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1967 studio anthology by Foam

1967 studio anthology past Cream

Disraeli Gears
DisraeliGears.jpg

Embrace fine art by Martin Sharp
Studio album past

Cream
Released two November 1967 (1967-11-02)
Recorded May 1967
Studio Atlantic, New York City
Genre
  • Psychedelic stone
  • dejection stone
  • hard stone
Length 32:45
Label Reaction
Producer Felix Pappalardi
Cream chronology
Fresh Cream
(1966) 		Disraeli Gears
(1967) 		Wheels of Burn
(1968)
Singles from Disraeli Gears
  1. "Foreign Brew" / "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
    Released: June 1967
  2. "Sunshine of Your Love" / "SWLABR"
    Released: Dec 1967

Disraeli Gears is the 2d studio album past the British rock band Cream. It was released in November 1967[1] and went on to accomplish No. 5 on the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Albums Chart.[ii] and No. 1 on the Swedish and Finnish charts. The album was likewise No. 1 for two weeks on the Australian album chart and was listed equally the No. i anthology of 1968 by Cash Box in the yr-end album chart in the United States. The album is considered by critics as 1 of the greatest albums of all time. The album features the singles "Foreign Mash" and "Sunshine of Your Dearest", likewise as their corresponding B-sides "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "SWLABR".

The original 11-track anthology was remastered in 1998, and then subsequently released every bit a two-disc Deluxe Edition in 2004.

Production [edit]

The anthology was recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York between 11 and 15 May 1967,[three] post-obit the band'south nine shows as part of Murray the K's "Music in the fifth Dimension" concert series. Cream'due south American characterization, ATCO, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic Records.[4] [5]

The sessions were produced by future Mount bassist Felix Pappalardi – who co-wrote the tracks "Strange Brew" and "World of Pain" with wife Gail Collins – and were engineered past Tom Dowd – who would afterward piece of work with Clapton on projects such as Layla and Other Assorted Beloved Songs and 461 Ocean Boulevard. Atlantic Records owner Ahmet Ertegun was also present during the sessions.[6]

According to Dowd the recording sessions took but iii-and-a-half days. The band's visas expired on the very last day of recording.[seven]

Drummer Ginger Bakery recalled how the album'southward championship was based on a malapropism which alluded to 19th-century British Prime Government minister Benjamin Disraeli:

You lot know how the championship came about – Disraeli Gears – yeah? We had this Austin Westminster, and Mick Turner was one of the roadies who'd been with me a long time, and he was driving along and Eric [Clapton] was talking about getting a racing bike. Mick, driving, went 'Oh aye – Disraeli gears!' meaning derailleur gears...Nosotros all just roughshod over...Nosotros said that's got to exist the anthology championship.[8]

Artwork [edit]

The embrace art was created by Australian creative person Martin Sharp who lived in the same building every bit Clapton, The Pheasantry in Chelsea. Abrupt would go on to create the artwork to Cream'south adjacent album Wheels of Fire and co-wrote the songs "Tales of Dauntless Ulysses" and The Savage 7 movie theme "Anyone for Tennis" with Clapton. The photography was past Bob Whitaker, known for his work for the Beatles, including the controversial Yesterday and Today "butcher" cover. Most of the photographs were taken in July 1967, with shoots in London'southward Hyde Park as well equally in the Scottish Highlands. Some of the images were shot on Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the British isles. The photos show a clean-shaven Clapton with a bouffant, permed hairstyle. Past the time of the anthology'southward release in November, however, he was letting his hair abound out straight and had grown a moustache.

The front cover consists of a psychedelic collage with the title centred and ring name below, surrounded by a floral arrangement. Martin Precipitous was attempting to capture the audio of the music in the cover, which he describes as a "warm fluorescent sound":[9]

I got hold of a publicity shot and cutting it upwards, forth with cutouts from various books, laid the pieces out and stuck them together as a collage on a 12-inch square. I did some drawing outlines, and then painted all over information technology with fluorescent inks and paints of the time. I really wanted to capture that warm, electric audio of their music in the colours and expression of the comprehend. On my style to England, I'd gone (to Cambodia). And in one of the towns I visited, there were these amazing sculptures with faces on each side, and huge trees growing out on tiptop… Over the years, these great copse had taken root and grown. I suppose I idea that was a bit like the band: where you could see three faces, and the music coming out of their heads.[10]

The comprehend fine art was afterward used for the compilation Those Were the Days.

Musical way [edit]

Disraeli Gears features the group veering abroad, quite heavily, from their dejection roots and indulging in more psychedelic sounds, in detail on tracks such as "Tales of Brave Ulysses", "SWLABR", "World of Pain" and "Trip the light fantastic toe the Nighttime Abroad", the last of which features a 12-string guitar (the only time the instrument would exist used on a Foam recording). The virtually dejection-like tunes on the album are Clapton's arrangement of "Outside Woman Blues", the Bruce-Brown composition "Take it Back" which had been inspired by the contemporary media images of American students called-for their draft cards which featured harmonica work past Jack Bruce,[xi] and the opening runway "Strange Brew", which was based on a 12-bar blues vocal called "Lawdy Mama" and features an Albert Rex guitar solo, copied annotation for note.[6]

Dissimilar the previous Fresh Foam, which was vocally dominated by Bruce, the vocals on Disraeli Gears were a more democratic affair. Clapton sings lead on "Strange Mash" and "Outside Adult female Blues", and co-lead on "Earth of Pain", "Dance the Night Away" and "Sunshine of Your Love". Baker, meanwhile, performs pb vocals on his composition "Bluish Status". All 3 band members sing together on "Mother's Complaining".

In contrast to much of the band's other work, Disraeli Gears comprises mainly short, self-contained songs, with none of the improvisation and jamming for which the band was known onstage.

Release [edit]

The album was released in November 1967 by Reaction Records.[1]

Palatial Edition

The original xi-track album was remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio at PolyGram Studios[ane] for a 1998 release, including bonus photographs accompanying the original anthology artwork.

The Disraeli Gears Palatial Edition includes the complete album in both mono and stereo, demos, culling takes and tracks taken from the band'due south live sessions on BBC radio. Included is an outtake of "Blue Condition" with Eric Clapton on lead vocals, and demos of the songs "Weird of Hermiston" and "The Clearout" which were non released until Jack Bruce's first solo album Songs for a Tailor.

Reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [12]
BBC Music Positive[13]
Chicago Tribune [14]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [15]
Dandy Rock Discography [16]
MusicHound [17]
Music Story [16]
Sputnikmusic [18]

Writing for the BBC, Chris Jones described the album every bit "a perfect encapsulation of the point where the dejection got psychedelic and in turn got heavy".[xiii] Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic describes the album as "a quintessential heavy rock album of the '60s".[12] Dave Swanson of Ultimate Classic Rock believes the album to exist "their masterpiece".[19]

In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[20]

It was voted number 182 in the third edition of Colin Larkin'southward All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[21] In 2003 the album was ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone magazine'due south list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[22] then was re-ranked at number 114 in a 2012 revised list,[23] and at number 170 in a 2020 revised list.[24] VH1 named it 87th-greatest album of all time in 2001.[25] In 2008, the album won a Archetype Stone Roll of Honours Laurels for Classic Anthology.[26]

Track listing [edit]

Original album [edit]

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
one. "Foreign Brew"
  • Eric Clapton
  • Felix Pappalardi
  • Gail Collins
 Eric Clapton ii:44
2. "Sunshine of Your Love"
  • Jack Bruce
  • Clapton
  • Pete Brown
 Clapton and Bruce 4:08
3. "Earth of Hurting"
  • Pappalardi
  • Collins
 Clapton and Bruce 3:00
4. "Dance the Nighttime Away"
  • Bruce
  • Brownish
 Clapton and Bruce iii:33
5. "Blueish Condition" Ginger Baker Ginger Bakery three:28
Total length: 16:53
Side ii
No. Title Author(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Tales of Dauntless Ulysses"
  • Clapton
  • Martin Sharp
 Bruce 2:45
2. "SWLABR"
  • Bruce
  • Brownish
 Bruce ii:30
3. "We're Going Wrong" Bruce Bruce 3:21
4. "Outside Woman Dejection" Arthur Reynolds, arr. Clapton Clapton two:24
5. "Take It Dorsum"
  • Bruce
  • Brown
 Bruce three:03
six. "Mother'south Lament" Traditional,[nb 1] arr. Bruce, Clapton, Baker Baker, Clapton, and Bruce ane:46
Total length: xv:52

Disraeli Gears – deluxe edition (2004) [edit]

Disc ane (stereo) [edit]

Original album
Tracks one–xi
Out-takes
  2. "Lawdy Mama" – version 1 3 (Traditional, arr. Clapton) – two:00
Recorded 3 April 1967 at Atlantic Studios
Recorded by Ahmet Ertegun [6]
  2. "Bluish Condition" – alternate version (Baker) – 3:13
Eric Clapton song, previously unreleased
Demos iii
  2. "We're Going Incorrect" (Bruce) – 3:49
  3. "Hey Now, Princess" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:31
  4. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brownish) – iv:30
  5. "Weird of Hermiston" (Bruce, Brown) – iii:12
  6. "The Clearout" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:58
Recorded xv March 1967 at Ryemuse Studios, London

Disc 2 (mono) [edit]

Original album and out-takes
Tracks 1–13
BBC recordings 4
  2. "Strange Mash" (Clapton, Pappalardi, Collins) – 3:00
  3. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Abrupt) – 2:55
  4. "Nosotros're Going Wrong" (Bruce) – 3:25
Recorded 30 May 1967, broadcast 3 June on BBC Light Programme
  2. "Built-in Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bong) – 3:03
  3. "Outside Adult female Blues" (Reynolds) – three:xviii
  4. "Have It Back" (Bruce, Chocolate-brown) – ii:17
Recorded 24 October 1967, broadcast 29 October on BBC Radio ane
  2. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:59
  3. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Dark-brown) – 2:32
  4. "Steppin' Out" (James Bracken) – 3:37
Recorded 9 Jan 1968, broadcast 14 Jan on BBC Radio 1
  1. ^ Tracks previously released on the Those Were the Days box set up.
  2. ^ Tracks previously released on the BBC Sessions compilation album.

Personnel [edit]

Cream

  • Ginger Baker – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Jack Bruce – bass, piano, vocals, harmonica
  • Eric Clapton – atomic number 82 guitar, rhythm guitar, 12-cord guitar, vocals

Production

  • Felix Pappalardi – producer
  • Tom Dowd – recording engineer
  • Bob Whitaker – cover photography
  • Martin Abrupt – embrace art
  • Jim Marshall – additional photography

Chart positions [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom Nov 1967 Reaction Records mono LP 593 003
stereo LP 594 003
United States November 1967 Atco Records mono LP 33-232
stereo LP SD 33-232
Germany November 1967 Polydor Records stereo LP 184 105
Japan May 1968 Polydor Records stereo LP MP-1390
United states 1977 RSO Records LP RS one–3010
United States 1986 Polydor Records CD 823 636-2
Usa 2004 Polydor Records/Chronciles Palatial Edition CD B0003331-02
Uk 2004 Polydor Records Deluxe Edition CD 0602498193129
Japan 2013 USM Japan SACD UIGY 15002

See also [edit]

  • Anthology era

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Credited as "Trad.", but in fact written in 1944 by Elton Box, Desmond Cox, and Irwin Dash under the collective pseudonym Jack Spade.[27]

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  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on three November 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  10. ^ "Sleevenotes – the within story of a classic album cover", Classic Rock #56, August 2003, p8
  11. ^ "Cream: Disraeli Gears", Classic Albums on VH1, 3 November 2006
  12. ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Disraeli Gears – Cream (Review)". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  13. ^ a b Jones, Chris. "BBC - Music - Review of Cream - Disraeli Gears". Bbc.co.uk.
  14. ^ "It's A Roller-coaster Career From Blues To Pop And Dorsum". Articles.chicagotribune.com . Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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  17. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 288. ISBN1-57859-061-2.
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  21. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). All Time Meridian k Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 96. ISBN0-7535-0493-6.
  22. ^ "No. 112". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on two September 2011. Retrieved 8 Baronial 2021.
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  32. ^ "greekcharts.com – Cream – Disraeli Gears". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved viii November 2010.
  33. ^ a b Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Maurienne House. ISBN978-1-877443-00-8.
  34. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Foam – Disraeli Gears". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  35. ^ "Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 46, 2017" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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  39. ^ "Cashbox Countdowns". Cashboxcountdowns.com.
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  41. ^ "British album certifications – Cream". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 September 2015. Select albums in the Format field.Select Gold in the Certification field.Type Cream in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  42. ^ "American anthology certifications – Cream". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

Sources [edit]

  • Cream, Disraeli Gears (1967)
  • Cream, Disraeli Gears – Deluxe Edition (2004)

External links [edit]

  • Disraeli Gears. Those Were the Days.
  • Disraeli Gears. JackBruce.com.
  • Disraeli Gears – Deluxe Edition JackBruce.com.
  • Disraeli Gears – GB Signed Edition Gingerbaker.com.

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