Derek and the Dominos - Layla Album Alternates (1970)

In my opinion, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek and the Dominos is one of the greatest albums of all time, and the highlight of Eric Clapton's long career.

Over the years, outtakes from the recording sessions for the album have been made public, either officially or through bootlegs. For this album, I've collected the best alternate versions of the songs from the album to create an alternate version of the album. There are 14 songs on the original album; I found alternates for 10 of them. In addition, there are outtakes of different songs recorded during those sessions, but I'll save that for another album.

One great thing about the Layla album is the guitar interplay between Clapton and Duane Allman. Some, but not all, of the songs here have Duane playing on them. One good example of the alternate version of the song "Layla." Strangely, despite there being multiple official releases of Layla with entire extra discs of bonus tracks, this version has only ever come out on bootleg. In fact, nearly all of the takes here are from bootlegs.

01 Layla [Alternate Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
02 I Looked Away [Alternate Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
03 Have You Ever Loved a Woman [Alternate Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
04 Bell Bottom Blues [Instrumental Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
05 Tell the Truth [Alternate Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
06 Anyday [Alternate Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
07 It's Too Late [Alternate Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
08 Keep on Growing [Instrumental Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
09 Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad [Alternate Version] (Derek & the Dominos)
10 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out [Instrumental Version] (Derek & the Dominos)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15109955/DereknDom_1970g_LylaandOtherAssortedLoveSongsAlternates_atse.zip.html

The cover is one of the very few photos of Derek and the Dominos that includes Duane Allman.