CREAM - CLASSIC ALBUMS: DISRAELI GEARS

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: Arguably the first supergroup, Cream with 'Disraeli Gears' in 1967, achieved massive wordlwide success and ensured their place in rock's hall of fame. ' Disraeli Gears' has long been regarded as a classic, transforming Cream from visionary blues-based revivalists to psychadelic pop/rock heroes, and was a pivotal moment inhte development of Heavy Rock.; ; By use of interviews, musical demonstration, acustic performance and archival footage, the program tells the story behind the conception and recording of this ground-breaking album. Discover how Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton created the album with the help of lyricist Pete Brown, artist and lyricist Martin sharp, producer Felix Pappalardi and legendary engineer Towm Dowd. John Mayall, Manfref Mann, music business personnel, key journalists and rock historians add insight to the creation of this classic album.; ; 'Disraeli Gears' was released in November 1967. It was full of material that combined poetry with cinematic imagery and catchy chart hits took their place alongside ballads, music-hall dities, pop psychedelia and down-home blues. It was their time, and this was the album that propelled them into rock and roll history. Truly a classic album.
• Cast: Ginger Baker, Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Joel Dorn, Ahmet Ertegun, David Fricke, Manfred Mann, John Mayall, Chris Welch, Matthew Longfellow
• Director: Matthew Longfellow
• Runtime: 1:22
• Company: Eagle Rock Entertainment
• Media Format: Series