Could not see any news about this, sorry if I missed it. So finally we get a nice lavish live 1968 Cream Farewell tour box. Final Tour 1968: 4CD Boxset + Exclusive Print
I'm going to be the first to say it but where is the vinyl - I guess it would be at least 4 double LPs but I would be in for it.
The set features 36 tracks of which 29 are issued for the first time. This historic collection was produced by Bill Levenson. The Oakland Coliseum, Los Angeles Forum and San Diego Sports Arena concerts were mastered from the original 1968 analog mix reels by Kevin Reeves at Universal Mastering, Nashville, TN. The Royal Albert Hall concert was mastered from the original 1968 analog transfer reels by Jason NeSmith at Chase Park Transduction, Athens, GA.
My first thought was the Empress Valley from a few years ago. You'd like to think this will be an upgrade over the bootleg, but that isn't always the case. I seem to remember some discussion around whether the EV release was from a lossy source, I wonder if it was a leak of this set?
I don’t see this listed on other sites yet. Exclusive print could refer to the accompanying printed matter.
Prints, lithographs, graphics, all the newest add-ons, meant to sweeten the pot for old folks that like to frame and hang things on their walls. The Warner Brothers James Taylor box has 2 out of 3. The Band S/T box has lithographs. Art.
While the boot sound was spectacular for the US concerts, the sound of the Royal Albert Hall was terrible, apparently taken from the mono film soundtrack - getting the soundboard multis on this will make it worthwhile.
The first 3 concerts on the unofficial version had pretty good sound quality. The RAH concert was terrible. Edit - lou beat me to it.