E.C. Was Here | 
| Artist: Eric Clapton
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 962776
Format: Live, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio Cassette
Discs: 1
UPC: 731453182349
EAN: 0731453182349
ASIN: B000002G8E
Release Date: August 20, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Have You Ever Loved a Woman | | • | Presence of the Lord | | • | Driftin' Blues | | • | Can't Find My Way Home | | • | Rambling on My Mind | | • | Further on up the Road |
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A 1975 live album that found Clapton at--if you'll pardon the expression--a crossroads, E.C. Was Here marks the line of demarcation between the guitar hero of the past and more song-oriented player he'd become for the second half of the '70s. Clapton breaks out on a couple of old Blind Faith numbers--"Presence of the Lord" and "Can't Find My Way Home"--that reflect his soulful, spiritual side, while "Further On Up the Road" rocks out and Charles Brown's "Drifting Blues," restored to its full eleven-and-a-half-minute length on the CD's newly remastered version, presents another instrumental showcase. There are only six tunes here, but E.C. leaves his indelible mark on each of them. --Daniel Durchholz
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 his best effort April 21, 2006
mojostrapper (arizona)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
it seemed the more raggedy and doped out clapton was the more inspirational his playing was. i saw this tour from 1974 and some of his playing was from another world, some of his licks and runs on this album are just sick, play it and see why for a period of 5 years from 1969 to 1974 he was the best in the world
EC was Blues Rock god April 10, 2006
CrosscutSaw
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The backup band is so lousy. On 'Rambling' you can hear EC speaking out the chord (C sharp, E, funny). But wait, the guitar is simply the best blues rock I've ever heard.
In HYELAW, each singing line is completed by a poignant guitar phrase that complete and dig deepeer in the emotion.
The Presence of the Lord chorus shows what heavy guitar can be when it goes beyond the cliches. It's at par with the best Led Zeppelin.
All acoustic work is better than anything in Unplugged.
Rambling is a meditation, the same kind he would do years after in Old Love. Close your eyes and take the trip with him.
Further On Up The Road is a classy boogie, showing EC amazing sens of timing and crescendo.
I truely respect all EC work. But I wish he build on this kind of inspiration rather than go puppy like he did next in his career.
Great band May 21, 2004
Rollie Anderson (Forney, Texas United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you want to hear what a real "shuffle" is supposed to sound like just take a listen to Eric's version of "Further on down the road" and you will know. This is truly what a live concert should be like.
A display of mastery... September 19, 2000
Michael Rice (Lakewood, CA United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This (album) is a testimony to why EC has become the most widely acclaimed guitar master of the last 30 years. I've heard the complaints of many through the years, about how "...(he) just doesn't do it as good as in the old days", meaning the shredding style developed when he was in Cream. I beg to differ. The man returned to the soul of the music that motivated him to play in the first place. This is a display, not only of his immeasurable ability to play a guitar, but to use it to communicate in a way that his voice alone could never do. The acoustic solo on "Can't find my way home" is short, sweet, and among the best I have ever heard. It isn't surprising to hear Clapton say that this was the one band he was in that he "would have paid to see". If you like blues, and you like EC, you owe it to yourself to get a copy of "EC was here". It is one of my favorites.
 Guitar Hero July 26, 2001
Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Eric Clapton made his name with his indelible guitar work. On E.C. Was Here, he shows why he is a guitar god. He blazes his way through this short six song live album. He starts off with "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" from the Layla album and it is a smoldering take. Two Blind Faith songs, "Presence Of The Lord" and "Can't Find My Way Home" are ripping, but the best song is "Drifting Blues". Mr. Clapton lets loose with one of the best guitar solos of his career.
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