Clapton MFSL Question

Postby **lukpac** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:32 pm

For whatever reason, Clapton was a pretty popular artist for MoFi - they released three Cream albums, both Derek & The Dominos albums, and a number of Clapton solo titles. My question to everyone is, then, are they really worth it? I've always thought those old Polydor CDs sounded pretty good, actually. I do have Layla, and while I'd say certain tracks sound a hair better on the MoFi, the original 2 CD Polydor sounds *really* close. I do have a CD-R of Disraeli Gears, although I really haven't listened to it in depth yet.

I seem to recall someone saying the MoFi of 461 was much better than the Polydor, but again, what's so bad about the Polydor?

As a side note, what's the deal with Better Make It Through Today? How/why did it end up on 461?

Other side note - most of my Clapton Polydor CDs still have those silly holographic stickers companies used to put on CDs to prevent theft, or something. I used to save those, for some reason.

Rspaight · Postby **Rspaight** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:40 pm

Re: 461, the story on the aurealm.com site is:

Includes "Better Make It Through Today" (track two), which is how Clapton originally released the LP. "Give Me Strength" (substituted on subsequent pressings), is moved to the end of the disc.

As far as everything else goes, I've been getting (through certain, er, online sources) 256K MP3s of a lot of old OOP audiophile discs. It's not 100% exact, of course, but they might be good enough for you to draw some conclusions. So far I've lucked into Clapton's S/T, Backless and Slowhand. I could cut you some copies if you're interested.

Ryan

Postby **lukpac** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:48 pm

The thing is, Better Make It Through Today wasn't even cut at the same sessions (461 was cut in Miami, BMITT was cut in Jamaica), and the (Polydor) CD gives it a 1975 copyright date, as opposed to a 1974 date for the rest of the album.

I'd be interested in S/T. I don't even own Backless, and I rarely listen to Slowhand.

Rspaight · Postby **Rspaight** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:08 pm

Just to muddy the waters even more, some Clapton (and Allmans) has shown up on Universal's SACD schedule:

http://consumers.umusic.com/sacd/future.html

Ryan

Postby **lukpac** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:15 pm

Yeah, Bill Levenson mentioned Layla had been remixed. First I've seen 461 and Slowhand, though. I wonder what they're going to do about S/T - Bill mentioned he wanted to issue all 3 mixes, as well as "She Rides", but that was a few years ago.