There is some great news for Cream fans early next year. February 2020 will see the release of ‘Goodbye Tour’, a four disc live anthology bringing together recordings from the legendary trio’s final live dates. The set will include nineteen tracks previously unavailable on CD, including nine from The Royal Albert Hall, previously only available on DVD.
Although the new box set replicates the original ‘Goodbye’ album artwork, since it only features live recordings, it does not replicate the whole of the original ‘Goodbye’ album from 1969. The three studio tracks – ‘Badge’, ‘Doing That Scrapyard Thing’ and ‘What A Bringdown’ can still be found on another essential Cream box set, 2008’s ‘Those Were The Days’.
The box set will take the large 12×12 format, following the design set by the previous ‘Fresh Cream’ box. A detailed accompanying book will include liner notes from Rolling Stone’s David Fricke.
The confirmed tracklist for the box set is as follows:
Disc One: October 4, 1968 – Oakland Coliseum, Oakland (all tracks previously unreleased, except *)
01. White Room 6.19*
02. Politician 5.22*
03. Crossroads 3.57
04. Sunshine Of Your Love 5.35
05. Spoonful 16.47
06. Deserted Cities Of The Heart 5.26*
07. Passing The Time 10.40
08. I’m So Glad 7.07
[Tracks 1, 2 & 5 originally released on ‘Live Cream, Volume II’]
Disc Two: October 19, 1968 – Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles (all tracks previously unreleased except *)
01. Introduction by Buddy Miles 1:39
02. White Room 6.53
03. Politician 6.41*
04. I’m So Glad 9.37*
05. Sitting On Top Of The World 4.53*
06. Crossroads 4.25
07. Sunshine Of Your Love 6.27
08. Traintime 8.11
09. Toad 12.55
10. Spoonful 17.27*
[Tracks 3-5 originally released on ‘Goodbye’; Track 10 originally released on Eric Clapton ‘A Life In 12 Bars’
Disc Three: October 20, 1968 – San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego (all tracks previously unreleased)
01. White Room 6.42
02. Politician 6.26
03. I’m So Glad 7.53
04. Sitting On Top Of The World 5.45
05. Sunshine Of Your Love 5.13
06. Crossroads 4.13
07. Traintime 9.39
08. Toad 14.03
09. Spoonful 9.12
Disc Four: CREAM Farewell Concert November 26, 1968 – Royal Albert Hall, London (all tracks first-time release on CD)
01. White Room 8.02
02. Politician 6.37
03. I’m So Glad 6.53
04. Sitting On Top Of The World 5.06
05. Crossroads 5.03
06. Toad 11.22
07. Spoonful 15.47
08. Sunshine Of Your Love 8.37
09. Steppin’ Out 5.02
this is great news. along with the recent band of gypys f.e. box this completes my holy grail of live shows. now lets get the march 68 fillmore west and winterland shows out complete.
Hear, hear! We’d be up for that!