A 5CD Super Deluxe edition of Cream’s groundbreaking 1968 album Wheels Of Fire.

 

Originally released as a double LP pairing studio recordings with a powerful live disc recorded at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium, the album is widely regarded as the band's definitive statement.

 

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The set includes a remastered stereo version of the nine-track studio portion of Wheels Of Fire. Originally released utilising CSG processed recordings, this remastered, de-CSG’d version now presents the album phase corrected, delivering the recordings with greater detail and a crisp soundstage.

 

Also included are newly remastered mono and stereo versions of the studio album. Sourced from the late Cream producer Felix Pappalardi’s personal reference reels, these recordings have never been released before and include many alternate mixes.

 

The collection features remastered versions of the four live tracks recorded in March 1968 and originally released on LP2 of Wheels Of Fire, alongside eight additional tracks performed at the March 1968 concerts, including an unreleased live recording of “We’re Going Wrong”, recorded on 10th March 1968 at Winterland Ballroom.

 

A rarities collection is also included, featuring 15 rare recordings, nine of which are previously unreleased. This collection includes early versions, alternate mixes and single versions. 

 

Coming with a hardcover book featuring sleeve notes by Jim Faber and photographs of Cream from the era, the five CDs are housed in a gatefold sleeve and, together with the book, are enclosed within a rigid slipcase with a silver lamination finish.