Blind Faith

Born out of the ashes of supergroup Cream, Blind Faith's live debut will be released on the DVD "London Hyde Park 1969,"

due April 10 in Europe and the following month in North America via Sanctuary. The DVD features renditions of all six tracks

from the group's lone self-titled studio album, which had not even been released at the time of the show.

"Beautiful summer afternoon, loads of people -- well over 100,000," drummer Ginger Baker recalls to Billboard.com. "Happy,

relaxed, laid back gig -- not loud on stage. Just pleasant volume unlike [the] preceding band I played with."

Ex Cream members Baker and Eric Clapton united with ex-Spencer Davis and Traffic singer/keyboardist Steve Winwood plus

Family bassist Rick Grech. Although Clapton's main inspiration for forming the group was to move away from Cream's endless

live soloing, "London Hyde Park 1969" has its fair share of jamming, including the drum solo showcase "Do What You Like."

Also featured are covers of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb," Traffic's "Means to an End" and the blues standard

"Sleeping in the Ground." Vintage performances from Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Cream round out the package.

The majority of the tracks still hold up well for Baker after all these years. "My favorite tracks are 'Sea of Joy',

'Can't Find My Way Home,' 'Presence of the Lord' and 'Had to Cry Today' -- all four are classics," Baker says. "If Blind

Faith had not been such a brief thing, would probably all have been released as singles. Great shame."

After their live debut at Hyde Park, Blind Faith soldiered on for a U.S. tour of arenas, which was met with riots and

clashes between fans and police on several occasions. The group quietly disbanded afterwards, with its members going on to

other projects.

Despite the release of DVD, Baker rules out any chance of a Blind Faith reunion. "Rick Grech died many years ago [in

1990]," he notes. "I just come out of retirement for short periods. I'm pretty much crippled with arthritis -- playing is a

very painful experience for me."