mono-stereo Gutted I never made it to Cream. How big was the club in terms of physical size? Was the courtyard actually outside?
I cannot tell you dimensions, although I think there was a plan (architects’ blueprint) in the sleeve of Cream Live 2 (The White Album) IIRC. I think the capacity of the whole club was about 3500. Bear in mind that The Courtyard wasn’t always open, it was often just the Main Room and The Annexe. Each room was pretty big, although the main room seemed massive. The Annexe probably had a big capacity but was like a long and thin shed with a DJ booth at the far end.
I probably went about 15 times and although I was ‘there’ for Oakenfold in the Courtyard, it was usually just rammo so I fucked it off most times tbh and went to The Annexe which usually had someone interesting on. The Courtyard was a sweaty marquee basically, as I recall, you couldn’t budge in there and it was full of Oakey devotees.
