Cream: Classic Artists

Cream: Classic Artists Review

Their fully-authorized story in a 2-disc deluxe set! The beginning, the farewell, the reunion. Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce tell how it was... and how it is. Cream, the world's first "supergroup," stunned the pop world when it burst on the Swinging '60s. Produced with full cooperation from the band, this fascinating documentary tells their full amazing story. Exclusive new interviews reveal how success affected them and how they created the smash hits "I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room." See highlights of their career: Cream's birth in 1966, the sudden break-up in 1968, and an historic reunion in 2005 with sold-out concerts in London and New York which rekindled the public's fascination with this all-star trio. Together with interviews with key music industry figures, here is the best, most informative insight into a cultural phenomenon that shaped the future of rock.

Disc 1 includes unreleased archive footage, new interviews with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce and others, plus music, performance footage, rare and unseen photographs and memorabilia!

Disc 2 (audio) includes Swedish Radio sessions ("Konsert med Cream," 1967) and 5 previously unreleased audio tracks: "NSU," "Steppin' Out," "Traintime," "Toad" and "I'm So Glad."

Blind Faith

Blind Faith Review

The short-lived classic-rock supergroup Blind Faith's sole album has aged remarkably well. In 1969, Blind Faith fused the psychedelic blues of Eric Clapton and the soulful vocals and keyboards of Steve Winwood with the polyrhythmic, Afrocentric leanings of drummer Ginger Baker. "Can't Find My Way Home" is one of the hippie era's most lyrically poignant, sonically subtle tunes. The record has a lot of surprises; "Presence of the Lord" is rousing and melancholy at the same time, while the way the bass and guitar double-team on the introductory melodic line to "Had to Cry Today" makes a hard-rock cliché fresh again. The 10-minute drum solo on "Do What You Like" is pretty good as 10-minute drum solos go. This 2000 reissue of the album omits the unreleased jams and mixes that fill the second disc of the deluxe reissue that appeared earlier in the year. --Mike McGonigal

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cream (Eco-Friendly Packaging)

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cream (Eco-Friendly Packaging) Review

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.

Music for Dancefloors: Cream of the Bosworth

Music for Dancefloors: Cream of the Bosworth Review

Third Disc in the 'music for Dancefloors' Series. Tracks were Taken from Trade Libraries Set Up in the 60's and 70's to Provide Background Music for TV Stations and Advertising Agencies. Catering to Any Possible Mood, the Libraries Used Top Session Musicians and this is the First Time Those Songs Are Being Commercially Released. Compilation is by DJ Adrian Gibson (Jazz Cafe, London) and Quinton Scott (Strut). Features Extensive Sleeve Notes Detailing the History of the Bosworth and Joseph Weinberger Libraries.

Watching You

Watching You Review

Lost City: Watching You! 1993 Scotti Brothers Release! Personnel includes: Rue Phillips (vocals, guitars, electric sitar, keyboards, mandolins); Malcolm Bruce (keyboards, piano); and Kofi Baker (drums & percussion). Drummer Kofi Baker and keyboardist Malcolm Bruce are the sons of Cream's drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce. TRACKS: 1. Believer; 2. Egypt; 3. Last Crescendo; 4. Mad Dog; 5. Change; 6. I'll Be Watching You; 7. Barrier; 8. Nobody There; 9. Shine On; 10. Life; & 11. Tears & T-Cells.

Sonic Dynamite

Sonic Dynamite Review

2000 release from German metal act. 12 brand tracks including 'Passage To Hope', Seas Of Madness' and 'Followed By The Moon'. Standard jewel case.

She Loves Me: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1993 Revival)

She Loves Me: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1993 Revival) Review

Anyone who doubts the influence and enduring appeal of cast recordings should take note of She Loves Me, an intimate, romantic, and totally charming show by the team of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof) that had a short Broadway run in 1963. The show was kept alive by a legendary and unprecedented two-LP original cast album that spurred numerous regional productions and, 30 years after the original run, this Broadway revival at the Roundabout Theatre. The sweet story (based on the same Hungarian play that inspired the films The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime and You've Got Mail) focuses on two perfume shop coworkers (played by Boyd Gaines, who won a Tony for the role, and Diane Fratantoni) who can't stand each other, unaware they are romantic pen pals. Heading the supporting cast is the always wonderful Sally Mayes, who received a Tony nomination for the role of Ilona, even if she can't match the ditzy defenselessness of Barbara Baxley in the 1963 cast. In fact, it's almost an impossible task for any cast to match the original, but give this revival credit for giving She Loves Me new life where it belongs--on the stage. --David Horiuchi