Polydor Records
1988
Tracklist Show Credits
A1 –The Yardbirds Boom Boom 2:25
A2 –The Yardbirds Honey In Your Hips 2:18
A3 –The Yardbirds Baby What’s Wrong 2:40
A4 –The Yardbirds I Wish You Would 2:19
A5 –The Yardbirds A Certain Girl 2:17
A6 –The Yardbirds Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 2:45
A7 –The Yardbirds I Ain’t Got You 1:59
A8 –The Yardbirds For You Love 2:29
A9 –The Yardbirds Got To Hurry 2:35
B1 –John Mayall & Eric Clapton Lonely Years 3:17
B2 –John Mayall & Eric Clapton Bernard Jenkins 3:47
B3 –John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers* Hideaway 3:14
B4 –John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers* All Your Love 3:34
B5 –John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers* Ramblin’ On My Mind 3:07
B6 –John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers* Have You EverLoved A Woman 6:41
C1 –Cream (2) Wrapping Paper 2:21
C2 –Cream (2) I Feel Free 2:52
C3 –Cream (2) Spoonful 6:30
C4 –Cream (2) Lawdy Mama 1:50
C5 –Cream (2) Strange Brew 2:46
C6 –Cream (2) Sunshine Of Your Love 4:10
C7 –Cream (2) Tales Of Brave Ulysses 2:46
C8 –Cream (2) Steppin’ Out 3:31
D1 –Cream (2) Anyone For Tennis 2:37
D2 –Cream (2) White Room 4:56
D3 –Cream (2) Crossroads 4:14
D4 –Cream (2) Badge 2:43
D5 –Blind Faith (2) Presence Of The Lord 4:48
D6 –Blind Faith (2) Can’t Find My Way Home 3:15
D7 –Blind Faith (2) Sleeping In The Ground 2:50
E1 –Delaney And Bonnie* Comin’ Home 3:13
E2 –Eric Clapton Blues Power 3:06
E3 –Eric Clapton After Midnight 3:17
E4 –Eric Clapton Let It Rain 5:01
E5 –Derek & The Dominos Tell The Truth 3:23
E6 –Derek & The Dominos Roll It Over 4:29
F1 –Derek And The Dominos* Layla 7:07
F2 –Eric Clapton And Duane Allman Mean Old World 3:50
F3 –Derek And The Dominos* Key To The Highway 6:27
F4 –Derek And The Dominos* Crossroads 8:17
G1 –Derek And The Dominos* Got To Get Better In A Little While 5:31
G2 –Derek And The Dominos* Evil 4:25
G3 –Derek And The Dominos* On More Chance 3:17
G4 –Derek And The Dominos* Mean Old Frisco 4:02
G5 –Derek And The Dominos* Snake Lake Blues 3:33
H1 –Eric Clapton Let It Grow 4:56
H2 –Eric Clapton Ain’t That Lovin’ You 5:26
H3 –Eric Clapton Motherless Children 4:51
H4 –Eric Clapton I Shot The Sheriff 7:48
H5 –Eric Clapton Better Make It Through Today 4:05
I1 –Eric Clapton The Sky Is Crying 3:57
I2 –Eric Clapton I Found A Love 3:38
I3 –Eric Clapton (When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too 5:34
I4 –Eric Clapton Whatcha Gonna Do 3:01
I5 –Eric Clapton Knockin’On Heaven’s Door 4:21
I6 –Eric Clapton Someone Like You 4:30
J1 –Eric Clapton Hello Old Friend 3:34
J2 –Eric Clapton Sign Language 2:56
J3 –Eric Clapton Further On Up The Road 6:18
J4 –Eric Clapton Lay Down Sally 3:50
J5 –Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight 3:42
K1 –Eric Clapton Cocaine 3:35
K2 –Eric Clapton Promises 3:00
K3 –Eric Clapton If I Don’t Be There By Morning 4:34
K4 –Eric Clapton Double Trouble 8:01
K5 –Eric Clapton I Can’t Stand It 4:09
K6 –Eric Clapton The Shape You’re In 4:09
L1 –Eric Clapton Heaven Is One Step Away 4:09
L2 –Eric Clapton She’s Waiting 4:55
L3 –Eric Clapton Too Bad 2:37
L4 –Eric Clapton Miss You 5:05
L5 –Eric Clapton Wanna Make Love To You 5:43
L6 –Eric Clapton After Midnight 4:05
A six-LP box set spanning Eric Clapton’s entire career — running from the Yardbirds to his ’80s solo recordings — Crossroads not only revitalized Clapton’s commercial standing, but it established the rock & roll multi-disc box set retrospective as a commercially viable proposition. Bob Dylan’s Biograph was successful two years before the release of Crossroads, but Clapton’s set was a bona fide blockbuster. And it’s easy to see why. Crossroads manages to sum up Clapton’s career succinctly and thoroughly, touching upon all of his hits and adding a bevy of first-rate unreleased material (most notably selections from the scrapped second Derek and the Dominos album). Although not all of his greatest performances are included on the set — none of his work as a session musician or guest artist is included, for instance — every truly essential item he recorded is present on these six discs. No other Clapton album accurately explains why the guitarist was so influential, or demonstrates exactly what he accomplished. (Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine)