It's been ages since I've made a post but I got the sudden inspiration to write about Cream's Disraeli Gears, released in November 1967. Disraeli Gears is my favorite Cream album, and the second 1967 favorite album on here (the first was Axis: Bold As Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience).
For those unaware, Cream is considered to be the first "supergroup;" a band formed by already successful, established artists. I've always found it to be a pretentious concept, but I digress. Cream was made up of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. Eric had come from The Yardbirds and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Jack from Manfred Mann, and Ginger from Blues Incorporated and The Graham Bond Organisation (both of which Jack had also played in).
The album starts with "Strange Brew," which was originally released as a single. Eric sang lead vocals on this track instead of Jack, and his guitar playing borrowed heavily from Albert King (side note, "borrowing" from Black blues guitarists is a really bad habit of his). It's a catchy, funky song that did relatively well commercially as it reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart. It is probably the second most-recognized track from this album, while the first is "Sunshine of Your Love."
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" was the B-side to the "Strange Brew" single and technically track 6 of the album (first track of side 2). "Tales" is distinctive in that it was Eric's first foray into the world of the wah-wah pedal. It gives the song the liquid-like glide we hear from his guitar, making the song even more memorable.
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