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永垂不朽的布鲁斯精神 跨越世纪的布鲁斯经典 Eric Clapton

蝉连Billboard布鲁斯专辑榜10週冠军!!

囊括:“Wonderful Tonight”等20首布鲁斯杰作与5首99年岁末首度曝光现场演唱版本

当Eric Clapton的手碰到吉他的那一瞬间,蓝蓝的哀怨惆怅顿时泛进情绪的角落,吉他之神的指间与吉他弦间的情感对话,35年来感动著无数乐迷,树立了布鲁斯的典范,从60年代Yardbirds、Cream、Derek And The Dominos乐团时期到70年代单飞后的畅销金曲“ I Shot The Sheriff”、 “Lay Down Sally”、 “Wonderful Tonight”再到90年代的动人小品“Tears In Heaven”、“Change The World”, 勇夺8座格莱美奖,坐拥3张Billboard流行专辑榜冠军专辑与5张TOP 10专辑的Eric Clapton,追随布鲁斯先锋Robert Johnson、Muddy Waters的精髓,无时不刻的以吉他与歌声表达内心难以言喻的布鲁斯心情。

环球音乐旗下的Polydor音乐厂牌99年汇整推出-蝉连Billboard布鲁斯专辑榜10週冠军专辑【Blues】,正是见证Eric Clapton与吉他指间最蓝色心情对话魔力的精选特辑,全新以数字化录音技术整理他在70、80年代间最经典的布鲁斯演唱作品,从Delta acoustic 原音布鲁斯到芝加哥电子布鲁斯,从Bo Diddley、口风琴大师Little Walter、二次大战后布鲁斯运动带领者Jimmy Reed、刷弦吉他巨匠Elmore James、布鲁斯创作家Willie Dixon、德州布鲁斯吉他权Aaron ‘T-Bone’ Walker,还有启发克莱普顿最深的穆蒂华特斯的作品,诸如: “Before You Accuse Me(Take A Look At Yourself)” 、 “Mean Old World”、“Ain’t That Loving You”、 “The Sky Is Cryin’”、“Meet Me(Down At The Bottom)”、“Stormy Monday” “Blow Wind Blow”,加上克莱普顿自己创作的布鲁斯作品像是“Cryin’ ”、“Wonderful Tonight”等传世经典,更有“Alberta”、 “Before You Accuse Me(Take A Look At Yourself)-version 2”、 “Further On Up The Road”等5首首度于99年曝光的现场演唱版本,总计25首布鲁斯歌曲全记录,错过它就等于错过最好的布鲁斯!

If this were your first exposure to Eric Clapton, a bit of bewilderment would be in order. This is the legendary guitar icon? This is (as his early apostles once proclaimed) God? Ranging from the mid-´80s through the late ´90s, The Clapton Chronicles owes less to the groundbreaking blues-rock of Clapton´s ´60s and ´70s classics than to the polished-to-a-glare pop of Phil Collins, who produced one of the tracks included in this 14-song anthology. His reinterpretation of his greatest recording--the once-gripping, now-placid "Layla"--perhaps best illustrates Clapton at middle-age: Who wants to bask in his darkest period? Not Clapton, who converts his surging, purging charge into a soothing stroll. And perhaps not fans of such docile MOR fare as "My Father´s Eyes," "Tears in Heaven," and the two new tracks, "Blue Eyes Blue" and "Get Lost."

汇集了Eric Clapton70年代在RSO时期录制的蓝调单曲，其实Eric Clapton只需要三张专辑《From the Cradle》、《Me and Mr. Johnson》、《Sessions for Robert J.》和这张精选辑，便足以证明自己在蓝调界的至尊地位

除了性，我已经没有了其他任何分心的消遣，开始潜心研究布鲁斯。很难解释我听到的第一张布鲁斯唱片对我有什么影响，但我一下子就喜欢上了，就像是重逢了旧日的知己-也许我们前世就已相识。