So, in most cases, I used the official versions for the songs themselves and then pasted in the clapping from the bootlegs instead. I discovered that the bootleg versions generally kept all the clapping until the audience got quiet again. This isn't good, in my opinion, because it sounds obvious that edits were made. Typically, the officially released versions have just a few seconds of crowd noise, which slowly fades out. Work of the cheering after the songs ended. (By the way, Clapton and the other band members almost never talked between songs, and I didn't cut any of what little talking that exists.) Such as long stretches of guitar tuning or relative silence. Generally do with live recordings is cut out the boring bits between songs, Some edits to the crowd noise before and after songs. With these late shows, Iĭidn't make any edits to the music itself, but I did make I want music that I'll enjoy listening to,Īnd if that means making some edits to fix what I consider flaws, so be it. I researched this on the Internet until I got Put those songs out of order, and even most bootlegs have Make matters more complicated, all the officially released versions have Thus, I've used the official versions whenever possible. So the official versions are better, since they had more expert means to get rid of the hiss. However, the bootlegged versions have a lot of hiss for the October 24th late show, and have generally combated that by using a lot of noise reduction. Remastering is inferior, so I've avoided that.Īt first glance, bootleg versions of the late shows essentially sound as good as the official recordings, because they draw from the same source, a mix that was made in 1972 in preparation for the "in Concert" album. Remaster of the "In Concert" tracks, but the general opinion is that this In 2011, the super deluxe 40th anniversaryĮdition of the "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" album included a Tracks were superior to the "Live at the Fillmore" versions, so I used Many fans (though not all) thought that the MFSL version of the "In Concert" Unofficial versions of these shows, so I could use only the best quality sources. (This doesn't include the October 23rd early show that I just posted, which contains three more songs at soundboard quality and three songs at audience quality.)Įric Clapton fan think of the sound qualities of various official and The same excellent soundboard quality as the officially released stuff. I'veĭiscovered an additional seven performed songs from bootlegs of the late shows that are in Recently released soundtrack "Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bar"). Officially released performed songs from both late shows in all (including one from the What I'm presenting here are the complete late shows, in the correct track order, at the highest sound quality. Furthermore, the running orders for both official albums are a mess. So, you may ask, why not just get one or both of the official albums instead of this? There are several reasons, but the main one is that some performances can only be found on one of the live albums, other performances are only on the other one, and still more aren't on either of them. In 1994, the album "Live at the Fillmore" was released,įeaturing even more from those same two concerts. Was released, featuring a double albums' worth of songs for thoseĬoncerts. The band's Fillmore recordings sound so good that two official live albums have been made out of them.
Not only are they pristine soundboards that sound about as good as you could ever hope for, but ALL other live recordings from the band are audience bootlegs that sound markedly worse. (Surprisingly, they had no idea they were being recorded.) However, what makes the Fillmore shows so outstanding is the sound quality.
In terms of performance, the band had a very good night, but not one of their very best nights. These two late shows are considered the "crown jewels" of all Derek and the Dominos live recordings, and for good reason. However, if you like this band at all, you really need to get this one, the late show from that same night, as well as the late show from October 24th, which I will be posting next.
You might not want to download that, because it only contains half of the set and only half of that is recorded in soundboard quality. I just posted an album of Derek and the Dominos playing the early show at the Fillmore East in New York City, on October 23rd, 1970.