Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies

Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies is the seventh live album and a box set by Eric Clapton, released in 1996. Unlike the first Crossroads box set that encompasses more than three decades of Clapton's work, Crossroads 2 is a chronicle of Clapton's live shows between 1974 through 1978. The album is largely focused on longer renditions of electric blues. Four studio outtakes are also included.

Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies
Box set by
Released2 April 1996
Recorded1974–1978
GenreBlues rock
Length266:55
LabelPolydor
Eric Clapton chronology
The Cream of Clapton
(1995)
Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies
(1996)
Pilgrim
(1998)

Track listing

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Disc one

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  1. "Walkin' Down the Road" (Studio outtake) (Paul Levine, Alan Musgrove) – 5:15
    Studio outtake recorded May 1974 at Criteria Studios, Miami for 461 Ocean Boulevard
  2. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Billy Myles) – 7:41
    Recorded 19 July 1974 at the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
  3. "Willie and the Hand Jive/Get Ready" (Johhny Otis/Eric Clapton, Yvonne Elliman) – 11:42
  4. "Can't Find My Way Home" (Steve Winwood) – 5:19
  5. "Driftin' Blues/Ramblin' On My Mind" (Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams/Robert Johnson) – 11:36
  6. "Presence of the Lord" (Clapton) – 8:48
    Tracks 3–6 recorded 20 July 1974 at the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
  7. "Rambling On My Mind/Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Johnson/Myles) – 8:16
  8. "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:43
    Tracks 7–8 recorded 4 December 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England
  9. "The Sky Is Crying"/"Have You Ever Loved a Woman"/"Rambling on My Mind" (Elmore James/Myles/Johnson) – 7:39
    Recorded 5 December 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England

Disc two

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  1. "Layla" (Clapton, Jim Gordon) – 5:38
  2. "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 4:31
    Tracks 1–2 recorded 25 June 1975 at the Providence Civic Center. Providence, Rhode Island
  3. "I Shot the Sheriff" (Bob Marley) – 10:21
  4. "Badge" (Clapton, George Harrison) – 10:42
    Tracks 3–4 recorded 28 June 1975 at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
  5. "Driftin' Blues" (Moore, Brown, Williams) – 6:58
  6. "Eyesight to the Blind/Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (with guitarist Carlos Santana) (Sonny Boy Williamson/Clapton, Bobby Whitlock) – 24:19
    Tracks 5–6 recorded 25 June 1975 at the Providence Civic Center. Providence, Rhode Island

Disc three

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  1. "Tell the Truth" (Clapton, Whitlock) – 8:57
  2. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 5:20
  3. "Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) – 13:02
    Tracks 1–3 recorded 27 April 1977 at the Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England
  4. "Lay Down Sally" (Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry) – 5:23
    Recorded 12 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  5. "The Core" (Clapton, Levy) – 9:13
    Recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  6. "We're All the Way" (Don Williams) – 2:55
  7. "Cocaine" (J.J. Cale) – 6:37
    Tracks 6-7 recorded 12 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  8. "Goin' Down Slow/Ramblin' On My Mind" (St. Louis Jimmy Oden/Johnson) – 13:45
    Recorded 11 February 1978 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  9. "Mean Old Frisco" (Arthur Crudup) – 5:53
    Recorded 21 March 1978 at the Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, Georgia

Disc four

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  1. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder) – 4:23
  2. "Worried Life Blues" (Big Maceo Merriweather) – 5:58
    Tracks 1-2, recorded 28 November 1978 at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
  3. "Tulsa Time" (Danny Flowers) – 4:31
    Recorded 24 November 1978 at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
  4. "Early in the Morning" (Traditional arranged by Eric Clapton) – 6:19
    Recorded 28 November 1978 at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
  5. "Wonderful Tonight" (Clapton) – 6:24
  6. "Kind Hearted Woman" (Johnson) – 5:17
    Tracks 5-6 recorded 24 November 1978 at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
  7. "Double Trouble" (Otis Rush) – 11:06
  8. "Crossroads" (Johnson) – 5:20
    Tracks 7-8 recorded 28 November 1978 at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
  9. "To Make Somebody Happy" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 5:11
  10. "Cryin'" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:54
  11. "Water on the Ground" (Studio outtake) (Clapton) – 2:59
    Tracks 9-11 are studio recordings, recorded 28 December 1978 at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England

References

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  • General info, Recording Locations
  • "Crossroads 2 (Live In The Seventies) track list". Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  • Allmusic Review