GIVE ME STRENGTH (VINYL)

The fertile year that signaled the spectacular creative resurgence of Eric Clapton will be celebrated with the release of Give Me Strength: The '74/'75 Recordings.



61 Ocean Boulevard, released in the summer of 1974 and named for the Miami beachfront mansion where the band lived during the recordings, marked Clapton's return to recording after an absence of three years, and emphatically announced his creative and personal rehabilitation, Previewed by his signature interpretation of Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff, which topped the Hot 100, the album followed suit, leading the Billboard chart for four weeks, and going on to sell four million copies in the US alone, The new edition contains session outtakes and unreleased versions of Getting Acquainted and the album staples Please Be With Me and Give Me Strength.



Rarely in rock history has an artist redefined and augmented their creative oeuvre quite as Eric Clapton did during the 1974-75 season, Give Me Strength: The '74/'75 Recordings salutes this watershed era to stunning effect.