Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

by Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton

Overview

Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meager beginnings grew his greatest album. Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/18/2025
Label:	Universal Japan
UPC:	4988031753040

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Derek and the Dominos   Primary Artist
Eric Clapton   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Carl Perkins   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jim Gordon   Drums (Bass),Bass,Drums,Piano,Percussion
Berry Oakley   Bass
Bobby Whitlock   Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic)
George Harrison   Guitar,Vocals
Dickey Betts   Guitar
Albhy Galuten   Piano
Butch Trucks   Drums
Carl Radle   Bass,Percussion,Guitar (Bass)
Gregg Allman   Piano
Duane Allman   Guitar
Dave Mason   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Derek and the Dominos   Producer,Arranger,Recording Arranger
Tom Dowd   Producer,Liner Notes,Executive Producer
Jimmie Cox   Composer
Steve Chadie   Engineer
Berry Oakley   Composer
B.B. King   Composer
Bobby Whitlock   Composer,Engineer
Bonnie Bramlett   Composer
Carl Perkins   Composer,Composer
Chuck Kirkpatrick   Engineer,Recording
Chuck Willis   Composer
Jay Mark   Mixing
Eric Clapton   Arranger,Composer
Walter Jacobs   Composer
Charles Segar   Composer
John Jansen   Remixing
Delaney Bramlett   Composer
Sam Hopkins   Composer
Dickey Betts   Composer
Joseph M. Palmaccio   Digital Remastering
Ron Albert   Engineer,Recording
Richard Betts   Composer
Phil McDonald   Engineer
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Jimmy Cox   Composer
William Lee Conley Broonzy   Composer
Karl Richardson   Recording
Ben O'Neil   Assistant Engineer
Butch Trucks   Composer
Thom Cadley   Remixing
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup   Composer
Muddy Waters   Composer
Phil Spector   Producer
Andy Johns   Engineer,Remixing,Recording,Remix Engineer
Big Bill Broonzy   Composer
Billy Myles   Composer
Carl Radle   Composer
Gregg Allman   Composer
Duane Allman   Composer
Leon Russell   Composer
Little Walter   Composer
Howard Albert   Engineer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Jim Gordon   Composer
Mel London   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Melvin R. London   Composer
Mac Emmerman   Engineer,Recording
Tom Dows   Executive Producer
Carl Richardson   Engineer
James Cox   Composer
Frandsen-De Schonberg   Art Direction
James Beck Gordon   Composer
Jim Marshall   Photography
Mikey Canzonetta   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
James Beck   Composer
Ben O'Neill   Assistant Engineer
Nezami Ganjavi   Composer
Jim Gordan   Composer
Howie Albert   Recording