SWLABR

"SWLABR"
Single by Cream
from the album Disraeli Gears
A-side	"Sunshine of Your Love"
Released	December 1967;[1] September 1968 (British Release)[2]
Recorded	May 1967 at Atlantic Studios, New York City[3]
Genre	Psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length	2:34
Label	Reaction (UK) Atco 6544 (US) Polydor (EUR)
Writer(s)	Pete Brown, Jack Bruce
Producer(s)	Felix Pappalardi
Cream singles chronology
"Strange Brew" (1966) "Sunshine of Your Love" (1967) "Anyone for Tennis" (1968)
Music sample "SWLABR"

"SWLABR" is a song by British rock band Cream from their 1967 album Disraeli Gears and later released as the B-side to the single "Sunshine of Your Love". The lyrics were written by Pete Brown,^[4] and the music was composed by Jack Bruce.

Song title and lyrical meaning

The song's title is an initialism for "She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow",^[4] although Jack Bruce once acknowledged^[5] that the W stood for "Was" rather than "Walks". This alternative title was also referenced by Pete Brown in a 2006 interview.^[6]

1967 ATCO U.S. 45 single, 45-6544.

Compilation appearances

SWLABR was released on the following compilation albums by Cream:

• Best of Cream
• Heavy Cream
• Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream
• The Very Best of Cream
• Those Were the Days
• Gold

A live version of "SWLABR" was released on BBC Sessions and the Deluxe Edition of Disraeli Gears. A four-minute outtake also appeared on the Disraeli Gears Deluxe Edition.

Personnel

• Jack Bruce - bass guitar, vocals
• Eric Clapton - guitars
• Ginger Baker - drums

References

1. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/cream/sunshine_of_your_love___swlabr_f4/|Rate Your Music
2. • Discography
3. Disraeli Gears Linear Notes
4. "Lyrics:Disraeli Gears". jackbruce.com. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
5. Interview with disc jockey Steven Seaweed at San Francisco radio station KRQR in the mid 1990s
6. "Cream: Disraeli Gears", Classic Albums on VH1, 3 November 2006

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics