[Slowhand] Re: Eric Clapton and the Delaney mix

[ToeKneeF]

All this talk of the "Deluxe" reissue of Eric Clapton reminds me of what 
happened when the album, yes, album, first came out. I dutifully bought 
the album when it was released and liked it so much that I also bought 
the 8 track tape to play in my car. Not long afterwards a friend was 
riding in my car and asked where I had gotten my tape because it sounded 
awful! I told him he must have a tin ear 'cause it sounded just like the 
album. He said, "No way, where are the horns!" I had to ask him what 
kind of funny pills had he been taking (and not sharing) since there 
were no horns up front in the mix.

He stated that his album had horns up front and more prevalent in the 
mix. We made a quick detour to his house to listen to the album, and low 
and behold the mix was different. He belonged to a record club at the 
time and they had sent out the "Delaney" mix of the album. A quick 
canvassing of our friends showed that some had the "official" mix while 
others had the "alternate" mix, later identified as the "Delaney" mix. 
Funny thing though, those that first heard the "Delaney" mix preferred 
it to the "official" mix and vice-versa!!

P.S. This same record club also sent out the famous Beatles "Butcher 
Block" cover with the revised cover pasted over it. When Howie got his 
copy, the edge was curling and a portion of the Butcher block cover was 
visible. He delicately peeled of the "official" cover and was the proud 
owner of a "Butcher Block" edition. We later found out that record clubs 
would get early pressings and that is why albums that had late changes 
sometimes slipped out in original form.....................T

-- 
"I have lost my son. I have lost my First Amendment rights.
I have lost the country that I love. Where did America go?"
..............Cindy Sheehan

So you get arrested for wearing an antiwar T-shirt to Congress
and just tossed out for pro-war garb. That's equal justice?
..............NEWSWEEK, Feb. 13, 2006 issue

Both commenting on Cindy's arrest by Capitol police for wearing
a T-Shirt that said, "2,245 DEAD. How MANY MORE?" to the State
of the Union Speech.