Talk:Disraeli Gears/Archive 1

Archive 1

Name

Is the name of the album derived from Benjamin Disraeli? ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 01:53, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

No, it tells the story of the album's title in article under "Trivia."

Ginger Baker's singing

From article: "The track Blue Condition was unusual in that Baker, although by any account not a singer, took the lead vocal."

This sentence is not helpful, and is certainly not encyclopedia quality. Is it the only Cream track every sung by Ginger Baker? If so, it should say so; if not, either it should name the other songs or the comment should be removed altogether.

Unfortunately, I don't have every Cream album, and although I looked around online I could not find the singing credits for every Cream song ever released.

It's a very rare occurence that Ginger Baker sang. So yes, I'd say it is a pretty true statement, it's one of the only times Ginger Baker has sung on a Cream song (trust me, a lot of Cream songs are known and very famous, and this is the only one I know of in which Baker was given vocals). He also wrote the song. Aaрон Кинни (t) 12:52, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Baker did sing solo (recited actually) on "Pressed Rat and Warthog" and shared vocals with Bruce on "What a Bringdown". --Bruce1ee 07:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

SWLABR

Several sites say the W in SWLABR stands for "walks"[1] while another site says "was" [2]. Any definitive source? --TeaDrinker 20:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

According to jackbruce.com, which I think we can take as a definitive source, it's "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow". --Bruce1ee 12:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

That page writes the song title in all caps. After all, it is an acronym. I'm changing the spelling in the article. Kleinburgerei 19:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

In Eric Clapton's autobiography it says it stands for "was", and on classic albums they refer to is as "was". 74.47.224.152 (talk) 22:57, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Sunshine of Your Love

Does anyone else find that the master from Gears has more of a punch (when the song first begins) than the remastered version on Cream compilation albums?

Miscellanea

• The track title SWLABR is an acronym for "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow". [3]
• The title of the song Weird of Hermiston is a play on Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished book Weir of Hermiston.
• Cream rerecorded the song "Strange Brew" as "Lawdy Mama" with alternate lyrics for their album Live Cream, although the song was the only studio track on the album.

Since most of what's left is useless, I moved it here. --Leodmacleod (talk) 22:53, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Strange Brew Single

Does anyone know what the B-side of the Strange Brew single was? Rock'N'More (talk) 03:24, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Vocal listings

It's just my opinion, but I think the formatting on the vocal listings looks terrible. I think the form used on Abbey_Road#Track_listing would be much neater and more visually appealing if it's necessary at all. --Leodmacleod (talk) 03:38, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I just changed it to that format.--Rock'N'More (talk) 02:09, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Per the "Classic Albums" documentary on Disraeli Gears, Mother's Lament is not a three voices but just two (Eric and Ginger). Further I don't think it can rightfully be said that they are singing in "harmony"; in truth there is no harmonizing going on, and the documentary even says that the two of them just sang it without rehearsal or such where parts would have been worked out.

Removed "Tales of Brave Ulysses"

I removed the part about "Tales of Brave Ulysses" because it already has a page and also there isn't really any good place to put the information on the album page without looking stupid. Rock'N'More (talk) 23:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Robert Whitaker

The article stated that the photographer responsible for the back cover worked with the Beatles (true), shot the controversial cover for Yesterday...And Today (true) and shot the cover for Please Please Me (false; that was Angus McBean). I have taken out the reference to Please Please Me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.176.70.192 (talk) 03:17, 7 August 2010 (UTC)