Easily the biggest hype in rock's first couple of decades, Blind Faith was the original supergroup. Pieced together by mogul Robert Stigwood (RSO Records) from members of Traffic (Steve Winwood), Cream (Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker), and Family (Rick Grech), Blind Faith cut one self-titled album and slunk off to their respective solo careers. Blind Faith (1969) is certainly a good record - a milestone in the road to progressive rock - but it's also indulgent in the worst 60's sort-of way. For me it boils down to three great songs - Winwood's "Sea Of Joy" and "Can't Find My Way Home" and Clapton's "Presence Of The Lord" - and some stultifying filler.

If you buy a lot of Clapton or Winwood - including their respective boxed sets, Crossroads and The Finer Things - you'll probably end up with those three songs without buying Blind Faith. For the faithful, the whole album was remastered in 2001. The single-disc version is a straight reissue with the censored, American cover; the double-disc version is a special edition, including the naughty English cover (pictured) and an embarrassment of bonus tracks - nearly triple the running time of the original release!