News 15 Aug 2022

Eric Clapton / The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1

12LP vinyl box set

By Paul Sinclair

Eric Clapton / The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1 / 7LP box set

Next month Warners will release a new Eric Clapton vinyl box set called The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1.

The 12LP vinyl box contains six newly remastered studio albums issued between 1983 and 1998. They are:

Money & Cigarettes (1983)
Behind The Sun (1985) 2LP gatefold
August (1986) 2LP gatefold
Journeyman (1989) 2LP gatefold
From The Cradle (1994) 2LP gatefold
Pilgrim (1998) – 2LP gatefold

Additionally, a bonus LP, Rarities Volume 1 (1983-1998) brings together eight rare recordings from this era. Two of these are previously unreleased including a Simon Climie remix of ‘Pilgrim’. Other tracks include live versions of ‘White Room’ and ‘Crossroads’ (from the B-side on the 1987 single ‘Behind The Mask’ and ‘Theme From A Movie That Never Happened’ (Orchestral)’ which was the B-side to ‘My Father’s Eyes’ from 1998.

All the music included in this set was mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering and the lacquers for the LPs were cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

The 12LP vinyl box set *The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1* (click image to enlarge)

You’ll notice there are a lot of 2LP sets in this box. Behind The Sun and August were originally released as single vinyl records but are both are now 2LP sets (“to maximise the audio quality”), although the label have done that annoying thing of making both of them 3-sided double albums which means you are paying for ‘blank’ sides (it’s not clear if they are etched or not).

The vinyl is at least housed in poly-lined sleeves and the box is a two-piece construction. The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1. is released on 30 September 2022, via Warner Music Group.

Eric Clapton

The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1

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Tracklisting

- LP 1: Money and Cigarettes (1983)
  1. Everybody Oughta
  2. Make A Change
  3. The Shape You’re In
  4. Ain’t Going Down
  5. I’ve Got A Rock ’n’ Roll
  6. Heart
  7. Man Overboard
  8. Pretty Girl
  9. Man In Love
  10. Crosscut Saw
  11. Slow Down Linda
  12. Crazy Country Hop
- LPs 2 & 3: Behind The Sun (1985)
  1. She’s Waiting
  2. See What Love Can Do
  3. Same Old Blues
  4. Knock On Wood
  5. Something’s Happening
  6. Forever Man
  7. It All Depends
  8. Tangled In Love
  9. Never Make You Cry
  10. Just Like A Prisoner
  11. Behind The Sun
- LPs 4 & 5: August (1986)
  1. It’s In The Way That You Use It
  2. Run
  3. Tearing Us Apart
  4. Bad Influence
  5. Walk Away
  6. Hung Up On Your Love
  7. Take A Chance
  8. Hold On
  9. Miss You
  10. Holy Mother
  11. Behind the Mask
- LPs 6 & 7: Journeyman (1989)
  1. Pretending
  2. Anything For Your Love
  3. Bad Love
  4. Running On Faith
  5. Hard Times
  6. Hound Dog
  7. No Alibis
  8. Run So Far
  9. Old Love
  10. Breaking Point
  11. Lead Me On
  12. Before You Accuse Me
- LPs 8 & 9: From The Cradle (1994)
  1. Blues Before Sunrise
  2. Third Degree
  3. Reconsider Baby
  4. Hoochie Coochie Man
  5. Five Long Years
  6. I’m Tore Down
  7. How Long Blues
  8. Goin’ Away Baby
  9. Blues Leave Me Alone
  10. Sinner’s Prayer
  11. Motherless Child
  12. It Hurts Me Too
  13. Someday After A While
  14. Standin’ Round Crying
  15. Driftin’
  16. Groaning The Blues
- LPs 10 & 11: Pilgrim (1998)
  1. River Of Tears
  2. Pilgrim
  3. Broken Hearted
  4. One Chance
  5. Circus
  6. Goin’ Down Slow
  7. Fall Like Rain
  8. Born In Time
  9. Sick And Tired
  10. Needs His Woman
  11. She’s Gone
  12. You Were There
  13. Inside Of Me
- LP 12: Rarities Vol 1 (2022)
  1. Stone Free
  2. Crossroads – Live
  3. White Room – Live
  4. Theme From A Movie That Never Happened (Orchestral)
  5. Pilgrim – Remix *
  6. 32-20 Blues – Live
  7. County Jail Blues – Live
  8. Born Under A Bad Sign*
  *Previously unreleased

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