These interview sessions are so good. I'm 60 now and Layla has been my favorite recording since it came out. I have literally listened to it 1000 time or more. I know every note, drum fill etc by heart. Bobby verified something that I always thought about the Layla sessions. I've always heard that the guys were strung out on drugs etc during the recording sessions. I thought that given the incredible level of song writing and musicianship there is no way that was the truth, and throw in the fact that they were low to mid 20"s in age is mind blowing. Truly all involved were unbelievably gifted. Thanks for posting these. God Bless
Hey Bobby as far as I am concerned your massive contribution and emotion shines through 100% on LAOALS - that's what makes that album one of the greatest of all time. This may be controversial to some, but I think you are the main ingredient. Thanks to you and Coco for all these great videos they are nearly as good as the album!
I can't tell you how much it means to hear you talking about these sessions, Mr. Whitlock. I've loved them since I was an early teen, and they've always been surrounded by rumours shady details. What a treat to hear your fireside chats with CoCo in 2021! Also, I love your ABC/Dunhill records! Just finished spinning your first, s/t record from '72. Your fans love you!
Bobby I always loved how your voice and Eric's voice harmonically mixed together. Your voice add soul and depth to Eric's, it really was noticeable on Bell Bottom Blues, etc.
Dogs already in that, took of barking and woofin' soon as the words were spoke. T shirts 3 marrow filled bones each..printed on both sides add another bone.
It is great that Bobby is here to get the story straight. No knocking Duane he was good. Bobby has a place in history and should speak for himself. Cheers!
Brilliant insight Bobby and Coco thank you 🙏🙏🙏 Do you have any more Carl Radle stories he seems, to me at least, a bit of an enigma and just an incredible bass player. Thank you guys. 🙏🙏
I’m glad you posted this video to clarify for everyone. I’m glad you mentioned the songs being written beforehand too. He had mentioned acted as if the songs weren’t together yet. I hope you know that I’m on your side about this Bobby. Your talent and contributions shine through. I just think the real story should be put there more than the myth. Take care and thanks for responding
Great video peanut gallery got right vocal there at the end ever play in North Hall Auditorium at Memphis call bunch of good shows there back in the mid-70s Great Sound and is it still there you guys have a great day
This is a question for Bobby, if you're reading. I've been listening and playing guitar along to the "Live at the Fillmore 1970" album, especially "Got to Get Better in a Little While". When you go into Eric's first solo, over the A G E, at 3:35 in it sounds like Carl Radle goes off the rails a little for a couple of bars. Is it me or have you ever noticed it? Thanks for these awesome time capsules BTW! They are just priceless! keep 'em coming!
Love the comment earlier about Veronica Lake....after hearing about Eric's song and then the cover of Layla....BINGO. Don't know why I never saw that before....
I have watched videos of you and Co Co. You are no ones side man for sure. In fact your talent puts you at the top in my opinion. Ms Carmel the production keeps getting better. Don't stop. I love this stuff, being from the mountains in and around Ga. n. Carolina, and e Tenn. I know exactly what you talk about with childhood memories. No money but love.
That's like when I recorded an album years ago. Three piece instrumental album. Split the copyrights three ways. The aforementioned drummer decided to sign his name and mail in the form before the bass player and I arrived to sign. I threw a fit! I called him everything but a drummer that day and made him get a correction form from the copyright office so we could all sign it. That guy literally tried to sabotage the whole project from start to finish, but also wanted the whole thing to be about him. He started calling me a music nazi after that. Big deal. I wasn't about to have him take full credit for a collaborative project. It got some airplay in New York and Cleveland, but we parted ways soon after the release because the drummer was impossible to deal with. I did get to meet and get to know some incredible musicians and people, US and abroad, because of that recording. So I'm really happy about that. Blessings, Stephen
Every producer has got a "guy" when it comes to keyboard players. Happened to me with a famous sax player. Fortunately the "guy" was the "wrong guy" for the session. There's a reason "you're the GUY" in the band in the 1st place.
I suspect it was the influence of Stigwood that led to constant downplaying of Bobby's role... A middle man like that would feel threatened by his star working within a band structure, and would seek to crush that dynamic at every turn.
That's funny and probably very much true, if the dogs get in on it.. always remember if animals won't have anything to do with someone you best stay away...
Bobby and CoCo, I've been listening to your conversations for the last several weeks. This morning, I was listening to Eric Clapton's first solo album while working around the house. I realized that the album has the whole Delaney and Bonnie gang and is basically built on the gospel, blues, R&B, and country foundation that you all provided. In the past I've heard about how big of an influence The Band was on Eric Clapton, but now I think that you and the rest of the Delaney and Bonnie gang were an even bigger influence. Anyways, thanks for sharing and broadening my perspective!
THAT WAS FUCKING PRICELESS BOBBY EVEN THE DOGS "TELL THE TRUTH" - GET HIM FIRED UP COCO, MORE DOMINOS STORIES PLEASE... "I WAS NEVER A SIDE MAN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE" - I'M BOBBY FUCKING WHITLOCK .. . YOU DA' BOSS PAPA...
Here is another hot debate that Bobby might be able to clear up. In Rita Coolidge's auto biography she says that she wrote the piano coda credited to Jim Gordon. She said it was taken from a song that she wrote with Jim.
I read in Josh Friedmans excellent book Tell he Truth Till it Bleeds, that in the chapter with Chuck Rainey, that Dowd was over-rated and that he had others setting the mikes and getting the sound down and then Dowd took all the credit.
I just read an interview you did about the Layla sessions, where you mentioned that the control room at Criteria Studio had egg cartons on the wall for sound proofing. I want to correct you on that. Back in the pre-sonex days, egg cartons were often used for acoustic treatment, but not for sound proofing. Acoustic treatment is used for contolling reflections and eliminating standing waves and flutters. Sound proofing on the other hand , is for stopping sound from coming into or out of a space. Two very different concepts, which require totally different techniques and materials. I love reading your interviews and watching the videos you and CoCo do. Thanks for all of your music and for all the stories. You are a true legend!
Bobby has a one track mind and when he gets going he not thinking like any body else, it's a stream. In site he knows egg cartons aren't for sound proofing.
@@BW-CC Yes they were very popular at the time because of their texture and pattern. In fact sonex acoustic foam emulates egg cartons but are much better becuse they are thicker and much more aesthetic. Many people incorrectly use the term "sound proofing" when they mean "acoustic treatment". In fact this misnomer is propagated by many acoustic treatment manufacturers, who unethically promote their products to people who want sound proofing.
any way artists prefer to free stream their expressions rather than to edit and filter them, which would lead to less spontaneous and more inhibted output.
Thank You !!! Love the video's/stories (I watch them all) of my two favorite albums ever LAOAL and ATMP. Question: Did you always plan to record "Little Wing" or was that decided in the studio ? and where was "Roll it Over" recorded ?
@@BW-CC Thank you Bobby !! the Layla album is a masterpiece like a Renoir or a Van Gogh there is something so special about that recording and its the magic between you and Eric. Thank You
Amazing as always Bobby! If you get a chance can you talk about your favorite recording Technics and recording chains? Thank you so much for taking the time and making these videos!
The public has the 9 November 1970 album; now There are at least eight distinct releases of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs on compact disc with various treatments and remixes; 1983 CD, 18 September 1990, remixed on one CD, 15 September 1993, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 24-kt limited edition gold CD , 20 August 1996, Polydor 20-bit remaster, November 2004, Polydor hybrid SACD/CD remaster; 21 March 2011, UMC, 40th Anniversary remaster, 25 Sep 2013, Universal Music Japan Japanese Platinum SHM-CD remaster, 22 Sep 2020, Derek and the Dominos / Layla 50th anniversary sets At this point since “We are only in it for the money” title was taken by Zappa, they still call this Layla . I hope you have benefited finically from all of these, but don’t discount a 55th or 60th anniversary version
But guys there is two versions of tell the truth slow and fast the fast version was released as a single then pulled off the market any importance regarding this situation
Bobby, I seem to recall from an earlier video that you said that you made almost nothing, ( from memory, a small per diem and a few Quid/gig when you were touring with Delaney & Bonnie...here you say you had a piece of the pie. Just curious, when did you get a piece of the pie? Did Delaney have to ante up once EC joined the tour? I understood the band left to play with Leon (Mad Dogs) because they were underpaid (and the constant fighting between D&B).....Eric Clapton offered to pay you more and took the three of you with him (and made you equal partners in the Dominos). Just curious is all...it's amazing that Delaney could get such talented musicians to play with him and not pay them a decent wage. Love the clips, keep them coming.
No... none of that happened. Delaney promised Bobby more , a cut if he stayed, but he never came through with it. Delaney was all talk. EC never took the band, they all left. It was Steve Cropper who suggested Bobby go to England. Bobby did, he and Eric began putting the band together at that point. None of that other stuff happened.
@@BW-CC Thanks for the insight. Man oh man, Delaney really was a piece of work, ripping people off, unkept commitments, abusive to people that loved him....too bad, he had it all and threw it away.
Buuhahahahah , the dogs got your back Bobby! and so any of us who have been paying attention to these vids. I heard that stuff about Tom Dowd , well y'all did not sound stuck to me ...
Somethings are best left “to go through to the keeper” as we say in cricket,, they are not on target or carry any relevance , just as this”sideman” talk ,, “ it’s got no weight to it at all” . The proof of all this is the product ; it’s a band on fire to any ears “ full tilt” here ; no sideman insight. Let it go through to the keeper.
Alright, here's a question that might raise some hackles. It's been asked before and the answers have never been clear: Why does "Thorn Tree In the Garden" sound so crystal clear and open, compared to the rest of the tracks on the album? Thorn Tree sounds like it was recorded in a different studio with different engineers. The rest of the album is not as open and clear, comparatively. There has to be some merit to this questioning, because there have been so many re-issues and re-masters of Layla. If I'm correct in my query, what happened in the recording process to make the rest of the album sound muffled, compared to Thorn Tree In the Garden? I understand one song is a guitarist and vocalist, and other tracks have many more components, but the other tracks sound like they were recorded differently. You gotta admit, the sound quality of that song to the rest of the album is distinguishable. Why is that?
@@rodneykroetsch2924 I found this article after posing my question here. It talks about the size of the original studio and how it affected the final quality of the album recording. The simplicity of elements in "Thorn Tree In the Garden" makes perfect sense for the ultimate high quality recording of that song. www.soundonsound.com/people/classic-tracks-derek-dominos-layla
Tell 'em doggie! LOL.
"HELL NO. NO SIDE MAN!" I love the way you said that, Bobby.
Tell The Truth is one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. Everything about it - the the construction - the playing - is magnificent.
Nothing like listening to The Bobby Dog Chorus!
Thank you for sharing, another great story!
"HELL no!!" should be Bobby's catchphrase. I love it! And the doggies are in agreement! lol :-)
People try to rewrite history. Bobby, everything you have said in these videos has the ring of truth!
Perfect conclusion! God bless the dogs!!
Woofin'! Them Dogs will testify!
These interview sessions are so good. I'm 60 now and Layla has been my favorite recording since it came out. I have literally listened to it 1000 time or more. I know every note, drum fill etc by heart.
Bobby verified something that I always thought about the Layla sessions. I've always heard that the guys were strung out on drugs etc during the recording sessions. I thought that given the incredible level of song writing and musicianship there is no way that was the truth, and throw in the fact that they were low to mid 20"s in age is mind blowing. Truly all involved were unbelievably gifted.
Thanks for posting these. God Bless
It's good to hear someone with dignity
Hey Bobby as far as I am concerned your massive contribution and emotion shines through 100% on LAOALS - that's what makes that album one of the greatest of all time. This may be controversial to some, but I think you are the main ingredient. Thanks to you and Coco for all these great videos they are nearly as good as the album!
Thank you so much Kevin
My favorite channel on youtube. Keep it going Bobby and Carmel..
Nice to get the facts from the source!
👍🇦🇺
Sideman????!!!! Bobby is no sideman! damn straight!
Tell it the was it was Bobby, I love your Channel, , I love the Dogs agreeing with you, lol, awesome man, my best, Cousin Figel
The dogs are saying, “Yeah, tell the truth Bobby!”
I can't tell you how much it means to hear you talking about these sessions, Mr. Whitlock. I've loved them since I was an early teen, and they've always been surrounded by rumours shady details. What a treat to hear your fireside chats with CoCo in 2021! Also, I love your ABC/Dunhill records! Just finished spinning your first, s/t record from '72. Your fans love you!
Those dogs are like "yea like the whole family knows this already"! too funny 🤣😅☮️
Bobby I always loved how your voice and Eric's voice harmonically mixed together. Your voice add soul and depth to Eric's, it really was noticeable on Bell Bottom Blues, etc.
They were a great team... no doubt
I love it.."A unamious agreement amongst the Consensus; the Dogs have it" ! No Side Man...... !
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Lol! Even the dogs Know ! You're NO SIDEMAN! Hahahah. well done! Peace & Love!
You tell 'em, Bobby! I agree with the dogs. Wish that band could have stayed together longer!
Dogs know the truth!!!
I think we need some Bobby merch. A t-shirt that says, “I’ve Never Been A Sideman” ❤️
Love it
@@BW-CC 😉 ❤️
I’m in
Dogs already in that, took of barking and woofin' soon as the words were spoke.
T shirts 3 marrow filled bones each..printed on both sides add another bone.
The Dog's are like Damn rite Daddy you tell em !! 😂
These vids are setting the record straight for those who didn't know already.
Bobby's telling it like it is , and the dogs come in and back him up!
Your crew has your back! Much love to you, Coco, and your crew...
It is great that Bobby is here to get the story straight. No knocking Duane he was good. Bobby has a place in history and should speak for himself. Cheers!
They know, they know.
🐕🐅🐆
I'M WITH THE DOGS!!! 🐕 🐶 🐕
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I NEVER believed Dowd's story, it always sounded fishy, at least to me IMHO
That ending was HILARIOUS!
Got to love the dogs!!
Its unanimous 👍😎
👍😎❤🖖
Love folks
Brilliant insight Bobby and Coco thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Do you have any more Carl Radle stories he seems, to me at least, a bit of an enigma and just an incredible bass player.
Thank you guys. 🙏🙏
I love your posts!!! Great to hear history from the source
Your dogs scared the crap out of me!! Great button on the previous video and story. Love it.
Wish you guys were in charge of the music industry right now 👍
A resounding affirmation from your dogs 🙂
Love it! Tell ‘em where to stick it BW, Coco and fur babies! ❤️☮️
RIGHT ON ! Tellin the Truth aint so bad.
Love it!
I’m glad you posted this video to clarify for everyone. I’m glad you mentioned the songs being written beforehand too. He had mentioned acted as if the songs weren’t together yet. I hope you know that I’m on your side about this Bobby. Your talent and contributions shine through. I just think the real story should be put there more than the myth. Take care and thanks for responding
Thanks for asking
I Just Love This ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐕
Tell’em about it ! Yeah !
Awesome
Great video peanut gallery got right vocal there at the end ever play in North Hall Auditorium at Memphis call bunch of good shows there back in the mid-70s Great Sound and is it still there you guys have a great day
This is a question for Bobby, if you're reading. I've been listening and playing guitar along to the "Live at the Fillmore 1970" album, especially "Got to Get Better in a Little While". When you go into Eric's first solo, over the A G E, at 3:35 in it sounds like Carl Radle goes off the rails a little for a couple of bars. Is it me or have you ever noticed it?
Thanks for these awesome time capsules BTW! They are just priceless! keep 'em coming!
He did... he got turned around.. great question
Sideman my ass! You’re the best Bobby!
Love the comment earlier about Veronica Lake....after hearing about Eric's song and then the cover of Layla....BINGO. Don't know why I never saw that before....
What?! The first three songs are perfect! With feeling and in tune
Any memories/stories of the Badfinger guys? most of us know of their tragic history... ha! the dog barks-"that's right he's no sideman"!
Those 3 songs in 3 days and he said you were stuck? Unreal.
I have watched videos of you and Co Co. You are no ones side man for sure. In fact your talent puts you at the top in my opinion. Ms Carmel the production keeps getting better. Don't stop. I love this stuff, being from the mountains in and around Ga. n. Carolina, and e Tenn. I know exactly what you talk about with childhood memories. No money but love.
That's like when I recorded an album years ago. Three piece instrumental album. Split the copyrights three ways. The aforementioned drummer decided to sign his name and mail in the form before the bass player and I arrived to sign.
I threw a fit! I called him everything but a drummer that day and made him get a correction form from the copyright office so we could all sign it. That guy literally tried to sabotage the whole project from start to finish, but also wanted the whole thing to be about him. He started calling me a music nazi after that. Big deal. I wasn't about to have him take full credit for a collaborative project. It got some airplay in New York and Cleveland, but we parted ways soon after the release because the drummer was impossible to deal with.
I did get to meet and get to know some incredible musicians and people, US and abroad, because of that recording. So I'm really happy about that.
Blessings,
Stephen
the dogs know the truth
or they saw a squirrel runnin` across the back patio. ;-)
Keep on being you Bobby! Love ya Bro.
Bobby is one cool dude for sure
When the dogs agree with you Bobby you know you’re right!!!!
at 2:03 I literally burst out laughing... now I've gotta see how easy pepsi comes off a monitor
Gettin riled up and dogs talkin smack, it's another good day on the homestead !!
Nice! Keeping it real.
Every producer has got a "guy" when it comes to keyboard players. Happened to me with a famous sax player. Fortunately the
"guy" was the "wrong guy" for the session. There's a reason "you're the GUY" in the band in the 1st place.
the dogs, that was epic!😜😜😜
Dwayne played slide in open E so that was easy peasy for the E-A-B songs.
i love how 'revisionist 'history has even hit the music world,thanks for the real story guy.haaaaaa.. straight from the horses, i mean dogs mouth!
Apparently calling somebody a sideman are fighting words in the Whitlock household 😂😂😂
that's what we talkin bout....
Can you talk more about the different versions of To Tell the Truth? which one was your favorite? what part of the song did you write?
Not sure how you got those pups to bark at the exact right moment but well done y'all
We didn't... it just happened
I suspect it was the influence of Stigwood that led to constant downplaying of Bobby's role... A middle man like that would feel threatened by his star working within a band structure, and would seek to crush that dynamic at every turn.
Oui
I agree with you and the dogs, Bobby! LOL!!! Tom Dowd was full of it and had to fill his ego. Keep on rockin', brother!
That's funny and probably very much true, if the dogs get in on it.. always remember if animals won't have anything to do with someone you best stay away...
Dogs barking--the Universe agrees!!
Bobby and CoCo, I've been listening to your conversations for the last several weeks. This morning, I was listening to Eric Clapton's first solo album while working around the house. I realized that the album has the whole Delaney and Bonnie gang and is basically built on the gospel, blues, R&B, and country foundation that you all provided. In the past I've heard about how big of an influence The Band was on Eric Clapton, but now I think that you and the rest of the Delaney and Bonnie gang were an even bigger influence. Anyways, thanks for sharing and broadening my perspective!
Thanks for taking the time to create these videos and share your memories and lives together now.
Yeah you tell em. :)
THAT WAS FUCKING PRICELESS BOBBY EVEN THE DOGS "TELL THE TRUTH" - GET HIM FIRED UP COCO, MORE DOMINOS STORIES PLEASE...
"I WAS NEVER A SIDE MAN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE" - I'M BOBBY FUCKING WHITLOCK .. . YOU DA' BOSS PAPA...
Well alright
Here is another hot debate that Bobby might be able to clear up. In Rita Coolidge's auto biography she says that she wrote the piano coda credited to Jim Gordon. She said it was taken from a song that she wrote with Jim.
We've covered this and not doing it again
I read in Josh Friedmans excellent book Tell he Truth Till it Bleeds, that in the chapter with Chuck Rainey, that Dowd was over-rated and that he had others setting the mikes and getting the sound down and then Dowd took all the credit.
Sounds about right
The doggos KNOW!
Who do you believe ?! Bobby Whitlock...or a CIA agent !
I just read an interview you did about the Layla sessions, where you mentioned that the control room at Criteria Studio had egg cartons on the wall for sound proofing. I want to correct you on that. Back in the pre-sonex days, egg cartons were often used for acoustic treatment, but not for sound proofing. Acoustic treatment is used for contolling reflections and eliminating standing waves and flutters. Sound proofing on the other hand , is for stopping sound from coming into or out of a space. Two very different concepts, which require totally different techniques and materials. I love reading your interviews and watching the videos you and CoCo do. Thanks for all of your music and for all the stories. You are a true legend!
im sure he meant for the acoustics.
Bobby has a one track mind and when he gets going he not thinking like any body else, it's a stream. In site he knows egg cartons aren't for sound proofing.
@@BW-CC Yes they were very popular at the time because of their texture and pattern. In fact sonex acoustic foam emulates egg cartons but are much better becuse they are thicker and much more aesthetic. Many people incorrectly use the term "sound proofing" when they mean "acoustic treatment". In fact this misnomer is propagated by many acoustic treatment manufacturers, who unethically promote their products to people who want sound proofing.
@@BW-CC I understand. It was probably a Freudian slip, considering how often the terms are incorrectly interchanged
any way artists prefer to free stream their expressions rather than to edit and filter them, which would lead to less spontaneous and more inhibted output.
Awesome!
Thank You !!! Love the video's/stories (I watch them all) of my two favorite albums ever LAOAL and ATMP.
Question: Did you always plan to record "Little Wing" or was that decided in the studio ? and where was "Roll it Over" recorded ?
It was decided right then and there
@@BW-CC Thank you Bobby !! the Layla album is a masterpiece like a Renoir or a Van Gogh there is something so special about that recording and its the magic between you and Eric. Thank You
Any musician worth their salt can hear and see that Bobby was the one (on the Johnny Cash Show video), pushing Eric to sing with more conviction!
You can always count on people saying silly shit..!!
Amazing as always Bobby! If you get a chance can you talk about your favorite recording Technics and recording chains? Thank you so much for taking the time and making these videos!
Your dogs are wise..beyond there ears..
The public has the 9 November 1970 album; now There are at least eight distinct releases of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs on compact disc with various treatments and remixes; 1983 CD, 18 September 1990, remixed on one CD, 15 September 1993, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 24-kt limited edition gold CD , 20 August 1996, Polydor 20-bit remaster, November 2004, Polydor hybrid SACD/CD remaster; 21 March 2011, UMC, 40th Anniversary remaster, 25 Sep 2013, Universal Music Japan Japanese Platinum SHM-CD remaster, 22 Sep 2020, Derek and the Dominos / Layla 50th anniversary sets
At this point since “We are only in it for the money” title was taken by Zappa, they still call this Layla . I hope you have benefited finically from all of these, but don’t discount a 55th or 60th anniversary version
But guys there is two versions of tell the truth slow and fast the fast version was released as a single then pulled off the market any importance regarding this situation
☮️ ❤️ 🎼
What song were you guys planning on recording on the fourth day had you not met Duane that night?
Bobby, I seem to recall from an earlier video that you said that you made almost nothing, ( from memory, a small per diem and a few Quid/gig when you were touring with Delaney & Bonnie...here you say you had a piece of the pie. Just curious, when did you get a piece of the pie? Did Delaney have to ante up once EC joined the tour? I understood the band left to play with Leon (Mad Dogs) because they were underpaid (and the constant fighting between D&B).....Eric Clapton offered to pay you more and took the three of you with him (and made you equal partners in the Dominos). Just curious is all...it's amazing that Delaney could get such talented musicians to play with him and not pay them a decent wage. Love the clips, keep them coming.
No... none of that happened. Delaney promised Bobby more , a cut if he stayed, but he never came through with it. Delaney was all talk.
EC never took the band, they all left.
It was Steve Cropper who suggested Bobby go to England. Bobby did, he and Eric began putting the band together at that point.
None of that other stuff happened.
@@BW-CC Thanks for the insight. Man oh man, Delaney really was a piece of work, ripping people off, unkept commitments, abusive to people that loved him....too bad, he had it all and threw it away.
Other than the Johnny Cash Show, any video footage of the Dominos in concert?
No
Bobby...Do we know the address of the Plantation H
ouse on Madeira Avenue in Sherman Oaks?
The dogs in the end......lol
Buuhahahahah , the dogs got your back Bobby! and so any of us who have been paying attention to these vids. I heard that stuff about Tom Dowd , well y'all did not sound stuck to me ...
Somethings are best left “to go through to the keeper” as we say in cricket,, they are not on target or carry any relevance , just as this”sideman” talk ,, “ it’s got no weight to it at all” . The proof of all this is the product ; it’s a band on fire to any ears “ full tilt” here ; no sideman insight.
Let it go through to the keeper.
Alright, here's a question that might raise some hackles. It's been asked before and the answers have never been clear: Why does "Thorn Tree In the Garden" sound so crystal clear and open, compared to the rest of the tracks on the album?
Thorn Tree sounds like it was recorded in a different studio with different engineers.
The rest of the album is not as open and clear, comparatively. There has to be some merit to this questioning, because there have been so many re-issues and re-masters of Layla.
If I'm correct in my query, what happened in the recording process to make the rest of the album sound muffled, compared to Thorn Tree In the Garden? I understand one song is a guitarist and vocalist, and other tracks have many more components, but the other tracks sound like they were recorded differently. You gotta admit, the sound quality of that song to the rest of the album is distinguishable. Why is that?
Because it is nothing but acoustic guitars and a vocal. No drums nothing electric except Carl.
Simple.
It was mentioned in another video that it was recorded through one room mic.
@@rodneykroetsch2924 I found this article after posing my question here. It talks about the size of the original studio and how it affected the final quality of the album recording. The simplicity of elements in "Thorn Tree In the Garden" makes perfect sense for the ultimate high quality recording of that song. www.soundonsound.com/people/classic-tracks-derek-dominos-layla
You can't make that stuff up. Dog testimony.