| Identifier | 6094615 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| J-Card Comment | Cream October 24, 2005 Do What You Like! Madison Square Garden, NYC CoreSound Binaurals>Sony PCM1>Sony POC-DA12MP Optical Link>Philips stand alone burner Recorded by sad Zackman from Section 112 Disc One 1 I'm So Glad 2 Spoonful 3 Outside Woman Blues 4 Pressed Rat and Warthog 5 Sleepy Time Time 6 Tales of Brave Ulysses (first time EVER played live!) 7 N.S.U. 8 Badge 9 Politician 10 Sweet Wine 11 Rollin' & Tumblin' 12 Stormy Monday 13 Deserted Cities of the Heart Disc Two 1 Born Under A Bad Sign 2 We're Going Wrong 3 Crossroads 4 Sitting On Top Of The World 5 White Room 6 Toad encore 7 Sunshine of Your Love Oh the joy! The anguish! The sexy girl in the fourth row who nearly orgasmed to "Politician" (what IS it about the line "Hey now, baby, get into my big, black car"??!!). The curious audience participation from the generally quiet surroundings around me (slightly side/back stage on Jack's side) during, of all songs, "Toad"! The latter of which gives rise to the title of this particular recording... ...Using a two hour DAT tape, and a fresh set of batteries, panic began to set in around the time of the false start to White Room, as a glance at the meters showed one bar left, and approximately 15 minutes of tape. Would they play the same set as London? Could I risk changing tape and battery between White Room and the next song? (Mind you, as any field recorder knows, there is no way of knowing what or how long the next song will be, let alone the length of the banter in between...and the only pause between songs of any length up to this point was after Rollin' and Tumblin', as Eric chuckled, "You okay? You ready?" at Jack's winded state of health after his wailing harmonica/vocal jaunt that number, and even that pause was only about 20 seconds....I decided to risk it and let the tape run....and as Ginger launched into an extended solo, my gaze alternated between the time remaining counter on the DAT, the battery bar, and Eric's non-chalance sitting in the darkness on the side of the stage chatting to a stagehand about this and that, joined by Jack a few MINUTES later while Ginger still played, and even Jack finally rolled up his sleeve and glanced at his watch and he and Eric shared a giggle as I fidgeted frantically to get the extra batteries, and a fresh tape, and remember which way the batteries went in, and again thought "Should I swap out now during "Toad"? Did they launch into a new song out of Toad in London? Will the battery please, please, please hold out for another 5 minutes, when lo and behold, the stage hand wiped the neck of Jack's bass, handed him his guitar, and he and Eric rejoined Ginger for the conclusion of a ten minute Toad, the crowd went wild, and just before I quickly swapped out tapes and batteries, as the lights dimmed during the pre-encore applause, I noticed there were 2 minutes left to spare....oh the joy! the anguish! Just another day in the life of a taper... enjoy! |
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Performance
| Cream 2005-10-24 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | |
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| Set 1 | I'm So Glad
Spoonful Outside Woman Blues Pressed Rat and Warthog Sleepy Time Time Tales of Brave Ulysses N.S.U. Badge Politician Sweet Wine Rollin' & Tumblin' Stormy Monday Deserted Cities of the Heart |
| Set 2 | Born Under A Bad Sign
We're Going Wrong Crossroads Sitting On Top Of The World White Room Toad - encore - Sunshine of Your Love |
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