Fresh Cream
Polydor / Umgd - Polydor / Umgd
Cream
Release date: 1998-04-07
Audio CD
Album Rock, Blues-Rock, British Blues, British Psychedelia, Hard Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock Music, Psychedelic, Rock, Rock/Pop
1. I Feel Free - Cream, Brown, Peter [1]
2. N.S.U. - Cream, Bruce, Jack
3. Sleepy Time Time - Cream, Bruce, Jack
4. Dreaming - Cream, Bruce, Jack
5. Sweet Wine - Cream, Baker, Ginger
6. Spoonful - Cream, Dixon, Willie
7. Cat's Squirrel - Cream, Traditional
8. Four Until Late - Cream, Johnson, Robert [01
9. Rollin' and Tumblin' - Cream, Waters, Muddy
10. I'm So Glad - Cream, James, Skip
11. Toad - Cream, Baker, Ginger
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Fresh Cream
Date undefinedProduct good, remaster off - throw it out! I was so looking forward to updating my cream LPs with the new "Remasters" The music of Cream is generally really innovative and played live was awesome at times. These new releases are terrible, (the live ones were better anyway) there is no dynamic improvement, the drums are still tinny, bass & guitar just OK, subdued, hissy background, NO BETTER THAN THE OLD ALBUMS. This music cries out for a professional re-release. Of the three muscicians, Jack Bruce in particular has forged a fabulous career since the break up with great albums with Gary Moore, Robin Trower and solo material. Check it out, especially BBM - wow!- this is how the old Cream should sound.
Fresh Cream
Date undefinedCream was one of the first bands I saw live when they were playing on the Murray the K show (two songs, five times a day) with The Who, The Blues Project, Mitch Ryder, Wilson Pickett, and special guest stars The Blues Magoos. I don't have to tell you which two bands shook the roof, but Cream was one of them. The band came out and played NSU and I'm So Glad with Eric taking his solos with his back to the audience.
The recording is not clean--doesn't matter that there's a claim of remastering--but that's what made it work. Sure there is some primitive overdubbing, but even with that, it captures pretty well the excitement of the power trio--something that was new in '67. Cream was a perfect equalaterial triangle: each member weighed in equally as they competed for attention. What a band, and this is probably their best studio recording. If you haven't lisened to it in 40 years, give it a try. I bet you'll have to admit that it's damn good.
Fresh Cream
Date undefinedA note about Fresh Cream's release date(s). I read in a Cream bio that the US release date of Fresh Cream was March 1967. The UK release date being December 1966. The US record was under a different record label than the UK label. If these dates are true people in the US did not hear this excellent album until a couple months into 1967.
