Name: Cream - Live Cream Volume II 1972 U.S. LP
SKU: 43262
Price: 40.0000 USD
Availability: InStock

Description

Offered for sale is an original U.S. pressing of Live Cream Volume II by Cream.

About this copy: This copy of Live Cream Volume II is a 1972 U.S. pressing on the yellow Atco label.

The cover is VG++ with no wear, but with a couple of small corner bends and a saw mark near the mouth of the cover.

The disc is VG++ and close to M- with a couple of faint scuffs from the heavy paper inner sleeve. There are no other marks on the vinyl; the record has likely only been played a couple of times. Clean disc!

A nice copy of a terrific live LP.

Background:Live Cream Volume II , released in 1972, with the second live album by Cream.

The album reached number 15 on the UK album chart and number 27 on the US album chart.

Allmusic.com gave Live Cream Volume II a 3 1/2 star review:

Live Cream, Vol. 2 is a more ambitious album that its predecessor, offering more songs and including concert versions of two of the group’s AM radio hits (as opposed to the album tracks that comprised the repertory on Live Cream, Vol. 1). And it is just about essential listening for anyone who wants to understand what Cream was about, which was live performance. Utilizing — for the time — state-of-the-art mobile recording equipment, it was a significant achievement at the time in capturing the genuine sound of a high-wattage power trio on-stage, playing away at full volume, and the overall sonic excellence here must surely be credited to engineers Tom Dowd and Bill Halverson. The feeling that you are in the front row is very much in evidence, and this is largely due to their ability to capture the band’s live fury with clarity and intimacy, down to every nuance of Ginger Baker’s playing. … And coupled with the compact, four- to five-minute versions of “Deserted Cities of the Heart” and “Tales of Brave Ulysses,” among others, the album is a vital, intense, and enjoyable listen that is ultimately rewarding.