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The Cream album Goodbye, ‘Goodbye Tour –Live 1968’ now available in a special, expanded edition and the first authorized release of these four historic complete 1968 concerts. Each concert features previously unreleased tracks and the Royal Albert Hall show hasn’t featured on CD until now. Having decided to call it quits whilst on tour in the US during May 1968 by way of a farewell Cream agreed to undertake more live shows, predominantly in the US later that same year plus 2 final UK dates at the Royal Albert Hall that November. Originally released in Feb 1969, Goodbye originally mixed live performances from those last tour dates with a handful of studio recordings and rose to the UK no.1 slot and no.2 on the US Billboard. Goodbye Tour –Live 1968, as the name suggests expands the recordings f This historic collection was produced by Bill Levenson. The Oakland Coliseum, Los Angeles Forum and San Diego Sports Arena concerts were mastered from the original 1968 analog mix reels by Kevin Reeves at Universal Mastering, Nashville, TN. The Royal Albert Hall concert was mastered from the original 1968 analog transfer reels by Jason NeSmith at Chase Park Transduction, Athens, GA. The set features 36 tracks of which 29 are issued for the first time. Cream, four shows in 1948 during the last days of Cream. Many songs are previously unreleased. The Farewell Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London is the first time released on CD. 4 DiSCS.

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Record LabelPolydor / Umgd, Por

UPC0602577952999

eBay Product ID (ePID)7046060882

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2020

GenreRock

ArtistCream

Release TitleGoodbye Tour-Live 1968

Dimensions

Item Height0.82 in

Item Weight1.90 lb

Item Length9.70 in

Item Width9.47 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs4

Number of Tracks40

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

TracksOctober 4 1968 - Oakland Coliseum Oakland (Previously Unreleased Except *), White Room *, Politician *, Crossroads, Sunshine of Your Love, Spoonful, Deserted Cities of the Heart *, Passing the Time, I'm So Glad, October 19 1968 - Los Angeles Forum Los Angeles (Previously Unreleased Except *), Introduction By Buddy Miles, White Room, Politician *, I'm So Glad *, Sitting on Top of the World *, Crossroads, Sunshine of Your Love, Traintime, Toad, Spoonful *, October 20 1968 - San Diego Sports Arena San Diego (Previously Unreleased), White Room, Politician, I'm So Glad, Sitting on Top of the World, Sunshine of Your Love, Crossroads, Traintime, Toad, Spoonful, Cream Farewell Concert November 26 1968 - Royal Albert Hall London (First Time Released on CD), White Room, Politician, I'm So Glad, Sitting on Top of the World, Crossroads, Toad, Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Steppin' Out

NotesFour CD set. Goodbye Tour -Live 1968 is the first authorized release of these four historic complete 1968 concerts. Each concert features previously unreleased tracks and the Royal Albert Hall show hasn't featured on CD until now. Having decided to call it quits whilst on tour in the US during May 1968 by way of a farewell, Cream agreed to undertake more live shows, predominantly in the US later that same year plus two final UK dates at the Royal Albert Hall that November. Originally released in Feb 1969, Goodbye originally mixed live performances from those last tour dates with a handful of studio recordings and rose to the UK #1 slot and #2 on the US Billboard. Goodbye Tour -Live 1968, as the name suggests expands the recordings from the 3-piece powerhouse's last tour. This historic collection was produced by Bill Levenson. The Oakland Coliseum, Los Angeles Forum and San Diego Sports Arena concerts were mastered from the original 1968 analog mix reels by Kevin Reeves at Universal Mastering, Nashville, TN. The Royal Albert Hall concert was mastered from the original 1968 analog transfer reels by Jason NeSmith at Chase Park Transduction, Athens, GA. The set features 36 tracks of which 29 are issued for the first time.

Goodbye Tour-Live 1968 by Cream (CD, 2020)