This album, more than any other 60s work, sent more boys out to buy  electric guitars with the hopes of becoming rock stars than anything before  or since. And for good reason. The live recordings on this album gave us a  mountainslide of brilliant no-holds-barred improv and a fiery dynamism that  was the trademark of few bands of the time. It might not have been  Clapton's best work -- for me that was the Bluesbreakers album with Mayall  -- but it was near-genius nonetheless. Much has been said about this  version of Crossroads and you'd better believe it all. Clapton's two solos  on that son, one more incendiary than the other, rate as some of the most  memorable guitar-playing of any rock era. The studio stuff is an added joy  and even Baker's Pressed Rat isn't without its self-deprecating humor.  Felix Pappalardi earns extra kudos for outstanding studio accompaniment and  production. The original cover, black on silver ink, was a landmark of 60s  album design. Listen to the audience on the live tracks. Clearly these  people were there to soak in the brilliance of the music they were  experiencing. You can too.