Cream - Disraeli Gears [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] [DELUXE EDITION] - FLAC

Cream - Disraeli Gears [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] [DELUXE EDITION] - FLAC

Audio CD (September 28, 2004)
Original Release Date: September 28, 2004
Number of Discs: 2
Format: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks, Deluxe Edition
Label: Polydor / Umgd
ASIN: B0002XDOBC

Disraeli Gears was the second album by British blues-rock legends Cream.

Cream, of course, included music masters, bassist/lead vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. They were celebrated as the first great power trio and supergroup of rock. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, pop and psychedelic rock.

Cream combined Clapton's blues guitar playing with the powerful voice and intense basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Ginger Baker. They have sold over 35 million albums worldwide, while their Wheels of Fire LP was the world's first platinum-selling double album.

Cream made a significant impact upon the popular music of the time, providing a heavy yet technically proficient musical theme that foreshadowed the emergence of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and The Jeff Beck Group in the late 1960s. The band's live performances influenced progressive rock acts such as Rush, jam bands such as The Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and Phish, and even heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath.

Cream were ranked #16 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

Disraeli Gears was released in November 1967 and went on to reach #5 on the UK album chart. It was also their American breakthrough, becoming a massive seller there in 1968, reaching #4 on American charts.

The album features the two classic singles "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love". By this time, the group was veering quite heavily away from their blues roots to indulge in more psychedelic sounds.

The title of the album, Disraeli Gears, was actually a bit of an inside joke. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle, and was discussing it with Ginger Baker, when Mick Turner, one of the roadies, commented on the performance of "those Disraeli Gears" meaning to say "derailleur gears"!! The band thought this was hilarious, and decided that it should be the title of their next album. Had it not been for Mick, the album would simply have been entitled Cream.

Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker all contributed songs with the help of lyricist Pete Brown and producer Felix Pappalardi. The track "Blue Condition" was unusual in that Baker, although by any account not a singer, took the lead vocal. The album was recorded in New York by their American label, the Atco division of Atlantic Records during the band's stay in the United States.

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. At their first meeting in a London club, Clapton mentioned that he had some music that needed lyrics, so Sharp wrote out a poem he had composed on a napkin and gave it to Clapton, who recorded it as "Tales of Brave Ulysses".

When interviewed on the episode of the VH1 show, Classic Albums, which featured Disraeli Gears, Bruce stated that when writing the song "Take it Back", he had been inspired by the contemporary media images of American students burning their draft cards and wrote the song in that spirit of rejecting militarism.

In 2004, this version of the album was released as a 2-disc Deluxe edition including the complete album in both mono and stereo, demos, alternate takes and tracks taken from the band's live sessions on BBC radio.

Rolling Stone review (Jan 20, 1968);

http://www.rollingstone.com

Within the grooves of this record are miles of listening pleasure. Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker are simply superb musicians with the gift of unending virtuosity. The title of the album, as Eric explains it, is a pun. The group was driving along one day trying to think of names for the record, coming up with things like "Elephant Gerald" (Ella Fitzgerald) and hit upon "Disraeli Gears," a word play on English racing bicycles which have derailer gears.

Unfortunately the album does not totally hang together, marred by some poor material. They usually compensate for what they lack as composers and songwriters by thorough brilliance of performance. But in some tracks ("We're going Wrong," "Dance the Night Away" and "Blue Condition," among them), the material is too pale to support the heavy instrumental work which makes Cream such an overwhelming trio.

"Strange Brew" stands out as the most complex song and rather an unusual one in that Eric uses reverb—to stunningly mean and sensual effect—and it is really very far away from the usual blues stylings for which he has been noted. In some places in the song, it sounds like the guitar has been triple-tracked.

"Sunshine of Your Love" (an incredibly strong number) and "Tales of Brave Ulysses" are typical Cream pieces. They are structured on a simple, repeating run of heavily syncopated descending (or ascending) chords. In these songs, and on "Outside Woman Blues," where the chord structure is classic, the beauty of Cream becomes readily evident: Clapton's lines, Baker's dynamics, and, to a slightly lesser extent, Bruce's runs are so simply put together that the listener has no choice but to stand in awe of their precision, grace and exquisite sense of time.

"Swlabr" (pronounced "Slobber"?) and "Take It Back" are also two excellent cuts (these written by Jack Bruce and Peter Brown). Cream's new album is more difficult to get into, and thus more rewarding, then the first one. Fresh Cream was recorded over a year and a half ago, at a time when the group was less than two months old. This new LP reflects a more original direction, greater musical sophistication (the guitar is double-tracked throughout) and the polish of a year together.

Despite their recorded shortcomings, Cream happens to be one of the great modern rock and roll groups. If you aren't already hip to it, pick up on Fresh Cream (Atco 33-206) and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (London PS 492), a highly polished album which features Eric in a strict blues context.

On top of the music in the new LP, there is the cover done in exploding day-glo style. The photo-montage on the back is reflective of the fact that Eric Clapton happens to be a Nikon-freak.

Tracklisting

CD1(Stereo)

01. Strange Brew (2:49)
02. Sunshine Of Your Love (4:12)
03. World Of Pain (3:05)
04. Dance The Night Away (3:36)
05. Blue Condition (3:32)
06. Tales Of brave Ulysses (2:49)
07. SWLABR (2:34)
08. We're Going Wrong (3:29)
09. Outside Woman Blues (2:27)
10. Take It Back (3:07)
11. Mother's Lament (1:49)
12. Lawdy Mama version 2 (2:50)
13. Blue Condition (Alternate Version) (3:11)
14. We're Going Wrong (Demo) (3:49)
15. Hey Now Princess (Demo) (3:33)
16. SWLABR (Demo) (4:33)
17. Weird Of Hermiston (Demo) (3:14)
18. The Clearout (Demo) (3:55)

CD2(Mono)

01. Strange Brew (Mono) (2:51)
02. Sunshine Of Your Love (Mono) (4:14)
03. World Of Pain (Mono) (3:09)
04. Dance The Night Away (Mono) (3:37)
05. Blue Condition (Mono) (3:31)
06. Tales Of Brave Ulysses (Mono) (2:53)
07. SWLABR (Mono) (2:35)
08. We're Going Wrong (Mono) (3:28)
09. Outside Woman Blues (Mono) (2:27)
10. Take It Back (Mono) (3:08)
11. Mother's Lament (Mono) (1:50)
12. Lawdy Mama (Version 1) (Mono) (2:04)
13. Blue Condition (Alternate Version) (Mono) (3:12)
14. Strange Brew (BBC Recording) (Mono) (3:00)
15. Tales Of Brave Ulysses (BBC Recording) (Mono) (3:39)
16. We're Going Wrong (BBC Recording) (Mono) (3:25)
17. Born Under A Bad Sign (BBC Recording) (Mono) (3:41)
18. Outside Woman Blues (BBC Recording) (Mono) (3:18)
19. Take It Back (BBC Recording) (Mono) (2:17)
20. Politician (BBC Recording) (Mono) (3:59)
21. SWLABR (BBC Recording) (Mono) (2:32)
22. Steppin' Out (BBC Recording) (Mono) (3:36)


Personnel

* Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
* Jack Bruce - bass, harmonica, lead vocals
* Ginger Baker - drums, percussion, vocals

Here be Creamy delights;

DISC 1

Part 1 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QGPSOYPJ

Part 2 http://www.badongo.com/file/4511887

Part 3 http://rapidshare.com/files/58752518/DG_1-3.rar.html

Part 4 http://www.badongo.com/file/4511438

DISC 2

Part 1 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IJ8PCYGE

Part 2 http://rapidshare.com/files/58967341/DG2-2.rar

Part 3 http://www.badongo.com/file/4549337

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