1BD/2CD/2LP Super Deluxe Edition
Jun 24, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZLTK57L/?tag=imwan-20

CD
Jun 24, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YPB5JJ8/?tag=imwan-20

Vinyl
Jul 29, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YPM821M/?tag=imwan-20

Blu-ray
Jun 24, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZLRMYGP/?tag=imwan-20

DVD
Jun 24, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZLV91M9/?tag=imwan-20

Description
Eric Clapton’s lifelong passion for the blues burns brightly in Nothing But The Blues. The film – which was broadcasted once in the U.S. on PBS in 1995 and nominated for an Emmy® Award – has been upgraded to 4K for its long-awaited official release. In addition to the film, Reprise will release a new soundtrack with more than an hour of previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1994 during the legendary guitarist’s tour supporting From The Cradle, his Grammy®-winning, multi-platinum blues album.

Written and produced by Scooter Weintraub and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the documentary includes an in-depth interview with Clapton conducted by Scorsese. Throughout the interview, Clapton discusses his love for the blues and the profound impact bluesmen like Muddy Waters and B.B. King had on his music. Many of those artists (Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker) appear in the film through vintage performances, interviews, and photographs.

At the heart of the film and audio formats are Clapton’s performances of blues standards and lesser-known blues songs. The CD features 17 songs; the double LP 18, and the DVD and Blu-ray each contain 20 songs. Two nights at the Fillmore in San Francisco (November 8 and 9, 1994) were filmed and recorded during his acclaimed From The Cradle tour, and the highlights from the two shows were selected for this release. Likewise, Clapton’s longtime co-producer, Simon Climie, has remixed the audio from those performances from the original multi-tracking recordings.

Nothing But The Blues and the accompanying soundtrack will be released on June 24 in multiple formats. The Super Deluxe Edition comes with the documentary on Blu-ray, the soundtrack on both 2-LP vinyl and CD, a bonus CD with four extra tracks “Driftin’,” County Jail Blues,” “Kid Man Blues,” and “Too Bad,” and an exclusive hardcover book with memorabilia, including a numbered lithograph, 12x24 poster, Clapton guitar string set, custom guitar picks, and an exclusive bandana.

The documentary will be available separately on Blu-ray and DVD. Additionally, the soundtrack will be released as a standalone on CD and 2-LP vinyl - available July 29.

The previously unreleased live performances on Nothing But The Blues serve as a vital counterpart to From The Cradle, which was recorded in the studio. While several songs appear on both (“Motherless Child,” “Standing ’Round Crying,” and “I’m Tore Down”), the performances are entirely different.

The upcoming soundtrack also includes songs that did not appear on From the Cradle, including Jimmy Rogers’ “Blues All Day Long” and Robert Johnson’s “Malted Milk,” as well as the standards “Every Day I Have The Blues” and “Forty-Four.”

Initially released in 1994 by Warner Bros. Records, From The Cradle was certified triple-platinum in the U.S., where it topped the Billboard 200. The album was certified gold and topped the charts to become certified gold, platinum, or multi-platinum in many countries.

Tracklist
[CD & 2LP]
1. Blues All Day Long
2. Standing ’Round Crying
3. Forty-Four
4. It Hurts Me Too
5. Early In The Morning
6. Five Long Years
7. Crossroads
8. Malted Milk
9. Motherless Child
10. How Long
11. Reconsider Baby
12. Sinners Prayer
13. Every Day I Have The Blues
14. Someday After A While (You’ll Be Sorry)
15. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
16. I’m Tore Down
17. Groaning Blues
18. County Jail Blues* (exclusive to 2-LP vinyl)

[DVD, Blu-ray, Super Deluxe Edition]
1. Blues All Day Long
2. Standin’ Round Crying
3. Forty-Four
4. It Hurts Me Too
5. Early In The Morning
6. Five Long Years
7. Crossroads
8. Malted Milk Blues
9. Motherless Child
10. How Long Blues
11. Reconsider Baby
12. Sinner’s Prayer
13. Every Day I Have The Blues
14. Crosscut Saw
15. Someday After A While
16. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
17. I’m Tore Down
18. Groaning The Blues
19. T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness
20. Driftin (Bonus Track)

Packshot (click for full size):

Tentatively scheduled to include four unreleased studio tracks and a DVD/Blu-ray of an untelevised PBS concert from that era.

This one sounds interesting.

Agreed!

One of Clapton's best. It's about time.

Nice to see. I would like to see a deluxe Journeyman too, if there's anything to add to it.

'journeyman', clapton's best overall album in my opinion.

Problem with a lot of these boxes (In particular Warner/Rhino) is they will include bloody vinyl and at a price I refuse to pay for. Universal however still just give us CD Boxes at a good price luckily

This could be really nice . I suspect the DVD will be a live gig from the Fillmore produced by Martin Scorsese

Considering only four extra tracks (and disc) - hopefully it will be a simple 2 Disc Deluxe (or at least an option).
Here's a third for Journeyman!

I was told this morning that Warners was all set for this, for a June release, that there was artwork on Amazon for about 5 minutes yesterday but that it's been temporarily pulled. Hopefully not for too long though.

Well, Amazon has put this up for pre-order as a digital-only release scheduled for June 24th -- I believe it's the audio of the untelevised concert:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y6D82HC/?tag=imwan-20

Warner has provided this preview sample:



Whether the new From The Cradle package will include this as audio in addition to video remains to be seen.

Thanks Linda!

Renny is Right!

Howard Johnson is right!

fire girardi

So ... in addition to whatever else might be released on that day, Nothing But The Blues will be a standalone release on CD:



https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YPB5JJ8/?tag=imwan-20

Thanks Linda! That is exciting.

I think I have all of Eric's albums and as with others here, I really love JOURNEYMAN.
For me it would rank third, after SLOWHAND and 461 OCEAN BLVD.

Thank you Linda.

Warner has decided to build this release around Nothing But The Blues specifically, rather than From The Cradle. The big Super Deluxe Edition box set will be the go-to in order to obtain the bonus tracks. Several other smaller configurations will also be available (pre-order links for all are now in the first post).

Here's the video version of the sample that was posted as audio upthread. It's been beautifully upscaled to HD as it will appear on the Blu-ray:

Interesting, it appears that while the DVD-Blu has more tracks it does not include 'country jail blues' - which is on the vinyl. I noticed the note above that it was exclusive, however I thought that was in comparison to the CD only. Interesting. A bit of a bummer there is not a CD/Blu combo (or CD/DVD which is usually the choice for a carve out). Heck one could buy all the items in the super a'la carte for less that 1/2 price of the box (I can not imagine a contemporaneous book of 'considering the blues were my roots I felt it time to dip my toes back in' is worth a $100 more to me (frankly the vinyl for the one track is not worth it to me, though $34 and change is not bad for two LPs).

Sorry, not meaning to be as down as I likely sound; Cradle was a a highlight for me...would have liked to see more of the traditional blues approach...so I am in on this in some form or fashion.