Cream - Wheels Of Fire

Жанр: Pop/ Rock, Blues
Стиль: Acoustic Blues, Early Acoustic Blues, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Blues-Rock, British Blues, British Invasion, British Psychedelia, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic / Garage, Psychedelic Rock, Rock & Roll / Roots, Regional Blues, Proto-Metal
Страна: ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ И ЕВРОСОЮЗ (UK & EU)
Дата первоначального релиза: 1968-08-09
Дата релиза: 1998
Лейбл: Polydor ‎
Кол-во носителей: 2
Штрих-код: 7 31453 18122 9
Кат. номер: Polydor ‎– 531 812-2
Количество треков: 13
Длительность: 01:22:24
Состояние пластинки: New! ( Sealed/ Sealed)! Новый! Запечатан!

CD1 - In The Studio:
1. White Room/ Timpani [Tympani] – Ginger Baker - 4:58
2. Sitting On Top Of The World/ Written-By – Chester Burnett - 4:58
3. Passing The Time/ Glockenspiel – Ginger Baker Organ [Calliope] – Jack Bruce Organ [Pedals] – Felix Pappalardi - 4:32
4. As You Said/ Cymbal [High Hat] – Ginger Baker - 4:20
5. Pressed Rat And Warthog/ Other [Recitation] – Ginger Baker Recorder – Jack Bruce Trumpet, Flute [Tonette] – Felix Pappalardi - 3:13
6. Politician - 4:12
7. Those Were The Days/ Bells [Swiss Hand] – Felix Pappalardi Marimba, Tubular Bells – Ginger Baker - 2:53
8. Born Under A Bad Sign/ Tambourine – Ginger Baker Written-By – Booker T. Jones, William Bell - 3:09
9. Deserted Cities Of The Heart - 3:38
CD2 - Live At The Fillmore:
1. Crossroads/ Written-By – Robert Johnson - 4:18
2. Spoonful/ Written-By – Willie Dixon - 16:47
3. Traintime - 7:02
4. Toad - 16:16

Wheels of Fire — третий студийный альбом группы Cream, вышедший в 1968 году. Альбом стал весьма успешным и добился 3-го места в хит-парадах Великобритании и 1-го — в США.
Это двойной альбом. Он был выпущен на двух долгоиграющих пластинках с названиями Wheels of Fire (in the studio) и Wheels of Fire (live at the Fillmore) с одинаковым артом на обложках, но разных цветов. Хотя вторая часть и называется Live at the Fillmore (с англ. — «Концерт в Филлморе»), только Toad была записана в этом концертном зале, все остальные во время выступлений на другой площадке в Сан-Франциско.
Третий альбом Cream изначально планировался двойным, в который группа и продюсер Atco Records Феликс Паппаларди планировали включить несколько концертных записей.
Альбом занимает 205 позицию в списке 500 лучших альбомов всех времён журнала Rolling Stone.
Художник Мартин Шарп (Martin Sharp), автор обложки, выиграл New York Art Directors Prize за лучший дизайн альбома 1969 года.

Переиздание великого альбома на двойном компакт-диске в стандартной упаковке Jewel Case в серии The Cream Masters.

Personnel:
Jack Bruce – lead vocals, bass guitar, cello, harmonica, calliope, acoustic guitar, recorder
Ginger Baker – drums, percussion, bells, glockenspiel, timpani, vocals, spoken word on "Pressed Rat and Warthog"
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
Felix Pappalardi – viola, bells, organ, trumpet, tonette
Tom Dowd – recording engineer on disc one
Adrian Barber – recording engineer on disc one, re-mix engineer on disc two
Joseph M. Palmaccio – digital remastering
Martin Sharp – art
Jim Marshall – photography

Personnel for the studio recordings:
"White Room":
Eric Clapton – Gibson Reverse Firebird on Wah wah, Gibson SG ("Fool") for backing tracks
Jack Bruce – bass, vocals
Ginger Baker – drums, timpani
Felix Pappalardi – viola
"Sitting on Top of the World":
Clapton – Gibson SG Standard "the Fool" for both backing tracks and lead guitar (riffs and solo)
Bruce – bass, vocals
Baker – drums
"Passing the Time":
Clapton – guitars, backing vocals
Bruce – bass, lead vocals, cello, calliope
Baker – drums, backing vocals, glockenspiel
Pappalardi – organ pedals
"As You Said":
Bruce – acoustic guitar, vocals, cello
Baker – hi-hat
"Pressed Rat and Warthog":
Clapton – guitars
Bruce – basses, recorder
Baker – drums, spoken word
Pappalardi – trumpet, tonette
"Politician":
Clapton – guitars (Gibson SG Standard Fool & Gibson Reverse Firebird) backing track, three lead guitars including overdubs
Bruce – bass, vocals
Baker – drums
"Those Were the Days":
Clapton – guitars, Gibson SG standard ("Fool") & Gibson backing track, lead guitar, backing vocals
Bruce – bass, lead vocals
Baker – drums, marimba, tubular bells, backing vocals
Pappalardi – Swiss hand bells
"Born Under a Bad Sign":
Bruce – bass, vocals
Clapton – guitars (Gibson SG standard ("Fool") backing track and lead guitar
Baker – drums, tambourine
"Deserted Cities of the Heart":
Clapton – guitars Gibson Reverse Firebird & Gibson SG Standard ("Fool") backing track and lead guitar
Bruce – bass, vocals, cello, acoustic guitar
Baker – drums, tambourine
Pappalardi – viola

     Рейтинг:
AllMusic: 4*/5
About.com: 5*/5  
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: 4*/5  
MusicHound: 5*/5  
Rolling Stone: (Positive)
Chicago Tribune: 4*/4
Musician: (Positive)
The Daily Vault: A
Muzon-Market ( MM): 9.5*/10 ( "Один из лучших альбомов в истории рок-музыки! Канонический, классический, образцовый блюз-роковый шедевр!")

Charts and certifications:

Weekly charts
(Chart (1968–2013)/ Peak position):
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)/ 1
Canadian Top 50 Albums (RPM)/ 1
Croatian International Albums (HDU)/ 25
French Albums (SNEP)/ 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)/ 15
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)/ 16
UK Albums (OCC)/ 3
US Billboard 200/ 1
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)/ 11

Certifications
(Region/ Certification/ Certified units/Sales):
Australia (ARIA)/ Platinum/ 70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)/ Platinum/ 300,000^
United States (RIAA)/ Platinum/ 1,000,000^

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"Cream" - британская рок-группа, выступавшая с 1966 по 1968 год, состояла из гитариста Эрика Клэптона, бас-гитариста Джека Брюса и барабанщика Джинджера Бэйкера. Часто называется первой супергруппой в истории рок-музыки. Смелые эксперименты в области утяжеления, уплотнения блюз-рокового звука позволяют считать Cream, наряду с Джими Хендриксом, одними из родоначальников хард-рока. Коллектив, просуществовавший немногим более двух лет, оказал значительное влияние на развитие рока, заложив фундамент блюз-рока и хард-рока конца 60-х - начала 70-х.

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Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polygram International Music B.V.
Copyright (c) – Polygram International Music B.V.
Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
Published By – Arc Music Corp.
Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
Published By – King Of Spades Music
Published By – Hoochie Coochie Music
Published By – Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc.
Recorded At – I.B.C. Studios
Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
Recorded At – Winterland
Recorded At – Fillmore West
Mastered At – Polygram Studios
Made By – PMDC, Germany

Credits:
Acoustic Guitar, Cello – Jack Bruce (tracks: 1.4, 1.9)
Artwork [Album Art] – Martin Sharp (2)
Bass – Jack Bruce (tracks: 1.1 to 1.3, 1.5 to 2.4)
Design [Album] – Stanislaw Zagorski
Drums – Ginger Baker (tracks: 1.1 to 1.3, 1.5 to 2.4)
Engineer [Re-mix] – Adrian Barber (tracks: 2.1 to 2.4)
Engineer [Recording] – Adrian Barber (tracks: 1.1 to 1.9), Bill Halverson (tracks: 2.1 to 2.4), Tom Dowd (tracks: 1.1 to 1.9)
Guitar – Eric Clapton (tracks: 1.1 to 1.3, 1.5 to 2.4)
Harmonica – Jack Bruce (tracks: 2.1 to 2.4)
Lead Vocals – Jack Bruce (tracks: 1.3, 1.7)
Photography By – Jim Marshall (3)
Producer – Felix Pappalardi
Producer [By Arrangement With] – Robert Stigwood
Remastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Joseph M. Palmaccio
Viola – Felix Pappalardi (tracks: 1.1, 1.9)
Vocals – Eric Clapton (tracks: 1.3, 1.7, 2.1 to 2.3), Ginger Baker (tracks: 1.3), Jack Bruce (tracks: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 to 2.3)
Written-By – Ginger Baker (tracks: 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 2.4), Jack Bruce (tracks: 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9), Mike Taylor (9) (tracks: 1.3, 1.5, 1.7), Pete Brown (5) (tracks: 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9)

Notes:
Recorded July & August 1967 at IBC Sudios, London and September & October 1967, January & February 1968, and June 1968 at Atlantic Studios, New York.
Digitally remastered at PolyGram Studios

Published by:
Unichappell Music Inc. (track 1.1, 1.3 to 1.7, 1.9, 2.4)
Arc Music Corp. (track 1.2)
Irving Music Inc. (track 1.8)
King Of Spades Music (track 2.1)
Hoochie Coochie Music (track 2.2)
Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc. (track 2.3)

Wheels Of Fire was first released August 1968

℗ 1968 Polygram International Music B.V.
© 1997 Polygram International Music B.V.

CD 1+2 mould: Made in Germany by PMDC

Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode: 7 31453 18122 9
Matrix / Runout (CD1): 531 813-2 01 +
Matrix / Runout (CD2): 531 814-2 01 /
Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L002
Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L001
Mould SID Code (CD1+2): IFPI 01AP
Mould SID Code (CD 1 Variant 2): IFPI 01M2
Mould SID Code (CD 2 Variant 2): IFPI 01S2
Label Code: LC 0309
Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
Other: PY 899

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