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Fresh Cream (Remastered)

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Cream’s debut album finds the legendary trio outgrowing its roots as young British blues hounds and formulating the sound that would make the band famous. While Cream turns in exceptional covers of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Spoonful” and Muddy Waters’ “Rollin’ and Tumblin’,” “I’m So Glad” was the clearest harbinger of the trio’s imaginative capabilities. Cream transforms Skip James’s haunting 1931 recording into a roiling cauldron of tension and release. Even at this early stage, the band prided itself on democratic songwriting, and while Eric Clapton oversaw its blues interpretations, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker brought their own personalities to the group. Bruce’s “Dreaming” is an outstanding piece of whimsical psychedelia, while “Toad” closes the album with a decisive reminder that Baker’s primal drumming was the band’s undying motor. All of Cream’s disparate components gelled on “I Feel Free,” the song where all the psychedelic era’s strands — blues, LSD, instrumental virtuosity — converge.

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Fresh Cream-Cream's 3rd Best Album

This album is a very good album, always interesting to hear. I prefer Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire to this, but it is still a very good album. Cream was very good at mixing extreme electric blues with pop psychedelia, and this album is near-perfect. I Feel Free, N.S.U, Sweet Wine, and Toad are must-buys, and Dreaming, Rollin' and Tumblin', and Cat's Squirrel are very good, too, although my favorites are the first four. Ginger Baker's solo on Toad showcases one of the best rock drummers ever pounding the drums with primal intensity.

Listening Closely

Listen to this album closely and you will find a feel that was not rediscovered until really the late 70s and early 90s. This is especially true in "I'm So Glad." If any of you guys are wondering what N.S.U. stands for, it was a urinary disease that one of the band members had. This album has so many classic songs that deserve to be shrined forever.

FRESH CREAM

This is truly FRESH CREAM. The band had just formed with bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker, and of course the guitar GOD Eric Clapton. Although they would be better known for DISREALI GEARS and WHEELS OF FIRE, this album is still so fresh and hard edge. The only problem with this album is how it’s mixed. The powerful rocking trio is all the way panned right, while Clapton’s solos and other percussion, harmonica, vocals, etc is on the right. This album is best listened to mono. Most of the original songs are by Jack Bruce including the opening rocker “I Feel Free” co-written by poet Pete Brown. A great introduction with a great solo by Clapton in the middle and great singing by Bruce makes this one a classic. “N.S.U.” features Ginger Baker’s brilliant drumming and Clapton’s great guitar work, my personal favorite. “Sleepy Time Time” is a great blues number featuring Clapton and Bruce’s great singing. “Dreaming” is the weakest song here, but good nonetheless. “Sweet Wine” is Ginger’s song. Although the song itself is a little trite, the band really goes nuts here with everyone soloing at the same time. This was a true showcase for the Band’s live sound. The second half is covers starting with the great Howlin’ Wolf number “Spoonful.” The song is great, but the live performance is so much better. “Cat’s Squirrel” is a cool instrumental jam with Jack Bruce playing harmonica. “Four Until Late” is a Robert Johnson cover featuring Clapton’s voice and Bruce’s harp. But Jack Bruce really shows off his harp playing on “Rollin and Tumblin,” a Muddy Waters song. “I’m So Glad” is a Cream classic by Skip James. Jack Bruce sings great on this number and the harmonies are fine. Once again Clapton’s guitar playing is superb. The last song is Ginger Baker’s “Toad” featuring him playing a drum solo. The music is powerful and rocking, but it’s Ginger’s solo that’s really incendiary. If you like Cream, you must own this album!

Biography

Formed: 1966 in England

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '90s, '00s

Although Cream was only together for a little more than two years, their influence was immense, both during their late-'60s peak and in the years following their breakup. Cream was the first top group to truly exploit the power-trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s. It was with Cream, too, that guitarist Eric Clapton truly became an international superstar. Critical revisionists have tagged the band as overrated, citing the musicians'...
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