Artist: CREAM
Album: WHEELS OF FIRE REMASTERED (2CD)

Release date: 1988
EAN/UPS: 0731453181229
Media type: CD

When Cream released WHEELS OF FIRE, they had established themselves as the premier blues-rock band due to the success of their first two albums and the extraordinary chemistry between the band's members. As a result of this synergy, Cream also enjoyed a fiery live reputation. This double album represents both sides of Cream's musical personality. The first record is a studio job, where the band mixes originals with covers of Howlin' Wolf ("Sitting on Top of the World") and Albert King ("Born Under a Bad Sign"). The songs written by the band all contain unique touches. "As You Said" finds Jack Bruce swapping his bass for a cello, "Pressed Rat and Warthog" sounds like an English folk tale courtesy of Ginger Baker's clipped recitation and the inclusion of baroque horns, and the classic "White Room" overflows with waves of Eric.

CD1:

1. White Room
2. Sitting on Top of the World
3. Passing the Time
4. As You Said
5. Pressed Rat and Warthog 6. Politician
7. Those Were the Days
8. Born Under a Bad Sign
9. Deserted Cities of the Heart

CD2:
“Live at the Fillmore”

1. Crossroads
2. Spoonful
3. Traintime
4. Toad

Jack Bruce (vocals, guitar, cello, recorder, harmonica, bass, calliope)
Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar)
Ginger Baker (vocals, glockenspiel, marimba, drums, tympani, tubular bells)

Additional personnel:
Felix Pappalardi (viola, organ pedals, trumpet, tonette, Swiss hand bells, tambourine)