Cream: Blow Up! (Mid Valley)

Label:

Mid Valley

Catalog number:Mid Valley 146-147
Source:Audience recording
Integral:Complete
Format:2xCD
Release date:October 2002




Original liner notes from Blow Up!:
If you are reading this, you are no doubt listening to one of the greatest live recordings of Cream ever. Recorded at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas on October 25th 1968, Cream were playing one of their last ever shows on their farewell US tour. If the band were not getting on personally, there certainly were no problems on a musical level. Maybe the pressure was off as they knew that in a few short weeks they would be free to go their seperate ways. Cream turned in an amazing set that night, with all three members firing on all cylinders. This truly remarkable recording was made in the photo pit on a reel-to-reel recorder with permission from the band. Mics were placed in front of the stage just above the photo pit. As the photographer shot, the machine taped one of the best Cream gigs ever to be captured on audio. You are listening to a piece of history from a very different time. Clapton fires off killer solos at every opportunity and his two band mates back him to the hilt. Just listen to I'm So Glad and Sitting On Top of the World, to name two. You can pack away the Goodbye Cream album for ever. In a few short weeks it was all over. Enjoy this wonderful recording!
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