- By Felix Pappalardi 'Wheels Of Fire” by Cream was never really a planned album. While Eric, Jack and Ginger talked about ideas in England, I discussed it with Ahmet Ertugen and Jerry Wexier at Atlantic. I wanted a double album right from the beginning and it was my job to sell that idea.
- Ginger Baker's solo on the closing track from Fresh Cream, 1966. In glorious mono!
Studio Session: July, August, September 1966. Chalk Farm Studios and May Farm Studios, London.
Toad is the last song of the album Fresh Cream, it’s the first song to feature a drum solo played by Ginger Baker. There is a longer version on the album Wheels Of Fire.
- Wrapping Paper (Take 1): UNRELEASED
- Wrapping Paper (Master): A SIDE/FRESH CREAM CD
- Cat's Squirrel (Take 1): UNRELEASED
- Cat's Squirrel (Master): B SIDE/FRESH CREAM
- I Feel Free (Basic Track): UNRELEASED
- I Feel Free (Rehearsal 2): UNRELEASED
- I Feel Free (Master): A SIDE/FRESH CREAM
- N.S.U.: FRESH CREAM
- Sleepy Time Time: FRESH CREAM
- Dreaming: FRESH CREAM
- Sweet Wine (Take 1 with Feedback Solo): UNRELEASED
- Sweet Wine (Master): FRESH CREAM
- Spoonful: FRESH CREAM
- Four Until Late: FRESH CREAM
- Rollin' and Tumblin': FRESH CREAM
- I'm So Glad: FRESH CREAM
- Toad (Take 1): UNRELEASED
- Toad (Master): FRESH CREAM
- Coffee Song (Take 1): UNRELEASED
- Coffee Song (Master): FRESH CREAM
- Beauty Queen: UNRELEASED
- You Make Me Feel (Take 1): UNRELEASED
- You Make Me Feel (Take 2): UNRELEASED
Live Session: BBC Radio, 8 November 1966. BBC Studios, London.
- Wrapping Paper: RADIO BROADCAST
- Sweet Wine: RADIO BROADCAST
- Steppin' Out: RADIO BROADCAST
Live Session: BBC Radio, 9 December 1966. BBC Studios, London.
- Cat's Squirrel: RADIO BROADCAST
- Traintime: RADIO BROADCAST
- Lawdy Mama: 'CROSSROADS' Clapton Box Set/RADIO BROADCAST
- I'm So Glad: RADIO BROADCAST
The above recording of 'I'm So Glad' features Clapton playing part of Tchaikovski's '1812 Overture' in his solo.
Live Session: BBC Radio, 10 January 1966. BBC Studios, London.
- Four Until Late: RADIO BROADCAST
- I Feel Free: RADIO BROADCAST
- N.S.U.: RADIO BROADCAST
Live Session: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 3 March 1967. Broadcast on Swedish Radio.
- N.S.U.: RADIO BROADCAST
- Steppin' Out: RADIO BROADCAST
- Traintime: RADIO BROACAST
- Toad: RADIO BROADCAST
- I'm So Glad: RADIO BROADCAST
Studio Session: 8-19 May 1967. Atlantic Studios, New York.
- Strange Brew: A SIDE/DISRAELI GEARS
- Tales of Brave Ulysses: B SIDE/DISRAELI GEARS
- Lawdy Mama (Version 1): LIVE CREAM
- Lawdy Mama (Version 2): UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: A SIDE/DISRAELI GEARS
- Swlabr: B SIDE/DISRAELI GEARS
- World of Pain: DISRAELI GEARS
- Dance the Night Away: DISRAELI GEARS
- Blue Condition: DISRAELI GEARS
- We're Going Wrong: DISRAELI GEARS
- Outside Woman Blues: DISRAELI GEARS
- Take It Back: DISRAELI GEARS
- Mother's Lament: DISRAELI GEARS
DISRAELI GEARS was recorded in three days; Clapton, Baker, and Bruce had visitor's visas to the US which would expire the day they left.
The unreleased cut of 'Lawdy Mama' features multi-track guitars and vocals by both Jack and Eric, totally different from Version 1. Version 1 is the identical music to 'Strange Brew', with different lyrics.
Live Session: BBC Radio, 30 May 1967. BBC Studios, London.
- Strange Brew: RADIO BROADCAST
- Tales of Brave Ulysses: RADIO BROADCAST
- We're Going Wrong: RADIO BROADCAST
- Take It Back: RADIO BROADCAST
Studio Session: July-August 1967. IBC Studios, London.
- White Room (Basic Track): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Sitting On Top of the World (Basic Track): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Born Under a Bad Sign (Basic Track): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Falstaff Beer commercial (two takes): UNRELEASED
Studio Session: September-October 1967. Atlantic Studios, New York.
- White Room (Overdubs): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Sitting On Top of the World (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Born Under a Bad Sign (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Politician (Basic Track): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Pressed Rat and Warthog (Basic Track): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Anyone for Tennis (Basic Track): A SIDE/GOODBYE CREAM CD
Live Session: BBC Radio, 24 October 1967. BBC Studios, London.
- Outside Woman Blues: RADIO BROADCAST
- Born Under a Bad Sign: RADIO BROADCAST
- Sunshine of Your Love: RADIO BROADCAST
Live Session: BBC Radio, 9 January 1968. BBC Studios, London.
- Politician: RADIO BROADCAST
- Steppin' Out: 'CROSSROADS' Clapton Box Set/RADIO BROADCAST
- Swlabr: RADIO BROADCAST
- Blue Condition: RADIO BROADCAST
Studio Session: January-February 1968. Atlantic Studios, New York.
- Pressed Rat and Warthog (Finish): B SIDE/WHEELS OF FIRE
- Anyone for Tennis (Finish): A SIDE/GOODBYE CREAM CD
- Politician (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Passing the Time (Basic Track): WHEELS OF FIRE
- White Room (Wah-Wah Overdub): A SIDE/WHEELS OF FIRE
- Deserted Cities of the Heart (Basic Track): B SIDE/WHEELS OF FIRE
- As You Said (Basic Track): WHEELS OF FIRE
The above version of 'Passing the Time' was originally 90 seconds longer than the release we know. The original, un-cut version, which includes the great extra minute-and-a-half of jamming, is featured on the gold disc edition of WHEELS OF FIRE, released in the mid 1990's.
Cream Toad Wheels Of Fire
Live Session: 7 March 1968. Fillmore West, San Francisco.
FIRST SHOW
- N.S.U.: UNRELEASED
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: AFTER MIDNIGHT SINGLE CD
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED
- Rollin' and Tumblin': LIVE CREAM
- Sweet Wine: UNRELEASED
SECOND SHOW
- Tales of Brave Ulysses: UNRELEASED
- Toad: WHEELS OF FIRE
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
More songs were played and recorded for this show, but subsequently were lost.
Live Session: 8 March 1968. Winterland, San Francisco.
FIRST SHOW
- Cat's Squirrel: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
- Traintime: WHEELS OF FIRE
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
Live Session: 9 March 1968. Winterland, San Francisco.
FIRST SHOW
- Tales of Brave Ulysses: UNRELEASED
- N.S.U.: UNRELEASED
- Sleepy Time Time: LIVE CREAM
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED
- Sweet Wine: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
SECOND SHOW
Cream Wheels Of Fire Video
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: LIVE CREAM VOL. 2
- Sitting On Top of the World: UNRELEASED
- N.S.U.: UNRELEASED
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
Live Session: 10 March 1968. Winterland, San Francisco.
FIRST SHOW
- Tales of Brave Ulysses: LIVE CREAM VOL. 2
- Spoonful: WHEELS OF FIRE
- Crossroads: WHEELS OF FIRE
- We're Going Wrong: UNRELEASED
- Sweet Wine: LIVE CREAM
- Toad: UNRELEASED
SECOND SHOW
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- N.S.U.: LIVE CREAM
- Steppin' Out: LIVE CREAM VOL. 2 (initialy mislabelled 'Hideaway')
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
Though the second album of the double-set WHEELS OF FIRE is called 'Live at the Fillmore', three of the four songs are from the Winterland shows. Contrary to rumour, the version of 'Crossroads' on WHEELS OF FIRE is not edited in length.
Television Session: May 1968. CBS Studios, Los Angeles.
- Anyone for Tennis: A SIDE/GOODBYE CREAM CD/FRESH LIVE CREAM Video (lip-synched on camera)
- Sunshine of Your Love: THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Performed for the SMOTHERS BROTHERS TV show.
Studio Session: June 1968. Atlantic Studios, New York.
- White Room (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Passing the Time (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
- As You Said (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Deserted Cities of the Heart (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
- Those Were the Days (Finish): WHEELS OF FIRE
Live Session: 4 October 1968. Oakland Coliseum Arena, California.
- White Room: LIVE CREAM VOL. 2
- Politician: LIVE CREAM VOL. 2
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
- Deserted Cities of the Heart: LIVE CREAM VOL. 2
- Passing the Time/Drum Solo (aka Scatafaragus): UNRELEASED
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
Live Session: 18 October 1968. The Forum, Los Angeles.
- White Room: UNRELEASED
- Politician: UNRELEASED
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
- Sitting On Top of the World: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED
- Traintime: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
Live Session: 19 October 1968. The Forum, Los Angeles.
Cream Toad Live
- White Room: UNRELEASED
- Politician: GOODBYE CREAM
- I'm So Glad: GOODBYE CREAM
- Sitting On Top of the World: GOODBYE CREAM
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- Traintime: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
Live Session: 20 October 1968. Sports Arena, San Diego, California.
- White Room (Unreleased)
- Politician: UNRELEASED
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
- Sitting On Top of the World: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED
- Traintime: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
Studio Session: October 1968. IBC Studios, London.
- Badge: A SIDE/GOODBYE CREAM
- What a Bringdown: B SIDE/GOODBYE CREAM
- Doing That Scrapyard Thing: GOODBYE CREAM
GOODBYE CREAM was intended to be another double album, one studio, one live from the Farewell Tour, in the tradition of WHEELS OF FIRE. This unfortunately never came to pass, and only one album, including 3 live and 3 studio cuts, was released.
'Badge' features George Harrison on rythm guitar. Harrison later would appear on Jack Bruce's first solo album, SONGS FOR A TAILOR. For contractual reasons, the albums feature him under his pseudonym, L'Angelo Misterioso.
Eric doesn't play on 'Badge' until the bridge. The song earned its title in a funny way: Harrison was writing the words down and wrote 'Bridge' at the middle part; from where Clapton was sitting, he looked puzzled and asked, 'What's that, Badge?'
Live Session: 26 November 1968. Royal Albert Hall, London.
FIRST SHOW
- White Room: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- Politician: UNRELEASED
- I'm So Glad: UNRELEASED
- Sitting On Top of the World: UNRELEASED
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED
- Toad: UNRELEASED
- Spoonful: UNRELEASED
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- Steppn' Out: UNRELEASED
SECOND SHOW
- White Room: UNRELEASED
- Politician: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- I'm So Glad: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- Sitting On Top of the World: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- Crossroads: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- Toad: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- Spoonful: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- Sunshine of Your Love: FAREWELL CREAM Film
- Steppin' Out: FAREWELL CREAM Film
Live Session: 12 January 1993. Central Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
- Sunshine of Your Love: UNRELEASED
- Born Under a Bad Sign: UNRELEASED
- Crossroads: UNRELEASED