Cream: Discography (AAD. Dennis Drake Mastering)

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One of the first supergroups of rock, Cream sold over 15 million albums during their brief career. Their psychedelic blues-rock is best remembered through classics like "Sunshine of your Love" and "White Room".

Cream were formed in 1966 by guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. The members of the band were already established musicians, said by some to be the 'cream of… Read more in Amazon's Cream Store

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Cream were a 1960s British blues-rock band and supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer/vocalist Ginger Baker. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing with the voice and basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Baker. Wheels of Fire was the world's first platinum-selling double album. Cream is widely regarded as being the world's first notable and functioning supergroup.

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1.  Fresh Cream

Label: PolyGram
Catalog N°: 827 576-2
Release: 1966
Flacs - 284mb, mp3 - 81mb, scans - 5mb

Major Album of the 1960s. Buy It., September 25, 2005

By	B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold"

This review is from: Fresh Cream (Audio CD)

`Fresh Cream', the first of, I believe, four major albums by the first and most famous `supergroup' opened the second act of the great British Invasion of ROCK in the 1960s. I still remember running across the original vinyl album in the Johns Hopkins University bookstore as I was dedicating myself to a mastery of knowledge of the rock universe, at the expense of my studies and various other trappings of middle class American civilization. At the time, I was not familiar with the names of the three principles, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. But, I was pulled in by the blurbs on the album jacket proclaiming these lads to be the cream of the crop of English bluesmen.

Tracklisting:
1. I Feel Free 
2. N.S.U.
3. Sleepy Time Time
4. Dreamingu
5. Sweet Wine
6. Spoonful
7. Cat's Squirrel
8. Four Until Late
9. Rollin' and Tumblin'
10. I'm So Glad
11. Toad
12. The Cofee Song
13. Wrapping Paper

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2.  Disraeli Gears

Label: PolyGram
Catalog N°: 823 636-2
Release: 1967
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When Cream came screaming across the music scene, June 12, 2006

By	loce_the_wizard

  Forged from technical expertise and personal animosity---remember Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce were at war with one another back then---Cream came screaming across the music scene of the late '60s as a powerhouse that demanded to be heard.  "Sunshine of Your Love," "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" and "We're Going Wrong" are perhaps the best known tracks on a stellar album, though "World of Pain" and "Dance the Night Away" may best represent the prevailing vibe of the time.
  Though he did not write much of the material and what he did write tended to be eccentric, Ginger Baker clearly powered this trio with his amazing time signatures and ability to match Bruce or Clapton's inventiveness. Jack Bruce seemed to be in his element here: solid, clean bass lines and gutty vocals. Eric Clapton was on a mission back then, and his inspired work throughout this recording lives up to any hype.
  If you only buy one Cream recording (excluding the artifical anthologies and best of's), I think this is the one to have for it is more mature than "Fresh Cream" and largely lacks the excesses that marred parts of "Wheels of Fire." The weaker tracks, such as Blue Condition, have not improved with age, however.

 

Tracklisting:

1. Strange Brew
2. Sunshine of Your Love
3. World of Pain
4. Dance the Night Away
5. Blue Condition
6. Tales of Brave Ulysses
7. Swlabr
8. We're Going Wrong
9. Outside Woman Blues
10. Take It Back
11. Mother's Lament

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3. Wheels Of Fire. 2CD

Label: PolyGram
Catalog N°: 827 578-2
Release: 1968
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An Icon of Improvisational Rock and Roll, March 16, 2004

By	K. Oda "tkoart"

If you play, or have ever wanted to play, improvisational rock and roll, you must have this album. From a musical standpoint, this ranks as among the handful of most influential rock records ever made. Even now, more than 35 years after its making, it is a breathtaking tour de force of musical power and creativity.I can't think of any live rock recording that comes close to matching the quality of simultaneous improvisation captured on disc 2 of Wheels of Fire. Many people think of Cream as Eric Clapton's band, but disc 2 proves it was a trio of three equally superb musicians. The 16-minute long "Spoonful" jam features a brilliant interplay of guitar (Clapton), drums (Ginger Baker), and bass (Jack Bruce) that builds to climax after climax.
It's hard to communicate now how revolutionary Eric Clapton's guitar work was in the late 1960s...

Tracklisting:

 

Disc: 1
1. White Room
2. Sitting On Top Of The World
3. Passing theTime
4. As You Said
5. Pressed Rat And Warthog
6. Politician
7. Those Were The Days
8. Born Under A Bad Sign
9. Deserted Cities Of The Heart
Disc: 2
1. Crossroads
2. Spoonful
3. Traintime
4. Toad

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4. Goodbye

 

Label: PolyGram
Catalog N°: 823 660-2 Y-1
Release: 1969

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I disagree: a GREAT album, May 10, 2005

By	Samuel B. King "Sam King"

I respectfully disagree with another reviewer about the dubious quality of "Doing that scrapyard thing" and "What a bringdown". Scrapyard is one of my favourite Cream songs, a classic '60s Monty Pythonesque music hall jaunt reminiscent of Beatles offerings like "Lady Madonna". Great leslie enhanced guitar on this one. Is that Felix Papallardi on keyboards? What a bringdown is a great Baker(?) song. The bridge is classic Jack on vocals. In fact the three studio songs were at the time considered on a par with each other (Badge, of course, gaining wide popularity over time). The lack of soloing on Scrapyard and Bringdown give an indication of perhaps a more ensemble approach which could have developed (ala the Band or Traffic). The politician and sitting on top versions on this album are outstanding, as is I'm so glad...

Tracklisting:

 

1. I'm So Glad [Live]
2. Politician [Live]
3. Sitting on Top of the World [Live]
4. Badge
5. Doing That Scrapyard Thing
6. What a Bringdown
7. Anyone For Tennis

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5. Live Cream

 

Label: PolyGram
Catalog N°: 827 577-2 Y-1
Release: 1970

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Cream playing at their best which means playing live and improvisin', December 31, 2005

By	Lawrance M. Bernabo

Cream was basically a power trio that went super nova, which is pretty easy to do when you have Eric Clapton on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass, and Ginger Baker on drums. Their first album came out in 1966 and by the time their fourth album "Goodbye" came out in 1969 they had already disbanded. But one thing they proved with those four albums was that they were better on stage than they were in the studio, which explains why half the tracks on the last two albums were recorded live. Their last album was also their most successful, making it to #2 on the Billboard album chart, which explains why the next year their label came out with this album. ...

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1. N.S.U.
2. Sleepy Time Time
3. Sweet Wine
4. Rollin' and Tumblin'
5. Lawdy Mama
6. What a Bringdown

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6.  Live Cream Volume II

Label: PolyGram
Catalog N°: 823 661-2 Y-1
Release: 1972

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Powerful and Inspiring!, October 8, 2004

By	P. McKenna "theowlwatches"

  This was one of the reasons I started playing guitar!
  Released a few years after the band broke up, it never failed to show why Cream had the stellar reputation it did. Without studio sweetening, these tracks stand up beautifully in a live environment.
  The combination of Ginger Baker's liberally jazz-inflected drumming, Jack Bruce's roaring, snarling yet melodic bass and Clapton's soulful blues phrasing cranked up to 11 was enough to get my attention at a young age and stuck with me ever since. ...

Tracklisting:

 

1. Deserted Cities of the Heart
2. White Room

3. Politician

4. Tales of Brave Ulysses

5. Sunshine of Your Love

6. Steppin' Out           

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