Genre: Blues
Places I remember: Marbecks Records (Queen's Arcade, Auckland)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bad Love
Gear costume: Watch Yourself
Active compensatory factors: This one is a bit weird - as it forms a sampler from all the 42 concerts Eric played at the Royal Albert Hall starting in 1990, each side has a different band line up.
Not surprising then that the album lacks cohesion. My favourite side is three with the 9 piece band which includes a groovy smouldering Wonderful Tonight; least favourite is side 4 - the band augmented by the National Philharmonic Orchestra, only Procol Harum can get away with this kind of union and even then...
That leaves sides 1 and 2 and it's EC with the slick late eighties band he had (Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East, Steve Ferrone). Given even EC wasn't that happy with the 1990 dates, the whole package becomes a nice collection but a little lacking in edge. Raw it ain't.
Where do they all belong? The Cream of Eric is coming.
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