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Name = Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies |
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Type = Box Set|
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Artist = [[Eric Clapton]] |
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Released = 2 April 1996 |
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Recorded = 1974–1978 |
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Genre = [[Blues rock]] |
Length = 266:55 |
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Last album = ''[[The Cream of Clapton]]'' <br /> (1995) |
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Next album = ''[[Pilgrim (Eric Clapton album)|Pilgrim]]'' <br /> (1998) |
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'''''Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies''''' is the seventh live album and a [[box set]] by [[Eric Clapton]], released in 1996. Unlike the first ''[[Crossroads (box set)|Crossroads]]'' box set that encompasses more than three decades of Clapton's work, ''Crossroads 2'' is a chronicle of Clapton's live shows between 1974 through 1978. Much of the focus is on longer renditions of electric blues.
'''''Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies''''' is the seventh live album and a [[box set]] by [[Eric Clapton]], released in 1996. Unlike the first ''[[Crossroads (box set)|Crossroads]]'' box set that encompasses more than three decades of Clapton's work, ''Crossroads 2'' is a chronicle of Clapton's live shows between 1974 through 1978. The album is largely focused on longer renditions of electric blues. Four studio outtakes are also included.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"[[Layla]]" (Clapton, [[Jim Gordon (musician)|Jim Gordon]]) – 5:38
#"[[Layla]]" (Clapton, [[Jim Gordon (musician)|Jim Gordon]]) – 5:38
#"[[Farther Up the Road|Further on Up the Road]]" ([[Joe Medwick (blues musician)|Joe Medwick]], [[Don Robey]]) – 4:31
#"[[Farther Up the Road|Further on Up the Road]]" ([[Joe Medwick (blues musician)|Joe Medwick]], [[Don Robey]]) – 4:31
#:<small>''Tracks 1–2 recorded 25 June 1975 at the [[Providence Civic Center]]. [[Providence, Rhode Island]]''</small>
#"[[I Shot the Sheriff]]" ([[Bob Marley]]) – 10:21
#"[[I Shot the Sheriff]]" ([[Bob Marley]]) – 10:21
#"[[Badge (song)|Badge]]" (Clapton, [[George Harrison]]) – 10:42
#"[[Badge (song)|Badge]]" (Clapton, [[George Harrison]]) – 10:42
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#"Driftin' Blues" (Moore, Brown, Williams) – 6:58
#"Driftin' Blues" (Moore, Brown, Williams) – 6:58
#"[[Eyesight to the Blind]]/Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (with guitarist [[Carlos Santana]]) ([[Sonny Boy Williamson II|Sonny Boy Williamson]]/Clapton, [[Bobby Whitlock]]) – 24:19
#"[[Eyesight to the Blind]]/Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (with guitarist [[Carlos Santana]]) ([[Sonny Boy Williamson II|Sonny Boy Williamson]]/Clapton, [[Bobby Whitlock]]) – 24:19
#:<small>''Tracks 1–2 & 5–6 recorded 25 June 1975 at the [[Providence Civic Center]]. [[Providence, Rhode Island]]''</small>
#:<small>''Tracks 5–6 recorded 25 June 1975 at the [[Providence Civic Center]]. [[Providence, Rhode Island]]''</small>


===Disc three===
===Disc three===
#"[[Tell the Truth (song)|Tell the Truth]]" (Clapton, Whitlock) – 8:57
#"[[Tell the Truth (Derek and the Dominos song)|Tell the Truth]]" (Clapton, Whitlock) – 8:57
#"[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" ([[Bob Dylan]]) – 5:20
#"[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" ([[Bob Dylan]]) – 5:20
#"[[Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)|Stormy Monday]]" ([[T-Bone Walker]]) – 13:02
#"[[Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)|Stormy Monday]]" ([[T-Bone Walker]]) – 13:02
#:<small>''Tracks 1–3 recorded 27 April 1977 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England''</small>
#:<small>''Tracks 1–3 recorded 27 April 1977 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England''</small>
#"[[Lay Down Sally]]" (Clapton, [[Marcella Detroit|Marcy Levy]], [[George Terry (musician)|George Terry]]) – 5:23
#"[[Lay Down Sally]]" (Clapton, [[Marcella Detroit|Marcy Levy]], [[George Terry (musician)|George Terry]]) – 5:23
#:<small>''Recorded 12 February 1978 at the [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]], [[Santa Monica, California]]''</small>
#"The Core" (Clapton, Levy) – 9:13
#"The Core" (Clapton, Levy) – 9:13
#:<small>''Recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California''</small>
#"We're All the Way" ([[Don Williams]]) – 2:55
#"We're All the Way" ([[Don Williams]]) – 2:55
#"[[Cocaine (song)|Cocaine]]" ([[J.J. Cale]]) – 6:37
#"[[Cocaine (song)|Cocaine]]" ([[J.J. Cale]]) – 6:37
#:<small>''Tracks 4 & 6-7 recorded 12 February 1978 at the [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]], [[Santa Monica, California]]''</small>
#:<small>''Tracks 6-7 recorded 12 February 1978 at the [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]], [[Santa Monica, California]]''</small>
#"[[Goin' Down Slow]]/Ramblin' On My Mind" ([[St. Louis Jimmy Oden]]/Johnson) – 13:45
#"[[Goin' Down Slow]]/Ramblin' On My Mind" ([[St. Louis Jimmy Oden]]/Johnson) – 13:45
#:<small>''Tracks 5 & 8 recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California''</small>
#:<small>''Recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California''</small>
#"Mean Old Frisco" ([[Arthur Crudup]]) – 5:53
#"Mean Old Frisco" ([[Arthur Crudup]]) – 5:53
#:<small>''Recorded 21 March 1978 at the [[Savannah Civic Center]], [[Savannah, Georgia]]''</small>
#:<small>''Recorded 21 March 1978 at the [[Savannah Civic Center]], [[Savannah, Georgia]]''</small>
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#"[[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]]" ([[Ivy Jo Hunter]], [[Stevie Wonder]]) – 4:23
#"[[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]]" ([[Ivy Jo Hunter]], [[Stevie Wonder]]) – 4:23
#"[[Worried Life Blues]]" ([[Big Maceo Merriweather]]) – 5:58
#"[[Worried Life Blues]]" ([[Big Maceo Merriweather]]) – 5:58
#:<small>''Tracks 1-2, recorded 28 November 1978 at the [[Victoria Hall (Hanley)|Victoria Hall]], [[Hanley, Staffordshire]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]], England''</small>
#"[[Tulsa Time]]" ([[Danny Flowers]]) – 4:31
#"[[Tulsa Time]]" ([[Danny Flowers]]) – 4:31
#:<small>''Recorded 24 November 1978 at the [[The Apollo (Glasgow)|Apollo Theatre]], Glasgow, [[Scotland]]''</small>
#"[[Early in the Morning (Sonny Boy Williamson I song)|Early in the Morning]]" ([[Folk music|Traditional]]) – 6:19
#"[[Early in the Morning (Sonny Boy Williamson I song)|Early in the Morning]]" ([[Folk music|Traditional]] arranged by Eric Clapton) – 6:19
#:<small>''Recorded 28 November 1978 at the [[Victoria Hall (Hanley)|Victoria Hall]], [[Hanley, Staffordshire]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]], England''</small>
#"[[Wonderful Tonight]]" (Clapton) – 6:24
#"[[Wonderful Tonight]]" (Clapton) – 6:24
#"[[Kind Hearted Woman Blues|Kind Hearted Woman]]" (Johnson) – 5:17
#"[[Kind Hearted Woman Blues|Kind Hearted Woman]]" (Johnson) – 5:17
#:<small>''Tracks 3 & 5-6 recorded 24 November 1978 at the [[The Apollo (Glasgow)|Apollo Theatre]], Glasgow, [[Scotland]]''</small>
#:<small>''Tracks 5-6 recorded 24 November 1978 at the [[The Apollo (Glasgow)|Apollo Theatre]], Glasgow, [[Scotland]]''</small>
#"[[Double Trouble (Otis Rush song)|Double Trouble]]" ([[Otis Rush]]) – 11:06
#"[[Double Trouble (Otis Rush song)|Double Trouble]]" ([[Otis Rush]]) – 11:06
#"[[Cross Road Blues|Crossroads]]" (Johnson) – 5:20
#"[[Cross Road Blues|Crossroads]]" (Johnson) – 5:20
#:<small>''Tracks 1-2, 4, & 7-8 recorded 28 November 1978 at the [[Victoria Hall (Hanley)|Victoria Hall]], [[Hanley, Staffordshire]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]], England''</small>
#:<small>''Tracks 7-8 recorded 28 November 1978 at the [[Victoria Hall (Hanley)|Victoria Hall]], [[Hanley, Staffordshire]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]], England''</small>
#"To Make Somebody Happy" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 5:11
#"To Make Somebody Happy" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 5:11
#"Cryin'" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:54
#"Cryin'" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:54
#"Water on the Ground" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:59
#"Water on the Ground" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:59
#:<small>''Tracks 9-11 are studio recordings, recorded 28 December 1978 at [[Olympic Studios]], [[Barnes, London]], England''</small>
#:<small>''Tracks 9-11 are studio recordings, recorded 28 December 1978 at [[Olympic Studios]], [[Barnes, London]], England''</small>

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Latvia ([[Latvian Music Producers Association|LaMPA]])|artist=Eric Clapton|award=Gold|salesamount=4,000<sup>*</sup>|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4145/cldudhyw_pdf.htm|title=International Latvian Certification Awards from 1998 to 2001|publisher=Directupload|work=Latvian Music Producers Association|date=2001|accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=yes|noshipments=yes}}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://12bar.de/ftp/text_info/crossroads_2_review.txt General info, Recording Locations]
* [http://12bar.de/ftp/text_info/crossroads_2_review.txt General info, Recording Locations]
* {{cite web|url=http://whereseric.com/eric-clapton-discography/eric-clapton-compilations-greatest-hits-collections/crossroads-2-live-seven |title=Crossroads 2 (Live In The Seventies) track list |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006000913/http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-discography/eric-clapton-compilations-greatest-hits-collections/crossroads-2-live-seven |archivedate=6 October 2012 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=2 November 2016 |df=dmy }}
* {{cite web|url=http://whereseric.com/eric-clapton-discography/eric-clapton-compilations-greatest-hits-collections/crossroads-2-live-seven |title=Crossroads 2 (Live In The Seventies) track list |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006000913/http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-discography/eric-clapton-compilations-greatest-hits-collections/crossroads-2-live-seven |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 November 2016 |df=dmy }}
* [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000180899|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]
* [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000180899|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]


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Latest revision as of 06:55, 27 September 2024

Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies
Box set by
Eric Clapton
Released2 April 1996
Recorded1974–1978
GenreBlues rock
Length266:55
LabelPolydor
Eric Clapton chronology
The Cream of Clapton
(1995) 		Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies
(1996) 		Pilgrim
(1998)

Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies is the seventh live album and a box set by Eric Clapton, released in 1996. Unlike the first Crossroads box set that encompasses more than three decades of Clapton's work, Crossroads 2 is a chronicle of Clapton's live shows between 1974 through 1978. The album is largely focused on longer renditions of electric blues. Four studio outtakes are also included.

Track listing

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Disc one

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  1. "Walkin' Down the Road" (Studio outtake) (Paul Levine, Alan Musgrove) – 5:15
    Studio outtake recorded May 1974 at Criteria Studios, Miami for 461 Ocean Boulevard
  2. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Billy Myles) – 7:41
    Recorded 19 July 1974 at the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
  3. "Willie and the Hand Jive/Get Ready" (Johhny Otis/Eric Clapton, Yvonne Elliman) – 11:42
  4. "Can't Find My Way Home" (Steve Winwood) – 5:19
  5. "Driftin' Blues/Ramblin' On My Mind" (Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams/Robert Johnson) – 11:36
  6. "Presence of the Lord" (Clapton) – 8:48
    Tracks 3–6 recorded 20 July 1974 at the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
  7. "Rambling On My Mind/Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Johnson/Myles) – 8:16
  8. "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:43
    Tracks 7–8 recorded 4 December 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England
  9. "The Sky Is Crying"/"Have You Ever Loved a Woman"/"Rambling on My Mind" (Elmore James/Myles/Johnson) – 7:39
    Recorded 5 December 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England

Disc two

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  1. "Layla" (Clapton, Jim Gordon) – 5:38
  2. "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 4:31
    Tracks 1–2 recorded 25 June 1975 at the Providence Civic Center. Providence, Rhode Island
  3. "I Shot the Sheriff" (Bob Marley) – 10:21
  4. "Badge" (Clapton, George Harrison) – 10:42
    Tracks 3–4 recorded 28 June 1975 at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
  5. "Driftin' Blues" (Moore, Brown, Williams) – 6:58
  6. "Eyesight to the Blind/Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (with guitarist Carlos Santana) (Sonny Boy Williamson/Clapton, Bobby Whitlock) – 24:19
    Tracks 5–6 recorded 25 June 1975 at the Providence Civic Center. Providence, Rhode Island

Disc three

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  1. "Tell the Truth" (Clapton, Whitlock) – 8:57
  2. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 5:20
  3. "Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) – 13:02
    Tracks 1–3 recorded 27 April 1977 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England
  4. "Lay Down Sally" (Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry) – 5:23
    Recorded 12 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  5. "The Core" (Clapton, Levy) – 9:13
    Recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  6. "We're All the Way" (Don Williams) – 2:55
  7. "Cocaine" (J.J. Cale) – 6:37
    Tracks 6-7 recorded 12 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  8. "Goin' Down Slow/Ramblin' On My Mind" (St. Louis Jimmy Oden/Johnson) – 13:45
    Recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  9. "Mean Old Frisco" (Arthur Crudup) – 5:53
    Recorded 21 March 1978 at the Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, Georgia

Disc four

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  1. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder) – 4:23
  2. "Worried Life Blues" (Big Maceo Merriweather) – 5:58
    Tracks 1-2, recorded 28 November 1978 at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
  3. "Tulsa Time" (Danny Flowers) – 4:31
    Recorded 24 November 1978 at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
  4. "Early in the Morning" (Traditional arranged by Eric Clapton) – 6:19
    Recorded 28 November 1978 at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
  5. "Wonderful Tonight" (Clapton) – 6:24
  6. "Kind Hearted Woman" (Johnson) – 5:17
    Tracks 5-6 recorded 24 November 1978 at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
  7. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) – 11:06
  8. "Crossroads" (Johnson) – 5:20
    Tracks 7-8 recorded 28 November 1978 at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
  9. "To Make Somebody Happy" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 5:11
  10. "Cryin'" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:54
  11. "Water on the Ground" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:59
    Tracks 9-11 are studio recordings, recorded 28 December 1978 at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England

References

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  • General info, Recording Locations
  • "Crossroads 2 (Live In The Seventies) track list". Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  • Allmusic Review
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