By: blackie

blackie — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:39:52 +0000

I got my copy last week and LedMan is right. The box is beautiful. Not sure it was worth the $200 I spent. I was looking forward to hearing the shows and was disappointed about the tape speed. Would Tarantura do the honorable thing and offer a speed corrected version free to those who bought it?

By: LedMan

LedMan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:40:21 +0000

I have just finished listening to this release which I have #107 of 130 copies and I’m in no way a authority on Clapton. I have around 15 to 20 titles in my collection and agree these sources run slightly slow however considering these are new sources which IMO are better than good or even very good although they do contain some hiss, this is a very important release when you take these factors into consideration. Tarantura’s main focus is their art and this box set is no exception. This title comes in a hinged box which when opened has a nice colorful live shot of Clapton on the outside. the inner sides have pictures of the sources tapes used and each set comes in it’s own digpack which has different pictures on the out and insides including pictures of the J cards of the source tapes. One thing that I always find fascinating with the Tarantura discs is many times they have their own individual pictures painted on the top. This is the first title I have in my collection where Clapton asks the audience several times to SHUT UP!!. This happens at the end of “All I Have To Do Is Dream” during the 2nd show.

Comments on: Eric Clapton – Lovely People (Tarantura TCDEC-23, 24)

By: blackie

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