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Record ID
1112
Artist
Eric Clapton
Title
E.C. Was Here
Field / Genre
Rock
Year Recorded
1975
Label
Polydor
Pressing
Aus
Rating
****
Discs
1
Media
CD
Date Bought
1 Sep 1997
Cost
¤20.00
Cover Name
—
Review
</p>Since Eric Clapton and his longtime fans have always thought of him primarily as a bluesman, it is curious that this live album, which is devoted to extended guitar solos on blues standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman," "Rambling On My Mind," and "Further On Up the Road," didn't become a massive hit. Maybe it was that the once reclusive Clapton was now spitting out new albums every six months, but E.C. Was Here did not achieve the renown it deserved upon release, and Clapton, who had been reluctant to put out a straight blues album to begin with, didn't try anything similar again for almost 20 years, instead making sure to keep his records within a pop framework that usually diluted their effectiveness. In its CD reissue, with "Drifting Blues" extended out to its full 11 1 / 2 minutes, the album is even more impressive. </p><br><br>- - William Ruhlmann<br>