Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce,guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist,although Clapton and Baker contributed to songs. Formed by members of previously successful bands,they are widely considered the first supergroup. Cream were highly regarded for the instrumental proficiency of each of their members.
Wheels of Fire is the third album by the British rock band Cream. It was released in the US in June 1968 as a two-disc vinyl LP,with one disc recorded in the studio and the other recorded live. It was released in the UK on August 9. It reached number three in the United Kingdom and number one in the United States,Canada and Australia,becoming the world's first platinum-selling double album. In May 2012,Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 205 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was voted number 757 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).
Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by the British rock band Cream. It was released in November 1967 and reached No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart.,and No. 1 on the Swedish and Finnish charts. The album was also No. 1 for two weeks on the Australian album chart and was listed as the No. 1 album of 1968 by Cash Box in the year-end album chart in the United States. The album features the singles "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love",as well as their respective B-sides "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "SWLABR".
"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream. With elements of hard rock and psychedelia,it is one of Cream's best known and most popular songs. Cream bassist and vocalist Jack Bruce based it on a distinctive bass riff he developed after attending a Jimi Hendrix concert. Guitarist Eric Clapton and lyricist Pete Brown later contributed to the song and drummer Ginger Baker plays a distinctive tom-tom drum rhythm.
"White Room" is a song by British rock band Cream,composed by bassist Jack Bruce with lyrics by poet Pete Brown. They recorded it for the studio half of the 1968 double album Wheels of Fire. In September,a shorter US single edit was released for AM radio stations,although album-oriented FM radio stations played the full album version. The subsequent UK single release in January 1969 used the full-length album version of the track.
"I Feel Free" is a song first recorded by the British rock band Cream. The lyrics were written by Pete Brown,with the music by Jack Bruce. The song showcases the band's musical diversity,effectively combining blues rock with psychedelic pop.
"Badge" is a song written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison,and recorded by British rock music group Cream on their final album,Goodbye. Also issued as a single in March 1969,"Badge" peaked at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart and number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"Wonderful Tonight" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand which is his most popular album. Clapton wrote the song on his 1974 Martin D-28 guitar about Pattie Boyd. The female vocal harmonies on the song are provided by Marcella Detroit and Yvonne Elliman. The song is his most popular download on Spotify with more than 480,000 streams.
Live Cream is a live compilation album by the British rock band Cream,released in 1970. 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.
Strange Brew:The Very Best of Cream is a 1983 compilation album by the British rock band Cream.
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 released on Wheels of Fire,Goodbye,and the two Live Cream volumes of 1970 and 1972. The title is taken from the song written by Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor,released on Wheels of Fire in 1968.
Gold is a two-disc compilation album by the British rock band Cream,released in 2005 to help celebrate the band's reunion at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a part of the larger Gold series.
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" is a song recorded in 1967 by British group Cream. It was released as the B-side to the "Strange Brew" single in June 1967. In November,the song was included on Cream's second album,Disraeli Gears. The song features one of the earliest uses of a wah-wah pedal,which guitarist Eric Clapton plays throughout the song. Cream's song "White Room" copies the chord progression to a large extent.
"SWLABR" is a song recorded by the British rock band Cream in 1967. It first appeared on the album Disraeli Gears (1967). Later,the song was the B-side to Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" single.
The Cream of Clapton is an Eric Clapton compilation album released in 1995. Additionally,the European and U.S.-versions have a different track listings. The European version had already been released as The Best of Eric Clapton in 1991,though without the track "I Can't Stand It".
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. Since breaking up there have been five albums of music recorded live in concert,and 10 compilation albums.
"It's in the Way That You Use It" is a song which was written by the English rock musician Eric Clapton in collaboration with The Band's guitarist and composer Robbie Robertson. The song was recorded and performed by Eric Clapton,who released the track under licence of Warner Bros. Records as the second of four singles from his 1986 studio album August in March 1987. The song,which is used as the theme tune to the Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money,was produced by Eric Clapton himself with the help of Tom Dowd,who acted as the assistant producer. The release sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.
Best of Cream is a compilation album of material recorded from 1966 to 1968 by the rock band Cream,and released shortly after their disbanding. The album was originally released by Cream's U.S. label Atco (Atlantic) Records,and was available on that label during the years 1969–1972. The album was briefly reissued in the U.S. in 1977 by RSO/Polydor Records,to whom U.S. distribution rights for Cream's recordings had reverted by that time. A re-release was pressed in 2014 by Polydor on 180g vinyl.
"Hey Lawdy Mama" is a Piedmont blues song recorded by Buddy Moss in 1934. The song became popular among jazz musicians with early recordings by Count Basie and Louis Armstrong. In 1943,a version recorded by Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy,with vocals by June Richmond,was a hit,reaching number four on the Billboard R&B chart.
"Anyone for Tennis (The Savage Seven Theme)" is a song by the British rock band Cream. It was used as the theme song for the 1968 film The Savage Seven.
