Eric Clapton Jerome Schottenstein Center Columbus, Ohio April 6, 2007 Source: DPA 4060 mikes => iRiver iHP120 Lineage: WAV => Audix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC front-end (level 8) Track listing: Disc one (56:50): (1) Tell The Truth (7:35) (2) Key To The Highway (4:46) (3) Got To Get Better In A Little While (10:23) (4) Little Wing (6:40) (5) Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? (9:25) (6) Hello to daughters (0:16) (7) Driftin' (4:16) (8) Outside Woman Blues (3:07) (9) Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (3:51) (10) Running On Faith (6:24) Disc two (59:55): (1) Motherless Children (5:16) (2) Little Queen of Spades (17:22) (3) Further On Up The Road (5:52) (4) Wonderful Tonight (4:34) (5) Layla (8:06) (6) Encore break (3:21) (7) Cocaine (9:43) (8) Crossroads (5:37) * * w/Robert Cray Checksum is included. Comments: Very nice recording documenting the final "proper" show of EC's 2006-07 world tour; this "hometown" performance featured many friends and family in attendance, and EC put on an enjoyable show with excellent guitar work. Those expecting dramatic departures from his standard set left somewhat disappointed; however, it's difficult to be too disappointed about any show that opens with five consecutive Derek & The Dominoes classics. I thought "Little Wing" in particular was transcendant this night; for those of us who have seen some of his more average songs recur in setlists over and over throughout the years, it was quite a treat to see him pull out this gem. His playing and the band behind him were near perfection throughout the show, and even some of the old warhorses (e.g. "Cocaine," "Layla," "Crossroads") sounded more spirited than usual. I was rooting for him to break the two-hour mark, but nonetheless it was a great show. This was recorded by "Tall Taper" in the front row of the balcony beside the stage, roughly even with the 10th row and in line with the overhanging PA. Mix is good throughout with a solid blend of vocals and instruments; for some reason the low end was somewhat lacking on the recording (unusual for Core Sounds), so I augmented with the equalizer. Considering the venue is a basketball arena, there is very little boominess on the recording and (by virtue of our front-row seat in the balcony) has very little crowd interference. This is a really nice recording overall, and (in my opinion) much more enjoyable than Mid Valley's "Grand Finale" version of this show. While the taper of the MV source was closer to the PA and captured a fuller sound, he also unfortunately caught a lot more audience interference that makes the MV recording unlistenable for me. If you're a completist, you've already started downloading it. If you're a casual Clapton fan, I think this is worth having for the great setlist, solid recording quality, and historical value of it being the final date of the tour. (Let's hope it's not the final date of his *last* tour.) Mp3 samples are provided for the discriminating. ----- 50c972b068465202357282b7e023f226 *EC20070406d1t01 Tell The Truth.flac 0c50ebb89fe66bd09dab79c39ce6c754 *EC20070406d1t02 Key To The Highway.flac dbf03eed30ab577a559c5f65e3a6d49a *EC20070406d1t03 Got To Get Better In A Little While.flac 92c7c76ed30145ee10cd2b644965dcbd *EC20070406d1t04 Little Wing.flac 0296f6c3708c0a79c33a68ba14fdabda *EC20070406d1t05 Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad.flac 9e723a21a3b796ae8ed91e0cce6a62db *EC20070406d1t06 Hello to daughters.flac 30ace06839f3c13302b4f17c8b2d07d5 *EC20070406d1t07 Driftin.flac 868ee492e488f041b0447944edd80908 *EC20070406d1t08 Outside Woman Blues.flac 8bf41533258bac263809170df708a55e *EC20070406d1t09 Nobody Knows You.flac eaa116a7fb21883ba7db1f2bf0b22f68 *EC20070406d1t10 Running on Faith.flac 652035fd14f913513bee080d55acadf3 *EC20070406d2t01 Motherless Children.flac f9fe194027de354fe2e43dd0f8abac0e *EC20070406d2t02 Little Queen of Spades.flac b4b1be9efd93659983a2557d40a58248 *EC20070406d2t03 Further On Up The Road.flac 23155be0d65e1fef0c2dd5b1f4de2e4b *EC20070406d2t04 Wonderful Tonight.flac cf739db0cf284ce3697e4e56c104963d *EC20070406d2t05 Layla.flac 72fad2f402c12d7909da8c07a4d7de89 *EC20070406d2t06 Encore break.flac 3574bde74d8ba8011291a9bc6ca7085e *EC20070406d2t07 Cocaine.flac 11644de0817bfe2f20461612f33d2fc2 *EC20070406d2t08 Crossroads.flac ----- Geetarz ID # TA000603