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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 ...
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 .
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).
In early 1967, Cream were writing and rehearsing songs for a second album. Their December 1966 debut album, Fresh Cream, was a mix of updated blues numbers and pop-oriented rock songs. [5] Inspired by recent developments in rock music, the group began pursuing a more overtly psychedelic direction.
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 ...
Those Were the Days is a retrospective compilation of music recorded by the British rock band Cream, released on 23 September 1997.It comprises four compact discs and includes almost every studio track released during the band's active lifetime, with the exception of the original "Passing The Time" from Wheels of Fire, and all but three tracks from the live material recorded in 1968 and ...
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.