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  Name Those Were The Days
  Type CD Box Set
  Artist Cream
  Cover cream-twtdjpg
  Background darkseagreen
  Released September 23 1997
  Recorded 1966 - 1968
  Genre Blues-rock
  Length 303:12
  Label Polydor
  Producer Joanna Bennetts
  Reviews <nowiki></nowiki>
  Last Album '' The Very Best Of Cream ''</br> (1995)
  This Album '''Those Were The Days'''</br> (1997)
  Next Album ''''</br> (2000)


''Those Were The Days'' is a retrospective compilation of the music of ''' Cream ''', released in September 1997 .

It is comprised of four CD s and catalogues every track from their four studio albums, plus live material recorded in 1968 .

The title is taken from the song written by Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor , released on the album Wheels Of Fire in 1968.


TRACK LISTING


Disc One: In The Studio

:1. "Wrapping Paper" ( Bruce / Brown ) - 2.22
Tracks taken from '' Fresh Cream ( 1966 )''
:2. " I Feel Free " (Bruce/Brown) - 2.51
:3. "N.S.U." (Bruce) - 2.43
:4. "Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce/ Godfrey ) - 4.20
:5. "Dreaming" (Bruce) - 1.58
:6. "Sweet Wine" ( Baker /Godfrey) - 3.17
:7. "Spoonful" ( Dixon ) - 6.30
:8. "Cat's Squirrel" (Traditional, Arr. S. Splurge ) - 3.03
:9. "Four Until Late" ( Johnson , arr. Clapton ) - 2.07
:10. "Rollin' And Tumblin'" ( Waters ) - 4.42
:11. "I'm So Glad" ( James ) - 3.57
:12. " Toad " (Baker) - 5.11


:13. "Lawdy Mama" ''- version 1 (previously unreleased)'' (Traditional, arr. Clapton) - 2.00
Tracks taken from '' Disraeli Gears ( 1967 )''
:14. "Strange Brew" (Clapton/ Collins / Pappalardi ) - 2.46
:15. " Sunshine Of Your Love " (Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 4.10
:16. "World Of Pain" (Collins/Pappalardi) - 3.02
:17. "Dance The Night Away" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.34
:18. "Blue Condition" (Baker) - 3.29
:19. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton/ Sharp ) - 2.46
:20. "SWLABR" (Bruce/Brown) - 2.31
:21. "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce) - 3.26
:22. "Outside Woman Blues" ( Reynolds , arr. Clapton) - 2.24
:23. "Take It Back" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.05
:24. "Mother's Lament" (Traditional, arr. Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 1.47


Disc Two: In The Studio

Tracks taken from '' Wheels Of Fire ( 1968 )''
:1. " White Room " (Bruce/Brown) - 4.58
:2. "Sitting On Top Of The World" ( Burnett ) - 4.58
:3. "Passing The Time" ''- extended version'' (Baker/ Taylor ) - 5.53
:4. "As You Said" (Bruce/Brown) - 4.20
:5. "Pressed Rat And Warthog" (Baker/Taylor) - 3.13
:6. "Politician" (Bruce/Brown) - 4.12
:7. "Those Were The Days" (Baker/Taylor) - 2.53
:8. "Born Under A Bad Sign" ( Jones / Bell ) - 3.09
:9. "Deserted Cities Of The Heart" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.38


:10. "Anyone For Tennis" (Clapton/Sharp) - 2.38
Tracks taken from '' Goodbye ( 1969 )''
:11. " Badge " (Clapton/ Harrison ) - 2.44
:12. "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce/Brown) - 3.14
:13. "What A Bringdown" (Baker) - 3.58


:14. "The Coffee Song" ( Colton / Smith ) - 2.44
:15. "Lawdy Mama" ''- version 2 '' (Traditional, arr. Clapton) - 2.46
:16. "You Make Me Feel" ''- demo version (previously unreleased)'' (Bruce/Brown) - 2.39
:17. "We're Going Wrong" ''- demo version (previously unreleased)'' (Bruce) - 3.49
:18. "Hey Now Princess" ''- demo version (previously unreleased)'' (Bruce/Brown) - 3.31
:19. "SWLABR" ''- demo version (previously unreleased)'' (Bruce/Brown) - 4.30
:20. "Weird Of Hermiston" ''- demo version (previously unreleased)'' (Bruce/Brown) - 3.12
:21. "The Clearout" ''- demo version (previously unreleased)'' (Bruce/Brown) - 3.58
:22. "Falstaff Beer Commercial" ''(previously unreleased)'' (Baker/Bruce/Clapton) - 1.00


Disc Three: Live

:1. "N.S.U." ''(previously unreleased)'' (Bruce) - 12.38
::''Recorded March 9, 1968 at Winterland , San Francisco ''
:2. "Sleepy Time Time" '''' (Bruce/Godfrey) - 6.48
::''Recorded March 9, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''
:3. "Rollin' And Tumblin'" '''' (Waters) - 6.29
::''Recorded March 7, 1968 at Fillmore West , San Francisco''
:4. " Crossroads " '''' (Johnson, arr. Clapton) - 4.24
::''Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''
:5. "Spoonful" '''' (Dixon) - 16.39
::''Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''
:6. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" '''' (Clapton/Sharp) - 4.43
::''Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''
:7. "Sunshine Of Your Love" '''' (Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 7.25
::''Recorded March 9, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''
:8. "Sweet Wine" '''' (Baker/Godfrey) - 15.08
::''Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''


Disc Four: Live

:1. "White Room" '''' (Bruce/Brown) - 6.21
::''Recorded October 4, 1968 at Oakland Coliseum Arena , Oakland ''
:2. "Politician" '''' (Bruce/Brown) - 5.08
::''Recorded October 4, 1968 at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland''
:3. "I'm So Glad" '''' (James) - 9.32
::''Recorded October 19, 1968 at The Forum , Los Angeles ''
:4. "Sitting On Top Of The World" '''' (Burnett) - 4.55
::''Recorded October 19, 1968 at The Forum, Los Angeles''
:5. "Stepping Out" '''' ( Bracken ) - 13.29
::''Recorded March 10, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''
:6. "Traintime" '''' (Bruce) - 7.02
::''Recorded March 8, 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco''
:7. "Toad" ''(previously unreleased extended version)'' (Baker) - 17.35
::''Recorded March 7&8, 1968 at Fillmore West, San Francisco''
:8. "Deserted Cities Of The Heart" '''' (Bruce/Brown) - 4.14
::''Recorded October 4, 1968 at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland''
:9. "Sunshine Of Your Love" ''(previously unreleased)'' (Bruce/Brown/Clapton) - 4.44
::''Recorded May 1968 at CBS Studios , Los Angeles for the Glen Campbell Show ''


LIVE TRACKS RELEASE NOTES

previously released on '' Wheels Of Fire ( 1968 )''

previously released on '' Goodbye ( 1969 )''

previously released on '' Live Cream ( 1970 )''

previously released on '' Live Cream Volume II ( 1972 )''


Omitted from this collection

  • Toad - from ''Wheels Of Fire''

  • Recorded March 7, 1968 at Filmore West, San Francisco

    ::''(Replaced by an extended version, incorporating material recorded on March 8, 1968)''

    • Politician - from ''Goodbye''

    • Recorded October 19, 1968 at The Forum, Los Angeles

      ::''(Omitted in favour of the version released on Live Cream Volume II, recorded on October 4, 1968)''