The trio of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer extraordinaire (and band founder) Ginger Baker earned a reputation for fiery live performances rife with improvised blues-based jams (epitomized by Willie Dixon's "Spoonful") that could last half an hour. Two of this set's four discs are devoted to live Cream, showcasing prowess and interplay so powerful as to overshadow its occasional lapses into self-indulgence. Clapton admirers more familiar with his latter-day laid-back persona may be shocked at the incendiary musician showcased on these live cuts. Cream progressed over the course of its three and a half studio records (included here in their entirety). Electric blues evolution was their forte, but they also captured sounds that were moody and acoustic-tinged ("As You Said," "Passing the Time"), music-hall-influenced ("Mother's Lament," "Wrapping Paper"), and progressively poetic ("Deserted Cities of the Heart," "Pressed Rat and Warthog").

1. Wrapping Paper
   
2. I Feel Free
   
3. N.S.U.
   
4. Sleepy Time Time
   
5. Dreaming
   
6. Sweet Wine
   
7. Spoonful
   
8. Cat's Squirrel
   
9. Four Until Late
   
10. Rollin' And Tumblin'
    
11. I'm So Glad
    
12. Toad
    
13. Lawdy Mama
    
14. Strange Brew
    
15. Sunshine Of Your Love
    
16. World Of Pain
    
17. Dance The Night Away
    
18. Blue Condition
    
19. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
    
20. Swlabr
    
21. We're Going Wrong
    
22. Outside Woman Blues
    
23. Take It Back
    
24. Mother's Lament
    

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. Badge
    
12. Doing That Scrapyard Thing
    
13. What A Bringdown
    
14. The Coffee Song
    
15. Lawdy Mama
    
16. You Make Me Feel
    
17. We're Going Wrong
    
18. Hey Now Princess
    
19. Swlabr
    
20. Weird Of Hermiston
    
21. The Clearout
    
22. Falstaff Beer Commercial
    

1. N.S.U.
   
2. Sleepy Time Time
   
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
   
4. Crossroads
   
5. Spoonful
   
6. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
   
7. Sunshine Of Your Love
   
8. Sweet Wine
   

1. White Room
   
2. Politician
   
3. I'm So Glad
   
4. Sitting on Top Of The World
   
5. Stepping Out
   
6. Traintime
   
7. Toad
   
8. Deserted Cities Of The Heart
   
9. Sunshine Of Your Love