hesitate using trendy acronyms when writing reviews—but in this case, saying I had a clear-cut case of FOMO when Eric Clapton’s slightly misnamed 2 CD clamshell collection first came out in October 1991 actually might be an understatement. The 15 tracks on that release—five culled from E.C.’s 18-night 1990 Royal Albert Hall residency in London, and the remainder from his 24-night 1991 stretch there—seemed more like a tease, considering I’d also seen and heard numerous other performances from both historic runs. Hence, I resigned myself to being somewhat content with what we
