by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 19, 2023 | Between the Lines, Reviews
A recent and worthy addition to the lexicon of rock and roll composition is archivist and writer Edoardo Genzolini’s new book on British supergroup Cream. His text, Cream: Clapton, Bruce, and Baker – Sitting on Top of the World, San Fransisco, February...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 21, 2019 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Just prior to the Technicolor bloom of 1967’s ‘Summer of Love’;and 2 weeks before Monterey Pop was The Spalding Festival Barbecue 67. Featuring a line up comprised of ‘The Move’,‘Pink Floyd’, ‘Ram Jam Band’ and the headliners, Cream and the ‘Jimi Hendrix Experience’,...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jun 11, 2016 | Reviews, Take One
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ and the focus of this ‘Take One’ feature is the flip side of Cream’s 1966 US/UK single ‘I Feel Free’, the song ‘N.S.U’. ‘N.S.U.’ was also featured on the debut full length offering by the British power...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 20, 2016 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
While Eric Clapton’s signature guitars and most recognizable instruments are usually thought of as‘Brownie’ or ‘Blackie’ his trusty classic Fender Stratocasters; for an 18 month period from 1966-1968 Clapton disseminated his psychedelic stringed magic through a...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 18, 2014 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Detonating in the ‘rock room’ today is a classic field recording hailing from April 5, 1968 at the Bay Back Theater in Boston Ma. A clean, slightly thin audience recording of unknown providence exists of Cream live and smack dab in the middle of...
