hours of alternate masters, jams and out-takes from the 20th Anniversary Edition of 1990 (not to mention the tracking sheets included in that box). The first CD was full of tape hiss, since it was made from a tape copy many generations removed from the original 1970 stereo master. Grouping the Dominos album with recent releases by Bob Dylan, the Beatles and Stephen Stills, Sander added, "It's [Clapton's] instincts, not his talents, that are out of synch, and he is certainly not alone, nor by any means the worst offender, in depositing garbage into the vault of a guaranteed personal audience. The other band members were Bobby Whitlock (vocals, keyboard), Jim Gordon (drums, percussion), and Carl Radle (bass).

Clapton and Whitlock co-wrote "I Looked Away", "Keep on Growing", " Anyday", " Bell Bottom Blues", " Tell the Truth" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? Leimbacher found Clapton's singing "always at least adequate, and sometimes quite good" and concluded, "forget any indulgences and filler – it's still one hell of an album. Eric Clapton and Duane Allman in a non-competative guitar battle that gets truly emotional throughout. As the tour progressed the set changed, with the first half of the show consisting entirely of songs from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and culminating in "Layla".

But let us draw a veil over that sorry time and move forward to February 2011, when a friend of mine recommended "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs". With each tune you get a screen with a picture and all the credits, which is a big improvement over the simple menu of the SACD.

Passionate, powerful and at times incredibly moving, LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS may still touch a raw nerve with Eric Clapton - the album's lack of success deeply disappointed him, and his involvement in this reissue has apparently been minimal - but it just goes to show that screaming guitars, soul-baring vocals and a little heartache are just the ticket when it comes to producing some incredible rock music. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The flashing dagger of a riff is one of the finest in history and Clapton duels magnificently with both his overdubbed self and Allman before an exhausted piano-based second act.The DSD source was flat-transferred from analogue master tapes at Sterling Sound in New York City in 2013. Surround Sound DVD of the album, a newly remastered In Concert two-CD set, a double LP version of the album, a hardcover book, and a number of other extras.