Eric Clapton Richfield Coliseum Richfield, Ohio April 17, 1990 Lineage: Unknown analog equipment => cassette (low generation) => Pioneer stand-alone CDR => EAC => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC Front-end (level 8) Disc one (74:33): (1) Pretending (7:11) (2) No Alibis (6:46) (3) Running on Faith (7:11) (4) I Shot The Sheriff (8:20) (5) White Room (5:54) (6) Can't Find My Way Home (7:01) (7) Bad Love (6:31) (8) Before You Accuse Me (7:45) (9) After Midnight (5:24) (10) Old Love (12:26) Disc two (65:48): (1) Tearing Us Apart (7:56) (2) Wonderful Tonight (10:55) * (3) Cocaine (12:13) (4) Layla (12:11) ** (5) Crossroads (10:23) (6) Sunshine Of Your Love (12:09) * tape flip in middle ** 2 cuts in middle Fingerprint file is included. Sorry, no artwork - perhaps someone can create some Comments: I personally think that the late spring 1990 dates of the U.S. are the finest performances of the "Journeyman" tour. The band appeared to be on a high with Ray Cooper back in the fold (I believe he joined the band a week or so into the run) and the band played with a fire and intensity not heard anywhere else on the tour. Eric seemed to be particularly energized -- he used unique improvisation in his solos that made even tired warhorses like "Sunshine Of Your Love" and "White Room" seem fresh again. That adrenalin seemed to wear off by the European tour, when the shows became more predictable and the set shrank to 2 hours; I think these early dates are magic. I caught the Indianapolis show two days later, and I think it was in the top 2 (Buddy Guy's Legends 11/18/94 being the best) of the 25 times I've seen him over the past 20 years. This recording is superb considering it is (a) from cassette, (b) a couple generations removed from the master, and (c) recorded in a basketball arena. The fidelity is very good across all frequencies, vocals and instruments are well mixed, and somehow the taper managed to avoid catching the "boominess" of the Richfield Coliseum. The taper did a fine job with what must have been very good equipment and perfect seat location. There are a couple brief cuts between songs which I have edited out more or less seamlessly, and a couple of unfortunate cuts due to tape flip (in the middle of "Wonderful Tonight" - 5 seconds or so cut) and equipment trouble (2 cuts during the coda of "Layla," which probably results in 15-20 seconds of lost music. ----- ; wholefile md5 checksum file generated by Trader's Little Helper ; generated on April 4, 2008, at 6:43 pm a64de33275c07e93ffcde260af677d73 *EC19900417d1t01 Pretending.flac 3238b51e9d4e3e89eb8fbafd344cbf5e *EC19900417d1t02 No Alibis.flac 7d04361add881b798c164a7342f6c43b *EC19900417d1t03 Running on Faith.flac 582458e876ab2c01a4fe5a6ac479eaec *EC19900417d1t04 I Shot The Sheriff.flac d1f0d6c173fde39faee7796c0c07c9b7 *EC19900417d1t05 White Room.flac 04579bd2ed4b8a9c790e607b890ccff8 *EC19900417d1t06 Can_t Find My Way Home.flac b5d607b33b48564fa2fd08c0462630c8 *EC19900417d1t07 Bad Love.flac f0cb58a37acd35782ed22694211b4d50 *EC19900417d1t08 Before You Accuse Me.flac 465b124704ac5daa9c7b8bb49758fca8 *EC19900417d1t09 After Midnight.flac cd8693848924b4bd76aaa309827090a5 *EC19900417d1t10 Old Love.flac e11a874e224d00809671bfbaee1d10c4 *EC19900417d2t01 Tearing Us Apart.flac 2d70e327214e77bfc730651fc36ccf83 *EC19900417d2t02 Wonderful Tonight.flac 1dc8eb1a7dd41c88128b379c3bdb2c3d *EC19900417d2t03 Cocaine.flac 58e32a14e3424e21751def1caa9dc4ee *EC19900417d2t04 Layla.flac c42decf05a646d528dac729b38df5df0 *EC19900417d2t05 Crossroads.flac 522aa6d8c5640d81fe503063ade0aa95 *EC19900417d2t06 Sunshine Of Your Love.flac ----- Geetarz ID # TA001203