CREAM Wheels Of Fire SEALED USA 1976 GATEFOLD 2 LP SET W/ NO BARCODE
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Label:RSO
Product Code: RS-2-3802
Format: Virgin Vinyl 2 LP SET - Original Factory SealedIf Disraeli Gears was the album where Cream came into their own, its successor, Wheels of Fire, finds the trio in full fight, capturing every side of their multi-faceted personality, even hinting at the internal pressures that soon would tear the band asunder. A dense, unwieldy double album split into an LP of new studio material and an LP of live material, it's sprawling and scattered, at once awesome in its achievement and maddening in how it falls just short of greatness. It misses its goal not because one LP works and the other doesn't, but because both the live and studio sets suffer from strikingly similar flaws, deriving from the constant power struggle between the trio. Of the three, Ginger Baker comes up short, contributing the passable "Passing the Time" and "Those Were the Days," which are overshadowed by how he extends his solo drum showcase "Toad" to a numbing quarter of an hour and trips upon the Wind & the Willows whimsy of "Pressed Rat and Warthog," whose studied eccentricity pales next to Eric Clapton's nimble, eerily cheerful "Anyone for Tennis." In almost every regard, Wheels of Fire is a terrific showcase for Clapton as a guitarist, especially on the first side of the live album with "Crossroads," a mighty encapsulation of all of his strengths. Some of that is studio trickery, as producer Felix Pappalardi cut together the best bits of a winding improvisation to a tight four minutes, giving this track a relentless momentum that's exceptionally exciting, but there's no denying that Clapton is at a peak here, whether he's tearing off solos on a 17-minute "Spoonful" or goosing "White Room" toward the heights of madness. But it's the architect of "White Room," bassist Jack Bruce, who, along with his collaborator Peter Brown, reaches a peak as a songwriter. Aside from the monumental "White Room," he has the lovely, wistful "As You Said," the cinematic "Deserted Cities of the Heart," and the slow, cynical blues "Politician," all among Cream's very best work. And in many ways Wheels of Fire is indeed filled with Cream's very best work, since it also captures the fury and invention (and indulgence) of the band at its peak on the stage and in the studio, but as it tries to find a delicate balance between these three titanic egos, it doesn't quite add up to something greater than the sum of its parts. But taken alone, those individual parts are often quite tremendous.
A1 White Room
Written-By – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown (5) 4:56
A2 Sitting On Top Of The World
Written-By – Chester Burnett 4:56
A3 Passing The Time
Written-By – Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor (9) 4:31
A4 As You Said
Written-By – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown (5) 4:19
B1 Pressed Rat And Warthog
Written-By – Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor (9) 3:13
B2 Politician
Written-By – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown (5) 4:11
B3 Those Were The Days
Written-By – Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor (9) 2:52
B4 Born Under A Bad Sign
Written-By – Booker T. Jones, William Bell 3:08
B5 Deserted Cities Of The Heart
Written-By – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown (5) 4:36
Live At The Fillmore
C1 Crossroads
Written-By – Robert Johnson 4:13
C2 Spoonful
Written-By – Willie Dixon 16:44
D1 Traintime
Written-By – Jack Bruce 6:52
D2 Toad
Written-By – Ginger Baker 15:53
RECORD CONDITION:
THE ALBUM IS STILL ORIGINAL FACTORY SEALED.
GATEFOLD COVER IS STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP W/ SOME CORNER WEAR AND STICKER
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
No split seams
No creases
No ring wear
No cut-out (drill) holes.
No cut-out corners
No saw-marks or indents
No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)
No yellowing from aging
No writing
No mold or mildew spots
No water damage
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