Disc one: In the Studio
1. White Room
2. Sitting on Top of the World
3. Passing the Time
4. As You Said
5. Pressed Rat and Warthog
6. Politician
7. Those Were the Days
8. Born Under a Bad Sign
9. Deserted Cities of the Heart
10. Anyone for Tennis
11. Sitting on Top of the World (alt. mix)
12. As You Said (alt. mix)
13. Passing the Time (alt. mix)
Code: Select all
https://we.tl/t-4SAQn7PlvR1. Crossroads - 10 March 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show)
2. Spoonful - 10 March 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show)
3. Traintime - 8 March 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show)
4. Toad - 7 March 1968 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA. (2nd show)
Code: Select all
https://we.tl/t-iwZ2NOGweFEric Clapton – guitar, vocals;
Ginger Baker – drums, percussion, bells, glockenspiel, typanic, spoken word on "Pressed Rat and Warthog";
Felix Pappalardi – viola, bells, organ, trumpet, tonette
The bonus tracks are slightly different mixes of a few of the studio songs on "Wheels". They were ultimately rejected by Tom Dowd in favor of the released mixes.
Side 1 tracks 1 and 3 and Side 2 tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the studio album were processed with the Haeco-CSG system. Also processed was "Anyone For Tennis", which was recorded at the same sessions and appears on some versions of the album. Haeco-CSG was intended to make stereo recordings that were fully compatible with mono playback equipment. The unfortunate side effect is that it "blurs" the stereo imaging of musical parts mixed to the phantom centre channel. Using modern digital audio processing software it is possible to reverse the Haeco-CSG effect and restore the original intended sound quality.
Steve Hoffman did NOT fix the CSG process, all he did was give the midrange a boost to make the vocals stand out and he tried to make the bass less muddy and stand out more, which he succeeded in doing. All the other flaws like crackles and pops and CSG were kept in, however. Indeed, he "fixed what was not broken" and left in plain view what WAS broken. The improved results speak for themselves immensely, IMO.
Code: Select all
https://we.tl/t-ctEoRwrfAA