Date: 4 February 1988
Venue:
Royal Albert Hall
London
United Kingdom
Title: Two Drummers
A Mikey Mike Master with series number: MMM114
Notes about this release:
Here is another of Mike's rare films, this time from plus 35 year ago. We have got two drummers and two lead guitarists on stage for this final show at The Hall in 1988. Although the film has been shared and bootlegged several times before, this release was transferred directly from his 8mm master tapes and remastered in 2021. Contrast levels adjusted and VHS distortion removed.
However, this has not been released before, at Mike's request, as he was unhappy about the fact that he was aware certain (unnamed) people had not released videos that they had stored away. The intention of Mike's generous releases, was exactly to motivate other people to share their old gems before they were lost forever. This release is therefor a one-off as a goodwill gesture and any further releases will not be forthcoming until some reciprocal sharing is done. This is a shoutout for everyone with old rare recordings, to start sharing. Mike still has several unreleased masters to put out into the world, so please contact the Slowhand Archive Project if you want him to continue and have recordings to share (contact@slowhandarchive.com)
The MMM series is curated by ECfan and released as part of the Slowhand Archive Project according to the wishes of Mikey Mike.
Setlist:
01. Crossroads
02. White Room
03. I Shot The Sheriff
04. Wonderful Tonight
05. Run
06. Same Old Blues
07. Tearing Us Apart
08. Holy Mother
09. Badge
10. Let It Rain
11. Cocaine
12. Layla
13. Behind The Mask
14. Sunshine Of Your Love
15. Money For Nothing
16. Further On Up The Road
Lineup:
Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals
Mark Knopfler – guitar
Alan Clark – keyboards
Nathan East – bass
Phil Collins – drums
Steve Ferrone – drums
Ray Cooper – percussion
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
Tessa Niles – backing vocals
Lineage: Unknown camera>Premiere Pro>AVS2DVD>DVD
Video specifications:
Video
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings : BVOP
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Format settings, picture structure : Frame
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 585 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 6 000 kb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.539
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code source : Group of pictures header
Audio
Format : PCM
Format settings : Big / Signed
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
General notes about The MikeyMikeMaster series:
Although introduced to the Bluesbreakers with Eric in the 60's when still a schoolboy, MikeyMike first saw EC at Hammersmith Odeon in 1974 but was hooked from that point onward. Since then he has seen Eric play literally hundreds of times on many continents, and from massive auditoriums to small venues with a handful of other lucky people.
Never wanting to 'miss the moment' he taped that first show and has 'archived' virtually every one he has witnessed since then. From the early days of tape-recorders with built in condenser microphones, via mini-disc, DAT and also visually with VHS-C, 8mm camcorders up to SD cards and beyond, he has built up after over 40 years of recording and videoing a massive amount of archival live recordings of his hero.
From EC solo in the 70's, his drunken 'lost years' through to his re-emergence as a real guitar hero in the 80's & 90's, the Blues tutorials of the mid-90's, via various eras such as the Roger Waters collaboration to the Jazz influenced Legends. Initially, a lot of his recordings were shared with fellow fans but he soon found many of these eventually appearing on expensive Bootlegs.
So, he curtailed sharing them.....until now. Realizing that no-one is immortal and not wanting his precious recordings to end up as land-fill, plus with a bit of gentle coercion from a fellow fan, some of the many recordings and videos will shortly be seeing the light of day, many for the first time ever.
All recordings will be numbered as part of the MMM series, and the videos will receive a watermark making life for people with commercial interests in the tapes, as hard as possible.
Enjoy them all. Collect the series!
MMM's simple requests:
Do not sell this or use it in a video that is sold
Do not modify the info file. Create a second file if needed.
Do not remaster and/or post on other sites that are not 100% free
Do not convert to lossy formats except for personal use
Do support the artists
And finally a special note to fellow Clapton tapers out there:
If you have not shared your EC recordings or films before, please take this opportunity to start doing so. If you are not sure how to share, if you want some advice or just need someone to digitize your old tapes, please reach out to this email address: contact@slowhandguide.com. Time is passing, and some EC recordings might already be lost forever. Our goal is to ensure rare and unique recordings and films with Eric Clapton, are unearthed and shared for free with fellow EC music fans, before they are lost forever in old shoeboxes. We can even help digitize, remaster and share with respect for your work and efforts recording.
The Slowhand Archive Project
Email: contact@slowhandarchive.com