‘After Midnight,’ ‘Blues Power’ Mixes Set Up Deluxe ‘Eric Clapton’ Reissue

Eric Clapton’s self-titled debut solo album from August 1970 is to be released in an Anniversary Deluxe Edition on August 20, 2021. It will present this important staging post in his epic career in three separate mixes: The Eric Clapton Mix, the Delaney Bramlett Mix and the Tom Dowd Mix (The UK Version). The Eric Clapton mix is being released in full for the first time.

The new edition is introduced today (9) by the arrival of two tracks, “After Midnight” (Delaney Bramlett Mix) and “Blues Power” (Eric Clapton Mix). The album will be available on 4CD and 1LP (standard black) and will also be released digitally.

This anniversary collection also includes some singles, alternate versions and session outtakes. These include a previously-unreleased Alternate Mix of “Comin’ Home” by Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton. Other tracks among these bonus tracks were previously released on the Deluxe Edition CD of the album in 2005.

These include “Teasin’” by King Curtis with Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton & Friends, “I’ve Told You For The Last Time” (Olympic Studios version), and the single B-side “Groupie (Superstar)” by Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton.

The 1970 album came as Clapton was resetting his musical priorities, as he worked with Delaney & Bonnie and others in the lead-up to the establishment of Derek and the Dominos later that year. The album reached No.13 on the Billboard LP chart, in a 30-week stay that put Clapton’s name on the bestsellers as a soloist for the first time.

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The full Eric Clapton Anniversary Deluxe Edition tracklist is: 

4CD:

CD1 (The Tom Dowd Mix – The UK Version)
All mixes released on CD and vinyl
Slunky 3.40
Bad Boy 3.59
Lonesome And A Long Way From Home 3.50
After Midnight 3.14
Easy Now 3.03
Blues Power 3.15
Bottle Of Red Wine 3.12
Lovin’ You Lovin’ Me 3.39
I’ve Told You For The Last Time 2.36
I Don’t Know Why 3.23
Let It Rain 5.06

CD2 (The Eric Clapton Mix)
Slunky 3.34 unreleased mix
Bad Boy 4.20 unreleased mix
Lonesome And A Long Way From Home 3.58 unreleased mix
After Midnight 3.19 released on Life in 12 Bars Soundtrack
Easy Now 2.57 released – this was the only EC mix inserted into the original 1970 Tom Dowd mix LP
Blues Power 3.53 unreleased mix
Bottle Of Red Wine 2.58 unreleased mix
Lovin’ You Lovin’ Me 3.44 unreleased mix
I’ve Told You For The Last Time 2.32 unreleased mix
I Don’t Know Why 3.35 unreleased mix
Let It Rain 5.18 released on Life in 12 Bars Soundtrack

CD3 (The Delaney Bramlett Mix) all mixes released on 2005 Deluxe Edition CD
Slunky 3.35
Bad Boy 3.44
Easy Now 3.00
After Midnight 3.19
Blues Power 3.20
Bottle Of Red Wine 3.09
Lovin’ You Lovin’ Me 4.07
Lonesome And A Long Way From Home 3.52
I Don’t Know Why 3.45
Let It Rain 5.02

CD4 (Singles, Alternate Versions & Session Outtakes) all titles released on 2005 Deluxe Edition CD except COMIN’ HOME (Alternate Mix) which is a previously unreleased mix
Teasin’ 2.17 Performed by King Curtis with Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton & Friends
Comin’ Home (Alternate Mix) 3.44 Performed by Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton unreleased mix
Blues In “A” (Session Outtake) 10.28
She Rides (Let It Rain alternate version) 5.08
I’ve Told You For The Last Time (Olympic Studios version) 6.49
I Don’t Know Why (Olympic Studios version) 5.14
Comin’ Home (single a-side) 3.15 Performed by Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton
Groupie (Superstar) (single b-side) 2.50 Performed by Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton

1LP
Side A
Slunky
Bad Boy
Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
After Midnight
Easy Now
Blues Power
Side B
Bottle Of Red Wine
Lovin’ You Lovin’ Me
I’ve Told You For The Last Time
I Don’t Know Why
Let It Rain