CREAM - DISRAELI GEARS - 1967- MONO - EXCELLENT - £2.99
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Disraeli Gears - Cream
Disraeli Gears is the second album by British blues-rock group Cream. It was released in November 1967 and went on to reach number 5 on the UK album chart. It was also their American breakthrough, becoming a massive seller there in 1968, reaching number 4 on the American charts. The album features the two singles "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love".
The title of the album was taken from an inside joke. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle and was discussing it with Ginger 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. Had it not been for Mick's turn of phrase, the album would simply have been entitled "Cream."
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.
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.
Cover/Artwork
The psychedelic cover art was created by Australian artist Martin Sharp, who lived in the same building as Clapton at the time of the Chelsea 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.
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, and the opening track "Strange Brew" which was based on a 12-bar blues song called "Lawdy Mama" and featured an Albert King-style guitar solo.
Listing
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
This is a rare 1967 UK 1st pressing MONO copy
It has the earliest fully laminated, white 'Reaction' text,
The record has the original matt blue Reaction label.
This is one of the few copies released that has the miscredited
Windmill Music at the bottom of the Side 1 label
and
Apple Publishing at the bottom of the Side 2 label.
I would call this record very good or excellent condition.
There are no clicks or pops and only the tiniest of very faint surface marks
The Sleeve is the fully laminated Ernest J Day sleeve and is in Excellent condition.
It comes from a no-pet non smoking home
I'm just trying to downsize my collection to make room for more !!
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On 18-Aug-10 at 06:09:39 BST, seller added the following information: For those of you who like Matrix numbers, this copy has 593003A 1 on side 1 And 593003B 1 on side 2price rating
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