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Fresh Cream: 1966 [6] "The Clearout" Jack Bruce Pete Brown: Disraeli Gears (Deluxe Edition) 2004 [7] "The Coffee Song" Tony Colton Ray Smith Fresh Cream (Reissue) 1983 [8] "Crossroads" (live) † Robert Johnson arr. Eric Clapton: Wheels of Fire: 1968 [9] "Dance the Night Away" Jack Bruce Pete Brown: Disraeli Gears: 1967 [4] "Deserted Cities of ...
"Toad" is an instrumental by British rock band Cream and was released on their 1966 debut album, Fresh Cream. Composed by drummer Ginger Baker, the piece is a five-minute drum solo (with a brief guitar and bass introduction and ending). Although drum solos are common in jazz, "Toad" is one of the earliest recorded by a rock group.
Another song, "Politician", was written by the band while waiting to perform live at the BBC. [14] The album's second disc included three live recordings from the Winterland Ballroom and one from the Fillmore. Clapton's second solo from "Crossroads" has made it to the top 20 in multiple "greatest guitar solo" lists. [23] [24]
This album comprises four live tracks recorded in 1968 and one studio track "Lawdy Mama" from 1967. The instrumental track for "Lawdy Mama" is the same as heard on "Strange Brew" with a different vocal and guitar solo by Eric Clapton. Live Cream hit No. 15 on the Billboard 200, [5] No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, [6] and No. 10 on the Finnish ...
Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream is a 1983 compilation album by the British rock band Cream. ... Jack Bruce - Bass guitar, lead vocals on tracks 4-6 & 9-12, ...
Best of Cream. Released: 24 October 1969; UK Label: Polydor (583 060) US Label: Atco SD 33-291; Format: stereo LP; 6 6 6 10 29 — 3 BPI: Gold [19] RIAA: Gold [10] 1972 Heavy Cream. Released: 9 October 1972; UK Label: Polydor (2659 022) US Label: Polydor PD-3502; Format: stereo double LP — — — — — — 135 1973 Cream Off the Top ...
For the second disc, Felix Pappalardi chose "Traintime" because it featured Jack Bruce's singing and harmonica playing, "Toad" because it featured Ginger Baker's lengthy drum solo, while "Spoonful" and "Crossroads" were used to showcase Eric Clapton's guitar work. [4] All four songs had been a part of their set list since the band's beginnings ...
It was the first Cream single on which he sang lead. Unlike the group's previous single, "I Feel Free", no promotional video was made for the song, but the band mimed to it on television on the German program Beat Club on 19 May 1967. [6] The song later appeared on the soundtrack of the 1979 feature film, More American Graffiti.