CREAM "Wheels of Fire" LP Record SEALED 2 AlbumSet Orig
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Offered here is an original SEALED "Cream" Double Album. ATCO SD2-700 American Pressing is in Excellant Condition
There is a broken seal in the plastic cover on the bottom of the album cover where it contacts the shelf. However the album has never been opened.
Here's the info on the sessions. Pay pal only, Sold AS IS, No Returns. No foreign sales, USA only. Thanks
Released July 1968 Recorded July 1967 – April 1968 at Atlantic Studios, New York City Genre Blues-rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock Length 80:32 Label Polydor (UK)
Atco (US) Producer Felix Pappalardi
Disc one: In the Studio
Side 1- "White Room" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) – 4:58
- "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Chester Burnett) – 4:58
- "Passing the Time" 1 (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor) – 4:37
- "As You Said" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:20
- "Pressed Rat and Warthog" (Baker, Taylor) – 3:13
- "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:12
- "Those Were the Days" (Baker, Taylor) – 2:53
- "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) – 3:09
- "Deserted Cities of the Heart" 2 (Bruce, Brown) – 3:38
Performers are "the Cream quartet" consisting of Clapton, Baker, and Bruce together with Felix Pappalardi, who plays many different instruments and is also credited with production.
^Note 1: Some pressings of this album contain an alternative version of "Passing the Time". This "long version" is extended by 67 seconds, but also differs from the "extended version" included on Those Were the Days, which is longer by a further 8 seconds.
^Note 2: Original U.S. pressings of Wheels of Fire incorrectly listed the running time of "Deserted Cities of the Heart" at 4:36.
Disc two: Live at the Fillmore
Side 3- "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:13 (recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show))
- "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 16:43 (recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show))
- "Traintime" 3 (Bruce) – 7:01 (recorded March 8, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show))
- "Toad" (Baker) – 16:15 (recorded March 7, 1968 at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA. (2nd show))
During the March 10 first set, "Spoonful" preceded "Crossroads", and though it seems as though "Traintime" aurally precedes "Toad", "Traintime" was recorded a day later, and expertly edited to seamlessly blend into the introduction to "Toad".
While the disc is labeled Live at the Fillmore, only "Toad" was recorded at Fillmore West. The other tracks were recorded live at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.[3]
^Note 3: While "Traintime" was written by Jack Bruce, original album pressings list "John Group" as the song's author. The "John Group" appellation dates back to Bruce's tenure with the Graham Bond Organisation (with whom Bruce originally recorded the song in 1965), and was used by that band to ensure that members other than Bond received songwriting royalties.[4]
Personnel
- Jack Bruce – lead vocals, bass, cello, harmonica, calliope, acoustic guitar, recorder
- Eric Clapton – guitar, lead vocals on "Crossroads", backing vocals
- Ginger Baker – drums, percussion, bells, glockenspiel, spoken vocals on "Pressed Rat and Warthog"
Additional personnel
- Felix Pappalardi – viola, brass instruments, bells, organ
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