belated CREAM pioneering heavy rock album anniversary of a very, very influential 1967 album

belated CREAM pioneering heavy rock album anniversary of a very, very influential 1967 album

November 2, 1967: Cream - Disraeli Gears - Reaction Records

Wikipedia shows:

Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by the British rock band Cream. It was produced by Felix Pappalardi and released on Reaction Records in 1967. The album features the singles "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love". The original 11-track album was remastered in 1998, and then subsequently released as a two-disc Deluxe Edition in 2004.

Retrospectively, writing for the BBC, Chris Jones described the album as "a perfect encapsulation of the point where the blues got psychedelic and in turn got heavy". Classic Rock's Louder notes "it captured epic studio performances by Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker at the peak of their powers as a group" and "became a touchstone recording of the '60s counterculture." Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic describes the album as "a quintessential heavy rock album of the '60s" while Dave Swanson of Ultimate Classic Rock likewise believes the album to be their masterpiece.

CREAM - Sunshine Of Your Love