Vinyl-Only 180g 12LP Box Set Gathers First 6 Reprise Albums Plus Bonus Rarities Disc; Remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios in Maine and Vinyl Mastering Done by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles
This vinyl-only box set comprises of the first six studio albums Eric Clapton recorded for Reprise starting in 1983 with Money and Cigarettes and concluding with Pilgrim from 1998. Each of the albums has been remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios in Maine and the vinyl mastering was done by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles. Simon Climie, Clapton's long-time co-producer and engineer, oversaw these definitive remasters which are pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
To further elevate the audio quality, Behind The Sun and August (originally released as single LPs) have been remastered as three-sided double albums – to ensure that no single LP side exceeds 20 minutes (each album has an etching on side 4). A "bonus" LP of Rarities compiled and produced by Simon Climie is included and covers the same period as the box. Most of the eight tracks are out of print, hard to find, or previously unreleased.
The six studio albums and Rarities album make a total of 12 pieces of vinyl in the box, all housed in a deluxe slipcase.
- Vinyl-only 180g 12LP box set
- Featuring first six studio albums Eric Clapton recorded for Reprise
- Behind The Sun & August presented as three-sided double albums with etching on side 4
- Bonus LP of Rarities compiled and produced by longtime Clapton co-produer and engineer Simon Climie
- Remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios in Maine
- Vinyl mastering by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles
- Simon Climie also oversaw these definitive remasters
- Deluxe slipcase packaging
- Everybody Oughta Make a Change
- The Shape You're In
- Ain't Going Down
- I've Got a Rock 'N' Roll Heart
- Man Overboard
- Pretty Girl
- Man in Love
- Crosscut Saw
- Slow Down Linda
- Crazy Country Hop
- She's Waiting
- See What Love Can Do
- Same Old Blues
- Knock On Wood
- Something's Happening
- Forever Man
- It All Depends
- Tangled in Love
- Never Make You Cry
- Just Like a Prisoner
- Behind the Sun
- It's in the Way That You Use It
- Run
- Tearing Us Apart
- Bad Influence
- Walk Away
- Hung Up On Your Love
- Take a Chance
- Hold On
- Miss You
- Holy Mother
- Behind the Mask
- Pretending
- Anything for Your Love
- Bad Love
- Running On Faith
- Hard Times
- Hound Dog
- No Alibis
- Run So Far
- Old Love
- Breaking Point
- Lead Me On
- Before You Accuse Me
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Third Degree
- Reconsider Baby
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Five Long Years
- I'm Tore Down
- How Long Blues
- Goin' Away Baby
- Blues Leave Me Alone
- Sinner's Prayer
- Motherless Child
- Someday After a While
- Standin' Round Crying
- Driftin'
- Groaning the Blues
- My Father's Eyes
- River of Tears
- Pilgrim
- Broken Hearted
- One Chance
- Circus
- Goin' Down Slow
- Fall Like Rain
- Born in Time
- Needs His Woman
- She's Gone
- You Were There
- Inside of Me
- Stone Free
- Crossroads (Live)
- White Room (Live)
- Theme From A Movie That Never Happened (Orchestral)
- Pilgrim (Remix)
- 32-20 Blues (Live)
- County Jail Blues (Live)
- Born Under A Bad Sign