Eric Clapton - Turn Up Down -1980- - Unreleased... !full!

Then the drums kicked in. Not his usual laid-back, behind-the-beat shuffle. This was a pummeling, almost punkish slam from a drummer who sounded like he was trying to break through his own kit. The bass followed, not melodic, but a thick, distorted root-note pulse.

Some doors, she thought, are closed for a reason. And some songs are never meant to be turned up—or down.

“So I’ll turn up down, and turn down up. And drink the silence from a broken cup.” Eric Clapton - Turn Up Down -1980- - Unreleased...

The archivist sat in the dark of the vault, her heart hammering. She knew why it was unreleased. It wasn't because it was bad. It was because it was true . In 1980, Eric Clapton was trying to be a survivor, a hitmaker, a respectable elder statesman in waiting. This tape was the sound of the man he was trying to kill.

He whispered the last line:

The album featured an elite lineup of musicians, produced and engineered by Glyn Johns Guitars/Vocals: Eric Clapton and Albert Lee Keyboards: Chris Stainton and Gary Brooker Henry Spinetti. Dave Markee.

Despite the rejection, the Turn Up Down sessions were not a total loss. Many of the tracks were later reworked for his 1981 album, . Then the drums kicked in

And then Clapton started singing. His voice, usually a weathered, melancholic drawl, was raw. Torn. He wasn't crooning; he was confessing.