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Eric Clapton: Timepieces

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Artist: Eric Clapton
Title: Timepieces
Released: 1982.03.21
Label: PolyGram Records
Time: 44:58
Producer(s): Delaney Bramlett, The Dominoes, Tom Dowd, Glyn Johns
Appears with: The Yardbirds
Category: Blues
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  1997
Price in €: 7,99
Web address: www.ericclapton.com

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[1] I Shot the Sheriff (Marley, Bob) - 4:22
[2] After Midnight (Cale, John J.) - 4:25
[3] Knockin' on Heavens Door (Dylan, Bob) - 6:27
[4] Wonderful Tonight (Clapton, Eric) - 6:24
[5] Layla (Clapton, Eric) - 5:38
[6] Cocaine (Cale, John J.) - 6:37
[7] Lay Down Sally (Clapton/Levy/Terry) - 5:23
[8] Willie and the Hand Jive (Otis, Johnny) - 3:46
[9] Promises (Feldman, Richard) - 3:05
[10] Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Traditional) - 3:19
[11] Let It Grow (Clapton, Eric) - 4:57

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Eric Clapton - Guitar, Arranger, Vocals

Leon Russell - Piano
Delaney Bramlett - Rhythm Guitar
Yvonne Elliman - Vocals
Marcy Levy - Vocals
Jim Price - Trumpet
Albhy Galuten - Piano
Duane Allman - Guitar
Bobby Keys - Saxophone
Jamie Oldaker - Drums
Carl Radle - Bass
Dick Sims - Organ, Keyboards
George Terry - Guitar
Bobby Whitlock - Organ, Piano, Vocals
Jim Gordon - Drums
 

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

 
TIME PIECES VOLUME I contains material recorded between 1970 and 1978.

Title 1, 8, 1: from the album "461 ocean boulevard" 1974 produced by Tom Down
Title 2: from the album "Eric Clapton" 1970 produced by Delaney Bramlett
Title 3: released single 1975 produced by Tom Dowd
Title 4, 6, 7: from the album "Slowhand" 1977 produced by Glyn Johns
Title 5: from the DEREK AND THE DOMINOS album "Layla and other assorted love songs" 1970 produced by The Dominos
Title 9: from the album "Blackless" 1978 produced by Glyn Johns
Title 10: from the album "There's one in every crowd" 1975 produced by Tom Dowd



Time Pieces is a good single-disc collection of Eric Clapton's solo hits — including "I Shot the Sheriff," "After Midnight," "Wonderful Tonight," Derek & the Domino's "Layla," and "Cocaine" — that has since been supplanted by the more thorough The Cream of Eric Clapton, which combines his solo work with selections of his Cream and Blind Faith work. Nevertheless, the compilation still provides a good introduction for neophyte Clapton fans, especially those that just want copies of his '70s hits.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide



"...What's here represents his gradual ascent through rehabilitation to deification. It documents the shift away from the heavy blues that had originally made his name to the more relaxed, personable stance of today..."

Q Magazine 6/95, p.134 4 Stars - Excellent



Time Pieces is a good single-disc collection of Eric Clapton's solo hits -- including "I Shot the Sheriff," "After Midnight," "Wonderful Tonight," Derek & the Domino's "Layla," and "Cocaine" -- that has since been supplanted by the more thorough The Cream of Eric Clapton, which combines his solo work with selections of his Cream and Blind Faith work. Nevertheless, the compilation still provides a good introduction for neophyte Clapton fans, especially those that just want copies of his '70s hits.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide



Wenn Sie die perfekte "Slowhand"-CD fürs Auto suchen, dann haben Sie sie in Time Pieces gefunden. Diese CD, auf der 11 von Claptons bekanntesten Radio-Hits versammelt sind, (darunter selbstredend "I Shot the Sheriff", "After Midnight" und "Layla"), umfaßt mit "Wonderful Tonight" sowohl einige der romantischsten, als auch mit "Promises" einige der zynischsten Augenblicke von Claptons Musik. Klar, alles, was auf diesem Sampler ist, hat man sowieso schon auf ein paar anderen CDs, aber Time Pieces ist eine handliche "Best-of"-Sammlung, bei der man sofort Lust verspürt, die Fenster herunterzukurbeln, die Anlage aufzudrehen, und loszufahren.

L.A. Smith -  Amazon.de
 

 L y r i c s


I Shot The Sheriff

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.

Sheriff John Brown always hated me;
For what I don't know.
Every time that I plant a seed
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down.
So I shot, I shot him down.
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

Reflexes got the better of me
And what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket goes to the well,
But one day the bottom will drop out,
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.


After Midnight

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout.
We're gonna stimulate some action;
We're gonna get some satisfaction.
We're gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine.
After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream.
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion;
We're gonna give an exhibition.
We're gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

  Second Verse

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.


Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Ma, take this badge off of me.
I can't use it any more.
It's getting dark, too dark to see.
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

   Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
   Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
   Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
   Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.

Ma, take these guns away from me.
I can't shoot them any more.
There's a long black cloud following me.
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

  Chorus

  First Verse

  Chorus


Wonderful Tonight

It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear.
She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.
And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?"
And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."

We go to a party and everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady that's walking around with me.
And then she asks me, "Do you feel all right?"
And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful tonight."

I feel wonderful because I see
The love light in your eyes.
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don't realize how much I love you.

It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head,
So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.
And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,
I say, "My darling, you were wonderful tonight.
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight."


Layla

What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.

  Layla, you've got me on my knees.
  Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
  Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.

  Chorus

Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.

  Chorus

  Chorus


Cocaine

If you wanna hang out you've got to take her out; cocaine.
If you wanna get down, down on the ground; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine.
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.


Lay Down Sally

There is nothing that is wrong
In wanting you to stay here with me.
I know you've got somewhere to go,
But won't you make yourself at home and stay with me?
And don't you ever leave.

  Lay down, Sally, and rest you in my arms.
  Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
  Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon.
  I've been trying all night long just to talk to you.

The sun ain't nearly on the rise
And we still got the moon and stars above.
Underneath the velvet skies,
Love is all that matters.  Won't you stay with me?
And don't you ever leave.

  Chorus

I long to see the morning light
Coloring your face so dreamily.
So don't you go and say goodbye,
You can lay your worries down and stay with me.
And don't you ever leave.

  Chorus

  Chorus


Willie And The Hand Jive

I know a cat named Way-Out Willie,
Got a cool little chick named Rocking Millie.
He can walk and stroll and Susie Q
And do that crazy hand jive, too.

Mama, mama, look at Uncle Joe
Doing the hand jive with sister Flo.
Grandma gave baby sister a dime;
Said, "Do that hand jive one more time."

  Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive,
  Do that crazy hand jive.

Doctor and a lawyer and an Indian chief,
They all dig that crazy beat.
Way-Out Willie gave them all a treat
When he did that hand jive with his feet.

  Chorus

Willie and Millie got married last fall.
They had a little Willie junior and that ain't all.
Well, the kids got crazy and it's plain to see,
Doing the hand jive on T.V.

  Chorus


Promises

I don't care if you never come home,
I don't mind if you just keep on
Rowing away on a distant sea,
'Cause I don't love you and you don't love me.

You cause a commotion when you come to town;
You give 'em a smile and they melt.
Having lovers and friends is all good and fine,
But I don't like yours and you don't like mine.

La la, la la la la la.
La la, la la la la la.

I don't care what you do at night,
Oh, and I don't care how you get your delights.
I'm gonna leave you alone, I'll just let it be,
I don't love you and you don't love me.

  I got a problem.  Can you relate?
  I got a woman calling love hate.
  We made a vow we'd always be friends.
  How could we know that promises end?

La la, la la la la la.
La la, la la la la la.

I tried to love you for years upon years,
You refuse to take me for real.
It's time you saw what I want you to see,
And I'd still love you if you'd just love me.

  Chorus

La la, la la la la la.
La la, la la la la la.
La la, la la la la la.
La la, la la la la la.


Swing Low Sweet Chariot

  Swing low, sweet chariot,
  Coming for to carry me home.
  Swing low, sweet chariot,
  Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, what do I see,
Coming for to carry me home.
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.

  Chorus

  Verse

  Chorus

  Verse

  Chorus

  Chorus


Let It Grow

Standing at the crossroads, trying to read the signs

To tell me which way I should go to find the answer,
And all the time I know,
Plant your love and let it grow.

  Let it grow, let it grow,
  Let it blossom, let it flow.
  In the sun, the rain, the snow,
  Love is lovely, let it grow.

Looking for a reason to check out of my mind,
Trying hard to get a friend that I can count on,
But there's nothing left to show,
Plant your love and let it grow.

  Chorus

Time is getting shorter and there's much for you to do.
Only ask and you will get what you are needing,
The rest is up to you.
Plant your love and let it grow.

  Chorus

  Chorus
 

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