Eric Clapton: Happy, Happy Birthday Eric!

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10-track bootleg CD originally recorded at Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, CA., on 30/03/76, with a total time of 62:42. Includes "Hard Times" featuring Rick Danko's lead vocal and "Steppin' Out" with lead vocal by Levon Helm.

The following is quoted on the CD: "I had a magnificent birthday party right in the middle of the sessions and we decided to record everything and everybody that came into the studio. There's Billy (Preston) singing a couple of Ray Charles songs with The Band backing him along with Jesse Ed Davis, me, Robbie (Robertson) and Woody (Ron Wood) on guitars. Bob (Dylan) showed up about eight o'clock in the morning and it went on from there."

Tracks

1. It's Eric Clapton's Birthday (Billy Preston)
2. Who Do You Love? (Van Morrison)
3. Hard Times (Rick Danko) (8.1MB)
4. Stormy Monday (Van Morrison)
5. Instrumental Jam
6. Adios Mi Corason (Bob Dylan)
7. The Water Is Wide (Bob Dylan)
8. Idiot Wind (Bob Dylan)
9. Big River (Eric Clapton)
10. Steppin' Out (Levon Helm) (4.1MB)

Sidemen

• Eric Clapton
• Robbie Robertson, guitar
• Jesse Ed Davis, guitar
• Ron Wood, guitar
• Bob Dylan, vocals/guitar
• Billy Preston, vocals/keyboards
• Van Morrison, vocals
• Rick Danko, vocals/bass
• Garth Hudson, organ
• Richard Manuel, vocals/piano
• Levon Helm, vocals/drums

Eric Clapton - Happy, Happy Birthday Eric! - 1998 - Dandelion Records DL-017