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Wheels of Fire (1968)

 

 


Track List

Album 1: In the Studio

  1. White Room (Bruce/Brown)(RM 227K)
  2. Sitting On Top of the World
    (C. Burnett)
  3. Passing the Time (Baker/Taylor)
  4. As You Said (Bruce/Brown)(RM 211K)
  5. Pressed Rat and Warthog (Baker/Taylor)
  6. Politician (Bruce/Brown)(RM 169K)
  7. Those Were the Days (Baker/Taylor)
  8. Born Under a Bad Sign (Jones/Bell)
  9. Deserted Cities of the Heart (Bruce/Brown)(RM 237K)
  10. * Anyone for Tennis (Clapton/Sharp) (CD Bonus Track)

Album 2: Live

  1. Crossroads (Johnson, arr. Clapton)(RM 237K)
  2. Spoonful (Dixon)
  3. Traintime (Bruce)
  4. Toad (Baker)

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Wheels of Fire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

In 1 month Wheels of Fire sold more copies than the Bible had sold in the past several years.

 

 

 


Jack Bruce:
Basses, vocals (CD1: 1-4, 6-9 CD2: 2, 3), harmonica (CD2: 3), cellos (CD1: 4, 9), acoustic guitars (4, 9), Calliope (CD1: 3), recorder (CD1: 5)

Eric Clapton: Guitars (except for CD1: 4), vocals (CD1: 3, 7 CD2: 1)

Ginger Baker: Drums, tympani (CD1: 1), vocals (CD1: 5), glockenspiel (CD1: 3), high hat (CD1: 4), marimba & tubular bells (CD1: 7), tambourine (CD1: 8)

Felix Pappalardi: Violas (CD1: 1, 9), organ pedals (CD1: 3), trumpet & tonette (CD1: 5), Swiss hand bells (CD1: 7)

Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Engineered by Tom Dowd & Adrian Barber (CD1), Bill Halverson (CD2)