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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you're thinking of buying 'Disraeli Gears' this is the one to get. The stereo mix on the first disc is far from satisfactory on most stereo equipment because of the way the drums are presented - much too isolated on the extreme right and too lightweight, with the guitar too isolated on the extreme left; unless you have a system with particularly heavy and tight mid-bass clout, then it's probably the mono version on the second disc that works best for the 5 most important tracks on the album (Sunshine, Ulysses, We're Going Wrong, Outside Woman Blues and SWLABR) with the drums much heavier and better integrated into the texture. This Deluxe Edition is the only way of getting the mono mix on CD.
Also on the mono disc you get the live BBC studio versions of all the numbers associated with this album plus 'Politician' 'Sitting on Top of the World' and 'Stepping Out'. These tracks are also found on 'Cream:the BBC Sessions' but here the sound is much improved.
Unfortunately 'Sunshine' from the BBC sessions is not included and so one has to put up with the really bad sound of this track on the earlier album. Why?
But the BBC recordings of 'Tales of brave Ulysses', 'We're Going Wrong' and SWLABR three of their best numbers, are good alternative versions to the ones on 'Gears' and will help to keep your responses fresh. They are very close to the album versions but they are different enough. 'Outside Woman Blues' has an interestingly different guitar solo.
One of the most interesting things is an ur-version of 'Politician' showing it still in the process of creation with provisional lyrics, later rejected, and played much faster. they were obviously having fun on this one.
SWLABR has much more rhythmic vitality than the familiar version and most enjoyable. The same is true of 'Steppin Out' which is better and faster than the one on Live Cream Vol.2.
In addition, on the first disc, there are some demos of a few other numbers otherwise only available on the over expensive and badly conceived 'Those Were the Days' 3 CD set which doesn't have the mono mix.
But the live albums are more important. See my reviews.
Also on the mono disc you get the live BBC studio versions of all the numbers associated with this album plus 'Politician' 'Sitting on Top of the World' and 'Stepping Out'. These tracks are also found on 'Cream:the BBC Sessions' but here the sound is much improved.
Unfortunately 'Sunshine' from the BBC sessions is not included and so one has to put up with the really bad sound of this track on the earlier album. Why?
But the BBC recordings of 'Tales of brave Ulysses', 'We're Going Wrong' and SWLABR three of their best numbers, are good alternative versions to the ones on 'Gears' and will help to keep your responses fresh. They are very close to the album versions but they are different enough. 'Outside Woman Blues' has an interestingly different guitar solo.
One of the most interesting things is an ur-version of 'Politician' showing it still in the process of creation with provisional lyrics, later rejected, and played much faster. they were obviously having fun on this one.
SWLABR has much more rhythmic vitality than the familiar version and most enjoyable. The same is true of 'Steppin Out' which is better and faster than the one on Live Cream Vol.2.
In addition, on the first disc, there are some demos of a few other numbers otherwise only available on the over expensive and badly conceived 'Those Were the Days' 3 CD set which doesn't have the mono mix.
But the live albums are more important. See my reviews.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
1967s Disraeli gears was the second album from renowned British supergroup Cream. Following their explosive '66 debut `Fresh Cream', they continued in the same vein. Baker's powerful drumming, not afraid to change pace and rhythm, Bruce's inventive bass lines and Clapton's incendiary guitar work combine to produce another album of boundary pushing (for the time!) and classic blues rock with a heavy jazz infusion. Unafraid to show off their solo talents, almost in competition with each other to be the best, each pushed the other two to the greatest heights and another classic of the British blues scene results. 5 Stars.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I only recently discovered the deluxe edition on amazon,as I was browsing Cream's back catalogue. The temptation was too much, I had to buy it!
Already owning the vinyl version, I was familiar with the contents of the standard edition. We are now at a curious time in that we can now get the 'remasters' of the original remasters, and soundwise it shows on this product,the sound has more depth, buffing the individual songs up to a near physical sheen.The extra tracks are very revealing in that they show Cream to have been a very experimental band constantly pushing the bounderies, and most definately a group of equals as opposed to E.C.+ backing group.In fact, on the bonus track'Hey now Princess',Clapton almost sounds like he's struggling to keep up with his more jazz orientated bandmates,obviously happy to go outside of his comfortzone.Cream,due to their phenominal success with songs like'Sunshine of your love'have in later years perhaps been regarded as forefathers of heavy metal,which in itsself is no bad thing from my point of view,but probably doesn't do the band full justice.For anybody wanting a more complete picture and insight into this seminal band,I can't recommend this extended version of Disreali Gears enough,and I therefore award it 5 stars.
Already owning the vinyl version, I was familiar with the contents of the standard edition. We are now at a curious time in that we can now get the 'remasters' of the original remasters, and soundwise it shows on this product,the sound has more depth, buffing the individual songs up to a near physical sheen.The extra tracks are very revealing in that they show Cream to have been a very experimental band constantly pushing the bounderies, and most definately a group of equals as opposed to E.C.+ backing group.In fact, on the bonus track'Hey now Princess',Clapton almost sounds like he's struggling to keep up with his more jazz orientated bandmates,obviously happy to go outside of his comfortzone.Cream,due to their phenominal success with songs like'Sunshine of your love'have in later years perhaps been regarded as forefathers of heavy metal,which in itsself is no bad thing from my point of view,but probably doesn't do the band full justice.For anybody wanting a more complete picture and insight into this seminal band,I can't recommend this extended version of Disreali Gears enough,and I therefore award it 5 stars.
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