The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition


The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition released September 1990 is an anniversary remix of the 1970 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album by Derek and the Dominos. The album contains the original album, remixed to improve audio quality, and, in the 3-CD edition, two extra discs of unused alternate and incomplete masters of the original songs and studio jamming. The box set was designed by Mitchell Kanner.

Critical reception

Reviewing in October 1990, Ira Robbins of Rolling Stone said the original album has "aged gracefully", but found the rest inferior, including some of the "intriguing" outtakes. Robert Christgau was more critical in The Village Voice, questioning the value and purpose of the box set. While most fulfill marketing rather than musical purposes, The Layla Sessions is especially suspicious, in his opinion:

Track listing

Disc one: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Remixed Version)

  1. "I Looked Away" Recorded September 2, 1970. Overdubbed September 2 & 4, 1970
  2. "Bell Bottom Blues" Recorded September 2, 1970. Overdubbed September 4 & 9, 1970
  3. "Keep on Growing" Recorded September 1, 1970. Overdubbed September 1,2,5 & 9, 1970
  4. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" Recorded August 31, 1970.
  5. "I Am Yours" Recorded September 3, 1970. Overdubbed September 4 & 9, 1970
  6. "Anyday" Recorded September 3, 1970. Overdubbed September 4, 1970
  7. "Key to the Highway" Recorded August 30, 1970.
  8. "Tell the Truth" Recorded August 28, 1970. Overdubbed September 1 & 4, 1970
  9. "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" Recorded August 31, 1970. Overdubbed September 1 & 9, 1970
  10. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" Recorded September 2, 1970.
  11. "Little Wing" Recorded September 9, 1970.
  12. "It's Too Late" Recorded September 3, 1970. Overdubbed September 9 & October 1, 1970
  13. "Layla" Recorded September 9, 1970. Overdubbed October 1, 1970
  14. "Thorn Tree in the Garden" Recorded September 10, 1970.

Disc two: The Jams

  1. "Jam I" Recorded September 2, 1970
  2. "Jam II" Recorded August 26, 1970
  3. "Jam III" Recorded August 27, 1970
  4. "Jam IV" Recorded August 27, 1970
  5. "Jam V" Recorded August 27, 1970

Disc three: Alternate Masters, Jams And Outtakes

  1. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman " Recorded August 31, 1970
  2. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman " Recorded August 26, 1970
  3. "Tell the Truth " Recorded August 27, 1970
  4. "Tell the Truth " Recorded August 27, 1970
  5. "Mean Old World " Recorded October 2, 1970
  6. "Mean Old World " Recorded October 2, 1970
  7. "Mean Old World " Recorded October 2, 1970
  8. " It Hurts Me Too " Recorded August 27, 1970
  9. "Tender Love " Recorded August 27, 1970
  10. "It's Too Late " Recorded September 9, 1970