STi-Frenchie

Circa 1967 and on BBC4 last night - anyone else watch it? It was absolutely 5-star AWESOME! I now understand better why, in those days, people would spray "Clapton is God" on walls. The bits where Ginger Baker was giving a drum lesson and Clapton was laying down some licks were just out of this world!!! Thank **** I had the foresight to record it at the same time as I was watching it as it made me sit up and pay attention -- having floundered around like a stranded plaice for the last two months looking for some new sounds to buy I think I'm gonna jump back 40 years in time and get me some Cream on my iPod.

GaryCat

Camerawork was crap though, cutting between bruce & baker twice a second and a close up of claptons face during his solos.

Ginger Baker is overrated IMHO. Drummers like Neil Peart, Carl Palmer, Buddy Rich, Gavin Harrison are in a differen league.

Scoob99

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Bloody missed it, anyone know if it is repeated?
Cheers
Colin

STi-Frenchie

Yeah, the camerawork was a bit iffy -- I put that down to it being 1967 as much of the footage shot around that time was probably "enhanced" using "artificial means"

I've always liked Baker as a drummer and IMHO he's up there with the best of them -- granted, he's not always had the exposure or played with the best groups but he can/could certainly beat the skins. My "group" of drummers to beat ('scuse the pun) would include John Bonham, Ian Paice, Ginger Baker and Cozy Powell in his heydey.

STi-Frenchie

Dunno is the short answer. Seemed to have a Clapton theme going on BBC4 last night but quite often the beeb will repeat shows on 4 which they don't on their other channels. Will check the listings for the coming week later on today and if I see it repeated I'll let you know.

David Lock

Agreed Also the John Mayall stuff which followed. Used to be a BIG Peter Green fan. Saw him some time ago on the box and sadly many years of drugs had taken a big toll.

Apparition

Was playing "Badge" in my car the other day...... had to play it again, and again, and again......and..............

Scoob99

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STI, Cheers mate

alcazar

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So did you never actually see 'em, live?

Alcazar

STi-Frenchie

Alcazar -- nope they were just a couple of years before my time..my first recollection of them is "Badge" which my sister bought...a classic track!

David, yeah, I watched that too. A very good night's entertainment last night and a couple of glasses of Glenkinchie made it all the better

Just nipped out and bought the Best Of and was blasting "Crossroads" on the way home...brilliant. Also picked up Rory Gallagher's "Jinx" and had a good hard look at the John Mayall CDs but wasn't sure which one of the (large) collection to go for. Any recommendations? I also had a good long look at the Johnny Winter offerings but decided that this weekend will be a Cream one

ozzy

I wonder how much the tickets went for for the reunion gig next week?

David Lock

A lot..... My son's mate's dad payed over £700 for a pair some time ago. Going on Monday.

David Lock

1) Not forgetting "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of your Love"

2) I was just on Bells - poor man's Glenkinchie

3) Couple of Mayall songs to look out for are IMHO "It's a Hard Road", "Another Kinda Love".

Gone all nostalgic now..........

DL

Chip

John Mayall tours quite often. Saw him 2 years ago. Well worth seeing.

And if you think Clapton is a god then take a look at Mayalls guitar man, Buddy Whittington.

Chip

STi-Frenchie

Thanks for the Mayall tips David, I'll watch out for those songs and also take a look at Buddy Whittington's recordings.

Scoob99, I took a look through the TV mag and the Sky listings and don't see this being repeated in the coming week

£700 for a pair of tickets I think I'll wait until they decide to play Montreux and then get in early

DarkStar66

I watched the Robert Johnson program and a bit of the Cream concert but switched over to Jonathan Ross because I'd seen it before.

I can really recommend 'The Layla Sessions 20th Anniversary Edition' if it's still available. The actual album is a little different but it's the 'Jams' CD that's worth the extra cash. Jam sessions can be rather boring and repetative but these ones could have been released on their own they're so good!

EXSCOOBY

christ i thought the superclub from liverpool had moved!!!!!!!!!
then i realised you were on about some acient load of smelly guitar filth and went back to sleep
yawn

DarkStar66

Found the Layla album on Amazon, they call it the 'Box Set'. Jam III is fantastic!!!

mattstant

oh bu66ery sh11ty bo77ocks please tell me its repeated

albob

"Badge" -- Just Brillianty! I can listen to it forever!!!

alan

EXSCOOBY

badge
more like gash or vadge

STi-Frenchie

Go troll elsewhere you silly little man. Your baiting will fall on fallow ground here.

Agreed, that guitar lick kicking in after the second verse is something else.

I think I'll have some of that. Thank you kind sir!!!