DELANEY AND BONNIE AND FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON EXPANDED ‘ON TOUR’ BOX SET

Rhino Handmade have excelled themselves with the release of a massive 4cd set edition of Delaney and Bonnie and Friends with Eric Clapton.

Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of “friends” in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock’s most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. THE WAIT IS OVER – Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock ’n’ soul.

The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends’ complete performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night’s performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour’s final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge. The Croydon shows also features Mysterioso (aka George Harrison), who can be heard playing bottleneck slide, a technique Harrison reportedly learned from Delaney during this tour.

Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including “I Don’t Know Why” a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; “My Baby Specializes” and “Everybody Loves A Winner” from the Bramlett’s debut Home; “Get Ourselves Together” from the couple’s 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”; a cover of Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’”; and the instrumental “Pigmy.”

Glyn Johns, who recorded the Colston Hall gig, revisits his experience in the collection’s detailed liner notes: “There is no question that they had an immense effect on popular music, mostly by influencing some of the most successful musicians of the day. The outstanding memory for me is the sound they created. Being an engineer, it had a huge influence on me—this, coupled with the complexity of the rhythm section and the ease with which they performed. Us Brits had never heard anything so fluid.”

Tracklistings:

Disc 1
Royal Albert Hall (12/1/1969)

1. INTRO/TUNING [0:41]

2. OPENING JAM [4:48]
(Delaney Bramlett)

3. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [3:49]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Steve Winwood)

4. BAND INTRODUCTIONS [1:36]

5. ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW [4:35]
(Dave Mason)

6. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [2:28]/[2:50][5:18]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

7. GET OURSELVES TOGETHER [3:01]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Carl Radle)

8. I DON’T KNOW WHY [4:51]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

9. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [4:29]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

10. THAT’S WHAT MY MAN IS FOR [3:43]
(Bessie Griffin)

11. MEDLEY: POUR YOUR LOVE ON ME/JUST PLAIN BEAUTIFUL [3:27]/[5:49][9:16]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Steve Cropper/Bettye Crutcher)

12. EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER [4:48]
(William Bell/Booker T. Jones)

13. THINGS GET BETTER [4:02]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

14. COMING HOME [4:48]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

15. I DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS IT [5:19]
(Beth Beatty/Dick Cooper/Ernie Shelby)

16. LITTLE RICHARD MEDLEY [7:31]
a) Tutti Frutti [1:22]
(Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
b) The Girl Can’t Help It [1:18]
(Bobby Troup)
c) Long Tall Sally [1:00]
(Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson)
d) Jenny Jenny [3:51]
(Richard Penniman/Enotris Johnson)

17. MY BABY SPECIALIZES [4:18]
(Isaac Hayes/David Porter)

Disc 2
Colston Hall (12/2/1969)

1. INTRO/TUNING [0:38]

2. OPENING JAM [4:39]
(Delaney Bramlett)

3. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [3:51]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Steve Winwood)

4. THINGS GET BETTER [3:32]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

5. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [5:17]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

6. I DON’T KNOW WHY [5:11]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

7. MEDLEY: POUR YOUR LOVE ON ME/JUST PLAIN BEAUTIFUL [3:14]/[5:27][8:41]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Steve Cropper/Bettye Crutcher)

8. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [4:12]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

9. COMING HOME [4:49]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

10. LITTLE RICHARD MEDLEY [6:29]
a) Tutti Frutti [1:02]
(Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
b) The Girl Can’t Help It [1:04]
(Bobby Troup)
c) Long Tall Sally [0:57]
(Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson)
d) Jenny Jenny [3:24]
(Richard Penniman/Enotris Johnson)

11. I DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS IT [5:52]
(Beth Beatty/Dick Cooper/Ernie Shelby)

12. CROWD/ANNOUNCEMENT [2:55]

Disc 3
Fairfield Hall (12/7/1969 – 1st Show)

1. INTRO/TUNING [0:50]

2. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [3:55]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Stevie Winwood)

3. INTRODUCTION [0:44]

4. THINGS GET BETTER [4:27]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

5. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [3:20]/[3:08][Total=6:28]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

6. I DON’T KNOW WHY [5:09]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

7. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [5:02]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

8. THAT’S WHAT MY MAN IS FOR [4:46]
(Bessie Griffin)

9. I DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS IT [4:36]
(Beth Beatty/Dick Cooper/Ernie Shelby)

10. COMING HOME [7:51]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

Disc 4
Fairfield Hall (12/7/1969 – 2nd Show)

1. INTRO/TUNNING [1:24]

2. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [4:20]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Stevie Winwood)

3. PIGMY (Instrumental) [8:51]
(Mel Brown/Billy Larkin/Henry Swarn)

4. INTRODUCTIONS [1:30]

5. THINGS GET BETTER [4:38]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

6. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [2:25]/[2:46][5:11]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

7. ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW [5:07]
(Dave Mason)

8. WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN [3:11]
(A. P. Carter)

9. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [4:50]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

10. I DON’T KNOW WHY [5:10]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

11. THAT’S WHAT MY MAN IS FOR [4:30]
(Bessie Griffin)

12. COMING HOME [6:04]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

13. LITTLE RICHARD MEDLEY [6:17]
a) Tutti Frutti [1:01]
(Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
b) The Girl Can’t Help It [1:02]
(Bobby Troup)
c) Long Tall Sally [0:54]
(Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson)
d) Jenny Jenny [3:20]
(Richard Penniman/Enotris Johnson)

Musicians:
DELANEY BRAMLETT: rhythm guitar, vocals
BONNIE BRAMLETT: vocals
ERIC CLAPTON: lead guitar
GEORGE HARRISON: guitar
DAVE MASON: guitar
CARL RADLE: bass
JIM GORDON: drums
BOBBY WHITLOCK: organ, vocals
JIM PRICE: trumpet, trombone
BOBBY KEYS: saxophone
TEX JOHNSON: conga, bongo drums
RITA COOLIDGE: vocals

Recorded live in England

Recording Engineers: ANDY & GLYN JOHNS
Mix Down Engineer: ??
Horn Arrangements by JIM PRICE & DELANEY BRAMLETT
Special Thanks to Ahmet Ertegun & Mysterioso
Design & Photography by Tom Wilkes & Barry Feinstein for Camouflage Productions

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