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Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is the only studio album by the English–American rock band Derek and the Dominos, released on 9 November 1970 as a double album by Polydor Records and Atco Records. It is best known for its title track, "Layla", which is often regarded as Eric Clapton's greatest musical achievement.
"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon.
In 1970, he recorded a group version with his band, Derek and the Dominos, for their debut album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. The recording took place at the Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, with Jim Gordon (drums), Carl Radle (bass), Bobby Whitlock (organ), and Duane Allman (slide guitar).
The outro was written by Clapton with A, F #7, Bm 7, E 7, A and A 6 chords. For the recording, Clapton is also using the clawhammering picking technique with a nylon string guitar . [ 3 ] AllMusic critic William Ruhlmann also notes the distinctive acoustic guitar sound on the track. [ 5 ]
The acoustic rework of "Layla" was released as the single "Layla (Acoustic)", sometimes titled as "Layla (Unplugged)" in September 1992. The release reached top positions in both 1992 and 1993, reaching No. 1 in the RPM Canadian Top Singles chart [28] as well as peaking at No. 4 in the Canadian Adult Contemporary Tracks the same year. [29]
The suspended fourth chord is often played inadvertently, or as an adornment, by barring an additional string from a power chord shape (e.g., E5 chord, playing the second fret of the G string with the same finger barring strings A and D); making it an easy and common extension in the context of power chords.
"Bad Love" was released as the second US single from Eric Clapton's 1989 studio album Journeyman in March 1990. However, promotional single releases in the United Kingdom on 7-inch vinyl, and in the United States on a CD single were released in 1989 under license of Warner Bros. Records.
"Easy Now" is a pop rock song, written by the British rock musician Eric Clapton. [1] He wrote and recorded the track for his 1970 studio album Eric Clapton for Polydor Records. [ 2 ] The song was also released as the B-side to the singles " After Midnight " [ 3 ] in 1970 and " Let It Rain " in 1972. [ 4 ]