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Cream: Disraeli Gears

Disraeli Gears

On November 2, 1967, “Reaction” label released “Disraeli Gears”, the second Cream studio album. It was recorded in May 1967, at the “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi. In 1999, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”, and in 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 114 on it’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano, harmonica
  • Ginger Baker– vocals, drums, percussion

Track listing

  1. Strange Brew – Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  2. Sunshine of Your Love – Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Pete Brown
  3. World of Pain – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  4. Dance the Night Away – Pete Brown, Jack Bruce
  5. Blue Condition – Ginger Baker
  6. Tales of Brave Ulysses – Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp
  7. SWLABR – Pete Brown, Jack Bruce
  8. We’re Going Wrong – Jack Bruce
  9. Outside Woman Blues – Arthur Reynolds, arr. Eric Clapton
  10. Take it Back – Jack Bruce and Pete Brown
  11. Mother’s Lament – traditional, arr. Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce,  Ginger Baker

 

Jazk Bruce: Song For A Tailor

Jack_Bruce_-_Songs_for_a_Tailor

On August 29, 1969, “Polydor” label released “Song for a Tailor”, the debut Jack Bruce studio debut. It was recorded April – May, 1969, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi.

Personnel

  • Jack Bruce– lead and backing vocals, bass, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, cello
  • George Harrison– guitar
  • Chris Spedding– electric guitar
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith– soprano and tenor saxophones
  • Jon Hiseman– drums
  • John Marshall– drums
  • Felix Pappalardi– percussion, acoustic guitar, additional vocals
  • Art Themen – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Henry Lowther,  Harry Beckett – trumpet
  • John Mumford – trombone

Track listing:

All lyrics by Peter Brown, all music by Jack Bruce.

  1. Never Tell Your Mother She’s Out of Tune
  2. Theme for an Imaginary Western
  3. Tickets to Water Falls
  4. Weird of Hermiston
  5. Rope Ladder to the Moon
  6. The Ministry of Bag
  7. He the Richmond
  8. Boston Ball Game 1967
  9. To Isengard
  10. The Clearout

Andy Johns

On April 7, 2013, Jeremy Andrew “Andy” Johns died aged 61. He was producer and engineer, worked with many musicians and bands, including: Blodwyn Pig, Humble Pie, Gary Wright, Free, Bobby Whitlock- Bobby Whitlock, West, Bruce and Laing, Jack Bruce, String Driven Thing, Television,  Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Cinderella, McAuley Schenker Group, Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Steve Miller Band, Jethro Tull, The Deviants, Spooky Tooth, Ten Years After, Clouds, Blind Faith, Led Zeppelin,  Rolling Stones, Mott the Hoople, Sailor’s Delight- Sky, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Joni Mitchell and Eric Clapton.

Alexis Korner

On January 11,984, Alexis Korner died aged 55. He was musician (guitar, harmonica), singer and songwriter,  regarded “The Founding Father of British Blues”, was a major force behind the British 60’s R&B scene. In the early 60s he formed the band “Blues Incorporated”, featuring at various times Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Davy Graham, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies, Malcolm Cecil and Dick Heckstall-Smith.