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''Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert'' is a live album by English musician Eric Clapton, recorded at London's Rainbow Theatre on 13 January 1973 and released in September that year. The concert was organised by Pete Townshend of the Who〔(2011). In ''Dear Mr Fantasy: The Jim Capaldi Story'' (pp.32–43) (booklet ). London: Freedom Songs Ltd.〕 and marked a comeback by Clapton after two years of inactivity, broken only by his performance at the Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971. Along with Townshend, the musicians supporting Clapton include Steve Winwood, Ronnie Wood and Jim Capaldi. In the year following the two shows at the Rainbow, Clapton recovered from his heroin addiction and recorded ''461 Ocean Boulevard'' (1974). This concert is the first live performance where Clapton used his famous Stratocaster guitar "Blackie". A remastered expanded edition of the album was released on 13 January 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 13 January 1973 (the official releases are a mix of songs from both concerts). == Background == The concert was held at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, north London, on 13 January 1973. The venue was popular during the 1960s and early 1970s; musicians such as the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Queen performed there. The concert heralded the return of Eric Clapton out of heroin-induced isolation and inactivity with the help of Pete Townshend and others. The concert was recorded using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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