E. C. Was Here

E. C. Was Here is a 1975 album by Eric Clapton. It was recorded live in 1974 and 1975 at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Beach Arena, the Hammersmith Odeon, and the Providence Civic Center by Record Plant Remote during Clapton's first tour since Derek and the Dominos in 1970.

E. C. Was Here
Live album by Eric Clapton
Released	August 1975
Recorded	19–20 July 1974, 4 December 1974, 25 June 1975
Venue	Nassau Coliseum Long Beach Arena Hammersmith Odeon Providence Civic Center
Genre	Blues rock
Length	46:40
Label	RSO
Producer	Tom Dowd
Eric Clapton chronology
There's One in Every Crowd (1975) E. C. Was Here (1975) No Reason to Cry (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[2]
Q	[3]

An expanded and remixed version was included as discs 3 and 4 of Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings compilation album.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, 19 July 1974)	Billy Myles	7:42
2.	"Presence of the Lord" (Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, 20 July 1974)	Eric Clapton	6:42
3.	"Drifting Blues" (Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, 20 July 1974)	Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams	3:25 (LP)/11:43 (CD)

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Can't Find My Way Home" (Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, 19 July 1974)	Steve Winwood	5:10
5.	"Rambling On My Mind" (Hammersmith Odeon, London, 4 December 1974)	Robert Johnson	7:17
6.	"Further on Up the Road" (Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, 28 June 1975)	Joe Medwick, Don Robey	7:22

Personnel

• Eric Clapton – Electric guitar, vocals
• Yvonne Elliman – vocals
• George Terry – Rhythm guitar
• Dick Sims – organ
• Carl Radle – bass guitar
• Jamie Oldaker – drums
• Marcy Levy – tambourine, Backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Wally Heider – engineer
• Ed Barton – engineer
• Brian Engolds – engineer
• Ralph Moss – engineer
• David Hewitt – engineer

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1975) Peak Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 29 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 26 French Albums (SNEP)[6] 13 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 34 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 11 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 13 UK Albums (OCC)[10] 14 US Billboard 200[1] 20

Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position French Albums (SNEP)[11] 94

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.