Those Were The Days
CD Box set by Cream
Released	September 23, 1997
Recorded	1966-1968
Genre	Blues-rock
Length	303:12
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	Joanna Bennetts
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Cream chronology
The Very Best of Cream (1995)	Those Were The Days (1997)	20th Century Masters (2000)

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It is comprised of four CDs and catalogues every track from their four studio albums, plus live material recorded in 1968. Interference colors. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

The title is taken from the song written by Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor, released on the album Wheels of Fire in 1968. Peter Edward Ginger Baker (born August 19, 1939) born in Lewisham, London, is a British percussionist who gained fame as a member of Cream from 1966 until 1968 with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton, and later joined Clapton and Steve Winwood in the 1969 group Blind Faith. ... Wheels of Fire (1968) is the name of the double album recorded by Cream. ...

Track listing

Disc One: In The Studio

1. "Wrapping Paper" (Bruce/Brown) - 2.22

Tracks taken from Fresh Cream (1966) Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a British musician; a multi-instumentalist, composer, singer and, most importantly, a very influential electric bassist. ... Pete Brown is a British performance poet and lyricist, best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce. ... Fresh Cream was Creams 1966 (see 1966 in music) debut album. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

2. "I Feel Free" (Bruce/Brown) - 2.51

3. "N.S.U." (Bruce) - 2.43

4. "Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce/Godfrey) - 4.20

5. "Dreaming" (Bruce) - 1.58

6. "Sweet Wine" (Baker/Godfrey) - 3.17

7. "Spoonful" (Dixon) - 6.30

8. "Cat's Squirrel" (Traditional, arr. S. Splurge) - 3.03

9. "Four Until Late" (Johnson, arr. Clapton) - 2.07

10. "Rollin' And Tumblin'" (Waters) - 4.42

11. "I'm So Glad" (James) - 3.57

12. "Toad" (Baker) - 5.11

13. "Lawdy Mama" - version 1 (previously unreleased) (Traditional, arr. Clapton) - 2.00

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14. "Strange Brew" (Clapton/Collins/Pappalardi) - 2.46

15. "Sunshine Of Your Love" (Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 4.10

16. "World Of Pain" (Collins/Pappalardi) - 3.02

17. "Dance The Night Away" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.34

18. "Blue Condition" (Baker) - 3.29

19. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton/Sharp) - 2.46

20. "SWLABR" (Bruce/Brown) - 2.31

21. "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce) - 3.26

22. "Outside Woman Blues" (Reynolds, arr. Clapton) - 2.24

23. "Take It Back" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.05

24. "Mother's Lament" (Traditional, arr. Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 1.47

Gail Collins Pappalardi was the songwriting wife of the late Felix Pappalardi. ... Felix Pappalardi was born in the Bronx on December 20, 1939. ... Sunshine of Your Love, by British supergroup Cream, is from the Disraeli Gears album. ... Martin Sharp (born 1944) is an Australian artist, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker. ...

Disc Two: In The Studio

Tracks taken from Wheels of Fire (1968) Wheels of Fire (1968) is the name of the double album recorded by Cream. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

1. "White Room" (Bruce/Brown) - 4.58

2. "Sitting On Top Of The World" (Burnett) - 4.58

3. "Passing The Time" - extended version (Baker/Taylor) - 5.53

4. "As You Said" (Bruce/Brown) - 4.20

5. "Pressed Rat And Warthog" (Baker/Taylor) - 3.13

6. "Politician" (Bruce/Brown) - 4.12

7. "Those Were The Days" (Baker/Taylor) - 2.53

8. "Born Under A Bad Sign" (Jones/Bell) - 3.09

9. "Deserted Cities Of The Heart" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.38

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10. "Anyone For Tennis" (Clapton/Sharp) - 2.38

11. "Badge" (Clapton/Harrison) - 2.44

12. "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.14

13. "What A Bringdown" (Baker) - 3.58

14. "The Coffee Song" (Colton/Smith) - 2.44

15. "Lawdy Mama" - version 2 ³ (Traditional, arr. Clapton) - 2.46

16. "You Make Me Feel" - demo version (previously unreleased) (Bruce/Brown) - 2.39

17. "We're Going Wrong" - demo version (previously unreleased) (Bruce) - 3.49

18. "Hey Now Princess" - demo version (previously unreleased) (Bruce/Brown) - 3.31

19. "SWLABR" - demo version (previously unreleased) (Bruce/Brown) - 4.30

20. "Weird Of Hermiston" - demo version (previously unreleased) (Bruce/Brown) - 3.12

21. "The Clearout" - demo version (previously unreleased) (Bruce/Brown) - 3.58

22. "Falstaff Beer Commercial" (previously unreleased) (Baker/Bruce/Clapton) - 1.00

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Disc Three: Live

1. "N.S.U." (previously unreleased) (Bruce) - 12.38

Recorded March 9, 1968 at Winterland, San Fransisco

2. "Sleepy Time Time" ³ (Bruce/Godfrey) - 6.48

Recorded March 9, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

3. "Rollin' And Tumblin'" ³ (Waters) - 6.29

Recorded March 7, 1968 at Fillmore West, San Francisco

4. "Crossroads" ¹ (Johnson, arr. Clapton) - 4.24

Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

5. "Spoonful" ¹ (Dixon) - 16.39

Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

6. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" ⁴ (Clapton/Sharp) - 4.43

Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

7. "Sunshine Of Your Love" ⁴ (Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 7.25

Recorded March 9, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

8. "Sweet Wine" ³ (Baker/Godfrey) - 15.08

Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

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Disc Four: Live

1. "White Room" ⁴ (Bruce/Brown) - 6.21

Recorded October 4, 1968 at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland

2. "Politician" ⁴ (Bruce/Brown) - 5.08

Recorded October 4, 1968 at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland

3. "I'm So Glad" ² (James) - 9.32

Recorded October 19, 1968 at The Forum, Los Angeles

4. "Sitting On Top Of The World" ² (Burnett) - 4.55

Recorded October 19, 1968 at The Forum, Los Angeles

5. "Stepping Out" ⁴ (Bracken) - 13.29

Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

6. "Traintime" ¹ (Bruce) - 7.02

Recorded March 8, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

7. "Toad" (previously unreleased extended version) (Baker) - 17.35

Recorded March 7&8, 1968 at Fillmore West, San Francisco

8. "Deserted Cities Of The Heart" ⁴ (Bruce/Brown) - 4.14

Recorded October 4, 1968 at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland

9. "Sunshine Of Your Love" (previously unreleased) (Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 4.44

Recorded May 1968 at CBS Studios, Los Angeles for the Glen Campbell Show

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Live tracks release notes

Note 1: previously released on Wheels of Fire (1968)
Note 2: previously released on Goodbye (1969)
Note 3: previously released on Live Cream (1970)
Note 4: previously released on Live Cream Volume II (1972) Wheels of Fire (1968) is the name of the double album recorded by Cream. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Goodbye was the final original album of the rock power trio Cream. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Live Cream is a live compilation album by Cream released in 1970. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Live Cream Volume II is a live compilation album by Cream released in 1972. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ...

Omitted from this collection

• Toad - from Wheels Of Fire

Recorded March 7, 1968 at Filmore West, San Francisco

(Replaced by an extended version, incorporating material recorded on March 8, 1968)

• Politician - from Goodbye

Recorded October 19, 1968 at The Forum, Los Angeles

(Omitted in favour of the version released on Live Cream Volume II, recorded on October 4, 1968)

• N.S.U. - from Live Cream

Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco

(Replaced by a longer alternative recorded on March 9, 1968)

See also

Other compilation albums by Cream that feature tracks in chronological order:-

• The Very Best of Cream
• 20th Century Masters:The Millenium Collection: The Best of Cream
• Cream Gold

The Very Best of Cream is a 1995 Cream compliation album. ... Cream Gold is a two disc Cream compilation album, and was released in 2005 to help celebrate the bands reunion at the Royal Albert Hall. ...

External link

A track-by-track analysis of Those Were The Days