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Nov

1963: EC’s first recording session – The Yardbirds record “Boom Boom,” “Honey In Your Hips” and “Talkin’ About You” at Morden Park Sound Studios in Surrey
1965: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (with EC and Jack Bruce) have a gig at The Blue Moon Club in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
1966: Cream are at the Redcar Jazz Club at the Coatham Hotel in Redcar, North Yorkshire
1967: Cream mime to “Sunshine Of Your Love,” “Tales of Brave Ulysses” and 2 more songs for “Tunnusavel” at Pasilia TV Studios in Helsinki (broadcast at a later date) then play a gig at Kulttuuritalo
1970: Derek and the Dominos play early and late shows at the University of Nevada Gymnasium in Reno, Nevada
1984: EC opens his Australian Tour with a concert at the Hordern Pavilion R.A.S. Showground in Sydney – it’s the first of four non-consecutive nights at the venue
1999: EC concert at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan
2001: EC’s “Live in Hyde Park” is released on DVD – first released in 1997 on VHS, it was recorded on 29 June 1996 during the MasterCard Masters of Music Concert for The Prince’s Trust
2015: “Slowhand at 70,” recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on 20 and 21 May, is released on DVD, Blu-ray, CD, vinyl and digital editions – it reaches Number 1 in seven countries
2020: 50th Anniversary Editions of Derek and The Dominos’ “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” are released