DEREK + THE DOMINOS : ELECTRIC FACTORY 1970 : WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD .

[@jacksaller9385]

If I was stranded on a desert island, give me this song and this live version!

[@susanreed2802]

Bobby Whitlock stated that even on their worst night they was still better than any other in the world..I agree :-)

[@tedschmidt3288]

Sorry Susan I gotta disagree with Whitlock. The Allman Brothers during this time imo were the best. Personally I am so glad Duane didn't take Eric up on joining the band. Nothing against D and D, love Layla but am addicted to "at Fillmore East".

[@jacksaller9385]

@@tedschmidt3288 That's a great addiction! Unbelievable set by the ABB

[@Yearst]

Inventing solos like this LIVE, on the spot, that anyone else would be lucky to craft even in a studio, is the legend of Eric Clapton. Few can sustain interest for 15-20 minutes and keep the energy pulsing, spinning out a continuous pattern of ideas. And no back up soloist. That's Eric Clapton at his finest.

[@bradalker5332]

@Yearst well said sir!

[@paulcudone4642]

As hooked on heroin as he was at the time, it was some of his best playing ever. The time with cream and the early to mid 90’s when he was back to the blues were as great. These four guys were absolutely awesome together. Ego and drugs torn them apart in less than a year and a couple of months together.

[@jimparker7778]

Bobby Whitlock did a great job in place of a second vocalist and solo musician

[@joelopez1913]

OH MAN! The memories! Gotta' thank my father, Tsgt. Joseph Lopez (R.I.P. dad) for taking a 16 year old kid from Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton - Ohio to see this show! Seemed like we drove all night in or '66 Chevelle to get there!

[@garylaubscher9914]

Thank God for Fathers like yours!! Sounds like you had a GREAT time together. Pass it on if you can. Rock on , live long and enjoy the memories, even though sometimes you might get teared up ,,its cool..

[@elainekerslake6865]

That's ONE COOL DAD!

[@jeffadelman1536]

Dads are legend! Sharing IS caring. ☮💚🎶🙂🌈🖖🏼

[@tradewins]

I saw them October 30, 1970 at the university gym at State U of NY at Albany. The whole crowd was on acid (or so it seemed). I was sitting on the floor about 10 feet away from Clapton...when he walked out someone said "look at him, he's great". He was touched by magic, you could see it and feel it. When he and Duane Allman did the complementary solos to this song the audience was just surfing a big cosmic wave of bliss...they played for 2 hrs., but it was timeless. One of the greatest concerts I was ever lucky enough to be at...everyone was on a high for days afterward. Those WERE the days!

[@joelopez1913]

It was a belated B-Day gift from my father! December 1970ish! Some War Memorial Hall, i think! Already was a BIG Allman fan, but to see them both together was magical! I destroyed my "air guitar" that night ;o)

[@peteypool]

I know just what you mean ! Same thing happened to me when I seen D & D at The Fillmore East on October 24th The Best concert I ever seen, & I seen a lot over the past 53 years !

[@jeffreycolvin9124]

Student - you are absolutely right. He’s flat out wrong.

[@thepc800]

WOW! I died and gone to heaven. Would have been an empty world without them. 62 yrs old and tears running down my face lesson in to this post

[@tattoorichie100]

HI WATT same age as you, and same reaction. Was lucky enough to hear him working his magic on an acoustic guitar in Fla. sometime in the 70's, from the first riff I heard him improvise I knew he was blessed with some musical magic at his core. A friend then told me, "thats Clapton, the guy from Cream" For the longest time I thought I was alone in thinking that his playing got better and evolved higher after they broke up. This version is a rare gem!

[@nickk8416]

This is the Clapton that will live forever. My favorite playing. Greatest rock/blues band ever.

[@nailbang2]

Amazing jam.like lightning in a bottle👏

[@bellbrass]

Good God, Jim Gordon's drumming here is even better than I expected.

[@lorrainecostanzo8925]

Jim Gordon is the best drummer breathing air...please go to the JIM GORDON FaceBook page and sign the petition for his release in September 2019...he will be 73 this July ....it's time !

[@lorrainecostanzo8925]

Jim Gordon's drumming never failed any band he was with until he himself became incapacitated that it took down more than just a music career .....so very sad ...fuck mental illness and it's haters ..

[@larryrubin5150]

@@lorrainecostanzo8925 he doesn't want to be released. He's refusing sadly

[@larryrubin5150]

@@lorrainecostanzo8925 Him doesn't want to be released. He's refusing sadly.

[@edwnorris]

Aren't there medications to reign in his version of schizophrenia, or whatever it is? If alcohol trips his proclivity to hear voices, there have to be effective cures by now.

[@CowabungaSurfaris]

Inspired performance.....Clapton and Jim Gordon on fire for this one. There are are so many versions of this song on the tube from Derek and the Dominoes. I doubt they ever played the song the same twice. That's just amazing.

[@thomasbedell4770]

What a year. Why DOES love have to be SO SAD?

[@nicholascollora6709]

Thanks WE ALL learn names amongst this classroom😊😊

[@michaelurban8893]

Omg! Like finding a great present under the Christmas tree!

[@ireneruthfox]

This was Clapton's most funky Band. All were great players.

[@CrazyBillBo]

I was there and the show was amazing! Of all the times in my life that I've seen EC this was by far his best performance of them all.

[@johnr8820]

This may be Eric’s greatest moment ever...absolute peak playing.

[@すぎたにのぶゆき]

この頃のクラプトンはワウワウペダルを多様していましたね。しかしこのバージョンのギターソロのテンションはキラリとひかるものが有ります❗泣けます😫。のぶ😘

[@josephvengen9989]

Holy Jesus this may have replaced the Fillmore Concert version as my favorite .... seems I'm not alone... 61 and still being mesmerized by EC, BW, JG, and CR! 😮

[@jeffreycolvin9124]

The greatest four piece band ever assembled

[@jerryklause1717]

I was at this show, literally sitting on the floor right in front of the two foot high stage. There were two shows and they didn't clear the audience for the second one. By the second set Clapton was tuned up pretty well on whatever he was tuning himself up on, including beer as I remember, but he didn't miss a beat or a note, at least none I heard because I was tuned up myself. A great memory from a great night when the world was young!

[@harveyshearer1618]

So good it can be hard to fully realize how good they were at the time.

[@kirstyharris3700]

Top drawer... in my opinion will never be surpassed

[@gtrjay55]

My favorite Clapton band but one thing about Eric is like all great artists he keeps evolving and always surprises. Sorry to hear about the guy still stuck in Cream.

[@peteypool]

I seen Derek & The Dominos twice ! Fillmore East & Capitol Theater. I recorded both shows and they were both fantastic ! This version of WDLGTBSS from the Electric Factory is right up there Fantastic !!

[@danielm4114]

Come for the first solo by Clapton, stay for the second. Absolutely incredible.

[@nicholascollora6709]

True storyline i met Derrick san Diego....ok? AND communicate continue...thx so he spoke lo❤ love so derived my amigos Derrick USA love's possesses luv

[@joannehack7588]

Oh my!!!!!! Love in’ it

[@joannehack7588]

☮️🇺🇦

[@joannehack7588]

Why goes peace gotta’ be so hard??????

[@joannehack7588]

Love is simple. Hate is hard

[@joannehack7588]

🙏

[@Zonydeep]

Soaring thru the stratosphere

[@ericfaley9019]

Holly molly the whole band is on fire. I’ve heard both live versions from Live at the Fillmore and In concert. Both the band is great. I like the Solo on In concert more than Live at the Fillmore. But the solo here is Clapton and the band at the top of there game. I love the tone of Brownie better than Blackie. It would have been nice if who ever was in charge of the 50th anniversary album would have found some of these recordings and cleaned them up. It would blow people away how great Derek and the Dominos were.

[@jacksaller9385]

WOW!!!! Thought I heard every live and recorded version of my favorite Derek and the D. Song... I suppose NOT. As mentioned, every one was on fire. Hard to believe this is 50 friggin years old!!!!

[@larryrubin5150]

@@jacksaller9385 I totally feel the same. When I saw it I thought it was my comment. Really. My fav domino's song of all the amazing collection of songs

[@jacksaller9385]

@@larryrubin5150 lol... Listening to it right now. Grew up in Philly. Only 14 at the time of this concert. I did some checking and there was a "group of the older guys" who were there. The Factory was only 30 minutes away... Great times. Golden era!

[@aleester]

Absolutely flawless execution combined with high-wire emotions... Clapton at his best. Head over heels better than the Fillmore version which I previously rated as the best version of this song.

[@paulcudone4642]

Well I have to say a love the original off the album with Duane!! IMHO

[@johnpandolfino8663]

Smokin.......very nice 🙂 version..... Jim Gorden is banging those skins.......

[@EnlightenedRogue]

Can't get enough of this version. No wonder Jim Gordon has those hug sweat rings under his pits. The man plays full tilt for the entire 15 minutes!!

[@janemillerick9614]

oh hell, I was there! we weren't 'jaded' so much as .. well, really stoned out our damn skulls on acid. (as were many) and the audience (not evident here) was going quite mad!! that is, if this is the venue I think it to be. not the fancy place with the turning stage and all.. if you couldn't hear the audience, just cause of how it was mic'ed. (we sat to the left on some amps which some N Philly speed freaks stuck us up on). other side was where a band would exit.. you know that audience was so bombed that when they came off (front o the stage, Eric holding his guitar aloft) no one even .. grabbed at them?! just .. kinda went right by people that hey; these guys are freaking Derek and the Dominos, world class and walking right past us!!

[@tommccarthy3052]

Man...this is something else...very raw...Gordon just driving the whole thing, Radle in the pocket - as usual - Whitlock kind of floating over and under and Clapton, good lawd, top of his game here. What's fascinating to me (I've been playing well over 40 years now) is listening the little set pieces (for lack of a better term) that he uses that are in the other solos of versions of this song...sometimes they go the same way then veer off, other times hits that set piece and just goes in the opposite direction. I grew up on the "In Concert" version but this one...damn...

[@ItsBriiiiii]

a few years ago, i literally spent lots of hours of my hobby time learning this version note-for-note on drums. though hard to hear every nuance. Jim Gordon is one of the most difficult players to play like!

[@tommccarthy3052]

@@ItsBriiiiii I'm assuming that's because he's so reactive as a drummer. He has set pieces - as I noted in my comment about Clapton's solo bits - but leaves room to go with something on the spot. I think all the great drummers do this on some level.

[@edd7812]

3 great insightful comments... I too spent many practice sessions learning to try and replicate Jim's amazing feel power placement and creativity... God bless them all...

[@tommccarthy3052]

@@edd7812 It was worth it for you as it was for me to take EC's parts apart. The original stereo mix was hard panned so I could actually pan EC out and try to play along with the band. Jim was really a top notch drummer on all levels. I really enjoy his playing on the Souther, Hillman, Furay Band LPs also. Check this one out...effortless...nothing wasted... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZK2fYx6fKaGaNE

[@edd7812]

@@tommccarthy3052 thanks Tom! I'll check it out! Being a so-so wannabe drummer for 20 years I love early Steely Dan and that's how I got to know Jim Gordon obviously also from DND but he's probably my favorite drummer there's just no one else quite like him that has all of those same attributes this. And you'd have to really be stupid not to love Clapton...

[@carlhassell9085]

Stunning version

[@PtTuller]

Probably my favorite Dominos bootleg! Sounds great and the whole show has quite a few songs that they didn't play for long, such as "Mean Old World" and "Motherless Children" - with EC really letting loose on slide. Interesting thing to listen for on this track is when Eric plays the riff to "Eyesight to the Blind" at 2:11. Absolutely fantastic show!

[@bellbrass]

Thanks for posting! Every version I hear of this is incredible. Jim Gordon's playing is amazing, as usual.

[@nicholascollora6709]

Thanks an opportunity to communicate the feeling before WORDS

[@videomaniac108]

That Strat "quak" is so nice to hear

[@weenieWHI5TLE]

I always thought the Filmore version was the best too, until I heard this.. Amazing.. :)

[@gerrygreene6354]

One hell of a band.

[@AV1C33NA]

Live at the Fillmore is good but Live at the Electric Factory is for the real fans!!!!

[@francescoschillaci9771]

Ladies and gentlemen The Derek and the Dominos!

[@davidcurran8325]

OMG!!!! Awesome version of this masterpiece!!!

[@nicholascollora6709]

Thanks appreciated their communication....

[@kingswayguitar]

15 min. of pure audio joy

[@quadjoeattiah]

Just caressed my eardrums ... love this version!!!

[@woody816]

$4 to see them live. Unbelievable, it would be $200 for a stadium gig and that would be the shittiest seats where u couldn't even see them play only hear it.

[@DanClemente1]

wow great post of my favorite song of all time! great solo by clapton

[@61mwill]

Wow! I remember listening to the studio version over and over as a kid and trying to disect the harmony parts. Brother Duane was a genius and to have Eric here and weaving both of the parts so heartfelt, well, I think this was his prime. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@paolabongiorno7407]

bellissimo viso 😊❤❤❤

[@timcharles5476]

Simply phenomenal playing by EC, chorus after chorus of inspirational invention. The most amazing version of this classic song just transports you to a different plane, propelled by the incredible Jim Gordon, deservedly described by EC as "The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll drummer ever." EC was in a class of his own that night; time stood still for 15 minutes. The version of Have You Ever Loved a Woman" from this gig is also an outstanding version.

[@jacksaller9385]

Unreal. I was 14 and lived in Philly... The older dudes in my neighborhood of West Philly, saw the Dominoes live!!! Arguably... The greatest version (in my humble opinion) ever of " Why does love got to be so sad"

[@larryrubin5150]

Stunning

[@pcollenyt3683]

Went to the EF sometime in 1970 (AIR) and saw Mungo Jerry, Humble Pie, and Derek and the Dom's on the SAME BILL on a Sunday night. Crowd was milling around on the floor of what, as I remember , was just like an empty warehouse with a stage..no seating. Clapton walked by on the way up, looking like a deer in the headlights..probably stoned...carrying his Strat. I just stared , dumb-struck that I was in the same room with him.

[@marksimmonds3426]

Great band, great song, great performance - thanks for sharing.

[@slowhand5160t]

man Clapton tearing up why don't they have video back then awesome playing good band Clapton playing with a lot of intensity

[@jennifergregory4310]

Incredible!

[@guglielmo64]

Fantastic!

[@denparrish]

I was at this concert. The Electric Factory was great for concerts.

[@5four]

thanks for posting ..... I was 17 year old lad seated on the floor of the factory during the early show this nite , directly in front of and not 15 feet from Eric. My best friend at the time , Ed parked right next to me. We had heard Duane "may" make part of the tour and were initially disappointed when he didn't appear.....that didn't last long when this shit started.

[@mer101010]

far out

[@giovannivolpato5929]

wonderfull ...love son ...great Clapton ...colossal performance

[@juncabas1400]

totally awesome, fantastic....

[@josephdimodica]

WOW !

[@bnastali]

Transcendent playing. Rivals "Wheels of Fire" for pure energy.

[@edd7812]

Good god... Gordon's "throwaway" fills are better than most drummers best takes...

[@ItsBriiiiii]

Literally the best studio drummer of the time, the cleanest! Like Vinnie clean, pushing boundaries

[@marksolomon9472]

To infinity and beyond

[@bonn777]

That performance certainly deserved a more enthusiastic reaction. We baby boomers were so jaded.

[@dorisu]

An almost 4 minute solo by EC. What's there not to love. Most awesome.

[@kea9809]

Clapton just casually pulls out 4 minutes guitar solo lol

[@TroubadourJuggernaut]

amazing story !

[@geejay4263]

agree one of the best but still have to go with fillmore vinyl as you can't hear carl

[@jimparker7778]

Less than a month after Jimi and Janis died. Just a year later Duane Allman was dead; and Jim Morrisson. None lived long enough for the 30th birthday.

[@professormacdeezy]

Okay, so where is it :)

[@larryrubin5150]

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[@larryrubin5150]

No mad dog?

[@nicholascollora6709]

Selling communication USA. If effectively freedom free it's yours' FOR free

[@michaeldooley4243]

$4.00 tax included! Today you'd have to add a couple zeros.

[@weenieWHI5TLE]

Quality isnt the greatest though... :( I found another version of this song, same show, way better quality..

[@chiptmcc8656]

Sometimes ya gotta focus on performance not just sound.

[@CheBellaTelevisione]

Truly the last of claptons fire. Kids, let this be a lesson: don’t do smack and don’t marry your muse.

[@OroborusFMA]

Sorry, they are just flaccid compared to Cream.

[@chiptmcc8656]

Sorry about your ears.

[@cmsmhp]

You should be sorry. There's nothing flaccid about this performance in any way, shape, form or fashion.

[@johnr8820]

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@stephenhunt1319]

I have to agree Clapton never had a crappy band but nothing compares to Cream.

[@dictumfactum9468]

Could you imagine.... Jim Gordon and Jack Bruce together? oh wait! APOSTROPHE- Zappa

[@larryrubin5150]

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