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The legendary band that transformed rock, Cream’s Farewell Tour, the best master of the MSG performance! This time, the longest audience source matrix mix master of the Madison Square Garden performance in New York on November 2, 1968 from Cream’s last tour, “Farewell US Tour”, was delivered by the heavyweight Taper who lives in the UK! In the past, three types of audience sources were released for this performance, but this time the heavyweight Taper obtained it and the basis of this master is the complete version that includes Sitting on Top of the World, which has the highest sound quality and has not been included in the master so far. In addition, the heavyweight Taper himself verified all three past sound sources, filled in the missing parts of the complete master from the best master in the past, and matrix mixed multiple masters to make the sound image clearer and richer, and increased the sense of realism, and provided us with the longest and best audience recording master in the past. Therefore, this work is the longest and best version of this day, which is a matrix mix of multiple audience sources. Please look forward to it. Speaking of Cream’s farewell US tour sound source, several soundboard sources have been excavated and officially released, but the only audience recording with relatively good sound quality was the Dallas performance on October 25th. However, since it was a master that included recording troubles, this work can be said to be a very valuable documentary that perfectly captures their appearance on the final stage of the tour, the third performance from the last, with good sound quality. A document that decorates the beautiful end of Cream, who achieved US domination! Here, let’s look back on the activities of Cream (Eric Clapton) in 1968.・January 5th to February 10th, 1968: UK tour including TV appearance in the Netherlands and spot performances in Scandinavia ・February 23rd to June 18th, 1968: Second American tour ・August 10th, 1968: Clapton joins Ginger Baker on stage at the National Jazz & Blues Festival ・October 2nd to November 4th, 1968: Farewell US tour ←★Here★ November 18th & December 2nd-6th 1968: Recorded three songs for the final album “Goodbye” at IBC Studios in London (George Harrison participated in Badge). November 26th 1968: Farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, London. December 10th & 11th 1968: Appeared on the Rolling Stones’ “Rock and Roll Circus” recorded at Intertel Studios in Wembley, London (Clapton). If you look at this, you can see that it was a year of touring. It was a tough schedule that had continued since the band’s formation, and the relationship between the members was at its worst (they didn’t say a word in the dressing room, and the three stayed in different hotels at the performances during the tour). After the second American tour, the three announced the breakup of Cream. They were only active for two years. The management side, who were reluctant to lose their “cash cow” artist, set the condition that they would allow the band to disband if they could tour the US again and make money, calling it a “farewell tour”. This farewell US tour was carried out for that purpose. “When this is over, we can disband and be free.” Clapton and the other three members were resigned to the fact that they were on this tour, but they were determined to finish it off by showing their fans all over the US what they had achieved as Cream. Therefore, the performance you hear in this work is as high-tension as the performance included in the official box. Even though the theme riffs and song structures are the same, Cream’s solos and improvisations were all ad-libbed, so what you hear in this work is a one-of-a-kind performance. Moreover, in the middle of the performance, their manager Robert Stickgood and Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun gave a platinum disc ceremony for “WHEELS OF FIRE” achieving $2 million in sales in the US, so this rare performance is definitely worth collecting. A fascinating set list full of hit songs that can be said to be Cream’s best At the time, Sunshine of Your Love from the album “DISRAELI GEARS” was a huge hit, reaching number 5 on the US singles chart, and Cream quickly gained popularity in the US. Furthermore, White Room, a single cut from “WHEELS OF FIRE,” also charted at number 6 on the US charts, and the live version of Crossroads included in the album was highly praised, and the album also reached number 1 on the US album charts. This tour was carried out at the height of Cream’s popularity, but there was a paradox in that it was also a breakup tour at the same time. That’s why the set list for this tour was very attractive, including both hits and the songs from the popular “WHEELS OF FIRE”. Among them, I’m So Glad from the debut album was the one that showed the highest achievement of Cream. Compared to the compact studio version of about 3 minutes, Ginger’s drumming has more than doubled, Jack’s bass also roars aggressively with a distorted tone, and Clapton’s flowing and aggressive super long solo explodes. And at the end of the long improvisation, this performance probably comes down to the theme with eye contact. Along with Spoonful, which is developed with the same structure, and Crossroads, which is a compact but brilliant performance, they showed a different side of Cream that was different from the studio and scattered. Again, this performance at MSG in New York is one of a kind, even in terms of their improvisation. This new master includes “Sitting on Top of the World,” which was not included when this sound source was released in the past, making it COMPLETE, which is the most valuable thing. Another point is that multiple AUD masters are matrixed to achieve the longest version and the highest sound quality. Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA 2nd November 1967 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1 (38:41) 1. Intro 2. White Room 3. Politician 4. Introductions by Robert Stigwood (Cream’s manager) and platinum disc presented by Ahmet Ertegun (the president of Atlantic Records) 5. I’m So Glad 6. Sitting on Top of the World★ 7. Sunshine of Your Love 8. Crossroads Disc:2 (42:00) 1. Train Time 2. Toad 3. Spoonful Eric Clapton – Guitar / Vocals Jack Bruce – Bass / Vocals Ginger Baker – Drums
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