Of course it's a great CD, BUT...

Review Score: (10/10)
Don't buy it if your not a huge EC fan and you already have 'Crossroads 2', 'Another Ticket', other and assorted studio. Most of these are already on his other efforts. HOWEVER, for big EC fans there is four new previously unreleased studio songs: 1) A great chompin' version of 'Before You Accuse Me' 2) 'Alberta' by Leadbelly (his knickname given to him in prison because he was a such a tough man), which is an acousic 12 string black folk song about a cheating woman recorded after he was out of the Louisianna State Penitentiary. 3) Willie Dixon (He is the blues, and that's a fact) song Meet Me, done instrumentally where your in that Clapton grove 4)Another version of Before You Cuse Me, kind of like the Revolution Number 9 version (I thing that's the slower version)of this song. But overall, it's a good selection to just sit back and listen to so it's a good Clapton CD for someone who has no Clapton but wants a variety of studio and live stuff.

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