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Fact #111791

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Short story:

Music mogul Robert Stigwood throws a reception at The China Garden restaurant, London, UK, to announce that Eric Clapton is about to fly to the USA to make a new album. Among the 100 guests are Pete Townshend, Elton John, Long John Baldry and deejay Alan Freeman. Later, Stigwood hosts another reception for Clapton at his home, with forty guests including Ric Grech and Ronnie Wood.

Full article:

Steve Turner (music journalist) : Robert Stigwood organised a reception at The China Garden restaurant in London, as a kind of welcome back event for Clapton. I remember sitting there with Elton John, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton and Long John Baldry.

Of course, people like Robert Stigwood and Ahmet Ertegun must have suffered considerable financial losses because of their artists being caught up with heroin so it was hugely advantageous to them that heroin cures like the one developed by Meg Patterson did actually work. They became very supportive of Meg and her work and they would feed people through to her because she could literally resurrect people's careers.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black for Classic Rock, July 15, 2014)

Chris Welch (journalist, Melody Maker) : Artists, press and TV and radio men dashed hotfoot through the streets to find the China Garden where the waiters chattered excitedly and could be heard asking: "Who is Lobert Stigwood?"

Steve Turner (music journalist) : Eric arrived in a Swedish-knit pullover and ensconced himself in a corner with Pete Townshend, Elton John, George And Meg Patterson and Robert Stigwood.
(Source : Conversations With Eric Clapton, Abacus Books, 1976)

Chris Welch (journalist, Melody Maker) : Dozens of bottles of wine and beer were consumed, trays groaning with prawn crackers and meatballs were demolished and, in many cases, so were the guests by the time midnight tolled.

Elton John in white suit and minus platform shoes complained that he felt smaller than usual. Pete Townshend reached out a matey hand, and together the old cronies fought their way to a corner of the discotheque, there to barricade themselves against the perils of lightning interviews.

Eventually the entire celebration was transferred to Robert Stigwood's palatial mansion in North London, where the party raged on until 5 am. Few could remember what happened, or exactly what Eric is planning to do. But the general verdict was that the Wanderer had returned to the fold.

Eric Clapton : Toured and recorded and got out of it. I had a great time, but it was all fairly directionless.
(Source : not known)