Some people take issue with the inclusion of Little Wing on here, stating that the cover doesn’t do the original Hendrix song a shred of justice. Well, I beg to differ. If you are going to cover a song, make it your own. There is no question that Clapton and the boys took the essence of this song and jammed it into a blues format they felt worked for them. Sure, the iconic riff is not there, but the “flow” we talked about before, is all Clapton in his prime throughout the song. A fitting tribute to Hendrix who had just passed at the time of the recordings. Both of them were steeped in blues, but they still had two totally different approaches to the way they let their guitar speak for them, and that is why the last minute inclusion of Little Wing makes perfect sense. Of course, it wouldn't be fair to put all the glory on Clapton's shoulders here: as I said above, this is one of these albums that honor the word "supergroup" better than any other around, where they are generally just a collection of names. Tatsaku, Ren (December 2011). The Oricon Sales Report (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Oricon Style – Recording Industry Association of Japan. Leopold, Todd (3 February 2005). "Harrison, Clapton, and their muse". CNN . Retrieved 14 June 2011. Price, Randy (5 December 1992). "Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles". Cash Box Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012 . Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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The 1980s

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The 15 September 1993, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 24-kt limited edition gold CD release, 20-bit remastering;

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Alberto Baroncelli: The last album with some gunslinger attitude by Clapton. The later releases have many fine moments and some of them are masterpieces in their own right, but the last time Clapton played like the mean mofo forbidden love child of Albert/Freddie/BB King was on Layla.CRIA Sales Award". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Worthpoint.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015 . Retrieved 23 December 2015. The first CD release (manufactured in 1983 in Japan) is a two-CD version. Because this album is more than 77 minutes it did not fit onto early CDs, which had a maximum play time of approximately 74 and a half minutes. The first CD was full of tape hiss, since it was made from a tape copy many generations removed from the original 1970 stereo master. This mastering's negative reception motivated at least one attempt to remaster the CD during the 1980s. [ citation needed] Improvements, however, were not very significant because the original 1970 stereo master tapes could not be found at the time.