[Slowhand] Cream - Wheels Of Fire - 2nd Gold issue

[Luke Pacholski]

Shanahan, re:


> I recently listened to the three hidden bonus tracks (for want of a better description) on the 2nd issue of Steve Hoffman's gold Wheels Of Fire.

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> There are three REMIXED tracks form the studio album.

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> Sitting On Top Of The World, Passing The Time (edit version) and As You Said.

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> I have always loved As You Said and the sound on the remix is just amazing, and the mix of Sitting On Top Of The World is so clear you can hear numerous detailed moments lost, to a degree, on the original mix.

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> This sounds so good I would love for them to remix the whole album.  Don't get me wrong I love the original mix but I feel they can bring out so much more detail if they are allowed to fiddle.

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> Perhaps this is the reason the tracks were not listed anywhere on the release.. Maybe Steve Hoffman saying "see what I can do".

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> Anyhoo, it's definitely worth tracking down if you're a Cream, Wheels Of Fire, these three tracks fan.  Ha! that should narrow down some of the negative comments.


A few things:

- Passing The Time isn't remixed, or a different mix at all. It's the
version that was originally released. The long version (earlier on the
disc) is the same mix, just as originally mixed, rather than with the
crossfade edit piece. I believe when the long version was discovered,
it didn't even exist as a complete mix, but rather simply what was
edited out originally (it was then edited back in for the DCC).

- The other two tracks aren't new (1992) remixes, but rather vintage
(1968) alternate mixes. The 8-track session tapes are lost, presumably
destroyed in the Atlantic Records vault fire. As such, chances are
we'll never get *new* remixes.

- I have not heard them, but at least some additional alternate mixes
do exist from the sessions. That said, they may very well be quite
similar to the released mixes.

Luke