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Esau's Collection

Cream   05/03/2005

Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Source AUD
Media FLAC   2 discs
Notes Cream
Royal Albert Hall
London, England
Tuesday May 3, 2005

Taped by Andy Balcam, recorded from the choir section

Lineage:

Recording : SP-BMC-12 Binaural Microphones > Sharp MD-MT170 Minidisc Recorder (using TDK Studio 74 discs)
Transfer : Sony MDS-JE520 Minidisc player > Pioneer PDR-555RW stand-alone CD Recorder > TDK CDR's
Conversion : EAC version 0.9beta4 (Secure mode, offests corrected) > Hard Drive > FLAC Frontend, level 5


Set-List:
Disk-1:
01. Lead-in
02. I'm So Glad (Skip James) 04:46
03. Spoonful (Willie Dixon) 07:57
04. Outside Woman Blues (Reynolds) 03:31
05. Pressed Rat and Wart Hog (Ginger Baker/Mike Taylor) 03:12
06. Sleepy Time Time (Godfrey/Bruce) 05:50
07. NSU (Bruce) 04:54
08. Badge (Harrison/Clapton) 03:59
09. Politician (Bruce/Brown) 04:30
10. Sweet Wine (Godfrey/Bruce) 06:10


Disk-2:
01. Rollin' & Tumblin' (Muddy Waters) 04:40
02. Stormy Monday (Walker) 07:10
03. Deserted Cities of the Heart (Bruce/Brown) 03:41
04. Born Under a Bad Sign (Booker T. Jones/William Bell) 05:20
05. We're Going Wrong (Jack Bruce) 07:30
06. Crossroads (Robert Johnson) 03:56
07. Sitting on Top of the World (Chester Burnett) 05:28
08. White Room (Bruce/Brown) 05:29
09. Toad (Ginger Baker) 09:12
Encore:
10.Sunshine of Your Love (Bruce/Brown/Clapton) 08:26


Musicians:
Eric Clapton - Guitar/Vocals
Jack Bruce - Bass/Harmonica/Vocals
Ginger Baker - Drums/Vocals


Artwork: Included (NOTE: this is scanned from original, and may require some minor editing)

Additional notes:
This recording isn't entirely immune of faults - there is a brief drop-out in I'm So Glad, some digi-static before We're Going Wrong and Rollin' And Tumblin' unfortunately cuts in a few seconds after the start; no doubt there are other flaws I haven't yet noted.
Sonically, it captures Eric's guitar and all vocals very well, though Ginger's drumkit does not have the cymbals captured very well & Jack's bass is reduced to a disant, woolly rumble.
Tech Notes ALL
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A
Reference / Generation 0005901129
Owned by Esau · Last Updated May 23, 2023