Sunday, June 17, 2012

Record #0026: Sunshine of Your Love / SWLABR – CREAM


ATCO 45-6544 (original), USA, Jan. 1968
Words & Music by:  Side A – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton; Side B – Brown, Bruce
Musicians:  Eric Clapton (guitars, vocals), Jack Bruce (bass & lead vocals), Ginger Baker (drums)
Recording sessions:  Atlantic Studios, New York, NY, May 8.-19, 1967
Highest chart positions:  US #5, Canada #3, UK #25

If any trio was ever a supergroup, it was Cream. Bruce, Baker and Clapton were (well, still are) all superb with their instruments – no weak link whatsoever.

Sunshine of Your Love was their biggest hit in the US and the first one that went higher in the US than in the UK. It was ranked at #65 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of “the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004.
SWLABR stands for “She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow”. That must have sounded like a totally normal song title around that time.
:)
 
List price:  “Very Good+” is $4 and “Near Mint” is $8

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