CREAM “Goodbye” rock LP POLYDOR U.K. orig GATEFOLD Clapton NM A3/B3
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Description
Artist: CREAM
Title: “Goodbye”
Label: POLYDOR (UK). Stereo pressing. Catalog number is 583-053.
Condition:
DISC: NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found. Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care. Labels are clean. Fidelity is superb. A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade. Includes the original vintage poly-lined inner sleeve in nice condition.
JACKET: Gatefold jacket is NM- with clean front and back panels. Inner panels are also clean. A slight bit of light wear on seams and corner tips, barely noticeable. No writing, stickers, or other issues. A beautiful jacket you will be proud to display.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- I’m So Glad
- Politician
Side Two:
- Sitting on Top of the World
- Badge
- Doing That Scrapyard Thing
- What a Bringdown
Review:
“After a mere three albums in just under three years, Cream called it quits in 1969. Being proper gentlemen, they said their formal goodbyes with a tour and a farewell album called -- what else? – Goodbye. As a slim, six-song single LP, it's far shorter than the rambling, out-of-control Wheels of Fire, but it boasts the same structure, evenly dividing its time between tracks cut on-stage and in the studio. While the live side contains nothing as indelible as "Crossroads," the live music on the whole is better than that on Wheels of Fire, capturing the trio at an empathetic peak as a band. It's hard, heavy rock, with Cream digging deep into their original "Politician" with the same intensity as they do on "Sitting on Top of the World," but it's the rampaging "I'm So Glad" that illustrates how far they've come; compare it to the original studio version on Fresh Cream and it's easy to see just how much further they're stretching their improvisation. The studio side also finds them at something of a peak. Boasting a song apiece from each member, it opens with the majestic classic "Badge," co-written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison and ranking among both of their best work. It's followed by Jack Bruce's "Doing That Scrapyard Thing," an overstuffed near-masterpiece filled with wonderful, imaginative eccentricities, and finally, there's Ginger Baker’s tense, dramatic "What a Bringdown," easily the best original he contributed to the group. Like all of Cream's albums outside Disraeli Gears, Goodbye is an album of moments, not a tight cohesive work, but those moments are all quite strong on their own terms, making this a good and appropriate final bow.”
(Courtesy Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com.)
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