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BLIND FAITH
WHAT's NEW
[Top (page index)] [Up] [Down] [Bottom (site index)]What's new on this web page?
If you see the date changing on this page, without an announcement in this section, it is probably something like fixing minor coding problems, spelling errors, minor layout changes, new page on this site (so I changed bottom index), ... Any major changes to this page, will be announced here.
October 6, 2006. I just found out that a Blind Faith DVD of their June 7, 1969 Hyde Park, London, England will be released this year.
July 18, 2005. I just noticed that the ezBoard message board that I had set up for this web site had been deleted. Since restoration of the deleted conference is only available to subscribers to their service, and since the activity was relatively light, I not planning on looking for another message board. If you do think a message board is worth while, or you have a message board that you like, let me know and I may promote it here. As always you can contact me here.
March 10, 2001. It looks like I may have been premature in moving to a new web hosting site. I just found out that whenever Tripod.com is having hardware or software problems with their servers, they put up a message for the webmaster that their site is in violation of terms, and the web site has been deleted (instead of a message about system problems and try again later). Anyway, I believed Tripod.com when they said they deleted my account, so I will be moving, and making chromeoxide.com my new home on the web.
March 10, 2001. As long as I am moving my entire site, I decided to make a few changes to the layout of the individual pages, and the web site in general, including (but not limited to) I removed the counter, and moved the listings of mirror sites to the bottom of the page, ...
March 6, 2001. Sometime between March 1 to March 5, 2001 Tripod deleted my account/web site. The last stats Tripod gave me were 9,000+ visitors per month. Since my site is so popular, I have decided to keep it going, in spite of this major setback. But rather than trying to build up another free web site, and possibly deal with this problem again, I decided go with CommandLine.net to host the new chromeoxide.com.
February 1, 2001. I started creating this page.
BLIND FAITH
INTRO:
[Top (page index)] [Up] [Down] [Bottom (site index)]Blind Faith was a band with a lot of potential that didn't last very long. Eric Clapton was tired of Cream, and wanted to try something different. He invited Stevie Winwood (who was getting tired of Traffic) over to jam and see what develops. Ginger Baker (also of Cream) showed up shortly after that and just assumed that he would be part of the new band. And no one ever told him otherwise. After playing a while, they decided that while Stevie Winwood could play the keyboards and bass parts, a bass player made more sense. So Rick Grech (Family) was asked to join. Rick was on tour with Family, but he quit while in the middle of the tour, as he thought the chance to play with Clapton, Winwood and Baker was too good to miss out on.
Some folks may wonder if Blind Faith was the first recorded band with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood playing together. It was not. Back in February 1966, while Eric Clapton was still a part of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and before Cream, and Steve Winwood was still a part of Spencer Davis Group and before Traffic, they were briefly in a band called Eric Clapton and Powerhouse:
Stevie Winwood - vocals
Paul Jones - harp
Eric Clapton - guitar
Ben Palmer - piano
Jack Bruce - bass
Peter York - drums
that managed to record three tracks (I Want To Know, Steppin Out, Crossroads) for a compilation album.Unfortunately, Blind Faith wasn't given a chance to develop and find out what they might have been capable of. The press and public had visions of a new supergroup. So Blind Faith started out playing arenas, and became too big, too fast to really have a chance.
The new/revised Blind Faith (2CD set) released January 2001 is all the excuse I needed to put this page together. An article in ICE from August 2000 stated that the producers were working with 50 or 60 reels of recordings from the Blind Faith sessions from February through June 1969.
Comments and corrections would be appreciated.
And of course, any audio-video-print additions to my collection would be appreciated.
I am also interested in getting wider exposure for this site. So links from your site to mine would be appreciated. And if you know of any sites that allow/encourage submission, I would also appreciate knowing about them as well.
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BLIND FAITH
Personnel
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PERSONNEL: 1969 Eric Clapton - guitar Stevie Winwood - keyboards, bass, vocals PERSONNEL: 1969 Eric Clapton - guitar Stevie Winwood - keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals Ginger Baker - drums PERSONNEL: February 1969 - August 1969 Eric Clapton - guitar Stevie Winwood - keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals Rick Grech - bass, violin Ginger Baker - drums
BLIND FAITH
Studio
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PERSONNEL: 1969 Eric Clapton - guitar Stevie Winwood - keyboards, bass, vocals STUDIO SESSION: Eric Clapton Home Jams PERSONNEL: 1969 Eric Clapton - guitar Stevie Winwood - keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals Ginger Baker - drums STUDIO SESSION: Eric Clapton Home Jams STUDIO SESSION: February 18, 1969 Morgan Studios Well All Right - multiple takes (instrumental and with vocals) STUDIO SESSION: February 20, 1969 Morgan Studios Well All Right - multiple takes Lord Protector (name changed to Presence Of The Lord) - 70 takes (instrumental and with vocals) Presence Of The Lord (original album) (take 72 of 77) STUDIO SESSION: February 28, 1969 Morgan Studios Well All Right (original album) (take 7) Hey Joe - 8 takes (instrumental) STUDIO SESSION: March 2, 1969 Morgan Studios (w/Guy Warner, percussion) key to the highway jam one of us must know (sooner or later) jam Jam No. 1: Very Long & Good Jam (deluxe edition) Jam No. 2: Slow Jam # 1 (deluxe edition) Jam No. 3: Change Of Address (deluxe edition) (a shorter version of Change of Address was issued as a promotional 45) Jam No. 4: Slow Jam # 2 (deluxe edition) PERSONNEL: 1969 Eric Clapton - guitar Stevie Winwood - keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals Rick Grech - bass, violin Ginger Baker - drums STUDIO SESSION: May 27, 1969 Olympic Studios, London Can't Find My Way Home (electric version) (deluxe edition) (take 10 of 15) (Winwood CD) STUDIO SESSION: May 28, 1969 Olympic Studios, London Sea Of Joy (original album) (take 6 of 6) STUDIO SESSION: May 30, 1969 Olympic Studios, London Time Winds (deluxe edition) (50+ takes) STUDIO SESSION: June 5, 1969 Olympic Studios, London Had To Cry Today - 21 takes (11 instrumental, 10 with vocals) LIVE SHOW: Blind Faith's first public performance LIVE SHOW: June 7, 1969 Hyde Park, London, England (? July 5, 1969 Hyde Park, London (pz) ?) (audio and video recorded) Well All Right (video portion in Cucumber Castle film) Sea Of Joy Sleeping In The Ground (audio in Winwood Box Set CD) Under My Thumb (audio in Winwood Box Set CD) Can't Find My Way Home Do What You Like Presence Of The Lord Means To An End Had To Cry Today STUDIO SESSION: June 23, 1969 Olympic Studios, London Had To Cry Today Do What You Like - 7 takes (instrumental and with vocals) STUDIO SESSION: June 24, 1969 Olympic Studios, London Had To Cry Today (original album) (take 17) Do What You Like (original album) (take 6 of 6) Instrumental (untitled) (blues jam-oh happy day) Sleeping In The Ground (eric clapton-crossroads) (6/69) (hari) 3 rehearsal takes, + 3 more takes Sleeping In The Ground (slow blues version) (deluxe edition) STUDIO SESSION: June 25, 1969 Morgan Studios Acoustic Jam (deluxe edition) Sleeping In The Ground (eric clapton-crossroads) (6/69) (hari) 28 takes Sleeping In The Ground (previously unreleased mix) STUDIO SESSION: June 28, 1969 Olympic Studios Can't Find My Way Home (original album) (take 21 of 24) ORIGINAL ALBUM RELEASE: Blind Faith Had To Cry Today Can't Find My Way Home Well All Right Presence Of The Lord Sea Of Joy Do What You Like BONUS TRACKS: Sleeping In The Ground Can't Find My Way Home (electric version) Acoustic Jam Time Winds Sleeping In The Ground (slow blues version) Jam No. 1: Very Long & Good Jam Jam No. 2: Slow Jam # 1 Jam No. 3: Change Of Address Jam No. 4: Slow Jam # 2 Some versions of the original release of Blind Faith had 2 bonus tracks, Exchange And Mart Spending All My Days While the original members of the band played on these tracks, they were intended for a solo album by Rick Grech, that was never finished.
BLIND FAITH
Live
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PERSONNEL: 1969 Eric Clapton - guitar Stevie Winwood - keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals Rick Grech - bass, violin Ginger Baker - drums LIVE SHOW: Blind Faith - Scandinavian Tour LIVE SHOW: June 12, 1969 early, Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland LIVE SHOW: June 12, 1969 late, Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland LIVE SHOW: June 14, 1969 Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden LIVE SHOW: June 16, 1969 Njaardhallen, Oslo, Norway LIVE SHOW: June 18, 1969 Konserthallen Liseberg, Liseberg Nojespark Goteborg, Sweden (radio broadcast) Well All Right Sleeping In The Ground Sea Of Joy Under My Thumb Can't Find My Way Home Do What You Like Presence Of The Lord (hari) Means To An End Had To Cry Today LIVE SHOW: June 19, 1969 KB-HallenKoslas;benhavn, Denmark LIVE SHOW: Blind Faith - U.S.A. Tour LIVE SHOW: July 11, 1969 Newport, Rhode Island LIVE SHOW: July 12, 1969 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York LIVE SHOW: July 13, 1969 Kennedy Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut LIVE SHOW: July 16, 1969 Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania LIVE SHOW: July 18, 1969 Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario LIVE SHOW: July 19, 1969 Forum, Montreal, Quebec LIVE SHOW: July 20, 1969 Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland LIVE SHOW: July 23, 1969 War Memorial Stadium, Kansas City, Kansas LIVE SHOW: July 26, 1969 Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Had To Cry Today I Can't Find My Way Home Sleeping In The Ground Well All Right Presence Of The Lord Do What You Like Sunshine Of Your Love LIVE SHOW: July 27, 1969 International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois Had To Cry Today Can't Find My Way Home Crossroads Do What You Like LIVE SHOW: August 1, 1969 Sports Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota LIVE SHOW: August 2, 1969 Olympic Stadium, Detroit, Michigan LIVE SHOW: August 3, 1969 Keil Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri (set order may not be correct) Well All Right ? (Traffic) Can't Find My Way Home Had to Cry Today Presence of the Lord Sea Of Joy Do What You Like Sunshine of Your Love LIVE SHOW: August 8, 1969 Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington LIVE SHOW: August 9, 1969 PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia LIVE SHOW: August 10, 1969 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon LIVE SHOW: August 14, 1969 Almeda County Coliseum, Oakland, California Well All Right Presence Of The Lord Sea Of Joy Means To An End Do What You Like LIVE SHOW: August 15, 1969 Forum, Los Angeles, California LIVE SHOW: August 16, 1969 Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, CA (p1) Well All Right Can't Find My Way Home Had To Cry Today Sleeping In The Ground Crossroads Presence Of The Lord Means To An end Do What You Like Sunshine Of Your Love LIVE SHOW: August 19, 1969 Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas LIVE SHOW: August 20, 1969 Hemisfair Arena, San Antonio, Texas Well All Right Can't Find My Way Home Had To Cry Today Sleeping In The Ground Crossroads Presence Of The Lord Sea Of Joy Do What You Like Sunshine Of Your Love LIVE SHOW: August 22, 1969 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah LIVE SHOW: August 23, 1969 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona LIVE SHOW: August 24, 1969 HIC Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii LIVE SHOW: August 26, 1969 UCLA Pavley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Well All Right Can't Find My Way Home Had To Cry Today Sleeping In The Ground Crossroads Presence Of The Lord Means To An End Do What You Like
BLIND FAITH
PRINT MEDIA
[Top (page index)] [Up] [Down] [Bottom (site index)]BOOKS AND PRINTED MATERIAL: (This is my reference library.) (I am interested in getting more.)
Live Show Listings
Live show listings come from various sources, including the below listed books, visitors to this web site and from other web sites. None of these listings have been verified by me. And just because there was a print advertisement for the show, is no guarantee that there weren't problems which caused the show to be cancelled.(p1) The Art Of Rock - A Spectular Visual And Oral History
Writter: Paul D. Grushkin, Artworks Photographed by Jon Sievert
Published by Artabras. Copyright 1987. 516 pages. Hardback.(pz) King Crimson Epitaph Booklet (4 CD set)
BLIND FAITH
AUDIO MEDIA
[Top (page index)] [Up] [Down] [Bottom (site index)]AUDIO COMPILATIONS: (This is my complete audio collection) (I am interested in getting more. Details and material.)
Commercial Releases
Other Material
BLIND FAITH
VIDEO MEDIA
[Top (page index)] [Up] [Down] [Bottom (site index)]VIDEO COMPILATIONS:
(I am always interested in expanding my collection.)
BLIND FAITH
OTHER RESOURCES (links)
[Top (page index)] [Up] [Down] [Bottom (site index)]Do you have a Blind Faith related site? Do you want a link from this page? E-Mail me!
I am also interested in getting wider exposure for this site. So links from your site to mine would be appreciated. And if you know of any sites that allow/encourage submission, I would also appreciate knowing about them as well.
Blind Faith DVD June 7, 1969 Hyde Park, London, England
Blind Faith Yahoo Discussion Group
Blind Faith Bootography listing of live shows and live recordings
The Blind Faith Website photos, info, ...
National Public Radio All Things Considered segment on Blind Faith
BLIND FAITH
CLASSIFIEDs
[Top (page index)] [Up] [Down] [Bottom (site index)]This is an experiment. I am listing various classified ads that might be of interest to browsers of this page.
Let me know what you think of this idea?
And if you do order something listed here, let them know you found out about it here.
Also, let me know how this worked out for you.
June 29, 2003.
MusicStack looks like a good source of used music items (LPs, CDs, posters, ...).
As always, let me know what you think.
December 10, 2002.
Back in October 1999 I put up links to CD-Now so that visitors could easily link to the related band pages and instantly see which items were still in print/available for purchase. CD-Now no longer has that option. For the moment I am putting in Amazon.com search boxes. Amazon.com doesn't easily allow for links to individual band pages in the same way that CD-Now used to. So, instead of me being able to create direct links, I have put up the Amazon.com search box instead. So you can still go to a page with the various bands products, buy you now need to go through a search box.As always, let me know what you think.
April 22, 2002.
Would you like to show your appreciation for (the time, effort, money, ... that goes into creating, maintaing, updating) this web site, without getting anything in return (except a listing of your name (and url) on this web site as a friend of this web site)?
sign up for PayPal and simplify your online payments.
December 3, 2002 CD Now is undergoing changes, and asked that ALL links be removed.
October 28, 1999 I signed up with CD Now.
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