Oil Well - RSC 005 CD
1. N.S.U. 4:11
2. Steppin' Out 4:01
3. Traintime 5:48
4. Toad 7:23
5. I'm So Glad 5:02
6. Outside Woman Blues 3:21
7. Born Under A Bad Sign 3:14
8. Strange Brew 2:59
9. Tales Of Brave Ulysses 3:07
10. Four Until Late 1:54
Tracks 6-7: Live in London, October 24, 1967
Tracks 1-5: recorded 7 March 1967 at Konserthuset, Stockholm
Tracks 6-7: recorded 24 October 1967 at Aeolian 2, London
Tracks 8-9: recorded 30 May 1967 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London.
Track 10: recorded 10 January 1967 at BBC Playhouse Theatre, London.
Lineup:
Eric Clapton - Guitar / Vocals
Jack Bruce - Bass / Vocals/ Harmonica
Ginger Baker - Drums
This album is a digital clone of: "Steppin' Out" - The Swingin' Pig - TSP 014.
It's an interesting collection of songs recorded for BBC and during a Sweden show in March 1967.
The quaility of the recording is very high as the performance of the group even without extendng soloing by the band members. What you have here is maybe Cream's best album - in my opinion the best way to know this great band.
This Oil Well version has a fine cover, fine quality. Fold-out insert shows details of other CDs in the series. Limited to 200 copies only. On the front cover Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce. Different photos from this photo session are avaible; one of these has been used for the front cover of the single: Strange Brew / Tales of Brave Ulysses - Polydor / 421 147.
Audio quality:
Quality content:
© Official released material:
Tracks 1 to 5 have been released officially on: "Cream Classic Artists" Bonus CD
Tracks 6 to 10 have been released officially on "BBC Sessions" by Polydor – 076 048-2 - 2003
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Konserthuset, Stockholm, 7th March 1967
The show was recorded and 5 songs were broadcast later on Sveriges Radio's "Konsert Med Cream"
There are two known 1967 Stockholm tapes - 1967-03-07 and 1967-11-14. The March '67 show has already been officially released as a bonus CD included with the excellent 2006 DVD documentary "Cream Classic Artists" I have a magazine interview with that DVD's director talking about how he licensed the material from the Swedish Radio Corp and got permission from Cream/Universal Music.
This Sweden March 1967 show deserves release on a Cream box set because it's an amazing show - the version of "Steppin' Out" is one of Clapton's greatest recorded performances.
Listen as Clapton's guitar style passes through a lysergic filter to move between old standards from his Bluesbreaker days, like Freddie King's ''Steppin Out'', to the wobbly wah-wah tones of ''Tales Of Brave Ulysses''. As EC's guitar gets looser Jack Bruce's vocals get more angelic and Ginger Baker's drums get, err...louder. The whole secret of Cream's success was their ability to progress from Chicago blues to psychedelia and beyond with a jazzy sophistication. This was due to a seasoned rhythm section that a young Eric Clapton had lacked to support his soloing in previous bands like the Yardbirds or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers important to develop his characteristic style.
BBC Sessions
BBC Sessions is a live album by the British rock band Cream, released on 25 May 2003 on Polydor Records. It contains 22 tracks and 4 interviews recorded live at the BBC studios in London.
Between 21 October 1966 and 9 January 1968, Cream recorded seven sessions for the BBC radio network, selected highlights from seven of which are featured in chronological order on this collection. Recorded over a period of 14 months and seven separate gigs, BBC Sessions provides glimpses of the band in its developmental stages, and evidences its incredibly rapid coalescence into the ultimate heavy virtuoso group. The scope of the material runs the gambit from classic tunes to lesser-known compositions, and uniformly displays Cream's remarkable musicianship throughout each recording session.
As Cream was firmly grounded in Southern blues based roots, the inclusion of various covers into its repertoire was not surprising (Robert Johnson's "Four until Late") in this sense the BBC tapings show how adept the band was at interpreting the material with genuine feeling and authenticity. Cream's members were not mere fans of the blues, but dedicated students, and their passion resonates from every note. The tracks "Born under a Bad Sign" and "Outside Woman Blues" are given similar treatment, resulting in some discernable slow burn heaviness. The fact that the BBC forced the band to curtail any excessive soloing comes as a blessing for those familiar with the longeurs of Wheels Of Fire. Ginger still does his falling-down-stairs impersonation, but it's the succinct, poppy nature of tracks like ''I Feel Free'' and ''Strange Brew'' that forces Clapton to give us guitar work that he's rarely bettered since
BBC Sessions audio review
BBC Sessions is certainly a welcomed addition to the Cream catalogue, if not for its imperfect sound quality but rather its historical significance. As BBC Sessions is a compilation of live recordings, the album is not without its faults. Sound quality is often inconsistent, ranging from excellent to somewhat muffled and tinny, while the agonizingly un-hip interviewer/announcer will make listeners cringe.Many of the featured tracks were at the time new releases or works in progress, all of which highlight the band's efforts to perfect each song's possibilities. Additionally, the recordings harken back to the days when bands were capable of making quality music without sprawling drum kits and massively overblown walls of amplified sound. In a way, the BBC recording sessions were to the '60s what MTV Unplugged became for the '90s, an ideal vehicle for groups to display their wares in a minimalist environment. For Cream, performing in the various BBC venues afforded them the opportunity to showcase their significant talents, and demonstrate how great the band truly was.
Given Cream's tendency to over-improvise on the band's live concert recordings, however, the concise nature of these BBC tracks (none of which exceed five minutes) makes them preferable listening in some respects.
Tracks 1-5: recorded 7 March 1967 at Konserthuset, Stockholm
Tracks 6-7: recorded 24 October 1967 at Aeolian 2, London, Broadcast on Top Gear, 29 October 1967.
Tracks 8-9: recorded 30 May 1967 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, Broadcast on Saturday Club, 3 June 1967
Track 10: recorded 10 January 1967 at BBC Playhouse Theatre, Broadcast on Saturday Club, 14 January 1967.
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Due to its rarity and good quality, this disc is recommended.
Audio quality:
Quality content:
© Official released material:
Tracks 1 to 5 have been released officially on: "Cream Classic Artists" Bonus CD
Tracks 6 to 10 have been released officially on "BBC Sessions" by Polydor – 076 048-2 - 2003
_________________________________________________________________
Konserthuset, Stockholm, 7th March 1967The show was recorded and 5 songs were broadcast later on Sveriges Radio's "Konsert Med Cream"
There are two known 1967 Stockholm tapes - 1967-03-07 and 1967-11-14. The March '67 show has already been officially released as a bonus CD included with the excellent 2006 DVD documentary "Cream Classic Artists" I have a magazine interview with that DVD's director talking about how he licensed the material from the Swedish Radio Corp and got permission from Cream/Universal Music.
Their Fully Authorized Story: Disc 2 (CD audio): Swedish Radio Sessions: Konsert Med Cream 1967 Disc 1 includes unreleased archive footage, new interviews with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce and others, plus music, performance footage, rare and unseen photographs and memorabilia! Disc 2 (audio) includes Swedish Radio sessions ("Konsert med Cream," 1967) and 5 previously unreleased audio tracks: "NSU," "Steppin' Out," "Traintime,""Toad" and "I'm So Glad."
Please note that on 7th March 1967 Cream also recorded a promo video of N.S.U. in Stockholm for Swedish TV (Onkel Thores Stuga Television Show (SR-TV) - pre-recorded for 19 March 1967 TV broadcast. In this vido they mime to the studio recording, which had been released in December '66. Here you can see the video with some pics of Jack and Ginger (maybe) from the concert at Konserthuset few hours later.
Listen as Clapton's guitar style passes through a lysergic filter to move between old standards from his Bluesbreaker days, like Freddie King's ''Steppin Out'', to the wobbly wah-wah tones of ''Tales Of Brave Ulysses''. As EC's guitar gets looser Jack Bruce's vocals get more angelic and Ginger Baker's drums get, err...louder. The whole secret of Cream's success was their ability to progress from Chicago blues to psychedelia and beyond with a jazzy sophistication. This was due to a seasoned rhythm section that a young Eric Clapton had lacked to support his soloing in previous bands like the Yardbirds or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers important to develop his characteristic style.
In an interview released in April 2003 Jack Bruce explains to Ernesto De Pascale how "... Cream wanted to be a group of" contemporary "purists and I believe that no one has understood this and few have been able to read it in our repertoire even if the imprimatur of the first album seems clear to me ".
In his reflection you can easily grasp the bitterness of that great musician to whom the Cream experience did not allow spaces for expression that would allow him to remain at the top of the scene at its end, yet it is certainly a lucid analysis. In fact the intuition of a trio that played blues but in an "electric" way has the power of Ginger Baker, the sound reached in its most mature moment the inimitable characters of (slowhand) Eric Clapton; in reality, when the latter assumes with the blessing of the president of the record company also that role of vocalist originally intended for Bruce, the project the Cream marks both the beginning of its commercial success and its end.
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Cream in London scene
When Cream came together in 1966, the band was perfectly positioned to add a different dimension to the burgeoning British music scene. Building upon the blues inspired output of the Animals and early Stones, Cream harnessed the talents of its members and coupled these attributes with a musical knowledge and sophistication rare for young musicians of the period. The result was a potent mix of rock, jazz, and American Delta blues far more advanced than anything previously heard.
Cream's music reflected the pedigree of its members; Eric Clapton had solidified his reputation as a guitar gunslinger from his previous work with the Yardbirds and John Mayall, while Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce had honed their craft with the Graham Bond Organisation. The three joined forces and in a relatively short time became the preeminent power trio, laying the groundwork for the future by creating a model for heavy blues based rock. In spite of a surprisingly brief tenure together, Cream was successful in creating a wealth of memorable work on stage and in the studio.
Although Cream were only together for a little more than two years, their influence was immense, both during their late-'60s peak and in the years following their breakup. Cream were the first top group to truly exploit the power trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s. It was with Cream, too, that guitarist Eric Clapton truly became an international superstar. Critical revisionists have tagged the band as overrated, citing the musicians' emphasis upon flash, virtuosity, and showmanship at the expense of taste and focus. This was sometimes true of their live shows in particular, but the best of their studio recordings were excellent fusions of blues, pop, and psychedelia, with concise original material outnumbering the bloated blues jams and overlong solos.
All three of the musicians yearned to break free of the confines of the standard rock/R&B/blues group, in a unit that would allow them greater instrumental and improvisational freedom, somewhat in the mold of a jazz outfit. Eric Clapton's stunning guitar solos would get much of the adulation, yet Bruce was at least as responsible for shaping the group's sound, singing most of the material in his rich voice.
Cream in London scene
Cream's music reflected the pedigree of its members; Eric Clapton had solidified his reputation as a guitar gunslinger from his previous work with the Yardbirds and John Mayall, while Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce had honed their craft with the Graham Bond Organisation. The three joined forces and in a relatively short time became the preeminent power trio, laying the groundwork for the future by creating a model for heavy blues based rock. In spite of a surprisingly brief tenure together, Cream was successful in creating a wealth of memorable work on stage and in the studio.
Although Cream were only together for a little more than two years, their influence was immense, both during their late-'60s peak and in the years following their breakup. Cream were the first top group to truly exploit the power trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s. It was with Cream, too, that guitarist Eric Clapton truly became an international superstar. Critical revisionists have tagged the band as overrated, citing the musicians' emphasis upon flash, virtuosity, and showmanship at the expense of taste and focus. This was sometimes true of their live shows in particular, but the best of their studio recordings were excellent fusions of blues, pop, and psychedelia, with concise original material outnumbering the bloated blues jams and overlong solos.
All three of the musicians yearned to break free of the confines of the standard rock/R&B/blues group, in a unit that would allow them greater instrumental and improvisational freedom, somewhat in the mold of a jazz outfit. Eric Clapton's stunning guitar solos would get much of the adulation, yet Bruce was at least as responsible for shaping the group's sound, singing most of the material in his rich voice.
The group "the Cream" places their work as the cornerstone of the transition between blues and rock, finalized in England in the mid 60's. In reality, the most recent music criticism speaks of a revival scene that, in an already progressive context, tries to recover the inspiration and the balanced energy that distinguishes the blues, breaking out of its consolidated patterns. Whatever the vision one wants to embrace between the two, these undeniably converge on the end of the blues, with rock choosing the paths opened by Hendrix's guitar or Floyd's psychedelic pop music will never know again. If it is true that some characters are still recognizable today, it is equally true that we can identify 1966 as the starting point, when the genius who pulverized the Yardbirds takes shape in the creations of its inventors.
BBC Sessions is a live album by the British rock band Cream, released on 25 May 2003 on Polydor Records. It contains 22 tracks and 4 interviews recorded live at the BBC studios in London.
Between 21 October 1966 and 9 January 1968, Cream recorded seven sessions for the BBC radio network, selected highlights from seven of which are featured in chronological order on this collection. Recorded over a period of 14 months and seven separate gigs, BBC Sessions provides glimpses of the band in its developmental stages, and evidences its incredibly rapid coalescence into the ultimate heavy virtuoso group. The scope of the material runs the gambit from classic tunes to lesser-known compositions, and uniformly displays Cream's remarkable musicianship throughout each recording session.
As Cream was firmly grounded in Southern blues based roots, the inclusion of various covers into its repertoire was not surprising (Robert Johnson's "Four until Late") in this sense the BBC tapings show how adept the band was at interpreting the material with genuine feeling and authenticity. Cream's members were not mere fans of the blues, but dedicated students, and their passion resonates from every note. The tracks "Born under a Bad Sign" and "Outside Woman Blues" are given similar treatment, resulting in some discernable slow burn heaviness. The fact that the BBC forced the band to curtail any excessive soloing comes as a blessing for those familiar with the longeurs of Wheels Of Fire. Ginger still does his falling-down-stairs impersonation, but it's the succinct, poppy nature of tracks like ''I Feel Free'' and ''Strange Brew'' that forces Clapton to give us guitar work that he's rarely bettered since
BBC Sessions audio review
Given Cream's tendency to over-improvise on the band's live concert recordings, however, the concise nature of these BBC tracks (none of which exceed five minutes) makes them preferable listening in some respects.
Tracks 1-5: recorded 7 March 1967 at Konserthuset, Stockholm
Tracks 6-7: recorded 24 October 1967 at Aeolian 2, London, Broadcast on Top Gear, 29 October 1967.
Tracks 8-9: recorded 30 May 1967 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, Broadcast on Saturday Club, 3 June 1967
Track 10: recorded 10 January 1967 at BBC Playhouse Theatre, Broadcast on Saturday Club, 14 January 1967.
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