Cream/TX,USA 1968 New Source

[A newly excavated audience recording of Cream, the legendary band that transformed rock, is released from the master!] I never thought that I would be releasing a new master of Cream for three consecutive weeks at the beginning of the new year. This time, it is the first excavation master in Japan, uploaded by The Dogs of Doom, who have been releasing Zeppelin’s first appearance sound sources recently and astonishing fans all over the world, and it is an audience recording of the Dallas performance on March 30, 1968, whose existence was not even known until now. As you can see from this date, it is the same sound source of the second American tour as “Waltham 1968” and “Boston 1968” released last week and the week before last (it is not the Dallas performance of the farewell tour in October, which is generally known). Moreover, if you listen carefully, it is a stereo recording! (Clapton’s guitar is slightly toward the right channel, and Jack Bruce’s bass is mainly heard from the left channel. The cheers of the audience also spread left and right). At first glance, the sound is distorted, and it is easy to think that the recording was over-input or the tape was deteriorated, but if you listen carefully, only Jack Bruce’s bass sound is distorted, and Clapton’s guitar and Ginger Baker’s drum sound are clear. The sound is not distorted at all, even at high volume or high notes of the guitar, so it seems that the bass sound on the day was very amazing (Clapton’s solo play part in Steppin’ Out and Baker’s drum solo in Toad are insanely clear: lol). The sound quality is good enough to be appreciated, and the pitch is normal. It is different from the straight mono sound image of “Waltham 1968” and “Boston 1968”, but since it is a newly excavated master of a stereo recording that is very valuable for this era, we decided to release it because it has this sound quality. There is no doubt that it will become a new standard audience sound source for this tour in the future. This is a groundbreaking new excavation master that gives a more detailed account of Cream’s second American tour, so it’s sure to be a worthwhile addition to your collection along with the previous two works. [An even more vivid record of the second American tour that conquered the US!] As I wrote in the reviews of “Waltham 1968” and “Boston 1968,” let’s take a look back at Cream’s activities from 1967 to this tour. – January to February 22, 1967: UK club tour including BBC TV and radio appearances – February 24 to March 8, 1967: Germany, Northern Ireland, and Scandinavian tours – March 12 to 21, 1967: Club gigs in London – March 25 to April 2, 1967: Appeared on “Music In The 5th Dimension Show” hosted by Murray the K at the RKO Theater in New York.・April 14th to May 7th 1967: UK tour including BBC Radio appearances ・May 19th to 21st 1967: Performances in Germany ・May 22nd to August 20th 1967: UK tour including BBC Radio appearances (including a spot performance in Paris on June 1st) ・August 22nd to October 15th 1967: 1st American tour ・October 24th to November 6th 1967: UK tour including BBC Radio appearances <<November 1967: Album “DISRAELI GEARS” released>> ・November 10th to November 23rd 1967: Nordic tour ・November 23rd to December 3rd 1967: UK tour including BBC Radio appearances・December 20-23, 1967: Spot performances in Chicago and Detroit・January 5-February 10, 1968: TV appearance in the Netherlands, UK tour including Scandinavian spot performances・February 23-June 18, 1968: Second American tour ←★here★ If you look at this, you can see that even though they were a super group of three people who had already distinguished themselves as virtuoso instruments in the UK at that time, they toured the UK, Germany, and Scandinavia without a break for promotion. It was also the time when they made their way into America, the world’s largest market and the home of jazz and blues, which was the background of the three of them. The first American tour was mainly held in New York and San Francisco, but after making a name for themselves in these two cities, they embarked on a long-term tour of the US, including other cities, and this second American tour was when they virtually conquered the US. The performance was an expanded interpretation of blues at a loud volume that no one had practiced at the time, and the studio version established improvisation that expanded a few minutes of songs to over 10 minutes, and the outstanding technique of the three members made it possible. This transformed the new genre of music known as “rock”. This Dallas performance, which was the middle of the second American tour that proves this fact, was exactly halfway between the Waltham and Boston performances. A new piece that fills the history of Cream’s tours. This also contains a piece of Cream’s truth. If you have purchased “Waltham 1968” or “Boston 1968”, you will surely want to listen to this first recording. [A different set list from the Waltham and Boston performances and overwhelming performance content] Like the previous two performances, this performance was also a promotional tour after the release of the new album “DISRAELI GEARS” at the time, but it is noteworthy that they played I’m So Glad, which they did not play at either performance. This number was played regularly on the farewell tour in October 1968, but performances from this period are rare. The arrangement had already been established with the middle section expanded by improvisation, and while Clapton played at high speed, the other two also hit with high tension, which was exactly what was said at the time: “It’s like three people are fighting a war with instruments”. Unfortunately, the opening Sunshine Of Your Love is cut in, but the nearly 10-minute performance is still overwhelming. After Sitting On Top of the World, the flow is the same as the Waltham performance, but the performance content and phrase exchange are completely different. This was only natural, as Cream was known for its ad-lib (improvisation). In the second half, as with the Waltham performance, there were three consecutive featuring numbers that proved the technician skills of each of the three members. Clapton’s devilish playing in Steppin’ Out is still amazing here. The sound quality changes slightly after Traintime, which was recorded on the second tape, but the impression is almost the same. This work can be said to be a valuable sound source that allows us to know the essence of Cream on their second American tour, where they showed completely different expressions in the studio and live. Now that 54 years have passed since then, enthusiasts thought that there would be no new Cream recordings, but this album contains the master of the Dallas performance, which suddenly appeared in Japan for the first time and was released for the first time. State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA 30th March 1968 TRULY AMAZING SOUND (NEW SOURCE) (56:45) 01. Sunshine Of Your Love 02. I’m So Glad 03. Sitting On Top of the World 04. Steppin’ Out 05. Traintime 06. Toad Eric Clapton – Guitar, Vocals Jack Bruce – Bass, Vocals Ginger Baker – Drums