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Four months before The Beatles made their bid for the best double album of 1968, Cream made theirs. Wheels Of FireEvidence eliminator download mac. , the record that introduced the classic ‘White Room’ and other great performances by the rock trio, was new in UK record shops on 9 August 1968, and became a real chart oddity. But in sales terms, Cream were on fire.
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In an early example of what we now call multi-formatting, Polydor released both a single disc, In The Studio, which included ‘White Room’ as well as ‘Sitting On Top Of The World,’ ‘Politician’ and ‘Born Under A Bad Sign,’ as well as a double edition with that set and the Live At The Fillmore disc, recorded at three different shows at the venue in 1968. Besides their cover of Howlin’ Wolf‘s ‘Sitting On Top Of The World’, Cream paid homage to the blues with versions of ‘Spoonful’, another Wolf cover, although written by Willie Dixon and of course, Robert Johnson’s epic ‘Crossroads.’
On 13 July, Wheels Of Fire made the Billboard best seller list at No. 54. Four weeks later, on 10 August, it topped the US chart, incongruously removing Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass’ The Beat of the Brass from the top to start a run of four weeks at No. 1. In the UK, on the chart of 17 August, Cream had not one album chart entry, but two. The single disc would climb to No. 7 in its second week, while the double eventually reached No. 3.
Chris Welch in Melody Maker struck an approving tone with his review of the LP. “If the Cream have been disappointing on record in the past, if fans have felt their spirit and essence have not been properly captured,” he wrote, “Wheels Of Fire, their long-awaited double album, is sufficient to restore the faith of the most errant disciple.”
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