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
Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton also included the song "Let It Grow" from "461 Ocean Boulevard". Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton is a greatest hits album by British musician Eric Clapton. The album was originally released by RSO/Polydor Records in April 1982 (see 1982 in music). The following year a second volume, "Time Pieces Vol.II Live in the Seventies", was released by the label. The album has been reissued several times and has been awarded certifications in several regions. "Billboard" reported, the album sold more than 13,400,000 copies worldwide. In 1982, Eric Clapton left RSO and Polydor to