CREAM Disraeli Gears Art Print Lithograph Eric Clapton HAND SIGNED Martin Sharp

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This lithograph was produced in 1990 by Record Art and later distributed by MUSICOM. This is a print from the artist edition, featuring the hand signature of iconic artist Martin Sharp in pencil. Come with COA and our guarantee of authenticity. We purchased this print from the distributer in 2001. Please message us with any questions. Item will be shipped double-tubed and insured for it's full value.
Disraeli Gears
is the second studio album by the British
rock
band
Cream
. It was released in November 1967
[1]
and went on to reach No. 5 on the
UK Albums Chart
.
[2]
and No. 1 on the Finnish charts. The album was also No. 1 for two weeks on the
Australian album chart
and was listed as the No. 1 album of 1968 by
Cash Box
in the year-end album chart in the United States. The album is considered by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. The album features the singles "
Strange Brew
" and "
Sunshine of Your Love
", as well as their respective B-sides "
Tales of Brave Ulysses
" and "
SWLABR
".
The cover art was created by Australian artist
Martin Sharp
who lived in the same building as Clapton,
The Pheasantry
in
Chelsea
. Sharp would go on to create the artwork to Cream's next album
Wheels of Fire
and co-wrote the songs "
Tales of Brave Ulysses
" and
The Savage Seven
movie theme "Anyone for Tennis" with Clapton. The photography was by
Bob Whitaker
, known for his work for
the Beatles
, including the controversial
Yesterday and Today
"butcher" cover. Most of the photographs were taken in July 1967, with shoots in London's Hyde Park as well as in the Scottish Highlands. Some of the images were shot on
Ben Nevis
, the tallest mountain in the British isles. The photos show a clean-shaven Clapton with a bouffant,
permed hairstyle
. By the time of the album's release in November, however, he was letting his hair grow out straight and had grown a moustache.
The front cover consists of a psychedelic collage with the title centred and band name below, surrounded by a floral arrangement. Martin Sharp was attempting to capture the sound of the music in the cover, which he describes as a "warm fluorescent sound":
[9]
I got hold of a publicity shot and cut it up, along with cutouts from various books, laid the pieces out and stuck them together as a collage on a 12-inch square. I did some drawing outlines, and then painted all over it with fluorescent inks and paints of the time. I really wanted to capture that warm, electric sound of their music in the colours and expression of the cover. On my way to England, I'd gone (to
Cambodia
). And in one of the towns I visited, there were these amazing sculptures with faces on each side, and huge trees growing out on top… Over the years, these great trees had taken root and grown. I suppose I thought that was a bit like the band: where you could see three faces, and the music coming out of their heads.
[10]
The cover art was later used for the compilation
Those Were the Days
.