Comments on: Cream – Blow Up! (Mid Valley MVR 146/147)

By: DLee

DLee — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:29:26 +0000

Although I realize that the Shout to the Top label doesn’t exactly have a great reputation here, esp. among Plomerus (hopefully he’s still out there somewhere), GSparaco, etc., their old 1999 2-CD release “Oil Cream”, which I recently received within the Western Hemisphere, and of which the 2-CD “Farewell Tour 1968 – Searching in Dallas” on the OPM (Original Precious Masters) label may be a copy, at least pretty-much, may be nearly as good as Mid Valley’s “Blow Up!”, which I still haven’t heard – or possibly even a tiny bit better, as 1 or 2 Cream boot sites have both the STTP & OPM titles rated even slightly superior to MVR’s “Blow Up!”. They’re at least certainly better than the “This Wheels on Fire” (sic) 1-CD by the Gold Standard label.
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Happy July IV to all who celebrate it.

By: DLee

DLee — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:41:05 +0000

Another CD title that covers this same concert that I just acquired on Friday is called “This Wheels on Fire” (by Gold Standard label – CBB 102568), which comes with all 8 songs on just 1 disc (79:27). I don’t know how it compares to any of the others since unfortunately I haven’t heard any of the others, but so far it doesn’t seem too bad, is considerably enjoyable, and so far the only significant flaw that really stands out to me is a very noticeable problem of volume fluctuations in approx. the 1st 15-30 seconds or so of the opening track – ‘White Room’.

By: pharaoh

pharaoh — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:12:40 +0000

Just got this title today and it is an amazing audience recording for the era. There is a little overloading from Jack’s bass initially which results in a little high end sizzle but this clears up after the first couple of songs and it is just an excellent audience recording. Other than the Detroit, Oakland and LA soundboards this is the best sounding Cream title I have heard…Must have for any Cream fan….