Product Description

On guitar: Eric Clapton. Lead singer and bass guitarist: Jack Bruce. On drums: Ginger Baker. Their motto: "Forget the message, forget the lyrics, and just play." Their name: Cream. For two glorious years, Cream's high-volume blues, jamming and extended solos blazed a path into rock history. But the time to part had come, and all that remained was one wild, unforgettable concert. Now you are there, on November 26, 1968, inside London's illustrious Royal Albert Hall, jammed to its gilded rafters with rock fans ready for the final concert of what many still consider the greatest band that ever played. Includes rare off-stage interviews with each band member. 48 minutes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91998 in DVD
• Released on: 1999-10-12
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 48 minutes

Customer Reviews

Worth the price
I agree totally with "Fast Eddie". Yes, the production and film quality sucks. But it's pretty typical of what (and who) was available to document rock bands in 1968. Most weren't very professional. But if you're a Cream fan (and I have been since 1968) what you get is well worth the cheap price asked for this video. This band stands alone as a unique icon. There is very little documenting it, especially period stuff of any quality. These are not the folks who became billionaires and household names. If you want high quality production - buy the Albert Hall DVD. It'll gives you goosebumps all over. EC just keeps gettin' better... They've all still got it.

dissapointed too :(
I just had to see for myself and many of the reviews were right, bad! Sound picture and there was interuptions all through-out what was surpose to be a concert. I didn't pay much so if you want this DVD do not pay much for it. I love the fact that you can look at peoples reviews, it really helps with my sellections! Hope this helps yours

An awesome performance ruined by 60-year old BBC hacks who were ignorant about rock music.
If you take one look at this documentary you will see exactly why Monty Python came along and mercilessly parodied this type of documentary filmmaking/interviewing (most well shown on their famous Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson sketch). It is atrocious. I don't want to hear a 60-year old English man lecture me about improvisation, Cream's sound, Ginger Baker's style or the blues. I have known about these things for years. As historically interesting as they may be, I don't want to see some interviews with Eric, Jack and Ginger talking about what schools they went to, how play their instruments or how they write songs. And most depressing of all, I don't want to see some ludicrously dated-looking Lava effects instead of the band. No dedicated Cream fan wants to.

I will say that the performance footage is interesting to some degree, but the camera work isn't very good and even when he's soloing, EC isn't even shown on most occaisons. The best close-up I saw of him was that of his butt! The camera was literally fixated on his rear end for about two minutes while he was taking a solo. To add insult to injury, the sound quality is, (to be charitable) poor for a supposedly professionally-shot documentary. I have bootlegs of this concert that sound better than this. Where's Martin Scorsese when you need him? Unfortunately, he wasn't directing films in 1968, so oh well. The only reason for you to buy this is if you're a completist and/or curious.