50 Years Eric Clapton Live History

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Eric heute Abend Live in New York im Madison Square Garden
und vor genau 50 Jahren in der Auditorium Arena Denver, Colorado!

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CREAM New Haven, 11. Oktober 1968!

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CREAM L.A. Forum 19.10.1968

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CREAM für 4 Dollar 50 in Dallas Texas vor 50 Jahren!

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Cream in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Eric mit CREAM vor 50 Jahren in Providence.

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The real "Badge" Story:
November 21, 1968. In The Beatles History, George Harrison took part in a recording session for the band Cream on this day, to record the song Badge.
It took place at Wally Heider Studios in Los Angeles, with a further overdub at IBC Studios, without George in December.
Badge was written by George and Eric Clapton. Its title was adopted after Clapton misread Harrison's handwriting on the lyric sheet, which contained the word 'bridge'.
George: “I helped Eric write Badge you know. Each of them had to come up with a song for that Goodbye Cream album and Eric didn't have his written.
We were working across from each other and I was writing the lyrics down and we came to the middle part so I wrote Bridge.
Eric read it upside down and cracked up laughing – 'What's BADGE?' he said. After that, Ringo walked in drunk and gave us that line about the swans living in the park.”
Badge was produced by Felix Pappalardi, who had worked with Cream since their Disraeli Gears album.
The song was credited to Clapton and Harrison on the UK single, but on the Goodbye album it was credited to Clapton alone.
Due to contractual reasons, George was credited as L'Angelo Misterioso on the album.
During the 1960s and 1970s it was often hard for artists to perform on songs for groups signed to rival labels, so pseudonyms were commonly used.
Clapton received no credit for his guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, or for his work on Harrison's 1970 album All Things Must Pass.
George, “Above all, I would like to acknowledge my old friend Eric Clapton, who played many memorable guitar parts on the album.
At that time we weren't 'allowed' by our record companies to acknowledge our presence on each other's albums so he hasn't had a credit for thirty years.”
Sleevenotes to All Things Must Pass: Harrison performs rhythm guitar on Badge.
Although the arpeggiated guitars that enter midway through the song are similar to parts of Abbey Road, that particular passage was played by Clapton.

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The real "Badge" Story:
During the 1960s and 1970s it was often hard for artists to perform on songs for groups signed to rival labels, so pseudonyms were commonly used.
Clapton received no credit for his guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, or for his work on Harrison's 1970 album All Things Must Pass.
George, “Above all, I would like to acknowledge my old friend Eric Clapton, who played many memorable guitar parts on the album.
At that time we weren't 'allowed' by our record companies to acknowledge our presence on each other's albums so he hasn't had a credit for thirty years.”

Auf meinem Album, das ich Anfang der 80er gekauft habe, ist Eric Gitarrist aufgeführt und die anderen Dominos auch.

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Badge ist das einzige Highlight auf der Goodbye Cream und ich finde den Song absolut zeitlos, auf jedem Clapton-Konzertt habe ich ihn gern gehört.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps habe ich gerade mal wieder auf der neuen Deluxe Edition vom Weißen Album gehört und ich war sofort wieder begeistert von diesem Jahrhundertsong, und dass Clapton mitwirkt, veredelt ihn nochmals.
In beiden Fällen kann man also von einer fruchtbaren Zusammenarbeit von Clapton und Harrison sprechen und vielleicht war das auch ein Ausdruck ihrer ganz besonderen Freundschaft.

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London Royal Albert Hall vor genau 50 Jahren!