Record Details
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Record ID
141
Artist
Eric Clapton
Title
Crossroads
Field / Genre
Rock
Year Recorded
1988
Label
Polydor
Pressing
Aus
Rating
****
Discs
4
Media
CD
Date Bought
3 May 1990
Cost
¤40.00
Cover Name
—
Review
<p>A four - disc box set spanning Eric Clapton's entire career - - running from the Yardbirds to his '80s solo recordings - - Crossroads not only revitalized Clapton's commerical standing, but it established the rock & roll multi - disc box set retrospective as a commercially viable proposition. Bob Dylan's Biograph was successful two years before the release of Crossroads, but Clapton's set was a bonafide blockbuster. And it's easy to see why. </p><p>Crossroads manages to sum up Clapton's career succinctly and thoroughly, touching upon all of his hits and adding a bevy of first - rate unreleased material (most notably selections from the scrapped second Derek & the Dominos album). Although not all of his greatest performances are included on the set - - none of this work as a session musician or guest artist is included, for instance - - every truly essential item he recorded is present on these four discs. No other Clapton album accurately explains why the guitarist was so influential, or demonstrates exactly what he accomplished.</p><br><br>- - Stephen Thomas Erlewine<br>