Fresh Cream

Artist: Cream
Label: Universal Japan
Category: Music

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Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988005288837
ASIN: B00005R0V2

Release Date: 2007-05-03

Fresh Cream

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Tracks:

N.S.U.
Sleepy Time Time
Dreaming
Sweet Wine
Spoonful
Cat's Squirrel
Four Until Late
Rollin' and Tumblin'
I'm So Glad
Toad
I Feel Free

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Album Description

Japanese remastered reissue of 1966 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

Great debut and a sign of things to come.......2006-02-25

Cream was formed in june of 1966. The group consisted of 3 musicans: Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals), who gained experience by side of such greats as The Yardbirds or The Bluesbreakers, Jack Bruce (bass, vocals, harmonica) who earlier jammed with Alexis Korner, John Mayall or Manfred Mann, just to mention a few, and Ginger Baker (drums), who was oryginally a jazz player. The group was young, fresh and inspired, so in december of 1966, just 6 months after the band was formed, their debut album Fresh Cream was released. Although time would show that it was not peak of their ambitions and abilities, Cream's debut album is an excellent effort and a blues-rock classic.

Though the band's songwriting abilities were just evolving at the time, They managed to shell out number of excellent tracks. Major songwriter here appears to be Jack Bruce, who co-wrote about half of the tracks with outside musicans. Ginger Baker also threw in some of his creations. And Eric Clapton, though didn't write any songs for the album, helped with arranging blues covers.

The album kicks off with I Feel Free, one of the band's early hits - this song has that psychodelic groove typical for that era - and You can't help but love it. Excellent opener. Next up there is N.S.U. and it features symilar stylings. Powerful and original psychodelic rocker. Sleepy Time Time is relaxing bluesy jam featuring some amazing guitar work. Dreaming, a rather lame attempt at pop, isn't to par up with other bluesy tracks. My least favourite track on the album. Sweet Wine is a great rocker with some more great guitar work. One of the best songs on the album, and of finest Cream's compositions.
Hands down: here we have the classic Spoonful. This song has become a fan favourite, and for a good reason. The band's jamming on this track is priceless. Especially Clapton's guitar work is outstanding. Definately one of the band's strongest tracks.
Cat's Squirell is a nice instrumental, but pales in comparison with other masterpieces on the album. Four Until Late is another blues jam featuring some great harmonica. Rollin' And Tumblin' is a great fast paced furious rocker. I'm So Glad is more pop-oriented that other tracks, but no less excellent. And the closing Toad is Ginger Baker's five minutes. This song opens with a classic guitar riff and turns into an excellent drum solo. It shows Baker's abilities and is a precursor of all later drum solos.

Fresh Cream is an excellent album, but not the best the band would come up with. It is a good and solid debut, but some of Cream's later works sound more inspired and sophisticated. If You want to get into Cream, this is not the best place to start. Get Disraeli Gears - in my opinion the group's finest record of all. That said, I still recommend Fresh Cream for fans of 60s blues-rock and Cream fans.

A solid debut album.......2004-04-22

Fresh Cream (1966.) Cream's first album.

In the mid-sixties, one of the first major classic rock supergroups was formed - a little band called Cream. The band took former Yardbird Eric Clapton, and equally-notable bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, and combined their music-making abilities. Although the band's days together were short lived, they made some excellent music together - and this album is where it all began. Read on for my review of the band's debut album, Fresh Cream.

As I previously stated, this is Cream's first album. On this album, the band hasn't quite found its sound yet - but they still manage to shell out a number of good tracks. Eric Clapton, although he is obviously the most popular member of the band, didn't contribute a single track to the lineup, oddly enough. Despite this, his guitar playing is excellent here. Baker and Bruce, who do contribute a few tracks, also play very well. In addition to the band's own tracks, there are also a few cover songs, the most popular one of which is I'm So Glad. But perhaps the most memorable track on the album is Toad, the closing track. This is an instrumental which consists almost entirely of a drum solo. It's one of the first major drum solos in rock history, and it's an excellent one. Ginger Baker deserves some major credit for this one. Overall, this album lacks the polish of, say, Disraeli Gears, but it's still excellent. So what if there's no hit single here? Every song is great.

Now, a brief note about the album itself. The original UK pressings of the album omitted I Feel Free but contained Spoonful, while on the US pressings of the album it was vice versa. This CD reissue of the album has BOTH of these tracks, so you won't have to buy two separate CDs for the sake of a single track. In my opinion, this was a VERY smart move by the record company.

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