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        I bought mine at Lechmere's along with a 10-pack of the
        top-of-the-line BASF 90 CrO tapes (which was selling for $17.95)
        and which was good for $5 off on the price of any CD. So I
        either got Crossroads at $35 or the C90s at $1.29 a piece.
        However you look at it, a good price. Crossroads has sold out
        there for at least the third time, but the tapes are still
        there.
        
        JimB.

        As long as I'm on the topic of Crossroads, I'd like to point out
        that an awful lot of it is previously unreleased or off of EPs,
        singles or 12 inch singles that were moderately hard to find in
        the US, so you can treat this as about 1/3 reissue anthology and
        2/3 (the fractions are off the top of my head--someone who can
        count to 73 can make them real) new releases. This album is
        definitely worth getting.
        
        The set does a pretty good job at showing both Clapton's range
        and the various stages of his career. Only one of the cuts, an
        old live version of "Have You Ever Loved a Woman?" from
        pre-Patty Harrison days, is of inferior sound quality, and it is
        at least interesting for the comparison to the one from "Layla".
        It makes all the more clear that the blues are best sung from
        experience. 
        
        Some of the previously unreleased stuff is a bit less polished
        than the released material from the same sessions or periods,
        but one of Clapton's complaints always was that the record
        companies were more interested in commericialism and polish than
        the music, so these cuts may actually be closer to his own view
        of how the music ought to be played.
        
        JimB.

    Just to explain the title of this topic, this was the graffito that
    started appearing in the late 1960's around South London.
    
    To quote Max Boyce (of whom the majority of the readers of this notes
    conference will never have heard), "I know, beacause you see, I
    was there...".
    
    A

    
    
    Clapton's "Crossroads" - in a word - ULTIMATE ! The best $50 I've
    spent all year. He may not be God (God probably is smart enough
    not to smoke), but his music puts me in heaven. 
    
    I would've done some different Derek & the Dominoes stuff, but overall
    I'm really pleased with the discs. The annotation is great, too
    and leaves no question as to who were on the sessions with him.
    It was interesting to see how many times Rita Coolidge and/or Yvonne
    Elliman/Marcy Levy backed him up. 
    
    With just a couple of exceptions (such as the live track of Mayall's
    band) the sound quality is excellent....very alive ! Track selection
    is interesting, but gives a well rounded view of his career. It's
    the best compilation of his later material you'll probably ever
    see. 
    
    				The Cruiser
    
    

    	Yes, I could not agree with you more about this great CD !!!
    
    	But I noticed a mistake ( I think ? ). In the book (what a super
    book !!) the song BETTER MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY is noted as being
    released on the THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD but my CD of 461 has it and
    so does my old strachy album ? is this right or wrong ?
    
    	Besides that what info this book gives, I love it !!
    
    		CF

        My (LP) of _461 Ocean Boulevard_ doesn't have "Better Make
        It Through Today" on it.
        

    	After thinking a bit , My 1st 461 (LP) didn't have it but the 2nd
    one I bought @ 5-6 years ago did ?  They mustof put it on 461 for some
    reason, is THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD still on the market.....
    
    
    
    	let wait a few minutes while I listen to my albums track........
    hmmmmm......
    
    	now my CD 461's track................
    hmmmm.........sounds the same.....
    
    	and now the Crossroads CD track.........
    
    	Gee its all the same track !
    
    	I'll call my brother Dave and see if it on his album.......
    
    
    	Nope not on his album (a 1st release copy)
    
    
    
    		Well I guess they did it , I'm confused ?
    
    
    	CF

    Maybe the "1st release" copies were in fact european pressings?

    I just picked it up aftert readingh about this in here. I actually
    saw it in a record store for $63.95 and another one for $59.95.
    So I bought it at Lechmere for $49.95.  Good stuff, I like the unreased
    stuff they put on it along with different arrangements of a few
    cuts. One thing I noticed that when the times come up on my CD,
    some of the discs read over 75 minuets. I thought that 74 and a
    few seconds was the max, according to this file.
    
    Stig

    	FWIW, In the new ROLLing stONE (with Eric on the cover) Eric talks
    about the recording of some cuts and what was going on at the studio.
    
    	good interview, for us real hard case EC fans
    
    
    	CF