''Gold'' is a two-disc compilation album by the British

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, released in 2005 to help celebrate the band's reunion at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a part of the larger Gold series. The first disc consists of twenty-one studio tracks, with the second featuring eight live tracks. The tracks come from the band's four studio albums: ''

Fresh Cream ''Fresh Cream'' is the debut studio album by the British rock band Cream. The album was released in the UK on 9 December 1966, as the first LP on the Reaction Records label, owned by producer Robert Stigwood. The UK album was released in both ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Wheels of Fire ''Wheels of Fire'' is the third album by the British rock band Cream. It was released in the US in June 1968 as a two-disc vinyl LP, with one disc recorded in the studio and the other recorded live. It was released in the UK on August 9. It ...

'', and ''

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'', as well as '' Live Cream'' and ''

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'' (which were released after the band's break up). ''Gold'' was also released under the name ''I Feel Free – Ultimate Cream'', reaching No. 6 on the

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in May 2005. This version was available both as a two-disc release identical to ''Gold'', and as a "limited edition box set" with Cream's 2003 '' BBC Sessions'' album included as a third disc.

Track listing

Disc one: In the Studio

Tracks taken from ''

'' (1966): :1. "

I Feel Free "I Feel Free" is a song first recorded by the British rock band Cream. The lyrics were written by Pete Brown, with the music by Jack Bruce. The song showcases the band's musical diversity, effectively combining blues rock with psychedelic pop. ...

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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 ...

, Pete Brown) – 2:54 :2. "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 2:47 :3. "Sweet Wine" (

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 ...

Janet Godfrey Janet Godfrey is a British songwriter, known for being the first wife and occasional writing partner of bassist Jack Bruce. Early career Godfrey was the secretary of the fan club for the Graham Bond Organisation, a band that had started in 196 ...

) – 3:19 :4. "

I'm So Glad "I'm So Glad" is a Delta blues-style song originally recorded by American musician Skip James in 1931. Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft notes "This spiritual probably dates back to the beginning of the blues". Blues writer Stephen Calt describes ...

" (

Skip James Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: "This emotional, lyrical performer was a talented blues guitarist and arranger with an impressive ...

) – 4:01 Tracks taken from ''

'' (1967): :5. "

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) – 2:48 :6. " Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) – 4:10 :7. "World of Pain" (Collins, Pappalardi) – 3:05 :8. " Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton,

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) – 2:46 :9. " SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:31 :10. "

We're Going Wrong "We're Going Wrong" is a song by British supergroup Cream from the album ''Disraeli Gears''. The song was written by bassist Jack Bruce and was the only song on ''Gears'' that Jack wrote without lyricist Pete Brown. Song structure With the song ...

" (Bruce) – 3:29 Tracks taken from ''

'' (1968): :11. " White Room" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:58 :12. "

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 ...

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, Lonnie Chatmon; arr.

Chester Burnett Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. Over a four-decade car ...

) – 4:59 :13. "Passing the Time" (Baker, Mike Taylor) – 4:32 :14. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:11 :15. "Those Were the Days" (Baker, Taylor) – 2:56 :16. "

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, William Bell) – 3:09 :17. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:41 1968 Single :18. " Anyone for Tennis" '''' (Clapton, Sharp) – 2:37 Tracks taken from ''

'' (1969): :19. "

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" (Clapton, George Harrison) – 2:46 :20. "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:16 :21. "What a Bringdown" (Baker) – 3:57

Disc two: Live

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Rollin' and Tumblin' "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (or "Roll and Tumble Blues") is a blues standard first recorded by American singer-guitarist Hambone Willie Newbern in 1929. Called a "great Delta blues classic", it has been interpreted by hundreds of Delta and Chicago b ...

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Muddy Waters McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago ...

) – 6:34 :4. "

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 ...

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, arr. Clapton) – 4:14 :6. "Sunshine of Your Love" '''' (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) – 7:24 :7. "I'm So Glad" '''' (James) – 9:12 :8. "

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References

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