Clean '69 CREAM GOODBYE + POSTER Hard Psych CLAPTON
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SCARCE 1969 first pressing with large CREAM POSTER!
CREAM
Goodbye CREAM
USA - Atco Records - SD 7001
Scarce 1969 first pressing clean vinyl in thick gatefold cover...
WITH THE LARGE SILVER & BLUE "CREAM" POSTER (MINT) ... that came in the very first pressing and gotten hard to find...
Recorded Live - October 19 1968, Forum, Los Angeles; Studio - Oct & Dec 1968, IBC Studios, London.
Recording Engineers: Live - Bill Halverson, remix by Adrian Barber; Studio - Adrian Barber & Damon Lyon-Shaw;
Released: UK – 3/69, US – 1/69.
Highest Chart Position: UK – #1, US – #2
Virtually before Wheels of Fire was released, Cream announced their breakup. They would do one more tour of the US and a final album. Their manager Robert Stigwood planned another double album with a live and studio recording like Wheels of Fire. It was not to be, as Cream was exhausted by December when the studio album was to be completed. Instead this single album with three live and three studio songs was released.
The final tour was carried out under great personal animosity and general duress. These three recordings from it are surprisingly excellent showing that their creative chemistry was such that it could still burst through their interpersonal difficulties. Well it definitely did at the Forum on the 19th October, at least.
The final studio sessions were carried out in a more relaxed atmosphere after the release of tensions with the end of the band. However, the creative spirit was distracted and only one of the songs could be counted as among their best, but realistically that wasn’t too bad an effort.
Sound quality is good overall but the mix on the live tracks is at odds with other releases. The bass and guitar are swapped over to the opposite channels and the bass mixed higher which also drowns the bass drums. The effect is rather disconcerting despite the bass guitar being well defined. Felix wanted to highlight Jack’s playing, which he held in the very highest regard. But as to the channel swap – did they play opposite to normal at the Forum?
The studio tracks are each even more highly produced than any on "Wheels", which is indicative of the problems of the sessions, but also a tribute to Felix.
The main problem with the studio tunes is that, by this time, everybody in the band hated everybody else, and the effect is that the great brainstorming of the past has disappeared. The result is three tracks where the players are off by their own. One of them, Badge, is a great song, but you know that the co-author, George Harrison, was the one who actually wrote that great melody, NOT Eric Clapton. Meanwhile, Jack contributes a electric piano-driven ditty entitled Doing That Scrapyard Thing. It's somewhat humorous, and somewhat catchy, but you will not be glad to have it stuck in your head. And finally, Baker's What a Bringdown is pretty much one of the better tracks on the album.
So the main appeal of the album would have to be that Clapton is mostly in top form. His speedy solos in I'm So Glad, in particular, are stunning, and definitely worth the extra effort. Plus, there's a solid rendition of Politician, and a really terrific version of Sitting on Top of the World. The playing is even tighter and more ferocious than in the studio.
SIDE ONE
I'M SO GLAD
POLITICIAN
SIDE TWO
SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
BADGE
DOING THAT SCRAPYARD THING
WHAT A BRINGDOWN
CONDITION: The thick gatefold cover is solid, no seam splits, no problem than a very little light shelf wear, VG++ collectible. The cover is right near excellent and collectible...
The vinyl is all glossy, all clean, "EX" (excellent) to M- plays TOP level all the way
The large silver & blue metallic style POSTER is Mint, no tack or pin holes...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS Other items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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