Eric Clapton / Turn Up Down Revisited / 1CD/ Beano-264
Recorded at Surrey Sound Studios, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK January – February 1980

(56:23)
1. Blues Instrumental #1
2. There Ain’t No Money
3. The Game’s Up
4. Rita Mae
5. Freedom
6. Evangelina
7. Home Loving
8. Hold Me Lord
9. Something Special
10. I’d Love To Say I Love You
11. Catch Me If You Can
12. Blues Instrumental #2

Bonus Tracks
Gary Brooker with Eric Clapton

Taken from the original UK 7″ single “Leave The Candle” (Chrysalis CHS
2396) released in 1980

13. Leave The Candle
14. Chasing The Chop

Taken from album “Lead Me To The Water” released in 1982

15. Home Loving
16. Lead Me To The Water

Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals
Albert Lee – guitar / vocals
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Gary Brooker – keyboards / vocals
Dave Markee – bass
Henry Spinetti – drums

Beano-264



[Get the new master of “Phantom Album”! ] Eric Clapton’s new work, released this week, was released in 1979, the year after recording the live album “JUST ONE NIGHT” at Budokan, Gary Brooker, who was the leader of Procol Harum from January to February 1980, joined the all-British band. This is a “phantom album” from the studio session that took place. This album is a 1CD that mainly includes the master of what is commonly known as “TURN UP DOWN”, and also includes rare songs that Clapton participated in in the Brooker main session that was held in the same year. The album “TURN UP DOWN” was discontinued, and the following year in 1981, it changed form and was released as “ANOTHER TICKET” with a different producer. The original producer was Glyn Johns, who worked on that “SLOWHAND”, and the mix was done at his home studio TURN UP TURN DOWN STUDIO, so this album came to be known as “TURN UP DOWN”. The tone of the album is a traditional/pub rock style with hints of British music, and 10 of the 12 songs were written by Clapton, so Clapton himself was satisfied with the result. However, Clapton’s label, RSO, refused to release it. The reason for this is that in addition to all the numbers with a plain impression, there are also two lead songs by band members Gary Brooker and Albert Lee (featuring them on vocals), making it an “Eric Clapton album.” It was said that the meaning of the term was weak. In the case of Clapton, two people who have long careers in the British rock world and can perform solo have joined the band, so there was a sense of paying homage to them. Even on the tour after the recording, they featured solo on stage. The album was created with that intention in mind, but what RSO wanted was not a “Clapton Band album” but an “Eric Clapton album.” As a result, the RSO requested that the album be re-recorded. I don’t know if he was offended by that, but Johns stepped down as a producer, and Clapton asked Tom Dowd, who had produced “LAYLA” and “461,” to produce again, wrote new songs, was moved to Compass Point Studio in the Bahamas and re-recorded all the songs from July to August of the same year. There are multiple songs included, but they are all re-recorded and different takes). However, the master copy of “TURN UP DOWN”, which had been shelved, was leaked by a related party, and has been released by multiple labels in the bootleg world as a “phantom album”. However, what we are releasing this time is not a copy from the conventional master, but a master cassette that was newly acquired by Glyn Johns and made the RSO executives listen to the “TURN UP DOWN” sound source. This is the first release from this media, and it has a more analog and natural texture than the previous releases, making the sound color perfect for the taste of this bitter album.

[Memorial! Gary Brooker. Bonus recording of super rare songs backed up by Clapton]

Of course, the complete recording of “TURN UP DOWN” is included, but this work also includes a bonus of an extremely rare song in which Clapton supported Gary Brooker during this period. First of all, the songs that can be said to be coveted by Clapton enthusiasts are Leave The Candle and Chasing The Chop, the AB side of Brooker’s 7-inch single released only in the UK in 1980. These two songs were recorded in the same studio at Brooker’s request during the recording of “TURN UP DOWN”. Backing is the Clapton Band, but Chris Stinton, who plays the keyboard and doubles with Brooker, does not participate. Instead, British folk unit Gallagher & Lyle participates on backing vocals. Both songs are originals by Brooker, but the lyrics for the A-side song were written by Pete Sinfield, so King Crimson Mania may also be a noteworthy number. This single was released quietly without much publicity, so even back then it was difficult to obtain in Japan, and many people probably don’t own it. This time, we have achieved direct digitization from MINT level single master discs (of course, the needle crackle noise has been removed). In fact, this single has not been included in any other analog album or compilation, and has never been made into a Bootleg. It is a great achievement to be able to listen to it on CD for the first time.

In addition, it also includes two songs Home Loving and Lead Me To The Water in which the Clapton band participated in Brooker’s solo album “Lead Me To The Water” released in 1982. Both songs were recorded at Compass Point Studio in the Bahamas from July to August of the same year, also at Brooker’s request, to take advantage of the recording of “ANOTHER TICKET”. Home Loving is a separate recording from the same song “TURN UP DOWN”. In memory of Brooker, who passed away in 2022, it is still fresh in my memory that Clapton played the latter as the opening song on his tour in the same year. It must have been a memorable number for Clapton. By introducing this work in this way, I think you will be able to understand our intention. This is an attempt to pay tribute to Gary Brooker, an important keyboardist and vocalist in the British rock world, through a recording of his collaboration with Clapton, who was his ally. Clapton himself plans to hold a memorial concert in December for his unforgettable friend. We would also like to commemorate this great artist with this work. We hope that you will enjoy listening to the sound source that embodies the friendship between Brooker and Clapton in this work.

(Remaster Memo)

★Gary Brooker’s 7″ single. Leave The Candle is in regular tuning,
Chasing The Chop is faster than regular tuning, but I decided it was intentional and left it as is.