Cream's Classic '60s Album 'Disraeli Gears' presented in both stereo and mono versions on two-CD Deluxe Edition released on September 28

LOS ANGELES (Polydor/UMe) - One of the landmark albums in rock history, Cream's 1967 classic DISRAELI GEARS, has been set to receive DELUXE EDITION treatment featuring a digitally remastered two-CD package that debuts a previously unreleased track. The CDs are packaged with a 24-page booklet with photographs and an essay about Cream's extraordinary history.

DISRAELI GEARS - DELUXE EDITION (Polydor/UMe), released September 28, 2004, boasts a stereo Disc One and mono Disc Two. The second album in the short but spectacular career of the pioneering power trio (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker), DISRAELI GEARS helped lay the groundwork for the coming hard rock and heavy metal of the '70s. An inspired collision of blues, jazz, folk and psychedelia recorded in just six days, the Gold No 4-charting album spawned a Gold No 5 hit in 'Sunshine Of Your Love' and other classic rock standards 'Strange Brew,' 'Tales Of Brave Ulysses' and 'Swlabr.'

Disc One presents the album in stereo with two outtakes - 'Lawdy Mama' and a previously un-issued version of 'Blue Condition' with Clapton as lead singer - plus demos of 'We're Going Wrong,' 'Swlabr' and three songs that didn't make the LP though they would later appear elsewhere: 'Weird Of Hermiston,' 'The Clearout' and 'Hey Now Princess.'

Disc Two presents the album and the two above-mentioned outtakes in mono as well as nine performances recorded for BBC Radio between May 1967 and January 1968. Along with takes on six DISRAELI GEARS tracks, the cuts include the Clapton-led blues instrumental 'Steppin' Out' and two songs that would turn up the next year on the chart-topping studio/live double album WHEELS OF FIRE, 'Politician' and a cover of Albert King's 'Born Under A Bad Sign.'
After their GOODBYE album in early 1969, Cream was no more. Its members would move on, with Clapton launching Blind Faith and Derek & the Dominos before going solo in a superstar career that continues today.