CREAM - DISRAELI GEARS LP ON REACTION {594003} MINT CONDITION

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May 21, 2012 Sold Date

May 11, 2012 Start Date

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You are bidding on a mint copy of the original album "Disraeli Gears" from Cream, on Reaction records and released in 1968. The vinyl is in mint condition, the cover does have slight storage marks but otherwise a fantastic album and a nice addition to any collection. Please see below for further information.
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Disraeli Gears is the second album by British supergroup Cream. It was released in November 1967[1] and went on to reach number 5 on the UK Albums Chart.[7] It was also their American breakthrough, becoming a massive seller there in 1968, reaching number 4 on the American charts.[8] The album was #1 for two weeks on the Australian album chart and was listed as the #1 album of 1968 by Cash Box in the year-end album chart in the U.S.[9] The album features the two singles "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love".

The title of the album is based on a malapropism. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle and was discussing it withGinger Baker, when a roadie named Mick Turner commented, "it's got them Disraeli Gears", meaning to say "derailleur gears," but instead alluding to 19th-century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. The band thought this was hilarious, and decided that it should be the title of their next album.

In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

In 2003 the album was ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[10] VH1 also named it their 87th greatest album of all time in 2001.

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The album was recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York during May 1967, following the band's nine shows as part of Murray the K's "Music in the 5th Dimension" concert series. Cream's American label, ATCO, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic Records.[11][12]

The sessions were produced by future Mountain bassist Felix Pappalardi – who co-wrote the tracks "Strange Brew" and "World of Pain" with wife Gail Collins – and were engineered by Tom Dowd – who would later work with Clapton on projects such as Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and 461 Ocean Boulevard. The owner of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun, was also present during the sessions.[13]

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The psychedelic cover art was created by Australian artist Martin Sharp, who lived in the same building as Clapton at the time of theChelsea artists colony The Pheasantry. Sharp would go on to create the artwork to Cream's next album Wheels of Fire and co-wrote the songs "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and the Savage Seven Theme "Anyone for Tennis" with Eric Clapton.

The back-cover photography was taken by Bob Whitaker who did the photography for several works by The Beatles including the controversial Yesterday and Today.

The cover art was also used for the compilation album Those Were the Days.

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"Disraeli Gears" features the group veering away, quite heavily, from their blues roots and indulging in more psychedelic sounds. The most blues-like tunes on the album are the remake of "Outside Woman Blues", the Bruce/Brown Composition "Take it Back" which had been inspired by the contemporary media images of American students burning their draft cards which featured harmonica work by Jack Bruce,[14] and the opening track "Strange Brew" which was based on a 12-bar blues song called "Lawdy Mama" and featured anAlbert King-style guitar solo.[13]

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Side one No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "Strange Brew" Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins Eric Clapton 2:46 2. "Sunshine of Your Love" Clapton, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown Jack Bruce, Clapton 4:10 3. "World of Pain" Pappalardi, Collins Clapton, Bruce 3:03 4. "Dance the Night Away" Bruce, Brown Bruce, Clapton1 3:34 5. "Blue Condition" Ginger Baker Ginger Baker 3:29 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" Clapton, Martin Sharp Bruce 2:46 2. "SWLABR" Bruce, Brown Bruce 2:32 3. "We're Going Wrong" Bruce Bruce 3:26 4. "Outside Woman Blues" Arthur Reynolds, arr. Clapton Clapton 2:24 5. "Take It Back" Bruce, Brown Bruce 3:05 6. "Mother's Lament" Traditional, arr. Clapton, Bruce, Baker Baker, Bruce, Clapton2 1:47