E. C. Was Here

E. C. Was Here
Live album by Eric Clapton
Released August 1975
Recorded 19–20 July 1974 at the Long Beach Arena – 4 December 1974 at the Hammersmith Odeon – 25 June 1975 at the Providence Civic Center
Genre Blues-rock
Length 46:40
Label Polydor
Producer Tom Dowd
Eric Clapton chronology
There's One in Every Crowd
(1975)		 E. C. Was Here
(1975)		 No Reason to Cry
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Q[2]

E. C. Was Here is a live album released in 1975 by Eric Clapton. Recorded in 1974 and 1975 at the Long Beach Arena, at the Hammersmith Odeon and at the Providence Civic Center during his first tour since touring with Derek and the Dominos in 1970.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Billy Myles) – 7:52
  2. "Presence of the Lord" (Eric Clapton) – 6:40
  3. "Driftin' Blues" (Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams) – 11:43
Side two
  1. "Can't Find My Way Home" (Steve Winwood) – 5:20
  2. "Ramblin' On My Mind" (Robert Johnson) – 7:20
  3. "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 7:36

Personnel

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1975) Peak
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 29
French Albums (SNEP)[4] 13
bgcolor="#efefef" German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 34
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 11
bgcolor="#efefef" Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] 13
bgcolor="#efefef" UK Albums (OCC)[8] 14
US Billboard 200[9] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Position
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 94

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ "Q: ...designed to reassure the public that Eric Clapton had not gone mad....a decent set..."
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.Note: This reference gives Australian albums and singles information. It is used for chart peak positions as early materials were released before ARIA regulated the Australian charts itself (1989).
  4. ↑ "InfoDisc : Les Albums (CD)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (in French). InfoDisc.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  5. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  6. ↑ "– Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Eric Clapton" (in Japanese). 30 December 2007. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  7. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Eric Clapton – E.C. Was Here". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  8. ↑ "Eric Clapton | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  9. ↑ AllMusic
  10. ↑ "InfoDisc : Les Albums (CD) de 1975 par InfoDisc". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (in French). InfoDisc.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
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