THE CREAM DISRAELI GEARS MONO AUDIOPHILE VINYL FOR THE COLLECTOR THE TREMENDOUSLY RARE ABBEY ROAD STUDIO'S MONO 1/2 SPEED MASTERED 180 GRAM VERSION. 
ORIGINAL MARKETING STICKER STILL ATTACHED.  CREAM -  DISRAELI GEARS MONO 180 GRAM 1/2 SPEED AUDIOPHILE MASTERED ABBEY ROAD EDITION PRESSING PLUS THE BONUS OF THE 180 GRAM STEREO RARE PRESSING FROM THE BACK TO BLACK 60TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES OF THIS GREAT LP IN THE STEREO VERSION TO SPIN ON YOUR TURNTABLE.

Cream Disraeli Gears Half-Speed Mastered 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE MONO LIMITED EDITION LP - STEREO HAS SAME TRACKS

 180g Vinyl LP! Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios!

Includes "Sunshine Of Your Love" & "Tales Of Brave Ulysses!"

Released in 1967, Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by the first rock ‘supergroup’ Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker) and the name of the album famously came from a malapropism. During a conversation about racing bikes, one of their roadies, a certain Mick Turner, made reference to Disraeli gears instead of Derailleur gears, which was greeted with hilarity and the group decided to use that as the title of the album.

Something of a departure from their blues roots, Disraeli Gears perfectly captured the mood of the period with a powerful array of psychedelic rockers, reached number 5 in the UK Charts and was Cream’s breakthrough release in the US, hitting number 4 in the Billboard 200. It was all recorded in three and a half days at Atlantic Studios, New York, in the presence of Atlantic Records (to whom they were signed in the US) boss Ahmet Ertegun, following nine shows as part of the Music in the 5th Dimension concert series. Their work visas expired on the last day of recording.

The sleeve was designed by Australian artist Martin Sharp, who lived in the same building as Eric Clapton, The Pheasantry in Chelsea. Sharp also co-wrote the lysergic tour-de-force Tales Of Brave Ulysses with Clapton and described the music on the album as a "warm fluorescent sound". His artwork was an attempt to represent this visually and is acknowledged to be one of the finest ‘acid rock’ designs of the era.

This record was cut using a special technique known as half-speed mastering. This artisan process results in cuts that have superior high frequency response (treble) and very solid and stable stereo images. In short, a very high quality master that helps to create a very high quality record.

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios

Selections:
Side A:
1. Strange Brew
2. Sunshine Of Your Love
3. World Of Pain
4. Dance The Night Away
5. Blue Condition
Side B:
1. Tales of Brave Ulysses
2. Swlabr
3. We're Going Wrong
4. Outside Woman Blues
5. Take It Back
6. Mother's Lament

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