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Cream - Klooks Kleek '66 (Lilipanda Remaster)

Track listing:
  1. Steppin Out 5:18
  2. Sweet Wine 4:15
  3. Meet Me At The Bottom 4:27
  4. Nsu 4:44
  5. Lawdy Mama 2:56
  6. Sleepy Time Time 6:40
  7. Crossroads 3:19

Notes


August 2 and November 15, 1966

Klooks Kleet '66 CR 2042 (No Label) Silver CD > remaster

At times, Jack's bass overpowers everything. Other times, there's no audible bass at all. (sometimes in the same song) There's also 5 or 6 dropouts/volume fluctuations, a few that are quite long. So, corrected are the dropouts, re-eq'd are the songs (which actually proved to be quite wacky), and, since these are supposedly sourced from acetates, everything is through a click filter. That's all--no pitch correction or speed adjustment.

There's a reason why this is a popular show--it absolutely smokes. EC is on fire and plays with absolute abandon. If this was a soundboard, it would be hands down the best Cream show out there, beating even the Polydor releases. And it also features the only known recording of their cover of Meet Me at the Bottom, done in an arrangement similar to Outside Women Blues, only Jack sings.