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Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert is an album recorded live at London's Rainbow Theatre on January 13 1973, and released within the year. The concert was organised by Pete Townshend and marked Eric Clapton's comeback after the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. In the year after the Rainbow Concert, Clapton recovered from his heroin addiction and recorded 461 Ocean Boulevard.

A remastered expanded edition of the album was released on January 13 1995, the 22nd anniversary of the original concert.

A bootleg edition, Eric Clapton and the Palpitations — The Rainbow Concert, 25th Anniversary Edition, was released by the underground label Empress Valley, four CDs of both concerts on January 13, 1973 (the official release has performances from only the early show).

Background

The concert was held at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London, January 13,1973. The venue itself was popular during the 1960s and early 1970s, musicians such as the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull and others performed there. The concert held the return of Eric Clapton out of isolation and inactivity with the help of Pete Townshend and others.

Track listing

Original 1973 release

Badge (Clapton, Harrison) – 3:32
Roll It Over (Clapton, Harrison) – 6:3
Presence Of The Lord (Clapton) – 5:37
Pearly Queen (Capaldi, Winwood) – 7:00
After Midnight (Cale) – 5:12
Little Wing (Hendrix) – 6:32

1995 remastered edition

Layla (Clapton, Gordon) – 6:25
Badge (Clapton, Harrison) – 3:18
"Blues Power (Clapton, Russell)– 6:03
Roll It Over (Clapton, Harrison) – 4:38
Little Wing (Hendrix) – 4:36
Bottle Of Red Wine (Bramlett, Clapton) – 3:51
After Midnight (Cale) – 4:25
Bell Bottom Blues (Clapton) – 6:25
Presence Of The Lord (Clapton) – 5:18
Tell The Truth (Clapton, Whitlock) – 6:04
Pearly Queen (Capaldi, Winwood) – 4:55
Key To The Highway (Broonzy, Seeger) – 5:46
Let It Rain – (Bramlett, Clapton) 7:46
Crossroads (Johnson)– 4:19

25th Anniversary Edition (Empress Valley bootleg)

Disc 1: 1 Introduction 2 Layla 3 Badge 4 Blues Power 5 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 6 Take It Easy 7 Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad 8 Little Wing

Disc 2: 1 Bottle Of Red Wine 2 After Midnight 3 Bell Bottom Blues 4 In The Presence Of The Lord 5 Tell the Truth 6 Pearly Queen 7 Let it Rain 8 Crossroads

Disc 3: 1 Layla 2 Badge 3 Blues Power 4 Nobody Knows You 5 Take It Easy 6 Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad 7 Little Wing

Disc 4: 1 Bottle of Red Wine 2 Presence Of The Lord 3 Tell The Truth 4 Pearly Queen 5 Key To The Highway 6 Let it Rain 7 Crossroads 8 Layla

Personnel

Eric Clapton - lead guitar & vocals
Pete Townshend - guitar & vocals
Ronnie Wood - guitar & vocals
Ric Grech - bass guitar
Steve Winwood - keyboard & vocals
Jim Capaldi - drums
Jimmy Karstein - drums
Rebop Kwaku Baah - percussion

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 *[[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:osrp28oc05ja link]
-*''[[The Music Box (magazine)|The Music Box]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.musicbox-online.com/ec-rainbo.html link]
 | Last album  = ''[[The Concert for Bangla Desh]]'' <br> (1971)
 | This album  = '''''Rainbow Concert''''' <br /> (1973)