Without being totally ugly, it is obvious that the cover of Layla taken from a painting by French painter Frandsen Schonberg was not suitable for the entire double album makes a full house at its output. Other groups have had success with LP's to blank covers of any text, but everyone is not called King Crimson or Led Zeppelin ...
Overall, I love this album and this proof of good taste is certainly due to the magic and pervasive presence of Duane Allman in 1970 after CBS studios in Miami where God playing dominoes.
Yet unlike the gargantuan herd, I do not much like the resumption of Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix: the original groove disappeared, rhythmic and some additions are a bit heavy and melodic guitar solo Clapton n ' not very inspired even a little fake at times.
Also in late Layla, the beautiful piano passage, the two guitarists are a bit on autopilot: effects of the pharmacopoeia used to support the long flight?
Still, Layla remains my favorite in the discography of Eric Clapton honestly that I know only half.
(*): Very good pun based on the name of the actress Bo Derek who actually had the time of its splendor a beautiful derek.
