CREAM Disraeli Gears 1967 UK REACTION 1st *STEREO* EXCELLENT
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Nov 14, 2016
Sold Date
Nov 4, 2016
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CREAM Disraeli Gears 1967 UK REACTION 1st *STEREO* EXCELLENT
CREAMDisraeli Gears
1967 UK REACTION (594 003) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING
EXCELLENT ORIGINAL COPY
THERE ARE A FEW FEATURES WHICH MARKS THIS OUT AS BEING AN EARLY PRESSING
* The matrix numbers (A1/B1) have a ? separator rather than the later double backslash (//)
* The sleeve is made by E. J. Day and has the “Patent Pending” text with the earliest white “reaction” logo on the bottom left of the back cover (later sleeves have this in black)
* The Side 2 track-listing on the back cover is printed in white text
* The STEREO 593 003 is printed in thick black lettering in the top left corner of the back cover (later sleeves have the catalogue number in a white box on the top right corner)
* The label publishing credits are 'Immediate' (Side One) and 'Apple' (Side Two)
PRESSED WITH THE BLUE REACTION *STEREO* LABELS
MATRIX: 594003 A ? 1 11 15 / 594003 B ? 1 13 21
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE “Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London W11. Patent pending”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
Cream teamed up with producer Felix Pappalardi for their second album, Disraeli Gears, a move that helped push the power trio toward psychedelia and also helped give the album a thematic coherence missing from the debut.
This, of course, means that Disraeli Gears gets further away from the pure blues improvisatory troupe they were intended to be, but it does get them to be who they truly are: a massive, innovative power trio.
The blues still courses throughout Disraeli Gears -- the swirling kaleidoscopic "Strange Brew" is built upon a riff lifted from Albert King -- but it's filtered into saturated colours, as it is on "Sunshine of Your Love," or it's slowed down and blurred out as it is on the ominous murk of "Tales of Brave Ulysses."
It's a pure psychedelic move that's spurred along by Jack Bruce's flourishing collaboration with Pete Brown. Together, this pair steers this album away from recycled blues-rock and toward its eccentric British core, for with the fuzzy freak-out "Swlabr," the music hall flourishes of "Dance the Night Away," the swinging "Take It Back," and of course, the schoolboy singalong "Mother's Lament," this is a very British record.
Even so, this crossed the ocean and became a major hit in America as well, because for no matter how whimsical certain segments are, Cream is still a heavy rock trio and Disraeli Gears is a quintessential heavy rock album of the '60s.
Yes, its psychedelic trappings tie it forever to 1967, but the imagination of the arrangements, the strength of the compositions, and especially the force of the musicianship make this album transcend its time as well.
Side 1:
Strange Brew (2:45)
Sunshine Of Your Love (4:08)
World Of Pain (3:05)
Dance The Night Away (3:31)
Blue Condition (3:26)
Side 2:
Tales Of Brave Ulysses (2:50)
Swlabr (2:32)
We're Going Wrong (3:25)
Outside Woman Blues (2:20)
Take It Back (3:05)
Mother's Lament (1:47)
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, unmarked labels - light/moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
Plays extremely well throughout - slight touch of low-level surface on some of the track divisions/run-ins and the odd light background tick - nothing really, nothing else to fault - a strong EX - very nice copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Deep gloss to the front laminate - slight rub to wording on spine otherwise all edges are sharp and unworn
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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