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Fresh Cream was released in the UK on 9 December 1966, as the first LP on the Reaction Records label, owned by producer Robert Stigwood. It was released in both mono and stereo versions, at the same time as the release of the single "I Feel Free". [7] Interest in the supergroup's first album was intense, and it peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums ...
The members of Cream were described by Richie Unterberger of AllMusic as "[yearning] to break free of the confines of the standard rock/R&B/blues group". He described the band's first album Fresh Cream as " electrified and amped -up traditional blues", and described the band's second album Disraeli Gears as "invigorating, sometimes beguiling ...
"I Feel Free" was released in the UK by Reaction Records as the group's second single and reached number 11 on the singles chart. In the US, Atco Records issued it as their debut single as well as the opening track on the group's first album, Fresh Cream (1966).
Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and bassist/singer Jack Bruce. While together they released four albums , the last two being partly recorded live in concert, and ten singles .
Fresh Cream: 1966 [6] "Sitting on Top of the World" [d] Walter Vinson Lonnie Chatmon arr. Chester Burnett ‡ Wheels of Fire: 1968 [2] "Sleepy Time Time" Jack Bruce Janet Godfrey: Fresh Cream: 1966 [10] "Spoonful" [e] † Willie Dixon ‡ Fresh Cream: 1966 [10] "Strange Brew" † Eric Clapton Felix Pappalardi Gail Collins: Disraeli Gears: 1967 ...
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.
Best of Cream was noteworthy upon its release as the first American album to contain Cream's studio recording of "Spoonful". Although included in international versions of Cream's 1966 debut album Fresh Cream, the song was deleted from Atco's initial U.S. release of the album, and replaced with the band's first hit single "I Feel Free".
The unedited studio version made its US album debut on the Best of Cream compilation in 1969. Cream frequently played "Spoonful" in concert, and the song evolved beyond the blues-rock form of the 1966 recording into a vehicle for extended improvised soloing influenced by the San Francisco music scene of the late 1960s.