"Commandeur Clapton"
Eric Clapton & His Band
Royal Albert Hall (Show #3/3)
London
England

25th. May 2017

An Audience Recording

The title of this recording was prompted by the award made that evening.

"On May 25, Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, conferred the medal of the Commandeur in l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres on Eric Clapton. The award was presented in a ceremony backstage at the Royal Albert Hall where Eric was performing.
Sylvie Bermann, called him an "ambassador of the blues in France".

France's Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) was established in 1957 to recognize eminent artists and writers, as well as people who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world. Membership is not limited to French nationals; recipients include numerous foreign luminaries of which Eric Clapton is the most recent."

Lineage:
Core Sound Binaural Mics (Flat Response) > Edirol R-1 Flash Recorder > 24-bit/44.1kHz WAV >
Adobe Audition Editing v1.5 (32-Bit) > 16-bit WAV > Split >
FLAC Frontend v2.1 using FLAC 1.3.0 (Level-6 + Align on Sector Boundaries).

Recording:
Microphones placed ~0.5m, (18"), apart, over the balcony ledge; this minimised adjacent clapping. Location was offset to the sound reinforcement system

Mastering:
Disk-1
Fade-In & Out
Whole Disk
LHC: +4.97dB
RHC: +6.58dB
Seated Section
L+R: +4db
Overall
L+R: +2.5dB (Hard Limit on clapping)

Disk-2
Fade-In & Out
Whole Disk
LHC: +4.97dB
RHC: +6.58dB
L+R: +2.5dB (Hard Limit on clapping)

Location:
Second Tier Box

Disk:1 49:21
01 Intro
02 Somebody Knocking
03 Key To The Highway
04 Hoochie Coochie Man
05 I Shot The Sheriff
/Acoustic Set
06 Driftin' Blues
07 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
08 Layla
09 Tears In Heaven
Acoustic Set/

Disk:2 54:30
01 Badge
02 Wonderful Tonight
03 Crossroads
04 Little Queen Of Spades - with Doyle Bramhall II
05 Cocaine - with Doyle Bramhall II
Encores:
06 Sunshine of your Love - with Doyle Bramhall II
07 High Time We Went - with Doyle Bramhall II


Band Lineup
Eric Clapton � guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton � piano, keyboards
Paul Carrack - organ, keyboards, vocals
Nathan East � bass
Steve Gadd � drums
Sharlotte Gibson � backing vocals
Sharon White � backing vocals

Support:
Doyle Bramhall II

ARTWORK
None, roll your own.

PIX
Included.

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