Eric Clapton - Unplugged

Unplugged is a live album by British blues rock musician Eric Clapton, originally released in August 1992 via Duck and Reprise Records.

The live show was recorded for the MTV Unplugged series and includes both the hit song “Tears In Heaven” and a heavily reworked acoustic version of “Layla”.

Clapton performed the show in front of a small audience on 16 January 1992 at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, England.

Commenting on the popularity of the album in his 2007 autobiography, Clapton wishes the reader to understand the great emotional toll he experienced around that time, and suggests that they visit the grave of his son Conor in Ripley to do so. The death of his son Conor in 1991 was the inspiration for the hit song from this album, “Tears In Heaven”.

Clapton earned three Grammy Awards in 1993 for the album, including Album of the Year, Best Rock Male Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song for “Layla”. Although “Tears In Heaven” also earned three Grammy Awards, it was the version of the song from the Rush soundtrack album that the judges awarded.

The album has sold more than 26 million copies worldwide.

This double album 2LP record set is a 2023 reissue on 180 gram black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, pressed in the US via Bushbranch and Surfdog Records.