I'm 18 years old now, but I remember watching this when I was 9, just completely in awe of the ease in which Clapton produces such sounds. It sounds like it's coming from a whole different universe. Clapton, Hendrix, Page, and many others... a league of their own.
This isn't just the best version of 'White Room' around, but probably the best recorded 'homage' if you will to the sheer power these guys had. Clapton's solo is a force of nature!
I think one of the reasons it sounds so good is the amount of reverb from them being in a huge arena like Royal Albert Hall. Listen to the echoey reverb at the beginning of his solo, it sounds so thick and great. I still think this is one of Clapton's greatest solos, though he has many.
I think I have heard every live Cream concert that was recorded, it is a remarkable thing that their best live performance ever was their final one and, in my opinion, the best song of that night was White Room. Thanks for posting this. 👍
This song made me wanna learn guitar. I was into only rap but I heard this wah solo and thought “ I HAVE to learn how to do this”. Sitting in a Best Buy parking lot over 20 years ago with my dad because I passed my Algebra test, he told me he’d buy me two CDs if I did well on it, The Cream Of Clapton and The Hendrix Experience is what I got out of it. Life changing moment. RIP dad
Clapton's phrase from 3:36-3:40 is... OMFG. I wish he'd played this hard and this raw a lot longer. I know he wanted to get away from this type of power performance, but it's amazing with an intensity that I miss. The version of 'White Room' he did on the Eric Clapton and Friends tour in the 80's carried the sound he had evolved at that time and was 'classic' Clapton and I enjoyed that immensely as well. This I enjoy for the raw power and edge. My 2nd favorite performance of his is from the John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album on 'Stepping Out.'
The studio version of "Sunshine" sent chills all thru me when i first heard it in 68 as I was turning 13 yrs old. But this live version is incomparable, just f-----g great. Jack Bruce's vocals here are more creative, spontaneous, with better improvised phrasing than in studio version. This RAH concert footage brings back all the energy and the magical power of this song.
White Room Cream In the white room with black curtains near the station Black-roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings Silver horses run down moonbeams in your dark eyes Dawn-light smiles on you leaving, my contentment I'll wait in this place Where the Sun never shines Wait in this place Where the shadows run from themselves You said no strings could secure you at the station Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows I walked into such a sad time at the station As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning I'll wait in the queue When the trains come back Lie with you Where the shadows run from themselves At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd Consolation for the old wound now forgotten Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings I'll sleep in this place With the lonely crowd Lie in the dark Where the shadows run from themselves
Yeah, you've got that right! The reverb of the venue really adds to their performance. This is why I absolutely despise the close miking of guitar/bass cabinets and drums that is so prevalent in today's recordings, both live and in the studio. An overhead mic is essential. It is the distance of the mic and the sound of a given venue that really adds depth, scale, tone and nuance to a recording in a way that close miking can never achieve.
The whole 2nd show was recreated with the actual 2nd show White Room ( this is the 1st show White Room) coming from a Japanese DVD bootleg called The Last Goodbye on the Millvalley label. Good luck finding a copy it may be all ready out of print
Cream was together for far too short a time, but the statement they made was a solid imprint on the music scene of the late sixties, and they laid the foundation on which Led Zepellin built upon in the seventies and took power blues to another level
@@martshankleman It used to. The delay was two seconds. The Albert Hall was known to be the venue where a composer would at least have his music heard twice. The ceiling mushrooms were installed in the late 1960s.
@@martshanklemandefinitely not artificial, audience recordings from the final show (where EC played the 335) show that the reverb in the hall was as present as ever
I'd never seen Clapton play a Firebird. I prefer his Gibson days more than his Fender. I guess I understand his desire to delve into the roots of the blues but he was doing something truely unique in Cream kind of mixing psychedelia and blues with a little jazz. At some point there's only so much u can do within tradition.
I can say in my opinion, Jack Bruce was the driving force behind Cream. Others will say it's Clapton or Ginger Baker. But we can all agree it's all three of these icons of British blues rock that have touched our heart and soul!
The reason that they don't show Clapton's hands actually playing notes on his guitar neck is because Clapton (and Page) wanted their playing techniques to be secret back in the day. Contrast that with Hendrix playing 'Red House' at Woodstock, where the cameras show closeups of his hand playing on his guitar neck. But even though you see a closeup of Hendrix's hands on the guitar does not mean that there is anyone who could play what he is playing. Same with Clapton. Watching this footage now, it is a bit alarming to see moments where Ginger Bakers eyes apparently go completely black. The same with Clapton's tongue apparently uncontrollably darting in and out of his mouth ...
The cameras had a tremelo speed and depth knob in those days..... didn't you know? I'm pretty sure the wobbly camera was not the choice of the camera man more the producer/director. I'd love to hear from someone who was there and describe the volume- tinnitus for a week I bet!
Wow! Listening to this particular recording, though ragged sounding, it does capture the deep reverb & "heavy" sound they had..., I remember from years ago what a guy who actually saw them in concert described it; he said it took him a few days to get over it!? Never heard a description of a performance like that since!
To any doubters, play some loud music and listen to a full song carefully from a normal distance. Then listen to the same song within 6 inches of the speaker (replicating close miking). Notice how compressed and dull it sounds in comparison. This is due to the ear's inability to decipher nuance and depth because the eardrum is being overloaded. This translates to recording loud rock music as well. A mic can only be a close facsimile of what our ears naturally hear, FROM A REASONABLE DISTANCE.
We must remember that this was Cream's farewell concert. Jack was suffering. He didn't want to split up. Eric and Ginger left him to form a failure called Blind Faith. Still, Jack's performance was paramount, as usual.
Yup I completely agree, there's just something with that reverb that sounds great. It makes the whole performance just pop and seem larger than life. And true about the gear demos, they always seem to sound so thin and like you said compressed when close mic'd. Some demos they use reverb pedals so they don't sound terrible, but it's still not the exact same effect. Reverb adds so much character and depth to the song, just listen to the solo here, all the instruments sound so powerful. Thanks pal
3 piece band all playing lead. Brilliant
All playing lead ??? Seriously
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3 piece band playing lead and poly-rhythmically. It has never been repeated since and probably never will be. Brilliant+
All three of them were just bursting with talent in 1968
The rawness and distortion on this recording is perfect.
Jack’s voice was such a power
Jack s voice was a weapon, as far as i'm phucking concerned.
I'm 18 years old now, but I remember watching this when I was 9, just completely in awe of the ease in which Clapton produces such sounds. It sounds like it's coming from a whole different universe. Clapton, Hendrix, Page, and many others... a league of their own.
Peter green, Pete townshend, Peter Edward baker, and Peter frampton, in they're own league too. the league of Pete's
Lots and lots of practice!
@@CreamBootlegs I would agree Obi-Wan
you have incredible parents if they had you watching this when you were 9
😂this is the real mckoy.....!!!! 🎉
Incredible! Nothing else comes close, except for Sunshine of Your Love.
This isn't just the best version of 'White Room' around, but probably the best recorded 'homage' if you will to the sheer power these guys had. Clapton's solo is a force of nature!
no led zep no metallica..without those guys!
RIP Ginger 😔
So emotional at this moment.
His fill at 02:10... So casually amazing.
'a force of nature' so true... :)
I prefer the solo on the album!
I think one of the reasons it sounds so good is the amount of reverb from them being in a huge arena like Royal Albert Hall. Listen to the echoey reverb at the beginning of his solo, it sounds so thick and great. I still think this is one of Clapton's greatest solos, though he has many.
And Jack's voice is just booming here! The reverb makes it sound like hes singing in a colosseum! Very powerful!
The Royal Albert Hall isn't exactly huge, but it did have appalling acoustics at the time.
It's because of harmonic compression.
That solo... no words to explain that magic.. the amount of reverb is massive, the sound is just heavy. that music was just magic...
The simplicity this incredible music is timeless. No studio mixing board tricks to make it sound better. Three artists three instruments.
NOTE they can all play no faking no miming no synths- refreshing!
- ToTally...~
Clapton at his zenith!
Old rockers don't die, they go to that White Room in the sky...
R.I.P. Ginger Baker...
No rockers, 2 jazz players and 1 blues player
Or more fitting, the Grey Haven in the west!
RIP Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker
The first few seconds of Clapton's solo sounds so vocal with its phrasing and vibrato that it sent chills down my spine
This is gold I can listen to this everyday , best three man band ever imo RIP Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker
Clapton on a 1964 Firebird I. Those Were The Days.
A sound full of improvisation that combines blues and jazz.
This is the primordial ooze for every significant modern rock genre for decades that followed.
Love that song, have loved it for 50 years.
REST IN PEACE JACK!! YOU WERE THE BEST EVER
Eric shredding that guitar... pure genius.
So visceral, such flights of musical inventiveness, and what lyrics!!! Those tiny purple fishes run laughing through my fingers every time I hear it.
THE GREATEST classic ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME
Best 3 piece band ever! Dang! No matter how often I hear it, I want to hear it again. Loudly!
AMAZING GUITAR SOLO AND SOUND!!!!!!!
5:03 that lick is awesome.
Damn, this might be the best vocal I’ve ever heard from Jack Bruce
one of the greatest preformences ever!!!!!
I think I have heard every live Cream concert that was recorded, it is a remarkable thing that their best live performance ever was their final one and, in my opinion, the best song of that night was White Room. Thanks for posting this. 👍
Genius times three...but you had to know it couldn't last. At least Baker and Bruce didn't exchange gun shots
By God what a song, immortal and great live version, thanks Cream 🙏💐
Probably the finest song by certainly the best 1960s band. I recorded this on a reel to reel tape from its original TV broadcast!
This song made me wanna learn guitar. I was into only rap but I heard this wah solo and thought “ I HAVE to learn how to do this”. Sitting in a Best Buy parking lot over 20 years ago with my dad because I passed my Algebra test, he told me he’d buy me two CDs if I did well on it, The Cream Of Clapton and The Hendrix Experience is what I got out of it. Life changing moment. RIP dad
Clapton's phrase from 3:36-3:40 is... OMFG. I wish he'd played this hard and this raw a lot longer. I know he wanted to get away from this type of power performance, but it's amazing with an intensity that I miss. The version of 'White Room' he did on the Eric Clapton and Friends tour in the 80's carried the sound he had evolved at that time and was 'classic' Clapton and I enjoyed that immensely as well. This I enjoy for the raw power and edge. My 2nd favorite performance of his is from the John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album on 'Stepping Out.'
what a beautiful musicians
The studio version of "Sunshine" sent chills all thru me when i first heard it in 68 as I was turning 13 yrs old. But this live version is incomparable, just f-----g great. Jack Bruce's vocals here are more creative, spontaneous, with better improvised phrasing than in studio version. This RAH concert footage brings back all the energy and the magical power of this song.
Totally agree. The vocal is pure JB.
(4 of 11) Epp!
White Room
Cream
In the white room with black curtains near the station
Black-roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses run down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawn-light smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place
Where the Sun never shines
Wait in this place
Where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I'll wait in the queue
When the trains come back
Lie with you
Where the shadows run from themselves
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place
With the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark
Where the shadows run from themselves
Yeah, you've got that right! The reverb of the venue really adds to their performance. This is why I absolutely despise the close miking of guitar/bass cabinets and drums that is so prevalent in today's recordings, both live and in the studio. An overhead mic is essential. It is the distance of the mic and the sound of a given venue that really adds depth, scale, tone and nuance to a recording in a way that close miking can never achieve.
Being a huge EC and Cream fan, I should have seen this a long time ago. No wonder they changed the world.
Masters of music!
Somebody should re-edit the original film if it still exists, this is such a good show would love to see a more watchable version.
This is the only cut. Everything else filmed on the night has long been discarded.
Clearly the cameraman thought he was a member of the band.
The whole 2nd show was recreated with the actual 2nd show White Room ( this is the 1st show White Room) coming from a Japanese DVD bootleg called The Last Goodbye on the Millvalley label. Good luck finding a copy it may be all ready out of print
I want more close-ups of Jack's fillings please, fucking 60s cameramen.
More close up of Jacks mouth than the playing which sucks .
yeah, cameramen on bad acid
I think it was the best live version I have heard. The singer was in top form it was awesome but oh so long ago.
Possibly the coolest song ever (I can't say for sure because I have not heard all songs ever played).
We can assume for sure ha
Ccr-Fortunate Son
I have.
Cream was together for far too short a time, but the statement they made was a solid imprint on the music scene of the late sixties, and they laid the foundation on which Led Zepellin built upon in the seventies and took power blues to another level
The brightest flames burn for the shortest time...
THE BEST DRUMER IN THE WORLD GINGER BAKER ERIC CLAPTON AND BRUCE MAN THEY WERE THE SOUNDS AND STILL ARE
"Yellow tigers, crouched in jungles, in your dark eyes." Christ on a bike! That cannot be a compliment!
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
I'm Scottish I completely understand when you say what you see ❤
Pete Brown's wonderful hippy poetry/lyrics were a great companion to Jack Bruce's timeless music.
Christ on a bike?
Ppo
The sound Clapton pulls out of that Firebird during the solo is unreal. Throw in the reverb from the venue and it takes it to another level.
I think the reverb has been added in post production. The echo in the Albert hall doesn’t sound like.
@@martshankleman It used to. The delay was two seconds. The Albert Hall was known to be the venue where a composer would at least have his music heard twice.
The ceiling mushrooms were installed in the late 1960s.
@@Rich6Brew I’m familiar with the reverb! But I still think the reverb on this track sounds a bit artificial. Maybe it’s me!
@@martshanklemandefinitely not artificial, audience recordings from the final show (where EC played the 335) show that the reverb in the hall was as present as ever
I'd never seen Clapton play a Firebird. I prefer his Gibson days more than his Fender. I guess I understand his desire to delve into the roots of the blues but he was doing something truely unique in Cream kind of mixing psychedelia and blues with a little jazz. At some point there's only so much u can do within tradition.
2:08 - 2:13 what a clean, precise drum fill. Shouldn’t be surprised but still am
I can say in my opinion, Jack Bruce was the driving force behind Cream. Others will say it's Clapton or Ginger Baker. But we can all agree it's all three of these icons of British blues rock that have touched our heart and soul!
Ginger Baker, one of the true great drummers
+Nathan McDaniel Certainly has a personality too!
+Amiga For Life no doubt lol
Did you watch the documentary "Beware Of Mr Baker" ? Well worth a watch :)
+Amiga For Life that's what got me into him originally very good watch
Sweet :)
Such great music by just 3 individuals.
Ginger might be dead but he is still the greatest of all time drummer.
I remember seeing the Fresh Cream in Sacramento California. It was Creams first time playing in California. Awesome 😎
Simply the best psycholdelic song ever
A rock god on bass guitar !
As bandas antigas são como vinhos de qualidade, sempre ótimos. Essa música é muito linda e traz muita saudade dos tempos bons.
Brilliant solo Eric.
RIP Jack Bruce. Wunderbare Erinnerungen...
Favourite Cream song. Favourite song actually.
Just hearing the intro that makes me cry..
after 6:00 I love how Clapton's guitar roars back into the flow of the song at 6:14
Once in a lifetime performance. Both literally and figuratively.
Beginning of heavy rock imagine if Clapton would’ve kept that passion for that kind of guitar playing! Sighhhh
Guitar out of this world @ 6:22 sounds like its going through a time warp!
Clapton and Hendrix...both GODS!!!
U go that right
Great song🎉❤
🗣 For the first time I listened to the group *Cream (Live)* album. It was in 1974. at my brother's..
The reason that they don't show Clapton's hands actually playing notes on his guitar neck is because Clapton (and Page) wanted their playing techniques to be secret back in the day.
Contrast that with Hendrix playing 'Red House' at Woodstock, where the cameras show closeups of his hand playing on his guitar neck.
But even though you see a closeup of Hendrix's hands on the guitar does not mean that there is anyone who could play what he is playing.
Same with Clapton.
Watching this footage now,
it is a bit alarming to see moments where
Ginger Bakers eyes apparently go completely black.
The same with Clapton's tongue apparently uncontrollably darting in and out of his mouth ...
Great band! Where are those days gone!
The cameras had a tremelo speed and depth knob in those days..... didn't you know? I'm pretty sure the wobbly camera was not the choice of the camera man more the producer/director. I'd love to hear from someone who was there and describe the volume- tinnitus for a week I bet!
Two jazz musicians, bass player and drummer and a blues guitarist.
Wow! Listening to this particular recording, though ragged sounding, it does capture the deep reverb & "heavy" sound they had..., I remember from years ago what a guy who actually saw them in concert described it; he said it took him a few days to get over it!? Never heard a description of a performance like that since!
Jack Bruce, the voice of the sixties....
To any doubters, play some loud music and listen to a full song carefully from a normal distance. Then listen to the same song within 6 inches of the speaker (replicating close miking). Notice how compressed and dull it sounds in comparison. This is due to the ear's inability to decipher nuance and depth because the eardrum is being overloaded. This translates to recording loud rock music as well. A mic can only be a close facsimile of what our ears naturally hear, FROM A REASONABLE DISTANCE.
My favourite Clapton solo
The best of the best...
Same
Fantastic.
Thanks for the video. All the others I found were just the studio version dubbed over this video
You are right, he is playing his Firebird, keen observation.
Still magic...RIP Jack...
I like this version more than the original
THE best version of this epic group and song!
" THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND"..
Cream, o primeiro mega conjunto da história...
orgasmic solo! Slowhand can do anything with this Gibson!
R. I. P. brilliant musician Jack Bruce !!!!
I LOVE Bruce's voice!!!
clapton is so awesome here,dude!
Realmente la música es un recuerdo de los 60 y 70, no esperemos más!!!
We must remember that this was Cream's farewell concert. Jack was suffering. He didn't want to split up. Eric and Ginger left him to form a failure called Blind Faith.
Still, Jack's performance was paramount, as usual.
Pretty sure they all wanted out at that point. Especially Ginger and Bruce.
Ginger and Jack were the reasons Cream broke up. Clapton was just there in the middle.
Jack and Ginger were the ones fighting, and they all wanted to split up.
Bit unfair to call blind faith a failure. they had a few good songs
The only thing I would say to new generations is this: just listen and learn, son, listen and learn…
Everything thing about this is epic, but Eric's solo is the standout.
RIP JACK BRUCE!!
Excellent sound 🙌🏼😍
Fantastique!
So potent, perfect match for those 3. Rip jack
Greatest use of the Wha ever. Period.
Great concert!!!
At 4:50 Clapton proves he is the God of the guitar
Absolute power.
Yup I completely agree, there's just something with that reverb that sounds great. It makes the whole performance just pop and seem larger than life. And true about the gear demos, they always seem to sound so thin and like you said compressed when close mic'd. Some demos they use reverb pedals so they don't sound terrible, but it's still not the exact same effect. Reverb adds so much character and depth to the song, just listen to the solo here, all the instruments sound so powerful. Thanks pal
what a quality! thanx