Layla studio outtake 1970 Derek and the Dominos - Eric Clapton Duane Allman

[Roberthenryii]

Jim gordon the drummer needs an amen to for comin up with that Piano in the 2nd part of the song. Its fuckin beutiful

[atnguy]

@Roberthenryii Amen

[cunnidvd]

Duane Allman definitely one of the best ever. But anyone that doesn't recognize Clapton as also one of the best ever is just a fuckin moron.

[TheCunjindungeon]

shows how a left handed man(allman) can sound..can i get an AMEN?

[SteveSparx]

beyond comparison

[BobReidy]

This is the best version.

[TheFishMiester]

I think Delanie & Bonnie were on this Album too !

[Roberthenryii]

@TheFishMiester i know there on Claptons self titled first solo album. That album is a perquel to Layla and other assorted love songs.

[angelangel3000]

Duane's Layla riff and other assorted Dominos lead work sound little like King's As the Years Go Passing By. It's all Skydog.

Check out Duane on Laura Nyro's Beads of Sweat !

[rivermandan9]

Nobody ever made a guitar sound as good as Duane Allman...........

[Thebeautyoftimeisnow]

@rivermandan9 except maybe Peter Green

[grantswede]

It was history in the making, oh, by-the-way, producer-the late Tom Dowd! Genius!

Look-up Tom Dowd-Layla his interview with the actual mixing, and piano!

[dazedcat]

Sorry Eric but you're wrong. This was a real band and you haven't come close to making music as good as this since. You've faked it pretty well for the last forty years though.

[RustyfFender]

@dazedcat Ha ha ha - that's probably the best comment on youtube - and I'll bet you're serious!

[dazedcat]

@RustyfFender I am serious. What has he done since this that remotely comes close?

[RustyfFender]

@dazedcat Well I won't bother going thru his catalog because it doesn't matter. He's a performer not a mountain climber. I've noticed that most of the 'stars' have energetic beginnings with hit after hit and spend the rest of their careers putting out enjoyable albums and touring. Who has a string of landmark hits? But the top 40's and best of year's album lists are always full anyway. What you're stating is the obvious.

[ramblingblues]

@dazedcat i'll second that.

[hubiex]

Can't help but get lost in that outro each and every time.

[Bodomchld]

@hubiex The "chirping" sounds you hear right at the end were made famous by Duane Allman during "Mountain Jam" on many occasions. I really wish Duane's guitar could be extracted out of this song and made into it's own song. Some of that slide work hidden behind Eric's guitar is mind-blowing.

[26bobbyandcoco]

" Eric was playing the rhythm while Duane played the lead and then they would switch roles." "Our vocals worked great as usual, and the whole band was really excited on that night. A big part of that was because Duane was with us and we felt complete. That was the balancing factor with our record, a combination of Duane and Eric's unique styles with a combination that was respectful and worked as one." Bobby Whitlock A Rock~n~Roll Autobiography

[davisonh1]

Same here..love Eric,but well...really Duane made this song with the intro he really did..

[OGEECHEEMAN]

That's just a classic blues pentatonic riff that's been around since guitar strings were invented.To be used within the context that it was used was all Duane

[jpotee]

Always LOVED the piano solo at the end of LAYLA ... GOODFELLAS used it in the closing credits. Like a roll of good credits it sticks in your head for some time after- AWESOME!

[cooltooth112]

@jpotee Eric and the drummer Jim Gordon wrote this song. It's true, but most people don't realize that Jim Gordon wrote and played the piano solo at the end and not Bobby Whitlock.

[LightenUpMcGraw]

@cooltooth112 - Most people don't know Jim Gordon heard the voices of his mother and siblings in his head and ended up murdering his mother to stop the voices. Today he is basically insane and serving the rest of his life in prison for the deed. Apparently seeing people like Clapton from his old rock and roll life depresses him so that is why Clapton said doesn't visit him, he doesn't want to upset good ole Gordo.

[apapke1]

Duane! invented the seven-note intro to Layla. Love Clapton, however, Duane is simply . . . awesome. Unrivalled.

[goldtop55]

Isn't it true that the d in derek is for Duane Allman as in Eric+D ( Deric and the dominoes).Eric Clapton was so impressed with Allman that he wanted to include him on the Album! Great version of the all time best guitar album!!!

[twiztiDchevy]

@goldtop55 the band was actually named Del and The Dynamos (supposedly Del was the producer's nickname for eric clapton), and an announcer at a concert or something misread it Derek and The Dominos, and for some reason, they chose that name....at least that's what i have always heard.

[EasyAce]

@twiztiDchevy It's a great story but it isn't true---Clapton and his new band played a Lyceum gig to kick off a low-keyed English tour in 1970. They still didn't have a name the day of the show. Asheton, Gardner & Dyke opened, and Tony Asheton suggested the name when, apparently, Clapton mentioned he wanted to name the band without drawing attention to himself as a crowd-puller.

[twiztiDchevy]

@EasyAce i guess i stand corrected.

[EasyAce]

@twiztiDchevy No worries---I only learned about it recently!

[0live0wire0]

could be the best thing ever written and played, just pure perfection

[vpfund]

I like the piano coda of this version better than the album--lil more bluesy.

[balebonce]

the best version iv heard yet, wow!! thanks!

If only Duane had lived on

[BobReidy]

This version is better than the released one.It sounds rawer and harder.I think Eric's vocals were better on this one to but his vocals on the original are more passionate.The guitar is much better.

[sovereignrebel]

Try imagining this song without Duane Allman.... Can't, can ya?

[alanmu19]

As for lifting the opening from Albert- it was the melody they took, and speeded up,

to form the 'lick' on Layla - please do not think they stole a guitar part!

[Skyman46]

@alanmu19 I've listened to Albert's song time and time again and cannot find any similarities sped up or not, whatsoever....the guy who made the statement is smoking some nasty weed or something?

[MonkHouse93]

@Skyman46 It's in the piano, go on itunes and listen to the version from the King Of The Blues Guitar album; it's only a small piano fill, but it's deffinitely the riff in this song.

[laman321]

Come on the best! D Allman God status when Guitar talk ! If not write me!

[ZEBRA2828]

A once in a lifetime happening---all these great musicians coming together to make such a classic album. Amazing

[ZotMalakhov]

Thanks my brother!!! Excellent video and very good performance! It very beautiful music! Thank you a lot for sharing your nice video! I love this!!.:-))

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

It's a shame that no live performance of this song - even by Eric himself - has ever featured the incredibly brilliant rhythm guitar part (played by Eric himself) or the proper Carl Radle bass part. If such a recording exists I would love to hear it.

[alvininnaples]

Clapton recorded this album at Criteria studios in my home town of North Miami and I had the pleasure of touring the studio after hours and saw the equipment that they used to make this song. It looked like something straight out a Frankinstein movie. Greg Allman drank with me in the Bamboo Inn on 143 St. & W. Dixie Hwy and we toasted Duane.

[fermateos94]

Epic

[NisseEricsson]

Who did really write the guitar parts of this song? Who wrote the intro? I never get to know who it is, some say Clapton and some Allman.

[Equinas]

@NisseEricsson

Clapton wrote the lyrics, and it first it was more of an acoustic song. Then Allman joined and he came up the the electric signature riff, and the lead. He also plays the slide at the end of the song.

[mfk3343]

@Equinas Ahhh !! that is were you are, wrong,,,, Dwane Allman did the slide guitar on the whole album,, ,, :) ,, im 54 yrs old, and i know this to be true, In fact i beleive it was Dwane that taught Claptoe how to play slide guitar,,

[superfuzzymomma]

@mfk3343 I beg your pardon, my friend, but Clapton plays slide on Keep On Growing. That song, Bell Bottom Blues, and I Looked Away were cut before Duane showed up on the scene. Layla is one DAMN EPIC record! Cheers.

[TheMichaelJB]

@superfuzzymomma Er, they (BBB, ILA and KOG) were cut after Duane and the ABB met the Dominoes after a ABB gig in Miami that the Dominoes went to and the subsequent jam session at Criterion Studios after the gig. They cut Key To The Higway, Have You Every Loved a Woman, and a few others after the gig. The Dominoes cut the three songs without Duane on 8/3/70 to 9/02/70 after Duane and the ABB went on a short tour. Duane returned later on 9/02/70 and they finished up the rest of the album.

[petervankan1]

@mfk3343 I'm 54 too. And I know you're wrong. Clapton had played a little slide during his Cream days (more as an effect than melodically). He was inspired by Duane to do it again, and more serioulsy. And he did play slide on some tracks on Layla. Although no stinging solos. Read the book about the album.

In any case, it's great music.

[AngelofTwilight77]

The anime 'Nana' led me here.

[51punch]

sky dog [duane allman ]made the original version the best opps this is it go duane

[dcaccavo]

Well, it's not an outtake, really. It's the same take - just a different mix. But very cool to hear, since different parts are featured.

[bluebohemia]

I only like this version, not the newer one by Eric.

[BPavsner]

Wonder where this specific track is from. You'd think it'd be found on the "Crossroads" boxset, but, alas, no.

[trailmixrules]

i prefer this version more than the radio version. it sounds more passionate when its sloppy.

[gavjjj]

This is really interesting. When you're so used to hearing one version of a track a new one almost makes it sound like you're hearing it live. Lovely.

[Ronbo710]

Brilliant! Thanks !!

[dianemarylahue]

I highly recommend the rockumentary "Tom Dowd and the Language of Music" - get it off Netflix, shows live footage and Tom remixing on the sound board - classic!

[thisNewFoundLand]

...great upload!

thanks.

[BIBmusic]

probably one of the best songs ever recorded. how the hell does duan allman make those sounds?!

[daledrive44]

the intro is an albert king lick

[domino4346]

~It was Eric who came up with that lick not Duane~BW~

[zepkid5678]

I can't agree more. Any live version I've ever seen of this just misses the mark completely. The album version just has it.

[stonesmannetje]

This outtake is great! where can i download this? fantastic!

is the second part the same as the original?

Great outtake! best song ever!

[Joe22c]

Ahhh, been loving this song since I was 16 (am 20 now).

There's something about the coda that's just mesmerizing. Even the percussion at the end of the song is 'magical' - it all fits together so damn well.

[celostato]

What an emotion. The original with Eric & Duane!

[cobraman96]

Somebody post bell bottom blues...please!

[qsergyuko]

This song has got me on MY kness,clapton when you put clapton is god on the walls around london you were fucking right,and as for allman,well thats another story.

[dodig69]

40 years since I first heard---and fell in love---with this impassioned collection of love songs" Forty years have passed now, and it will surely live on forever, as a once in a lifetime masterpiece collaboration between "Old Slowhand" Eric Clapton, "Skydog" Duane Allman,Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. This is their only studio album and STILL my all-time fave CD.

Indeed---bring on that 40th Anniversary Edition! Thanks for the great post, mon ami!

[TuberOnTheLoose]

@dodig69 I consider this the greatest record ever made.

[dodig69]

@TuberOnTheLoose

I'm with you, man. You'll get no argument from me---just the qualification that it's the greatest ROCK recording of all time(gotta give respect to other fields of music like Jazz, Blues, Classical, Opera. etc.)

[stratbnder]

George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Duane Allman and only E.C. is playing a Strat. Layla was Patti Boyd. her sister Jenny was married to Mick Fleetwood.

Clapton is a first rate guitarist,but not God by any means

[TheBrizzleBrown]

i think you are taking guitar god to literal

[stratbnder]

no, not at all. Clapton is good,but still

Yngwie Malmsteen, Al DiMeola, Frank Zappa, Mark Knophler, Neal Schon.

not taking anything away from Clapton

But there are so many.

[capitolemiproducer]

I love this version all those Stratocaster overdubs

[odanak100]

And Jim gordon on the keys , how was he to know

it would become an immortal tune.

[odanak100]

this and little wing 2 gods wailing

[Longlakedreaming]

Maybe this will turn up on a 40th Anniversary edition of Layla this year? We can only hope. By the way, I got Layla as an 18th birthday gift a month after it was released.

[arnyschreer]

i love this version...what cd is this outtake version available on?

[MegaTronn]

The legendary duo of Slowhand and Skydog lives on forever.

[motthead69]

@MegaTronn you mean Skydog & Slowhand :)

[MegaTronn]

@motthead69 The order of names don't matter. We've got a classic for our ears to enjoy.

[tismeagainful]

my no 3 song of all time

it always makes me smile

i love it

[Binupanicker1]

hell yes.i m in luv wit tis song frm the first time i heard it.long live rock.

[chuckbuckbobuck]

Clapton is God!!!

[radioactive1111]

wow, SUH-WEET

[pageyzoso]

i like this alot better than the released version. less production on it.

[JackMkll]

The Albert KIng tune Duane "lifted" the opening riff of Layla from is As The Years Go Passing By.You can find it on King's Born Under A Bad Sign album on Stax.

Wail on Skydog.

[johnjohnson510]

@JackMkll it was the vocal line wasn't it?

[taylormade2go]

@JackMkll .......right on..Duane was an Albert King Junkie. Bottom Line...,save for Elmore James...., Duane Allman was THE best Slide Guitarist ever recorded.

[PHDROD]

Issst byoot-i-feel. I fill luvley. Dunk yooo.

[Garret00074]

sounds slower too...you know they sped the recording up for the album...

I don't know why, but I'll bet this is in D instead of D#...

[petervankan1]

For the record: yes it was Duane Allman that came up with the riff. Whether he realised it or not, quite possibly not, it was a speeded up version of an old blues song's opening line.

Duane did not give Clapton a guitar.

The second part of the song was not intended to be includedm but a piece drummer Jum Gotdon was working on. The origins of it go back to when he was together with Rita Coolidge. He heard her work on a new song on the piano and remembered and reworked the melody.

[vukasind]

You got that right, but drummer name is Jim Gordon, you made mistake while typing :-) Chears!

[chrisacousticcover]

You got that right. but its called "cheers", you made mistake while typing ;-) Cheers! :D

haha, just makin fun. :D peace to all clapton fans.

[Garret00074]

He stole it from an Albert King song...now, I can't remember what song it was...LOL>..anyone????

And I should say borrowed because we all borrow from one another as musicians...

[judadejudea]

Man! This song is a bullet straight to your heart!

...in those days people used to sit down and play the songs using no more than their hands, their voice and their soul... it seems easy -really do- but may know that (finally) this is the only way....

* Few weeks ago, I've heard from a friend of mine that some people, that were talking about music, said that Clapton was "over-valorated".....!?!?!?!?!­!?"...the man that composed Layla?! the guy of Old Love!?? My God...

[isabelfuentesnar]

I can´t believe that Allman originated this riff, if you know how to play guitar and you know Clapton stile you just realise it´s the way he move the fingers, it´s his kind of standars the pentatonic and the accents he use to play, because everyone has ticks in guitar (like in everything we do). Clapton has what all the new guitars don´t have "the feeling"...it´s no atletics or speed it´s the feeling and the comunication..in Spain we know a little about it (maybe too much), Bye

[ziderazzi]

I love this song...I love the fact that it's really one song and one instrumental complementing one another

[borisbulldog]

You know what's fuckin' amazing?

Two of the best songs wriiten in the '70's- Layla and Something were wriiten about the same girl-Patty Boyd!

Harrison had her and Clapton stole her!

[rynoceras]

Harrison said SOMETHING wasn't about Boyd but that ISN'T IT A PITY was.

[Woolstones]

ranked the #1 best rock song of all time followed by stairway to heaven (of course would of made it high :)) and then let it be

[1MP0sTaH]

ALL TIME fav. track Thank you !!!!! x

[gibsondrummer]

why isn't the album version up ?

[musiccuts]

I threw away my albums years ago.

[psscopata]

@musiccuts god should strike you down( i'm an atheist)

[einXtein]

@musiccuts WHAT?!?!?

[arrseearr]

@musiccuts thanks for posting this version. never heard it and it's great!

[boblackey1]

@arrseearr I remember back in 1970 or 71 Duane Allman being asked about this song in a radio interview and he said he came up with the opening lick. Also when asked you played what guitar part on the album, Duane would only say that he played a Les Paul all the time and Clapton played a Fender Strat and if you can tell the difference between the general tone of the two, then you know. If not then those who really know his and Eric's style would know. Otherwise screw it. I thought that was odd.

[Dragonflyesc]

@gibsondrummer because one of the guitars sounds bad (bad bendings).

Sorry for my english, but i wish that you understand my words.

[ffej980]

the bass player on this song is Carl Radle...i saw him play live with Gary Lewis and The Playboys in 1966

[gibsondrummer]

jim gorden killed his mother with a hammer when she came to his house he spent the rest of his life in an psychiactric hospital for the criminaly insane poor dude

[hippitheman]

najz

[gibsondrummer]

do you think george harrison was pissed?

[sarah114q]

probably...I would think it would be kind of awkward

[MattCockburn]

i believe as the story goes, he said to clapton, "hey, man, ya gotta do what ya gotta do" and for the rest of George's life they called each other "husbands-in-law"

[goddessswarrior]

The original was "cut hot" uped a quarter step. This is the only album recorded in sequence. Pls write to Jim Gordon who wrote the piano track He is in prison for life in CA. I am sure he didnt mean it.

[stampguy1972]

It was my understanding that Jim Gordon experienced a bout of insanity at the time. Is that correct?

[SweetHomeAlabama1974]

I like this version so much more than the studio version. This is the studio version, but its an outtake. If you pause at 0:50 you will see Eric Clapton, and Duane Allman, playing their guitars. Duane is playing a '57 Les Paul Custom Goldtop, and Eric is playing a '70 American Fender Stratocaster. I like the sound. Its so sad Duane Allman died. Such a great song and two great guitarists. Eric is still alive, but Duane Allman died in 1971 in a motorcycle accident. Too Sad. Great Song!

[FellowTraveller]

a year later, if i'm not mistaken, butch trucks died on a motorcvycle at the very same place. :(

[YT28666]

Original bass player Berry Oakley died, not drummer Butch.

[FellowTraveller]

yep, you're right! i had forgotten which one. i saw these play in Philly. they didn't stay together long enough to do many tours. they took my breath away. saw allman bros only twice. once with duane and once without. 1st time Richmond, second time Philly SPectrum (sp?) it sucks when good artists die young. FT

[YT28666]

This is accurate information.

[YT28666]

No disrespect but in 1970 all music equipment made by Fender was American. Eric's Strat would have most likely been one of the1950's guitars he pieced together from different necks, bodies, electronics. They were Blackie & Brownie, ect.

[bigmamou]

Allman originated this riff on his own Strat, taught Clapton to play it and then gave him the same Strat to play Layla forever after. Duane was very generous giving away the most famous riff in rock and roll history I'd say along with the guitar to play it on!

[YT28666]

Never read anything anywhere about Duane giving Eric a Strat during the Layla sessions. Eric was already playing a Stratocaster mainly since his solo album was recorded earlier in 1970. I have read that Eric bought several 50's Strats very cheap from George Gruhn in Nashville in 1970.

[SeamusBlonde]

i think its a key lower too

[LA90004]

Thanks for posting. Different mix than the final version but equally magnificent.

[bluesgunner]

Wow, you can hear all the guitar harmonies! Awesome!

[srebek2]

huj niem tu polaków

[TomcioRomcio83]

są :). Świetna piosenka, kiedyś uratowała mi życie

[CREATINELUSTER]

This recording is typically called the "out of tune version" but strangely.. this version is actually in tune.

[markmark15]

hello all, i was wondering if some philanthropic person would help me out? I would love to play the piano part for this but am tone deaf so am unable to figure out the first chord. Would someone be able to tell me the note progression for that first piano chord?

thanks :)

[campbellu2002]

c major

[domino4346]

@markmark15 ~The key of C~BW~

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@domino4346

The final version is C major (also C#). During post-production the tape speed was increased, thereby giving the song a microtonal pitch between C and C#.

[88888Rob]

@ClassicTVMan1981X true.

[BuZZyb3ar13]

i love this song mstly because laylas my name :]

[kenny49]

thats cool as fuck

[affectionatepunch]

I wish my name was layla.Pity i'm a geezer...

[OIVATOC1973]

Una pieza clásica!!!!!!!!! salud y larga vida a estos maestros y virtuosos.

[JJCANE2]

The greatest love song in rock, and possibly the greatest love song ever-period.

[JTstratman13]

This song also souds great in this key, especially the piano coda!

[MotownShaker]

greatest guitaring ever

[rockfandm1]

Good Song

[Unlovable01]

lol, my name ish laila! pronounced the same way! :D

[vivamexico47]

You got me on my knees, laila!

[uxmil]

This is probably the best song ever concieved by man.

[pekoe]

PUFF PUFF PASSS>>>CLASSIC___This is the lights out..Blacklit on..bong packed__ feelin it under some Day Glo STARS ...incense burning...Version..Fireplace an wine....Ready to get naughty...

[pekoe]

FEEL the LOVE...Eric just captures the love..an he had everyone around him involved in his love story With Patti

[uxmil]

blow me please.

[adamlikescheeze2]

thank u! MAN THIS IS ANN AWESOME SONG

[MicahAB444]

this is the world famous song that hardly anyone kind find in any format besides live performance. good job on this studio version.

[pekoe]

This is the lights out..Blacklit on..bong packed__ feelin it under some Day Glo STARS ...incense burning...Version

[neirak]

thank you!

[antifatbastard]

Where did you find this!!! Amazing!!!!

[musiccuts]

I got this from an old local record store in 1989.