"Strange Brew" (Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi, & Gail Collins) [2:47]

Recorded 3, 4 April 1967 at Atlantic Studios, NYC.

Released as Reaction 591 015 in the UK on 2 June 1967. Charts 8 June 1967. UK #17. (Released as Polydor 59106 in the US.)

Cream: Eric Clapton (guitars, lead vocal), Jack Bruce (bass, backing vocal), and Ginger Baker (drums).

Produced by Felix Pappalardi by arrangement with Robert Stigwood. Thomas Dowd (recording engineer).

Cream. 1967. Disreali Gears. [Polydor UDCD 562] [LP rel Nov 67; UK #5, US #4]

Notes and Quotes

	Section	Meas.	Description	Text
A	Introduction	8	Guitar solo over guitar, bass, and drums.	—
	Refrain	4	Double tracked falsetto vocal over backing track.	a
A	Verse	8	As above.	b
	Refrain	4	As in refrain above.	a
A	Verse	8	As above	c
	Refrain	4	As above	a
B	Verse	8	Guitar	*
	Refrain	4	Guitar	*
A	Verse	8	As in verses above.	d
	Refrain	4	As in refrains above.	a
A	Coda	8	Variation on the music of the verse.	e
	Refrain	4	Regular refrain plus guitar cadence.	a

Text
Strange Brew, kill what's inside of you.	a
She's a witch of trouble in electric blue. In her own mad mind she's in love with you, with you. Now what you gonna do?	b
She's some kind of demon messing in the glue. If you don't watch out he'll stick to you, to you. What kind of fool are you?	c
On a boat in the middle of a raging sea, she would make a scene, for it all to be, ignored. And wouldn't you be bored?	d
Strange brew. Strange brew. Strange brew. Strange brew.	e

Cream	Schedule	Transatlantic Psychedelic Blues
	9-apr-12