Just because the full story is known, doesn't mean a documentary shouldn't cover it. If the intent was a career spanning detailed story (which obviously this one wasn't) you have to tell stories that are known to all. The best will do it in ways or from perspectives that it hasn't been done before.

I hate the docs/biographies that go into too much detail about the debauchery. Too many of them do and it's almost all the same thing. A lot of times the ones who go into that kind of detail are the ones who never stopped being a scumbag anyway. We get it Motley Crue did a lot of drugs and lived 100 lives in 10 years. I like the ones that tell the story through the music, which is why we loved them in the first place.

That's what made "Running Down A Dream", "Living In The Material World" and "Please Call Home" great documentaries and Alan Paul's ABB book, Warren Zane's Petty book and Bob Mehr's Replacements book such great reads. They gave enough of the story to know the people involved had major flaws but used that to show how it impacted the music and the band.

[Edited on 2/19/2018 by WarEagleRK]

That is the problem with having over 50 years of fame, fortune and success does - it creates too much to fit it all in one doc unless it is a 10 part mini series and no one is going to pay to make that.

I get your point. Books and films all hit us differently. Except for the odd case, I hate the first couple of chapters of most bios. Don't care about their first bikes, houses, schools, etc. But that is just me.

I think a character such as Clapton with such a personal and musical story to tell, you can't put it all in. So IMO - leave out the rehashed stories.

Much like being at a concert and hearing the one song that is played every time I try to keep the outlook of "there is always someone hearing it for the first time."

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eric-clapton-documentary-dvd/

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is coming to home video — and it's bringing a double-disc soundtrack with it.

The documentary, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year before heading to Showtime for a broadcast run, is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 8. Available on DVD and Blu-ray as well as digital formats, the film offers an overview of Clapton's private life and career through interviews with the artist as well as friends, peers and family members, interspersed with archival performance footage.

In addition to the film, Life in 12 Bars will be available as a soundtrack recording that presents a rough summary of Clapton's influences and lengthy output as a band member and solo artist. Including 32 tracks — a handful of which are previously unreleased — the soundtrack is being issued as a double-CD set on the same day as the DVD and Blu-ray, with a four-LP vinyl edition following on July 20.

Watch the Life in 12 Bars trailer and look over the complete soundtrack track listing below.

'Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars' Track Listing
Big Bill Broonzy, "Backwater Blues"
Muddy Waters, "My Life Is Ruined"
Muddy Waters, "I Got Mojo Working"
The Yardbirds, "I Wish You Would"
The Yardbirds, "For Your Love"
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, "Steppin' Out"
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, "All Your Love"
Cream, "I Feel Free"
Cream, "Strange Brew"
Cream, "Sunshine of Your Love"
Aretha Franklin, "Good to Me As I Am To You"
Cream, "Crossroads" (live)
The Beatles, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Cream, "Badge"
Cream, "White Room" (live)
Cream, "Spoonful" (live, previously unreleased)
Blind Faith, "Presence of the Lord"
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton, "Comin' Home" (live)
Eric Clapton, "After Midnight" (alternate mix)
Eric Clapton, "Let It Rain" (alternate mix)
Derek and the Dominos, "High" (previously unreleased)
George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord"
Derek and the Dominos, "Thorn Tree in the Garden"
Derek and the Dominos, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out"
Derek and the Dominos, "Bell Bottom Blues"
Derek and the Dominos, "Layla"
Derek and the Dominos, "Little Wing" (live)
Derek and the Dominos, "Got to Get Better in a Little While"
Eric Clapton, "I Shot The Sheriff" (previously unreleased full length version)
Eric Clapton, "Little Queenie" (live, previously unreleased)
Eric Clapton, "Mainline Florida"
Eric Clapton, "Tears in Heaven"

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eric-clapton-documentary-dvd/

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is coming to home video — and it's bringing a double-disc soundtrack with it.

The documentary, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year before heading to Showtime for a broadcast run, is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 8. Available on DVD and Blu-ray as well as digital formats, the film offers an overview of Clapton's private life and career through interviews with the artist as well as friends, peers and family members, interspersed with archival performance footage.

In addition to the film, Life in 12 Bars will be available as a soundtrack recording that presents a rough summary of Clapton's influences and lengthy output as a band member and solo artist. Including 32 tracks — a handful of which are previously unreleased — the soundtrack is being issued as a double-CD set on the same day as the DVD and Blu-ray, with a four-LP vinyl edition following on July 20.

Watch the Life in 12 Bars trailer and look over the complete soundtrack track listing below.

'Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars' Track Listing
Big Bill Broonzy, "Backwater Blues"
Muddy Waters, "My Life Is Ruined"
Muddy Waters, "I Got Mojo Working"
The Yardbirds, "I Wish You Would"
The Yardbirds, "For Your Love"
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, "Steppin' Out"
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, "All Your Love"
Cream, "I Feel Free"
Cream, "Strange Brew"
Cream, "Sunshine of Your Love"
Aretha Franklin, "Good to Me As I Am To You"
Cream, "Crossroads" (live)
The Beatles, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Cream, "Badge"
Cream, "White Room" (live)
Cream, "Spoonful" (live, previously unreleased)
Blind Faith, "Presence of the Lord"
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton, "Comin' Home" (live)
Eric Clapton, "After Midnight" (alternate mix)
Eric Clapton, "Let It Rain" (alternate mix)
Derek and the Dominos, "High" (previously unreleased)
George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord"
Derek and the Dominos, "Thorn Tree in the Garden"
Derek and the Dominos, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out"
Derek and the Dominos, "Bell Bottom Blues"
Derek and the Dominos, "Layla"
Derek and the Dominos, "Little Wing" (live)
Derek and the Dominos, "Got to Get Better in a Little While"
Eric Clapton, "I Shot The Sheriff" (previously unreleased full length version)
Eric Clapton, "Little Queenie" (live, previously unreleased)
Eric Clapton, "Mainline Florida"
Eric Clapton, "Tears in Heaven"

Don’t see a thing here that I don’t already have or have access to in numerous formats...

Perhaps I’m missing something new or unique about this?

Just a ploy to pry a few more bucks? Not tha5 there’s anything wrong with that!