White Room
	Produced by Felix Pappalardi
	Released on September 1968
	US CHART POSITION #6 (charted Oct. 5, 1968 for 11 weeks) . . . UK CHART POSITION #28 . . . ROLLING STONE TOP 500 SONGS: #367
	Find it at GEMM
6617 wo. picture sleeve

G reat song, although I’ve always had a softer spot for The Stranglers’ version. This “White Room” is edited down from the elpee version; as far as I can tell, they cut out the verses that followed the first bridge, used the second bridge instead and kept the ending the same (Clapton’s fade-out solo). Since the lyrics didn’t make a whole lot of sense to folks anyway, no harm done. The B side remains untouched from the elpee, a winning number by Ginger Baker that features tubular bells and references to Atlantis. Ah, those were the days indeed. In 1995, a CD single was issued in Japan to coincide with the use of "White Room" in a Nissan television ad. Apparently, Atlantis isn't all we've lost.

TRACK LISTING

1. WHITE ROOM    (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown)    3:04
2. THOSE WERE THE DAYS    (Ginger Baker/Mike Taylor)    2:52
   
   Old Gold track listing
   
1. WHITE ROOM
2. BADGE
   
   CD single track listing
   
1. WHITE ROOM
2. SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE

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