A great 6 record box set from Eric Clapton. This covers his early work with the Yardbirds and the many other bands he has been involved with up to his latest solo music in 1988 when this was released. I have the four cassette edition but when I saw this used vinyl set at Vertigo records about 8 years ago I bought it. These tracks were compiled by Bill Levenson who also put together the Allman Brothers set I listened to last week. The 32 page booklet has the history of Clapton with photos and publishing information and other credits. The drawing on the cover is by Ron Wood. As with the Allman Brothers box set I listened to six of the twelve sides. Side one has songs from the Original Yardbirds with Clapton. Relf, Dreja, Samwell-Smith and McCarty. Dating from 1963-’64 it contains their first big hit “For Your Love”, John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom”, plus “A Certain Girl” the Naomi Neville song I first heard on Warren Zevon’s 1980 album and “I Aint Got You” on Aerosmith’s live album. Side four has some classics from Cream: “White Room”, “Crossroads” and “Badge”, two from Blind Faith: “Presence Of The Lord” and “Can’t Find My Way Home” plus an outtake from their only album, an old Blues song called “Sleeping In The Ground”. Side five has one track with Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, a group of musicians Clapton would play with the next few years. These include Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, Carl Raddle, Jim Price, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge and Bobby Keys. They all played on his first solo album which yielded the hits “After Midnight” and “Let It Rain”. In mid 1970 he formed Derek & The Dominoes with Whitlock, Radle, Gordon and Duane Allman with two from their only record “Tell The Truth” and “Roll It Over”. Side Seven has five tracks recorded for the second Derek & The Dominoes record that was never released. An awesome version of “Got To Get Better In A Little While” was on their live album. Other unreleased tracks from this period were two Blues songs “Evil” and “Mean Old Frisco”. Side nine has tracks and outtakes from his ’75 album There’s One In Every Crowd and the single “Knocking On Heavens Door” bw “Someone Like You”. Side twelve has his latest hits at that time “She’s Waiting” and “Miss You” from ’85 and ’86. The last song is a 1987 re-recording of “After Midnight” with a very 80’s sound. The records all sound good and are in good shape.