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If you’re looking for some delightfull records perhaps you should check what recordelite has to sell!

I enjoy some classic rock from time to time and in the realm of that genre Cream is definitly one of the Classics! Disraeli Gears is the second album by Cream, but its probably the best one.

Heres a little story about the album title… The title of the album was taken from an inside joke. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle and was discussing it with Ginger Baker, when a roadie named Mick Turner commented, “it’s got them Disraeli Gears”, meaning to say “derailleur gears,” but instead alluding to 19th Century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. The band thought this was hilarious, and decided that it should be the title of their next album. Had it not been for Mick’s turn of phrase, the album would simply have been entitled “Cream.”

With vinyl this old I dont know how you can know if its a first press beyond taking the word of the seller. Does anyone know of any websites that might have pressing info on 60′s-70′s vinyl?

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