[Slowhand] 2 New Cream DVD's - Total Rock Review and Sunshine of Your Love - Part 2

[Kevin Wilson]

This main feature lot is 61 minutes long. Copyright is 2003: Classic
Rock Production.

 

The bonus material qualifies the DVD's subtitle: "With Jack Bruce". It
features Jack on bass from Classic Rock Legends: 2002, with a band
comprising 2 drummers, a percussionist, an organ/keyboard player and a
guitarist (who is barely audible, this in spite of finger flaying all
over the fretboard, eyes rolling in their sockets and unwavering wanking
on his whammy-bar). They do Sunshine of Your Love, White Room and
Politician. My opinion: Jack sounds like a rhythmic Eric on an
off-night, except on bass instead of guitar. The bonus track that makes
it worthwhile is As You Said with Jack on acoustic guitar (with the rest
of the musicians unseen) from sometime in the 70's or so. The bonus
stuff lasts about 30 minutes.

 

The other Cream DVD I received was Cream: Sunshine of Your Love. Let me
say right off the cuff: This is a very dicey disc that somehow got into
the mainstream market. Throughout there is a MP encircled by an oval
towards the top left hand corner. The start is lifted directly off the
start of the Cream: Strange Brew DVD. Even the title Strange Brew is
included, just as Sunshine of Your Love starts. 

 

There are not interviews or voice-overs. From there on the songs run
from one into the other. There are 5 songs from the Farewell Concert:
SOYL, White Room, Crossroads, I'm So Glad and Spoonful - These are
indicated as 1967. Then SOYL from the Glen Campbell Show (17 May 1968),
credited as The Smother Brothers TV Show Appearance: I need to give the
maker of this recording credit where it's due, he admits on the cover
that this song is a "rare tape - rough quality", which is no
understatement - lots of fuzzy lines. Interesting note about the
recording: Eric and Jack stood in their standard stage position, but
facing Ginger. Also a close-up of Eric reveals that he looks just as
pissed-off as on Anyone for Tennis also recorded on that day. So perhaps
this was after the butterflies and tennis rackets recording. The final 3
songs are: Born Under a Bad Sign, Crossroads and SOYL from Cream's
induction into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on 12 Jan 1993. The songs
are recorded very softly. The first number is a fine tribute to Albert
King, the other two are barely acceptable. This was a far cry from the
2005 reunion. The video quality is not to clear, but from what I can
make out, Ginger gave a somewhat lacklustre performance. This disc is a
whole 42:16 long - reminded me somewhat of listening to an LP, except I
didn't have to get up to change sides. There are no credits, I suppose
for obvious reasons.

 

Kevin



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