JACK BRUCE - WHEELS OF FIRE 1968 LP POLYDOR SIGNED BY BRUCE, CLAPTON & BAKER

Sold Date: November 2, 2014
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CREAM - WHEELS OF FIRE.  POLYDOR, LONDON 1968.  DOUBLE LP GATE-LEG ALBUM. STEREO. CAT. NO. 583 031/2. THIS WAS CREAM'S THIRD LP ALBUM.

THE FIRST SINGLE LP WAS A STUDIO LP RECORDED AT IBC STUDIOS, LONDON IN JULY 1967 AND THE ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NEW YORK IN FEBRUARY AND JUNE 1968. THE SECOND SINGLE LP WAS A LIVE LP RECORDED  AT THE FILLMORE, SAN FRANCISCO IN MARCH 1968.

THE TWO VINYLS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

THE INNER SLEEVES ARE THE ORIGINAL AND ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.

THE OUTER SLEEVE IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT HAS WEAR TO THE MAIN HINGE AS PER PHOTO.

HAND-SIGNED BY JACK BRUCE, ERIC CLAPTON AND GINGER BAKER DIRECTLY TO THE FRONT SLEEVE.

IF IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE CONDITION, PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND PHOTOS. 

STUDIO.

SIDE 1:-  (1) WHITE ROOM - (2) SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD - (3) PASSING THE TIME - (4) AS YOU SAID.

SIDE 2:- (1) PRESSED RAT AND WARTHOG - (2) POLITICIAN - (3) THOSE WERE THE DAYS - (4) BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN - (5) DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART.

LIVE AT THE FILLMORE.

SIDE 3:- (1) CROSSROADS - (2) SPOONFUL.

SIDE 4:- (1) TRAINTIME - (2) TOAD.

THE AUTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN SEPTEMBER 2007, OUTSIDE A LONDON RECORDING STUDIO. CREAM WERE RE-UNITING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY ATLANTIC RECORDS PRESIDENT, AHMED ERTEGUN. THE TRIBUTE EVENTUALLY TOOK PLACE AT THE O2 ARENA IN DECEMBER 2007. UNFORTUNATELY, CREAM NEVER APPEARED. JACK BRUCE CLAIMED THAT CREAM DID NOT APPEAR DUE TO THE TRIBUTE CONCERT BEING MOVED FROM THE ALBERT HALL TO THE O2 ARENA AND BEING OVER-COMMERCIALISED.