Eric Clapton: Atlanta 1990 (Soundboard) FLAC

The Omni
Atlanta, Ga.
March 28, 1990
Lineage: DAT master => cassette => Stand-alone Pioneer CD Burner => EAC => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC Front-end (level 8)
art here: http://geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/1990-03-28-atlanta.htm

Disc one (73:57):
(1) Intro (0:41)
(2) Pretending (6:08)
(3) No Alibis (6:02)
(4) Running on Faith (6:42)
(5) I Shot The Sheriff (8:45)
(6) White Room (6:25)
(7) Can't Find My Way Home (6:50)
(8) Bad Love (6:10)
(9) Before You Accuse Me (7:28)
(10) Old Love (18:21)

Disc two (53:58):
(1) Wonderful Tonight (9:24)
(2) Cocaine (11:50) *
(3) A Remark You Made (5:13)
(4) Layla (8:05)
(5) Crossroads (7:22)
(6) Georgia On My Mind (instrumental) (1:16)
(7) Sunshine Of Your Love (10:45)
* end cut

OU Comments: Good recording from the opening night of Clapton's 1990 "Journeyman" U.S. tour. Nice, if a little conservative, performance overall, but considering that most bands (not to mention EC) are not open to wild experimentation on the kickoff show of a tour, it's an enjoyable listen. The setlist is exactly the same as most of the tour, with the exception being an off-the-cuff instrumental "Georgia On My Mind" tease during the encore (which generated a huge fan reaction, as one would expect).
The recording is solid, although it's hard to apply 2007 standards to an audience recording from 1990. It probably rates a 4+ or 5- on the Geetarz scale. For some reason, the first cassette (up to the beginning of "Cocaine") has noticeably less high end than the A-side of tape 2, even though it comes from the same taper (maybe he used a different deck? Both part 1 and 2 are on XLII-S tapes). I used Audio Cleaning Lab to EQ the first 90 minutes to approximate the sound of the encores, but even so, you may notice that the last 6 tracks sound a little better.
This is a worthy recording and may help to fill some gaps. There are better 1990 shows in circulation, but this is worth having for the overall quality and the fact that it's the opening date of the tour.

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