Cream
"Barbecue '67"
Tulip Bulb Auction Hall
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
May 29, 1967

Another Goody Speed/Pitch-adjusted Remaster

Source: Liberated boot "Blues Ancient and Modern" The Home(r) Entertainment Network (HEN 079-1/2)

Lineage: Silvers > CD-R (Backup) > EAC v. 0.99 Prebeta 4 (Secure, Offset Correct) > FLAC (8) >

Goody's additional lineage:
foobar2000 (WAV) > Audition (DC Bias adjust; Pitch Bender, various amounts; Align channels; Tracking updated; Levels adjusted, fade) >
TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

All tracks CDDA with probability 99% to 100%


Eric Clapton: guitar, vocals
Jack Bruce: bass, vocals
Ginger Baker: drums

01 N.S.U. 4:18
02 Sunshine Of Your Love 5:18
03 We're Going Wrong 5:49
04 Steppin' Out 5:42
05 Rollin' and Tumblin' 4:49
06 Toad 7:08
07 I'm So Glad 5:50
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Runtime: 38:54




https://www.discogs.com/Cream-Blues-Ancient-And-Modern/release/6371319
https://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-tour/29/05/1967

From Graeme Pattingale's notes:
Ian Sippen set up his quality equipment to record Cream.
Unfortunately the left mike failed and the recording is dominated by the guitar and the drums.
The loss of bass is partially compensated for by the magnificent, very present sound of the drums.
Jack's vocals are largely heard by direct acoustics rather than through the PA.

"NSU" is hesitant as they try to sort out the gear on the fly with the PA dropping out and the guitar amps being adjusted. "Sunshine" follows and is
no better with: Eric starting way too fast and pulling back, Eric & Ginger struggling to hear Jack's vocals and Ginger laying down a very basic beat -
one can see him glowering at the roadies as they desperately tried to sort things out.
Eric tells the audience to quiet down before they perform a quite superb "We're Going Wrong". It really worked quite well live once they had got it sorted out.
The longer gestation time definitely helped with this one.

A short "Steppin' Out" is performed but with amp problems for Eric followed by "Rollin' & Tumblin'" with a just-audible harp; (well, the drums are nice and clear!).

Obviously, it is "Toad" that benefits with the very audible drums. It is comparatively short - Baker clearly didn't want to hang about.
"I'm So Glad" closes the set but by this time Eric's Marshall is really breaking up and he just manages to finish before it totally cracks up.

Goody's Notes:
The speed/pitch of the source ran at different slow/flat speed/pitches, averaging between approximately just 10 cents to approximately 24 cents, now corrected.
Volume levels were wildly uneven in a couple tracks of the bootleg source and I've done my best to try to smooth those out.

Covers by ethiessen1

This edition - March 17, 2021