Don't Know Why
11.That's What My Man Is For
12.Coming Home
13.Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
Personnel:
*Delaney Bramlett - rhythm guitar/vocals,
*Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
*Eric Clapton - lead guitar
*George Harrison - guitar
*Dave Mason - guitar
*Leon Russell - Guitars, keyboards
*Carl Radle - bass
*Jim Gordon - drums
*Bobby Whitlock - organ/vocals
*Jim Price - trumpet/trombone
*Bobby Keys - saxophones
*Tex Johnson - percussion
*Rita Coolidge - vocals
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