See my post for the Derek and Dominos concert at the Fillmore East on October 23rd, 1970 late show for a full explanation of what this is about. Note that this is a recording of the late show from the following night, October 24, 1970.
As I said with that previous post, these two late shows are considered the best of all live Derek and the Dominos recordings, due to the flawless sound quality. In my opinion, they are one of the pinnacles of Eric Clapton's career.
The two shows have very similar setlists (though there are some differences). But you should listen to both shows anyway due to the large differences in the performances, especially Clapton's guitar soloing. He played with an energy and passion during his Derek and the Dominos days that he rarely showed in all the years since. If you want even more like this, also check out my post of the October 23rd early show, even though half of it is missing and half of what's there is not of stellar soundboard quality.
I only have a few more things to say specific to this show that I didn't say in the previous post. The song order for the October 23rd late show has generally been accurate for bootlegs, but for the October 24th late show, nearly all bootlegs have messed it up, including having the encore in the middle of the show. This version fixes that.
There have been some
persistent problems with some of the performances. One example is the
recording of "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." A version of this has been officially released, but it missed
about half a minute of Clapton's guitar soloing, for some strange reason. The bootlegs
come from the same source material as the official recordings, so they
also have been missing that same part of that song. I don't know how, but one
bootleg has the full, unedited version. I've managed to track that down and I'm using
it. So in that instance I'm going with a bootlegged recording for the whole song instead
of the official one.
Another problem with bootlegs has been the song
"Bottle of Red Wine." This was played on both nights, and the October
23rd version has been officially released. However, it seems that
most bootlegs just used the October 23rd version played at a slower speed for
the October 24th version. Happily though, just in the last year or so,
the correct October 24th version has emerged, and the sound quality is
great, so I've used that. (I carefully checked to make sure they
actually were different performances.)
01 talk (Derek & the Dominos)
02 Got to Get Better in a Little While (Derek & the Dominos)
03 Tell the Truth (Derek & the Dominos)
04 Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out (Derek & the Dominos)
05 Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad (Derek & the Dominos)
06 Presence of the Lord (Derek & the Dominos)
07 Blues Power (Derek & the Dominos)
08 Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Derek & the Dominos)
09 Key to the Highway (Derek & the Dominos)
10 Bottle of Red Wine (Derek & the Dominos)
11 Roll It Over (Derek & the Dominos)
12 Let It Rain - Drum Solo - Let It Rain (Derek & the Dominos)
13 Little Wing (Derek & the Dominos)
Regarding the cover art photo, see my comments for the cover of the October 23rd early show. I know the photo comes from a different concert, but I'm using it anyway because I don't have a better one from the actual photo and this one is so good.
Bobby Whitlock can be found on utube talking all things Dominos. I aked him recently of the best live show they did. He said the second late show, Fillmore East. There you have it.
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