The opening acts for the concert were future progressive rock stars Yes, who were just starting out, and Taste, an Irish trio led by Rory Gallagher.

The visuals are even worse, with director Tony Palmer jerking the camera around as if this were an episode of NYPD Blue, layering the picture with dated and distracting psychedelic light effects, and providing far too many close-ups of Bruce's teeth (and almost no wide shots of the entire band).

In fact, in several songs, including during Ginger Baker's drum solo, he seems to change clothes at lightning speed due to careless post-editing, as well as Eric Clapton playing two different guitars.

[citation needed] Ginger Baker himself has lashed out in an interview against the Farewell Concert video, stating: "Cream was so much better than that."

Nonetheless, most Cream fans regard the actual performance with great enthusiasm, disregarding the poor quality of the video.