Eric Clapton - - Turn Up Down -1980- - Unreleased... Link

Turn Up Down is a legendary unreleased studio album by Eric Clapton, recorded between March and April 1980 at Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, UK. Where's Eric!

Eric Clapton - Turn Up Down (1980) - Unreleased Studio Album Eric Clapton - Turn Up Down -1980- - Unreleased...

The chorus explodes with Albert Lee’s double-stop country runs underneath a driving backbeat: Turn Up Down is a legendary unreleased studio

Rumors swirl that "Turn Up Down" is slated for inclusion in a future Slowhand at 50 or a hypothetical 1980-1984 Sessions box set. "You keep dialing the needle / I keep

"You keep dialing the needle / I keep missing the thread / You say turn up the silence / I say turn down the dread."

Unlike the glossy, compressed sound of Another Ticket (think "I Can't Stand It"), "Turn Up Down" is raw. It sounds like a band playing at each other. There is bleed from the headphones onto the master tape. Clapton’s guitar solo, occurring at 2:05, lasts only twelve seconds. It is melodic, frantic, and cuts off mid-bend. Tom Dowd allegedly screamed "Keep going!" but the tape stopped. That imperfect, human cut remains the definitive version.