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Episode 166: “Crossroads” by Cream

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Cream's Disraeli Gears

Cream had realized that they needed to do different things in the studio and live. The album, eventually titled Disraeli Gears, was many things, but it wasn't a blues album. Tales of Brave Ulysses featured a wire wire pedal because Clapton had heard the tendrix had just bought one. SWLABR which Bruce Lighter said was inspired by the monkeys,. A version of the old musical song, Your Babies Gone Down the Plug-O, retitled Mother's Lament. Sunshine of Your Love became Cream's first and biggest US hit - reaching number five more than a year after being recorded.

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