Cream

Wheels Of Fire

Original Release: 1968

Synopsis

This double album, featuring a disc of studio tracks and a disc of live recordings (made in March 1968 in San Francisco, at the Fillmore West and Winterland venues), was the first double LP to certified platinum. Featuring a suitably psychedelic cover design by Australian artist Martin Sharp (who’d designed Cream’s previous LP jacket, for Disraeli Gears), Sharp also wrote lyrics for Eric Clapton’s quirky ‘Anyone For Tennis’. A US No 1 (it reached 3 in the UK), the studio disc starts with one of Cream’s best known songs, ‘White Room’, it also features cover of ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’, as well as Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Sitting On Top Of The World’, reminding their audience that Cream were primarily a blues band. The live disc, featuring just four tracks, allow the band to stretch out on their adaptation of Robert Johnson’s ‘Crossroads’, Willie Dixon’s ‘Spoonful’, bassist Jack Bruce’s ‘Traintime’, and closing the set with Ginger Baker’s drum showcase on ‘Toad’.

Side 1

1. White Room (5:03)
2. Sitting On Top Of The World (5:01)
3. Passing The Time (4:37)
4. As You Said (4:23)

Side 2

1. Pressed Rat And Warthog (3:19)
2. Politician (4:17)
3. Those Were The Days (2:57)
4. Born Under A Bad Sign (3:14)
5. Deserted Cities Of The Heart (3:38)

Side 3

1. Crossroads (4:19)
2. Spoonful (16:47)

Side 4

1. Traintime (7:02)
2. Toad (6:16)

Other Back To Black Vinyl Titles

• Disraeli Gears
• Disraeli Gears (Limited Edition)

More Info…

• Jack Bruce official website
• Eric Clapton official website
• Ginger Baker official website
• Wheels Of Fire on Wikipedia
• Cream on Wikipedia
• Jack Bruce on Wikipedia
• Eric Clapton on Wikipedia
• Ginger Baker on Wikipedia

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