DEREK & THE DOMINOS
‘LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS’
50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

‘Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs’ turns 50 this year! To celebrate, the original album has been given the luxury half-speed mastered treatment at Abbey Road Studios by Mile Showell, available on 13th November on vinyl and CD.

Both the 4LP and 2CD editions feature bonus material including session outtakes, B-sides and live performances, some of which have never been released on vinyl before. The special 4LP box set also comes with a collectible 12×12 book of sleeve notes.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs 50th Anniversary vinyl

Derek & The Dominos
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs: 50th Anniversary Edition Box Set – Box Set

Layla has often been regarded as Eric Clapton’s greatest musical achievement. The album is more notably known for its title track ‘Layla’ which had top ten single chart success in the UK. Alongside this is a further 2LPs of bonus material some of which has previously been unreleased on vinyl. All the bonus material across all of LP3 & LP4 is mastered normally (so is not half-speed mastered). The release includes a 12×12 book of sleeve notes taken from the 40th-anniversary edition.

LP1 / LP2
1 I Looked Away
2 Bell Bottom Blues
3 Keep On Growing
4 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
5 I Am Yours
6 Anyday
7 Key To The Highway
8 Tell The Truth
9 Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
10 Have You Ever Loved A Woman
11 Little Wing
12 It’s Too Late
13 Layla
14 Thorn Tree In The Garden

LP3 / LP4 – BONUS MATERIAL (*DENOTES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON VINYL)
1 Mean Old World – Layla Session Out-take
2 Roll It Over – Phil Spector Produced Single B-Side
3 Tell The Truth – Phil Spector Produced Single A-Side
4 It’s Too Late* – Live On The Johnny Cash TV Show, 5th November 1970
5 Got To Get Better In A Little While* – Live On The Johnny Cash TV Show, 5th November 1970
6 Matchbox with Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins* – Live On The Johnny Cash TV Show, 5th November 1970
7 Blues Power* – Live On The Johnny Cash TV Show, 5th November 1970
8 Snake Lake Blues* – From April/May 1971 Sessions For The Dominos’ Second Album
9 Evil* – From April/May 1971 Sessions For The Dominos’ Second Album
10 Mean Old Frisco* – From April/May 1971 Sessions For The Dominos’ Second Album
11 One More Chance* – From April/May 1971 Sessions For The Dominos’ Second Album
12 High – From April/May 1971 Sessions For The Dominos’ Second Album
13 Got To Get Better In A Little While Jam* – From April/May 1971 Sessions For The Dominos’ Second Album
14 Got To Get Better In A Little While* – From April/May 1971 Sessions For The Dominos’ Second Album

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs 50th Anniversary

Derek & The Dominos
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs CD – Double CD Album

This 2CD deluxe includes the original album ‘Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs’. Alongside this is a disc of bonus material. Please, note this deluxe is a repress of the 40th Anniversary 2CD deluxe, so, it doesn’t feature anything new.


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