BBC Sessions (Cream album) on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
''BBC Sessions'' is a live album by the British
rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
band
Cream
Cream is a dairy product composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, the fat, which is less dense, eventually rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream, this process ...
, released on 25 May 2003 on
Polydor Records
Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...
. It contains 22 tracks and 4 interviews recorded live at the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
studios in London.
Between 21 October 1966 and 9 January 1968, Cream recorded eight sessions for the
BBC radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...
network, selected highlights from seven of which are featured in chronological order on this collection.
Only the versions of "
Steppin' Out" and "
Lawdy Mama" had been previously released, although both were released on
Eric Clapton's ''
Crossroads
Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to:
* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
'' box set, not by the band itself.
''BBC Sessions'' was later included as the third disc in the "limited edition box set" release of Cream's 2005 compilation album ''
I Feel Free – Ultimate Cream'' (also known as ''Gold'').
Track listing
Omissions
Whilst a recording exists in private hands, this collection includes no material from Cream's first BBC session on 21 October 1966 at
Maida Vale 4, London as broadcast on ''Band Beat'',
BBC World Service, 21 November 1966. The tracks recorded at this session were "Sleepy Time Time", "Rollin' and Tumblin'" and "
Spoonful
"Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting work",
it is one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs. Etta James and Harvey Fuqua had a pop and R&B reco ...
".
Other songs missing from this collection:
* "Sleepy Time Time" and "I'm So Glad" from the ''Saturday Club'' session recorded 8 November 1966 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre.
* "
Sitting on Top of the World
"Sitting on Top of the World" (also "Sittin' on Top of the World") is a country blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon. They were core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, who first recorded it in 1930. Vinson claimed to have c ...
" and "Steppin' Out" from the ''Guitar Club'' session recorded 28 November 1966 at Aeolian 2.
* "Traintime" and "
Toad
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.
A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scient ...
" from the ''Saturday Club'' session recorded 10 January 1967 at the BBC Playhouse Theatre.
* "Tales of Brave Ulysses" from the ''Top Gear'' session recorded 24 October 1967 at Aeolian 2 – a recording exists in private hands.
* "Blue Condition" and "We're Going Wrong" from the ''Top Gear'' session recorded 9 January 1968 at Aeolian 2.
Personnel
*
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
*
Jack Bruce
John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and bassist of British rock band Cream. After the group disband ...
– bass, lead vocals, harmonica
*
Ginger Baker
Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pi ...
– drums, percussion,
vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bbc Sessions
Cream (band) live albums
BBC Radio recordings
2003 live albums
2003 compilation albums
Polydor Records compilation albums
Polydor Records live albums
Cream (band) compilation albums