Eric Clapton – From The Cradle

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Label:	Reprise Records – 9362-45735-2, Duck Records (2) – 9362-45735-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	Sep 1994
Genre:	Rock, Blues
Style:	Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Electric Blues, Blues Rock

Tracklist

1	Blues Before Sunrise Written-By – Leroy Carr	2:58
2	Third Degree Written-By – Eddie Boyd, Willie Dixon	5:07
3	Reconsider Baby Written-By – Lowell Fulson	3:20
4	Hoochie Coochie Man Written-By – Willie Dixon	3:16
5	Five Long Years Written-By – Eddie Boyd	4:47
6	I'm Tore Down Written-By – Sonny Thompson	3:02
7	How Long Blues Engineer – Alex Haas Percussion – Richie Hayward Written-By – Leroy Carr	3:09
8	Goin' Away Baby Written-By – James Lane*	4:00
9	Blues Leave Me Alone Written-By – James Lane*	3:36
10	Sinner's Prayer Written-By – Lowell Glenn*, Lowell Fulson	3:20
11	Motherless Child	2:57
12	It Hurts Me Too Written-By – Elmore James	3:17
13	Someday After A While Written-By – Freddy King*, Sonny Thompson	4:27
14	Standin' Round Crying Written-By – McKinley Morganfield	3:39
15	Driftin' Written-By – Charles Brown, Eddie Williams (3), Johnny Moore (2)	3:10
16	Groaning The Blues Written-By – Willie Dixon	6:05

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Time Warner
Record Company – MCA Inc.
Copyright © – Reprise Records
Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Reprise Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
Recorded At – Olympic Studios
Mixed At – Olympic Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Designed At – Wherefore Art?
Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Pressed By – WMME Alsdorf
Published By – MCA Music Publishing
Published By – Arc Music Corp.
Published By – Hoochie Coochie Music
Published By – Bug Music
Published By – Frederick Music
Published By – Trio Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Fort Knox Music, Inc.
Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
Published By – Bob-Dan Music
Published By – Watertoons Music
Published By – EMI Unart Catalog Inc.

Credits

Arranged By [Horns], Horns – The Kick Horns
Bass Guitar – Dave Bronze
Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Mick Double
Design – Wherefore Art?
Drums – Jim Keltner
Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Giles Cowley, Julie Gardiner*
Engineer [Engineered By] – Alan Douglas (2)
Equipment [Equipment Technician], Technician [Equipment Technician] – Ravi Sharman
Guitar – Andy Fairweather Low*
Guitar, Vocals – Eric Clapton
Harmonica – Jerry Portnoy
Keyboards – Chris Stainton
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Mixed By – Alan Douglas (2), Russ Titelman
Other [Ambiance] – Sock, Billy & Treacle
Performer [The Kick Horns], Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Simon Clarke (2)
Performer [The Kick Horns], Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Tim Sanders
Performer [The Kick Horns], Trumpet – Roddy Lorimer
Photography By – Jack English
Photography By [Cover Photography], Cover [Cover Photography] – E. C.*
Producer [Produced By] – Eric Clapton, Russ Titelman
Technician [Eric's Guitar Technician] – Lee Dickson

Notes

This is a live recording with no overdubs or edits except for dobro overdub on "How Long Blues" and drum overdub on "Motherless Child."

Mastered at Sterling Sound N.Y.C.
Recorded & Mixed at Olypmic Studios Barnes, London.

Publishing:
1: MCA Music Publishing (a division of MCA Inc.) ASCAP
2: Arc Music Corp. / Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug Music ASCAP
3, 8, 9: Arc Music Corp. BMI
4: Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug Music BMI
5: Frederick Music BMI
6, 13: Trio Music Co., Inc. / Fort Knox Music Inc. BMI
7: MCA Music Publishing (a division of MCA Inc.) ASCAP
10: Unichappell Music Inc. BMI
11: Copyright information unavailable at date of printing
12: Bob Dan Music BMI
14: Watertoons adm. by Bug Music BMI
15: EMI Unart Catalog Inc. BMI
16: Arc Music Corp. / Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug Music BMI

Reprise Records, a Time Warner company.
© ℗ 1994 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.

Made in Germany.

Comes in a jewel case with 16-page booklet.
There is a Warner "big w" logo embossed on the bottom right of the front of the original jewel case for this edition.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 9362-45735-2 4
Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A): 093624573524
Label Code: LC 0322
Price Code: WE 833
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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	From The Cradle (CD, Album, Club Edition, BMG Direct Marketing)	Reprise Records	9 45735-2	US	1994
	From The Cradle (CD, Album)	Reprise Records	9362457352	Australia	1994
Recently Edited	From The Cradle (CD, Album, Club Edition)	Reprise Records, Duck Records (2), Reprise Records, Duck Records (2)	35 400 1, 9362-45735-2	Europe	1994
Recently Edited	From The Cradle (CD, Album, Specialty Pressing, Small Dogs)	Reprise Records, Duck Records (2)	9 45735-2	US	1994
	From The Cradle (CD, Album)	Reprise Records, Duck Records (2)	CDW 45735	Canada	1994

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Reviews

RoomSounds Nov 21, 2023
It is one of my favourite albums of all times, and probably my favourite studio album featuring Eric Clapton, with Derek & The Dominos' "‘Layla (And Another Assorted Love Songs)" as a near second prize.

Released almost 30 years ago, in September 1994, ‘From The Cradle’ is an impressive collection of sixteen blues standards and covers, originally written and performed by the likes of Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters or Freddie King, sang and played here with a passion and fire I’d never had listened from Clapton before, except maybe in some songs in his live effort ‘Just One Night’, and would never find in any of his recordings after this, with just ‘Me & Mr. Johnson’ getting close to these levels of raw feeling.

In this album, Clapton’s voice roars and wails and his guitar, except in those more quiet songs like ‘Third Degree’, ‘Driftin’’, or ‘How Long’ and the more rhythmically moved ‘Motherless Child’, is spitting pure fire.

Songs like ‘Five Long Years’, ‘Hocchie Coochie Man’, ‘Blues Leave Me Alone’, ‘Sinner’s Prayer’ but mostly the magnificent versions of ‘It Hurts Me Too’, this brutal ‘Someday After A While’ and the last ‘Groaning The Blues’ are among the best and more powerful blues renditions, or songs in general I have ever heard, and I carry them engraved within me.