Eric Clapton - Acoustic Versions: 1989-1999

This is kind of a supplement to the Eric Clapton stray tracks albums from the 1990s that I've been posting. These are all stray tracks too, in the sense that none of them appeared on his studio albums in this era, at least not in these arrangements. And, as you can guess from the album title, they're all acoustic versions.

Note that "at least not in these arrangements" comment I just made. A few of these songs do appear on other stray tracks albums I've made, such as "Tears in Heaven" and "Change the World." But not many, and generally they are done quite differently here. For instance, "Tears in Heaven" is stripped way back from the studio version, with just Clapton's voice and acoustic guitar.

All but three of the performances here are unreleased. The three released ones are "Mississippi Blues" (which comes from an album by another musician), "(I) Get Lost" (from a movie soundtrack) and "Danny Boy" (from a B-side).

There are 12 unreleased songs. Seven of them come from concert bootlegs. For all of those, I used the MVSEP audio editing program to get rid of the crowd noise, so they'd fit in with all the studio tracks. The remaining five didn't come with crowd noise in the first place. They're generally from concert rehearsals, although one, "'The Van' Title Theme," is from a movie or TV show that never had a soundtrack.

I think this makes for a nice listen. Clapton's acoustic performances are underrated, in my opinion.

01 Standing Around Crying (Eric Clapton with Pete Townshend)
02 Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
03 Circus (Eric Clapton)
04 Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (Eric Clapton)
05 Come On in My Kitchen (Eric Clapton)
06 Malted Milk (Eric Clapton)
07 Motherless Child (Eric Clapton)
08 Mississippi Blues [Instrumental] (Eric Clapton & Timothy Duffy)
09 How Long (Eric Clapton with Dr. John)
10 'The Van' Title Theme [Instrumental] (Eric Clapton)
11 Broken Hearted (Eric Clapton)
12 Change the World (Eric Clapton)
13 Driftin' Blues (Eric Clapton)
14 [I] Get Lost (Eric Clapton)
15 Danny Boy [Instrumental] (Eric Clapton) 

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The cover photo was taken at the Royal Albert Hall in London some time in 1998.

https://www.upload.ee/files/16368818/ERCCLPTN1989-1999AcustcVrsons_atse.zip.html