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“Key to the Highway” is the latest preview of The Definitive 24 Nights, a special new live collection revisiting an original 1991 release from Eric Clapton.
Over the years, Clapton and his band have taken the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall more than 200 times.
“Slowhand” also holds the record for the longest run of concerts at the famed venue, which he accomplished in 1990 with 18 performances — before breaking that record a year later with 24. This led to the 24 Nights live album in Oct. 1991, and on June 23 Clapton will revisit that release as The Definitive 24 Nights.
Here’s “Key to the Highway,” which was debuted on Friday:
Click here to pre-order The Definitive 24 Nights vinyl box set from our Rock Cellar Store
Click here to pre-order The Definitive 24 Nights CD box set from our Rock Cellar Store
Shared previously was “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”:
A standalone version of 24 Nights: Rock, 24 Nights: Blues, and 24 Nights: Orchestral will also be available.
As a preview of the Definitive 24 Nights collection, here’s a video of the previously unreleased orchestral performance of “Layla”:
Additional context regarding the Orchestral aspect of the 24 Nights release, which is a key element of this entire project:
For those performances, Clapton’s nine-piece band was joined by the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by legendary composer Michael Kamen. The collaboration resulted in stunning arrangements for “Layla,” “White Room,” “Bell Bottom Blues,” “I Shot The Sheriff,” “Lay Down Sally,” and more.
The biggest highlight from the orchestral concert – and possibly the entire boxed set – is the previously unreleased 30-minute epic, “Concerto For Guitar.” Kamen composed the piece especially for Clapton, which made its live debut at Albert Hall. In the set’s liner notes, music journalist David Fricke writes about the version included in the collection: “Near the halfway mark in this 1991 reading, [Clapton] takes off on guitar as if he has the rest of Cream at his heels – at once precisely melodic and jubilantly unhinged – as Kamen echoes that ferment in the strings and brass.”
And the full track listing for the collection:
See also:
Eric Clapton & Friends Honor Jeff Beck at Royal Albert Hall: Full Set List from Two Sold-Out Nights
New Eric Clapton ft. Jeff Beck: Stream “Moon River,” Recorded Shortly Before Beck’s Death
Eric Clapton Announces North American Fall Tour Dates ft. Jimmie Vaughan
Out Now: Eric Clapton ‘The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Vol. 1’ 10-LP Box Set
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