Adam Sweeting 

Cream, Disraeli Gears Deluxe Edition

(Polydor, two CDs)
  
  


Cream recorded their second album in six days in New York in 1967, and were basking in the white heat of their personal technological revolution. The disc was peppered with what would become Cream's Greatest Hits - Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Swlabr - alongside such quirky diversions as bassist Jack Bruce's tragic and operatic We're Going Wrong or drummer Ginger Baker's oikish waltz, Blue Condition. With Eric Clapton at the summit of his powers on guitar - be it wah-wah, fuzzy, powerchorded or bluesy - the trio never sounded better in their short career. This twin-disc version lobs in some demos and tracks recorded for BBC radio sessions, as well as the complete Disraeli Gears in both mono and stereo. Champion!

 

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