KFIX Rock News: High Quality Versions Of Cream’s Classic Albums Collected In New Box Set

A new vinyl box set featuring all of Cream’s studio and live albums released during the 1960s and early ’70s will hit stores on November 24.

Cream: 1966–1972 includes six albums in all: the British power trio’s 1966 debut, Fresh Cream; 1967’s Disraeli Gears; the 1968 chart-topping double LP, Wheels of Fire; the band’s 1969 swan song, Goodbye; and two archival live discs issued after the group’s breakup, 1970’s Live Cream and 1972’s Live Cream Volume II.

Featuring the impressive lineup of singer/guitarist Eric Clapton, singer/bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, Cream created a vastly influential body of work during its short life by combining elements of the blues, jazz and rock with experimental psychedelic sounds.

Among the virtuosic supergroup’s many well-known songs are “Strange Brew,” “Sunshine of Your Love,” “Tales of Brave Ulysses,” “White Room” and “Badge,” as well as memorable covers of the classic blues tunes “I’m So Glad,” “Born Under a Bad Sign” and “Crossroads.”

All of the discs featured in the box set are pressed on 180-gram vinyl, and come housed in sleeves exactly replicating the albums’ original artwork.

Cream was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, and took part in two series of 2005 reunion concerts, at London’s Royal Albert Hall and New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

Here is the track list for the Cream: 1966–1972 box set:

LP 1: Fresh Cream
“N.S.U.”
“Sleepy Time Time”
“Dreaming”
“Sweet Wine”
“Spoonful”
“Cat’s Squirrel”
“Four Until Late”
“Rollin’ and Tumblin'”
“I’m So Glad”
“Toad”

LP 2: Disraeli Gears
“Strange Brew”
“Sunshine of Your Love”
“World of Pain”
“Dance the Night Away”
“Blue Condition”
“Tales of Brave Ulysses”
“SWLABR”
“We’re Going Wrong”
“Outside Woman Blues”
“Take It Back”
“Mother’s Lament”

LP 3: Wheels of Fire
Disc 1
“White Room”
“Sitting on Top of the World”
“Passing the Time”
“As You Said”
“Pressed Rat and Warthog”
“Politician”
“Those Were the Days”
“Born Under a Bad Sign”
“Deserted Cities of the Heart”
Disc 2
“Crossroads” (Live at the Fillmore)
“Spoonful” (Live at the Fillmore)
“Traintime” (Live at the Fillmore)
“Toad” (Live at the Fillmore)

LP 4: Goodbye
“I’m So Glad”
“Politician”
“Sitting on Top of the World”
“Badge”
“Doing That Scrapyard Thing”
“What a Bringdown”

LP 5: Live Cream
“N.S.U.”
“Sleepy Time Time”
“Lawdy Mama”
“Sweet Wine”
“Rollin’ and Tumblin'”

LP 6: Live Cream Volume II
“Deserted Cities of the Heart”
“White Room”
“Politician”
“Tales of Brave Ulysses”
“Sunshine of Your Love
“Steppin’ Out”

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