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Alles van The Cream (behalve de BBC-sessies) op 4 glimmende schijfjes. Luisterend naar deze box valt op hoezeer de bandleden individueel groeiden in 2 jaar tijd. Het studio-werk staat op de eerste 2 cd's (inclusief wat demo's) en het live-werk op de laatste 2 cd's. Het geluid is optimaal en het boekwerk bevat vele foto's, veel plezier

Those Were the Days is a retrospective compilation of the music of Cream, released on September 23, 1997.
It comprises four CDs and catalogues every track from their four studio albums, plus live material recorded in 1968.
The title is taken from the song written by Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor, released on the album Wheels of Fire in 1968.







Disc one: In the Studio
Non-album single (1966)

1. "Wrapping Paper" (Bruce, Brown) - 2.22
Tracks taken from Fresh Cream (1966)

2. "I Feel Free" (Bruce, Brown) - 2.51
3. "N.S.U." (Bruce) - 2.43
4. "Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce, Godfrey) - 4.20
5. "Dreaming" (Bruce) - 1.58
6. "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey) - 3.17
7. "Spoonful" (Dixon) - 6.30
8. "Cat's Squirrel" (Traditional, arr. S. Splurge) - 3.03
9. "Four Until Late" (Johnson, arr. Clapton) - 2.07
10. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Waters) - 4.42
11. "I'm So Glad" (James) - 3.57
12. "Toad" (Baker) - 5.11 Studio out-take (1967)
13. "Lawdy Mama" - version 1 (previously unreleased) (Traditional, arr. Clapton) - 2.00
Tracks taken from Disraeli Gears (1967)

14. "Strange Brew" (Clapton, Collins, Pappalardi) - 2.46
15. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Brown, Clapton) - 4.10
16. "World of Pain" (Collins, Pappalardi) - 3.02
17. "Dance the Night Away" (Bruce, Brown) - 3.34
18. "Blue Condition" (Baker) - 3.29
19. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Sharp) - 2.46
20. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) - 2.31
21. "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce) - 3.26
22. "Outside Woman Blues" (Reynolds, arr. Clapton) - 2.24
23. "Take It Back" (Bruce, Brown) - 3.05
24. "Mother's Lament" (Traditional, arr. Bruce, Brown, Clapton) - 1.47 

Disc two: In the Studio
Tracks taken from Wheels of Fire (1968)

1. "White Room" (Bruce, Brown) - 4.58
2. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Burnett) - 4.58
3. "Passing the Time" - extended version (Baker, Taylor) - 5.53
4. "As You Said" (Bruce, Brown) - 4.20
5. "Pressed Rat and Warthog" (Baker, Taylor) - 3.13
6. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) - 4.12
7. "Those Were the Days" (Baker, Taylor) - 2.53
8. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Jones, Bell) - 3.09
9. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown) - 3.38
Non-album single (1968)

10. "Anyone for Tennis" (Clapton, Sharp) - 2.38
Tracks taken from Goodbye (1969)

11. "Badge" (Clapton, Harrison) - 2.44
12. "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce, Brown) - 3.14
13. "What a Bringdown" (Baker) - 3.58
Miscellaneous tracks

14. "The Coffee Song" (Colton, Smith) - 2.44
15. "Lawdy Mama" - version 2 3 (Traditional, arr. Clapton) - 2.46
16. "You Make Me Feel" - demo version  (Bruce, Brown) - 2.39
17. "We're Going Wrong" - demo version  (Bruce) - 3.49
18. "Hey Now Princess" - demo version  (Bruce, Brown) - 3.31
19. "Swlabr" - demo version  (Bruce, Brown) - 4.30
20. "Weird of Hermiston" - demo version  (Bruce, Brown) - 3.12
21. "The Clearout" - demo version  (Bruce, Brown) - 3.58
22. "Falstaff Beer Commercial"  (Baker, Bruce, Clapton) - 1.00