Eric Clapton the final name became "Derek and the Dominos". Clapton's close friendship with George Harrison brought him into contact with Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd, with whom he became deeply infatuated. When she spurned his advances, Clapton's unrequited affections prompted most of the material for the Dominos' album, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" (1970). Heavily blues-influenced, the album features the twin lead guitars of Clapton and Duane Allman, with Allman's slide guitar as a key ingredient of the sound. Working at Criteria Studios in Miami with Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd, who had worked with Clapton on Cream's "Disraeli Gears", the
Eric Clapton at His Best Eric Clapton at His Best Eric Clapton at His Best is a two-LP compilation of Eric Clapton's early solo work, released in September 1972. It was concurrently released with a two-LP compilation of Clapton's earlier band Cream, "Heavy Cream", along with "at His Best" solo retrospectives by Cream's other members Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Although available in other territories as well, "Eric Clapton at His Best" was largely released to address the North American market, in order for Polydor Records to leverage Clapton's back catalog as, prior to 1972, Polydor had licensed Clapton's recordings to Atco/Atlantic Records for North