Cream
1967-09-xx Boston, MA Psychedelic Supermarket (M1-AUD *UPGRADE* BostonGold Source)
590 Commonwealth Avenue
~*~ DimeTravel VERSION MkII - Remastered WITH EQ ~*~
01. Sunshine Of Your Love
02. Spoonful
03. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
04. Sweet Wine//
Total Time ::: 31:10
::: No audio picnic but quite enjoyable AUD (albeit with issues - as noted). Check samples to see if the butterfat layer in this un-homogenized milk is slurpable.
::: NOTE: This VERSION MkII has been remastered WITH equalisation & is brighter than the straight remastered MkI version.
::: Warts: Some distortion thruout from original recording method. Many dropouts & dullspots fixed but some unrepairable & surely missed others. Taper shut off deck between songs. #4 cuts (on all circulating copies).
::: Cream played 2 shows (or sets!) a nite every nite for a week, Sept. 10-16.
::: One site claims 3 shows on Sun(10th) & Sat(16th) but it seems unlikely & isn't confirmed by Sunday show review online.
::: Supposedly Cream was originally a 2 week engagement but had financial problems with the club owner.
::: Cream was the debut act at the club, a not-yet-totally(!)-converted old parking garage in an alley near Kenmore Square.
::: Catharsis opened all shows (or alternated sets).
::: Some info at EXC site http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.de/2009/11/psychedelic-supermarket-boston-ma-1967.html
::: Concert review & photos at http://www.thetrickismusic.com/?tag=catharsis & http://www.thetrickismusic.com/?p=881
::: Another review & more photos at http://www.angelfire.com/ca/oldtimers/KenMelville.html
::: CONTRAST CLAUSE 1: This upgrades http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=459911 from the Graeme Paddingale "Cream Remasters" set (it was included in "East Coast '67" with Waltham 1967-09-10). This is a known 1st gen. with EQ, whereas "Cream Remasters" versions are unknown gen., hissier, heavily EQ'd in 1 channel (presumably to create fake stereo), & reorder the songs.
::: CONTRAST CLAUSE 2: This is an alternate version of DimeTravel VERSION MkI as this one has been EQ'd.
::: This is the correct song order as on BostonGold's reel - one of the main sources for many circulating copies thru the years.
::: On another torrent DIMER isotope says this might be Sept. 16 & says the tape is short as the taper was, "a blues fanatic who went to check out this new English band 'cause he'd heard the guitarist was a hotshot blues player" but thought the band were, "horseshit: not blues at all" so he, "only taped a few minutes here&there".
Recording Information ::: unknown mono reel to reel recorder & mike -> master mono audience reel -> 1st generation reel (1970s transfer).
Playback circa 2007(?) ::: 1st generation reel on unknown equipment -> unknown digital transfers (presumably 2) -> wavs -> flacs.
Remaster 2014-01-xx ::: 1st generation reel flacs -> TLH -> wavs -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, single averaged digital speed correction +1.9%, light equalisation -EQ- added to this version to boost high frequecies) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2014-02-08. A jpeg of the EQ settings is enclosed in the folder.
Further remastering notes ::: Knowing BostonGold I reckon this was one of his personal faves as well as heavy trade fodder for many years. The tape had some wear on it! I fixed 100s dullspots & worked on dropouts but you may well hear more. Some fixes were compromises but they are mostly masked by the overall sound. The last 25% of the tape was in the worst condition by far. There was some electrical popping in 1 spot, basically fixed. The tapedeck shutoffs created tapedrag, which I lowered in impact by fading the already rather brief applause a bit. There is some inherent distortion thruout the recording from overload. I assume the show was loud but certainly the mike had issues or the levels were too loud on the recorder - not to mention the venue had a reputation for terrible sound. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" has an odd guitar chord note at the start, presumably tuning, then the taper shot off the deck then there's an immediate start to the song. The 'remaster series' deleted it, but I decided to leave it in, though it is a bit distracting.
Line-up ::: Eric Clapton - electric guitar, vocals // Jack Bruce - electric bass, vocals // Ginger Baker - drums, percussion.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
DimeTravel 001 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Many thanks to The Florida Kid for passing along this transfer of BostonGold's reel (by way of the intrepid Cream collector Mr E?) - upgrading my 30+ year old cassette from the same BostonGold reel. Thanks to DIMER gv0000 for opening band info & further date research. ::: Still a few more CoolSonics series recordings to come that weren't finished, but... Here's the debut of the new "DimeTravel" series, hopefully getting it off to a righteous start! Can't go wrong putting this egg in your basket - an upgrade of one of the seminal recordings in taper-ville by one of the seminal bands of their era. That's seminal as in "highly original & influencing the development of future events..." and if THAT definition doesn't sum up Cream then I don't know what does. Here's to hoping the possessers of the Boston Tea Party masters & SO many more Boston uncirculated masters decide to open their vaults before we are all stone deaf. At least one of them comments here on DIME from time to time. This one's a classic, not too far shy of its 50th birthday! Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
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