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Live Cream Volume II
Live album by Cream
Released March 1972 (1972-03)[1]
Recorded 9 March – 4 October 1968[1]
Genre Blues-rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length 41:04[1]
Label Polydor
Producer Felix Pappalardi[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau (C+)[4]
Rolling Stone (unfavorable)[5]
Live Cream Volume II is the second live compilation album British supergroup Cream released in March 1972 by Polydor Records. This album contains six tracks recorded at various performances from March 9 to October 4, 1968.[1]
Contents
Reception
Matthew Greenwald & and Bruce Eder of Allmusic stated that Volume 2 had more songs on it than its predecessor, including two songs whose album versions were released as singles. They also commented on how the sound quality was some of the best at the time. They did not like, however, that there were not as many extended jams than the predecessor and that Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton's singing is not good on "White Room" and "Sunshine of Your Love." They think that the live version of "Deserted Cities of the Heart" is better than the studio version. They also think that the 1998 remastered version is better than the versions before.[3]
Track listing
Side 1
1. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) – 4.33
2. "White Room" (Bruce, Brown) – 5.40
3. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 5.08
4. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp) – 4.46
Side 2
1. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Clapton, Bruce, Brown) – 7.25
2. "Steppin' Out" (James Bracken) – 13.38 (Mistitled as "Hideaway" on original LP pressings)
Track 5 recorded March 9, 1968 at the Winterland, San Francisco.
Tracks 4 & 6 recorded March 10, 1968 at the Winterland, San Francisco.
Tracks 1, 2 & 3 recorded October 4, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland.
Personnel
Per liner notes[2]
* Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar
* Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, harmonica
* Ginger Baker – drums
* Felix Pappalardi – producer
* Tom Dowd – recording engineer
* Bill Halverson – recording engineer
* Gene Paul – re-mix engineer
* Kevin Brady – re-mix engineer
* Jim Marshall – cover photography
* Gene Trindl – backliner photography
* Stanislaw Zagorski – album design
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