Wheels of Fire (super deluxe edition)

~ Release by Cream (see all versions of this release, 33 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media: In the Studio (2026 remaster) 1968 Originally Released CSG Encoded Version and Previously Unreleased Phase Corrected (De‐CSG’d) Version
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1White Room (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1967-07 until 1968-06) and Tom Dowd (from 1967-07 until 1968-06)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
bass:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-07 until 1968-06)
drums (drum set) and percussion and timpani:
Ginger Baker (from 1967-07 until 1968-06)
guitar:
Eric Clapton (from 1967-07 until 1968-06)
viola:
Felix Pappalardi (from 1967-07 until 1968-06)
vocals:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-07 until 1968-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Robert Stigwood Group Ltd. (in 1968), Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968) and Robert Stigwood Organisation Ltd. (in 1969)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1967-07 until 1967-08) and Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1967-09 until 1967-10, from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 368)
recording of:
White Room (from 1967-07 until 1968-06)
writer:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce) and Jack Bruce
publisher:
BG Publishing, Casserole Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
4.25:01
2Sitting on Top of the World (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1967-07 until 1967-09) and Tom Dowd (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
bass:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
drums (drum set):
Ginger Baker (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
guitar:
Eric Clapton (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
vocals:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-07) and Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1967-09)
cover recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett) (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Chappell Morris Ltd.
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Chappell Morris Ltd.
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World
lyricist and composer:
Chester Burnett
44:59
3Passing the Time (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer and engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
bass, calliope and lead vocals:
Jack Bruce
glockenspiel and membranophone:
Ginger Baker
guitar family:
Eric Clapton
organ [pedals]:
Felix Pappalardi
vocals:
Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recording of:
Passing the Time
writer:
Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor (British jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
34:33
4As You Said (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1968-02 until 1968-06) and Tom Dowd (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
acoustic guitar and cello:
Jack Bruce (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
hi-hat:
Ginger Baker (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
vocals:
Jack Bruce (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1968-02, in 1968-06)
recording of:
As You Said (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
34:22
5Pressed Rat and Warthog (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1967-10 until 1968-02) and Tom Dowd (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
bass and recorder:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
drums (drum set) and spoken vocals [recitation]:
Ginger Baker (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
flute [tonette] and trumpet:
Felix Pappalardi (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
guitar:
Eric Clapton (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1967-10, in 1968-02)
recording of:
Pressed Rat and Warthog (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
writer:
Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor (British jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Dratleaf Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
33:15
6Politician (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1967-10 until 1968-02) and Tom Dowd (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
bass:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
drums (drum set):
Ginger Baker (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
guitar:
Eric Clapton (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
vocals:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Robert Stigwood Group Ltd. (in 1968) and Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1967-10, in 1968-02)
recording of:
Politician (from 1967-10 until 1968-02)
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3.54:14
7Those Were the Days (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1968-02 until 1968-06) and Tom Dowd (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
bass and lead vocals:
Jack Bruce (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
drums (drum set), marimba and tubular bells:
Ginger Baker (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
guitar:
Eric Clapton (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
handbell [Swiss hand bells]:
Felix Pappalardi (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
vocals:
Eric Clapton (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1968-02, in 1968-06)
recording of:
Those Were the Days (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
writer:
Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor (British jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
32:55
8Born Under a Bad Sign (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1967-07 until 1967-09) and Tom Dowd (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
bass:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Ginger Baker (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
guitar:
Eric Clapton (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
vocals:
Jack Bruce (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Robert Stigwood Group Ltd. (in 1968) and Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1967-07 until 1967-08) and Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1967-09)
cover recording of:
Born Under a Bad Sign (from 1967-07 until 1967-09)
lyricist:
William Bell
composer:
Booker T. Jones
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
recording of:
Born Under a Bad Sign
lyricist:
William Bell
composer:
Booker T. Jones
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
43:11
9Deserted Cities of the Heart (1968 Haeco-CSG encoded)
recording engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) (from 1968-02 until 1968-06) and Tom Dowd (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Tom Dowd
producer:
Felix Pappalardi
acoustic guitar, bass and cello:
Jack Bruce (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
drums (drum set):
Ginger Baker (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
guitar:
Eric Clapton (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
viola:
Felix Pappalardi (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
vocals:
Jack Bruce (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1968-02, in 1968-06)
recording of:
Deserted Cities of the Heart (from 1968-02 until 1968-06)
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
33:42
10White Room (phase corrected)
recording of:
White Room
writer:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce) and Jack Bruce
publisher:
BG Publishing, Casserole Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
4:59
11Sitting on Top of the World (phase corrected)
recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Chappell Morris Ltd.
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
5:00
12Passing the Time (phase corrected)
recording of:
Passing the Time
writer:
Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor (British jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
4:32
13As You Said (phase corrected)
recording of:
As You Said
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
4:22
14Pressed Rat and Warthog (phase corrected)
recording of:
Pressed Rat and Warthog
writer:
Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor (British jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Dratleaf Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:15
15Politician (phase corrected)
recording of:
Politician
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
4:14
16Those Were the Days (phase corrected)
recording of:
Those Were the Days
writer:
Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor (British jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
2:55
17Born Under a Bad Sign (phase corrected)
recording of:
Born Under a Bad Sign
lyricist:
William Bell
composer:
Booker T. Jones
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
3:11
18Deserted Cities of the Heart (phase corrected)
recording of:
Deserted Cities of the Heart
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
3:40
2▶Digital Media: In the Studio (stereo and mono Reference Reels)
3▶Digital Media: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium & Winterland Ballroom (2026 remaster)
4▶Digital Media: More Live at the Fillmore Auditorium & Winterland Ballroom (2026 remaster)
5▶Digital Media: Rarities (2026 remaster)