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Quando si formò questo straordinario power-trio, nel Luglio del 1966, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce e soprattutto Eric Clapton (prima con gli Yarbirds, poi con i Bluesbrakers di John Mayall) erano già musicisti affermati nell’ambito della scena blues londinese. Con soli tre dischi pubblicati ed una carriera durata meno di tre anni i Cream rimangono tuttora uno dei gruppi più influenti della storia del rock.
"Disraeli Gears" fu registrato a New York nel Maggio del 1967, durante il tour negli Stati Uniti, nello stesso anno in cui uscivano "Sgt. Peppers" dei Beatles, "Saucerful Of Secrets" dei Pink Floyd, "Absolutely Free" di Zappa ed inevitabilmente il disco (a partire dalla variopinta copertina) risente dell’imperante influenza psichedelica del periodo. Se da questo punto di vista alcuni pezzi risultano piuttosto datati ("World Of pain", "Dance the Night Away", "We’re Going Wrong") tuttavia nell’album sono presenti alcune "perle" di puro rock blues come "Swlabr", "Tales of Brave Ulysses" e "Sunshine Of Your Love" in cui emerge, fra tutti, la chitarra dell’allora ventiduenne Clapton che a partire da questo LP fu consacrato come uno dei migliori chitarristi di sempre.
La riedizione pubblicata oggi dalla Universal contiene, in due CD, le versioni mono e stereo dell'album, alcune registrazioni radiofoniche per la BBC, numerosi demos ed un paio di inediti: "Lawdy Mama" e "Blue Condition", con Clapton alla voce.
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01 Strange Brew (02:50)
Strange brew, killing what's inside of you.
She's a witch of trouble in electric blue,
In her own mad mind she's in love with you.
With you, now what you gonna do?
Strange brew, killing what's inside of you.
She's some kind of demon messing in the glue.
If you don't watch out it'll stick to you.
To you, what kind of fool are you?
Strange brew, killing what's inside of you...
On a boat in the middle of a raging sea,
She would make a scene for it all to be
Ignored, and wouldn't you be bored?
Strange brew, killing what's inside of you.
Strange brew, strange brew, strange brew, strange brew.
Strange brew, killing what's inside of you.
02 Sunshine of Your Love (04:13)
It's getting near dawn,
When lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you my love,
To give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you darling soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.
I'm with you my love,
The light's shining through on you.
Yes, I'm with you my love,
It's the morning and just we two.
I'll stay with you darling now,
I'll stay with you till my seeds are dried up.
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.
I'm with you my love,
The light's shining through on you.
Yes, I'm with you my love,
It's the morning and just we two.
I'll stay with you darling now,
I'll stay with you till my seeds are dried up.
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.
04 Dance the Night Away (03:36)
by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown
Gonna build myself a castle
High up in the clouds.
There'll be skies outside my window;
Lose these streets and crowds.
Dance the night away.
Will find myself an ocean,
Sail into the blue,
Live with golden swordfish,
Forget the time of you.
Dance the night away.
Dance myself to nothing.
Vanish from this place.
Gonna turn myself to shadow
So I can't see your face.
Dance the night away.
06 Tales of Brave Ulysses (02:49)
You thought the Latin winter would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.
And the colours of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses:
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.
And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing...
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.
07 SWLABR (02:34)
Coming to me in the morning, leaving me at night.
Coming to me in the morning, leaving me alone.
You've got that rainbow feel but the rainbow has a beard.
Running to me a-cryin' when he throws you out.
Running to me a-cryin', on your own again.
You've got that pure feel, such good responses,
But the picture has a mustache.
You're coming to me with that soulful look on your face,
Coming looking like you've never ever done one wrong thing.
You're coming to me with that soulful look on your face.
You're coming looking like you've never ever done one wrong thing.
So many fantastic colors; I feel in a wonderland.
Many fantastic colors makes me feel so good.
You've got that pure feel, such good responses.
You've got that rainbow feel but the rainbow has a beard.
09 Outside Woman Blues (02:27)
If you lose your money, great God, don't lose your mind.
If you lose your money, great God, don't lose your mind.
And if you lose your woman, please don't fool with mine.
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my lady whilst I sleep.
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my lady whilst I sleep.
'Cause women these days, they're so doggone crooked,
That they might make off 'fore day creep.
Well, you can't watch your wife and your outside women, too.
You know you can't watch your wife and your outside womens, too.
Cause when you're out with your women, your wife will be at home,
Cooking your food, doing your dirt, buddy what you trying to do?
You can't watch your wife and your outside womens, too.
You know you can't watch your wife and your outside women, too.
When you're out with your women, your wife will be at home,
Doing a dirt, cooking your food, buddy what you trying to do?
10 Take It Back (03:08)
by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown
Take it back, take it back, take that thing right out of here.
Right away, far away, take that thing right out of here.
Don't let them take me to where streams are red.
I want to stay here and sleep in my own bed.
Need all your loving, long blonde hair,
Don't let them take me 'cause I'm easily scared.
Take it back, take it back, take that thing right out of here.
Chorus
I got this great need, the need to stay alive.
Not ashamed of my creed, I've got to survive.
So come on baby, don't go away,
Just let them save me for a rainy day.
Take it back, take it back, take that thing right out of here.
I got this need, the need to stay alive.
Not ashamed of my creed, I've got to survive.
So come on baby, don't go away,
Just let them save me for a rainy day.
Take it back, take it back, take that thing right out of here.
Chorus
I got this thing, I've got to keep it sharp.
Don't go to places where it won't shine in the dark.
So come on baby, don't go away,
Just let them save me for a rainy day.
Take it back, take it back, take that thing right out of here.
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