CREAM - WHEELS OF FIRE ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESS 1968

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CREAM - WHEELS OF FIRE ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING 1968 DOUBLE GATEFOLD ALBUM

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CREAM - WHEELS OF FIRE
ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING 1968
DOUBLE GATEFOLD ALBUM
POLYDOR RECORDS LABEL
CAT NUMBER 2612-001

MADE IN ENGLAND
STEREO

MATRICES A/2/B/1/A1/B2

COVER PRINTED BY ERNEST J. DAY & CO. LONDON


ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING 1968

MATRIX NUMBERS
SIDE A 583031 A//2
SIDE B 583031 B//1
SIDE A 583032 A//1
SIDE B 583032 B//2


SIDE1
THE VINYL IS IN ABSOLUELY OUTSTANDING CONDITION WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT INNER SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL MARKS AND LIGHT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS WHICH ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT NO SIGNS OF WARPING

SIDE2
THE VINYL IS IN ABSOLUELY OUTSTANDING CONDITION WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT INNER SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL MARKS AND LIGHT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS WHICH ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT NO SIGNS OF WARPING

SIDE 3
THE VINYL IS IN ABSOLUELY OUTSTANDING CONDITION WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT INNER SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL MARKS AND LIGHT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS WHICH ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT NO SIGNS OF WARPING
THE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE OUTSTANDING CONDITION

SIDE4
THE VINYL IS IN ABSOLUELY OUTSTANDING CONDITION WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT INNER SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL MARKS AND LIGHT HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS WHICH ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT NO SIGNS OF WARPING

THE LABELS ARE IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION

THE GATEFOLD COVER IS IN EXCELLENT NR/MINT CONDITION HAS A MINIMAL EDGE WEAR/CORNER WEAR.THERE ARE NO SPLIT SEAMS, NO WRITING STAINS OR INK MARKINGS OF ANY KIND. VERY FIRM SPINE ALSO AS A LITTLE BIT OF RING WEAR ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK


THE ORIGINAL RECORD SLEEVES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION NO RIPS NO SPLIT SEAMS WITH JUSTED SOME LIGHT DISCOLORATION


Wheels of Fire is the name of a double album recorded by Cream. The release was largely successful, scoring the band a #3 peak in the UK and a #1 in the US, and became the world's first platinum-selling double album.

The album was also released as Wheels of Fire (In the Studio) and Wheels of Fire (Live at the Fillmore) as two single albums, released together, with similar cover art except: In the UK, the studio album was black print on aluminium foil, while the Live at the Fillmore album was a negative image of the studio cover. In Japan, the studio album was black on gold foil, while the live album was black on aluminium foil. In Australia, both covers were laminated copies of the Japanese releases (it was never released as a double album in Australia). In 2003, the album was ranked number 203 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The sleeve was designed by Australian pop artist and cartoonist Martin Sharp, who also designed the Disraeli Gears sleeve, and it won the New York Art Directors Prize for Best Album Design in 1969.
Contents


Track listing
Disc one: In the Studio
Side 1

1. "White Room" 3 (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) – 4:58
2. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Chester Burnett) – 4:58
3. "Passing the Time" 1, 3 (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor) – 4:37
4. "As You Said" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:20

Side 2

1. "Pressed Rat and Warthog" (Baker, Taylor) – 3:13
2. "Politician" 3 (Bruce, Brown) – 4:12
3. "Those Were the Days" 3 (Baker, Taylor) – 2:53
4. "Born Under a Bad Sign" 3 (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) – 3:09
5. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" 2, 3 (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.

Note 3: Side 1 tracks 1 and 3 and Side 2 tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the studio album were processed with the Haeco-CSG system. Also processed was "Anyone For Tennis", which was recorded at the same sessions and appears on some versions of the album. Haeco-CSG was intended to make stereo recordings that were fully compatible with mono playback equipment. The unfortunate side effect is that it "blurs" the stereo imaging of musical parts mixed to the phantom center channel. Using modern digital audio processing software it is possible to reverse the Haeco-CSG effect and restore the original intended sound quality.

Disc two: Live at the Fillmore
Side 3

1. "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:13 (recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show))
2. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 16:43 (recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show))

Side 4

1. "Traintime" 3 (Bruce) – 7:01 (recorded March 8, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show))
2. "Toad" (Baker) – 16:15 (recorded March 7, 1968 at The Fillmore, 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 The Fillmore. The other tracks were recorded live at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

^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.

^Note 4: It is a common misconception that Cream played at the Fillmore West. They never did. That venue was originally the Carousel Ballroom and was rechristened as the Fillmore West in June/July 1968 and Cream didn't play in San Francisco in that period or at that venue thereafter. In February and March 1968 Cream did a long run of concerts at Winterland and at the old Fillmore Auditorium. It was this Fillmore venue (which still exists) at which Cream played and not the later Fillmore West (which no longer survives). Live at the Fillmore means just that (refering to "Toad").

Personnel

Cream

* 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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