ERIC CLAPTON - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1974
January 14, 2022 – 6:07 am
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ERIC CLAPTON
New York 1974 [no label, 2CD]
Live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY; July 13, 1974. Very good soundboard, with audience patches.
Thanks to grner1 for sharing the show at Dime.
grner1 noted:
This is by far the best sounding version of this show, now remastered to repair many gaps between songs and channel dropouts seamlessly.
Thanks to Prof Goody for this pitch-verified best source of this show, after he provided a pitch-offset amount for another version that I had already worked on. (This version here was already pitch accurate.) Please support the artists and live venues any way that you can. Enjoy and SHARE!
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Original seeder’s notes before this remaster: This is the lowest generation ever copy of this soundboard recording. The master tapes having been “borrowed” from a well known sound engineer during the early ’80s and transferred. When the original owner had no further use of the tapes he gave me a whole batch of them and they have remained uncirculated in this form and quality until now.
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Lineage:
Complete Soundboard with audience patches for the intro and encore.
Master Cassette Tapes > 1st Gen Cassette Tapes > BBE Sonic Maximiser & NR > BBE Burn-It CD-Recorder
grner1 2021-12-23: xACT (decoded to AIFF files > Macintosh with Digidesign MBox audio interface > Digidesign Pro Tools (merged SBD & AUD sections, removed many dropouts seamlessly, added missing applause sections from an alternate lesser quality version of this show, retracked with seamless disc change suitable for CDR burning) > AIFF files > xACT (Flac level 8 files, tagged with sector boundaries verified).
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Disc 1
Track 101. intro 4:10
Track 102. Smile 3:56
Track 103. Let It Grow 5:36
Track 104. Can’t Find My Way Home 5:13
Track 105. band intros 1:05
Track 106. Willie And The Hand Jive 4:37
Track 107. Get Ready 6:37
Track 108. Let It Rain 6:43
Track 109. Key To The Highway 8:15
Track 110. Badge 6:58
54 mins
Disc 2
Track 201. Blues Power 8:40
Track 202. Have You Ever Loved A Woman 6:30
Track 203. Layla 4:53
Track 204. In The Presence Of The Lord 8:53
Track 205. Steady Rollin’ Man 3:46
Track 206. Crossroads 5:20
Track 207. Bright Lights Big City 7:19
Track 208. Little Queenie 7:29
53 mins
Lineup:
Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
George Terry - guitar
Carl Radle - bass
Dick sims - keyboards
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Yvonne Elliman - backing vocals
Todd Rundgren guests on Little Queenie
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73 Responses to “ERIC CLAPTON - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1974”
The court of public opinion turning so hard on this essential musician is downright criminal. Amazing that every show on this tour was recorded for a live album but only one came of it at the time (although a good bit also came out on Crossroads 2).
By Tony on Jan 14, 2022
who wants to see me wear and model a garter belt and blow my dog
By Jocko P on Jan 14, 2022
Why is public opinion turning on EC? I haven’t heard of any scandals , then again I don’t watch much news these days as it’s too depressing. Everyone knows of Eric’s substance addictions in the past , however I’m not aware of any negative things about him in recent years .
By Thomas on Jan 14, 2022
Rumor has it Eric gots a Big Un
By U L E on Jan 14, 2022
Eric had a Giant Coc . However my only backstage experience with him didn’t go well at all . It was during this tour . Despite me sucking and licking his Coc for over an hour , he couldn’t stay hard . I finally gave up and stormed out . It was a real blow to my ego .
By Bebe on Jan 14, 2022
Fortunately just a few months later my ego got a huge much needed boost when I appeared as playboys Miss November 1974 . A torrid affair with Rod Stewart ( another Giant Coc) followed and the rest is history.
By Bebe on Jan 14, 2022
How big is a giant coc ?
By Jocko P on Jan 14, 2022
This fella has got one on the big side I hear , a real double size hoagie.
By ELU on Jan 14, 2022
Cocaine and heroin will definitely give a guy a limp dic . I’m sure that was Eric’s problem back then . I love big dics, and would love to have been born earlier so I could have been a groupie, I’ve never been a stoner though so I’m not sure I would have fit in. It seems everyone got high back then .
By Dee Dee Longley on Jan 14, 2022
Clapton has joined Van Morrison in a series of anti-lockdown songs. People have also remembered about a series of blatantly racist comments he made in concert decades ago. There’s been a lot of backlash against EC for those reasons.
By Mark on Jan 15, 2022
I appreciate EC but he is laughable when you consider all the pharmaceuticals and alcohol that he took part in and then he dares criticize a covid jab because it made him feel “unwell”. What a plank!!
By swappers on Jan 15, 2022
i take coke and heroin together and im rock hard. i have a chubby for tj right now
By Heartlands Patriot on Jan 15, 2022
Right back at you, Heartlands Patriot!
By T J on Jan 15, 2022
Mark, funny how those collective/selective memories remember that suddenly. Coulda predicted that one.
By otis t on Jan 15, 2022
People are quite fed up with this ever changing covid / vaccine mandate thing . Lockdowns are hurting the economy. Vaccines were supposed to prevent infection, that’s now changed as well , plus many have negative reactions. No one has the right to tell you what to put in your body .
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
The far left has used covid as a way to try and control peoples lives . It mainly is a problem for the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was manufactured as a way to control people. The far left has exploited it to the max . As for Eric’s racist comments, when was this ? Something tongue in cheek that happened decades ago is just now offensive? Another example of this modern day Woke / cancel culture society.
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
Look at what’s happening to the great tennis player Novak Jokivitch in Australia. The Australian government is trying to make an example of him for defying their controlling laws . As of now he’s a prisoner, pending deportation from the country. He’s going for a record breaking major championship.
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
Excessive absenteeism from Covid is also hurting the economy.
By Mark on Jan 15, 2022
That’s correct. There are many food items unavailable in grocery stores , also construction supplies are much more expensive and hard to find . Self search checkouts are also putting people out of work .
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
Self serve checkouts ( typo error )
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
Personally I think we need a different face of the pandemic other than Fauci . At this point he’s a lightning rod . He constantly contradicts himself, plus his association with the Chinese lab . Our dependence on foreign countries for everything is another think that’s weakening the country. Too much outsourcing. Nothing is made here anymore.
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
No fewer people, just more unemployed people, it contributes to more crime and homelessness.
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
And this too has been perpetuated by the loathsome Jew
By The AntiChrist on Jan 15, 2022
ENGINEERED TAKEDOWN of the west. Be wary!
By otis t on Jan 15, 2022
Novax Jokeovich ( typo error )
By Thomas on Jan 15, 2022
Fuckwad douchebag otis wasn’t getting enough attention on the bigO news page so he brought his sorry ass here.
Loser.
By DD on Jan 16, 2022
His diksuck assfuck twin Thomas is with him.
By DD on Jan 16, 2022
Also, families deciding they don’t need two incomes when most of the second goes to child care.
By Mark on Jan 16, 2022
I’m getting to like the taste of my pee.
By The AntiChrist on Jan 16, 2022
Hey Anti, it is supposed to stop you getting covid. I’ve tried it and its working for me.
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
DD, shut up put your mask back on. And go back to school, retard.
By otis t on Jan 16, 2022
Anti , triple h , Nelson etc , none of these comments is me , I ain’t been saying
Much lately . Too many motherfuckin, Dic suckin, coon and hi Yeller lovin Jew bastard name hijackers here these days . That plus all the queer faggott dic talk . These queers all suck big fat coon elephant dics , and take em up the ass too . I fuckin garientee it
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
They should all get what Joe Pesci got in Casino
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
Be made to watch your bro beatin almost to death wit baseball bats , then get the same thing yourself, then dumped in a shallow grave , screamin in pain , buried alive in the vegas desert
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
What was that Derrick?
By swappers on Jan 16, 2022
The late great Frank Vincent doin the honors
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
Anti , triple h , I doubt most of these comments ain’t you guys either . More name hijackers
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
Anti , the nfl playoffs has started , Frankly I don’t give a shit . More coons vs coons , more in your face celebrating, acting like monkeys etc . Cowboys is playin 49er today . Hi Yeller Dak Prescott vs Jimmy G . Hi Yeller Dak is probably In for a long afternoon. I’m goin wit Jimmy G the wop.
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
I just love to see Jerruh Jones face in his pulse box when the cowboys lose a big game . Ain’t done jack shit In 26 years , since their last super bowl win in 96
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
Jerruh wasted Tony Romos whole career by puttin shitty teams around him Hi Yeller Dak couldn’t carry Tonys jock
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
He fires Jimmy Johnson after two straight super bowl championships. What kind of dumbass does that ?
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
Still pissed about how he treated coach Tom Landry after he bought the team
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
I’m for the niners today . Sorry Derrick nfl stands for nigger football league.
By Nelson on Jan 16, 2022
Derrick, Anti is a wop
By Dot Tado on Jan 16, 2022
Haven’t been saying much here either lately. Too many assholes and fags .
By Nelson on Jan 16, 2022
Coach Landry never would have had a coon or hi Yeller quarterback, no way . He was old school. His guys was dandy Don Meredith, Roger Staubach, Craig Morton , Danny White , all white QBs , as it should be
By Derrick on Jan 16, 2022
Landry was an inbred redneck, just the way my mom liked them. At least he had most of his teeth.
By DD on Jan 16, 2022
Same here Derrick. I havent even read the comments. Ijust check to see if any good concerts to download.The comment section has become a juvenile playpen. The name stealer gets his jollies by pretending to be someone else instead of being with another man. I figure a straight person wouldnt be doing this. See u again if zep, deep purple tull are posted.
By DD on Jan 17, 2022
You’re a liar DD. You can fuck off, you closeted homo. Go have HHH ejaculate into your rectum.
By The AntiChrist on Jan 17, 2022
touched a nerve dumbass. truth hurts. go straddle some goats you pathetic jew troll
By DD on Jan 17, 2022
its ashame we cant talk music anymore because we hve a troll who lives in mommys basement and asks her for money to buy gay porn. he must jack off pretending to be one of us. what a sad lonely life. watch some sports r jack off t dead women
By DD on Jan 17, 2022
Jimmy G and the niners 10 , Nigger Dak and the cowboys 0 Derrick . Don’t mean to rub it in pal. You called it yourself. Cowboys suck . Jerry Jones is a Moron . Nigger Dak is not accurate and has already been sacked . We’ll see how the game goes
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Cowboys look flat , niners look fired up the refs have it in for the cowboys too , bunch of flags already
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Poor little DD, so easily rattled. Make sure that your fat mom isn’t keep the money she earns at the truck stop, you fucking pussy.
By The AntiChrist on Jan 17, 2022
so funny to wtch this 2 bit homo argue wit himself.lol dumb as a can of soup.
By The AntiChrist Real on Jan 17, 2022
Nigger Dak throws an interception. Miners score a touchdown on next play , long run .. 23 7 San Fran . Derrick you’re right , niggers can’t play quarterback. Jimmy G looks pretty good
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Derrick, the niners did a nigger celebration in the end zone after the interception. Niggers being niggers
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Jimmy G is the only white player I see in the game
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Don’t give a flyin fuck Nelson . I expected it . Dak is a stupid hi Yeller . They should yank him for Cooper Rush
By Derrick on Jan 17, 2022
Coon monkeys playing other coon monkeys . Don’t really give a shit anymore
By Derrick on Jan 17, 2022
26 years and counting Jerruh . Go ahead and fire McCarthy and hire somebody else . Won’t matter as long as you and that dumbass son of yours is runnin the team
By Derrick on Jan 17, 2022
It dosent matter to Jerry Jones Derrick. He keeps raking in the millions . The team is just a tax write off
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Hey Derrick you knows about football.
Why did Prescott go up the middle instead of throwing a Hail Mary?
By Football lover of Pittsburgh on Jan 17, 2022
Final score niners 23 , cowboys 17 . Nigger Dak is the goat . Gets a first down on a ten yard run , but forgets to hand ball to ref , instead giving it to his center as the clock runs out . Stupid nigger . Sorry Derrick.
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
I’ll answer that question. Nigger Dak had no time outs , and had to ether throw a ball to a receiver to get out of bounds , or throw the ball away which would have stopped the clock . Instead he runs up the middle which keeps the clock moving, then instead of handing the ball to the ref , he gives it to his center . Clock runs out , game over . Stupid nigger .
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Nigger Dak also throws an interception. Niners score on the next play . Stupid nigger.
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
The Big O name stealers should get what Anne Franks family got at Auschwitz-Birkenau
By Anonymous Nazi on Jan 17, 2022
Anonymous Nazis should get what they get every day of their miserable lives.
By The AntiChrist on Jan 17, 2022
The Pits 21 - Cans 42 LOL x2!!
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
I suck Dak dik.
By Nelson on Jan 17, 2022
Dak might be my dad, Mom fucked a lot of guys who looked like him.
By DD on Jan 17, 2022
Thanks Nelson, I appreciate that.
I don’t know how you puts up with the abuse and deception on here, you got more patience than me
By Football lover of Pittsburgh on Jan 18, 2022
Im used to taking it up the brown cornhole my friend
By Nelson on Jan 18, 2022