Cream

Cream

BEST OF ATCO US SD 33-291 LP

The famous vegetable cover.

DISRAELI GEARS ATCO US SD 33-232 LP

DISRAELI GEARS (Deluxe edition) POLYDOR US B0003331-02 CDx2

U.S. original LP and Deluxe 2CD set, which has both mono & stereo versions of the LP.

FRESH CREAM ATCO US 33-206 LP

FRESH CREAM ATCO US SD 33-206 LP

FRESH CREAM RSO US RS-1-3009 LP

Mono & stereo U.S. originals, and a U.S. re-issue, which is, I believe, the U.K. version (it has “Spoonful”).

GOODBYE ATCO US SD 7001 LP

GOODBYE POLYDOR UK 583 053 LP

My favorite Cream LP – my U.S. original has a poster.

KLOOK'S KLEET '66 CAPRICORN EU CR-2042 CD

Live in Englsn, 196 – pirate CD, should be “Klook’s Kleek”!

LIVE CREAM RSO US RS-1-3014 LP

A re-issue, but never one I cared about very much at the time.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS (4CD boxed set) POLYDOR US 539000.2 CDx4

This was purportedly their entire recorded output – but there’s tons more than on the 4CD boxed set – but it does have some nice stuff on it – their “Falstaff Beer” commercial, for instance.

WHEELS OF FIRE POLYDOR UK 2612 001 LPx2

WHEELS OF FIRE RSO JPN MW 9063/4 LPx2

WHEELS OF FIRE - IN THE STUDIO POLYDOR UK 583 033 LP

My Japanese copy has a foil cover, my UK original is a matte finish original 2LP set, and the single disc “Part 1” is a U.K. original, issued at the time.

Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker. I wish I had a massive Cream collection (like Ed Winfield), but I only have this humble start – and this list doesn’t even include singles – and I have some great ones! You absolutely must hear “Swlabr” on a 45!

My favorite Cream track by a mile is “Doing That Scrapyard Thing” – I like this song so much, I went and tracked down the author of the lyrics – Mr. Pete Brown, in London, England. He told me about how they had the song in the studio, but that the lyrics weren’t quite ‘there yet’. So he had to come up with lyrics on the spot, over the phone. They are among my favorite lyrics in the entire rock music lexicon!

Lately, I have been listening to a lot more John Mayall material – and finally hearing the Eric Clapton (Mayall) material that everyone was so excited over. I have been a Graham Bond Organization fan for years, and I eagerly collect anything at all with Mr. Bond’s name on it – most of which also features Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. I have the Paul Jones (of Manfred Mann) 45 “Sonny Boy Williamson”, which is supposedly a duet between Paul Jones and Jack Bruce. I never really knew that Jack Bruce had so much to do with Manfred Mann (Mk. II)!

Yes, I bought Ginger Baker’s Air Force LP’s; yes, I own Jack Bruce solo LP’s (everything from “Songs For A Tailor” to “Automatic” – and selected titles after that). I have a few Clapton solo LP’s, but not so many, really. “Layla” is pretty good – but I find the overall double LP a bit too much, and a tad, er…sloppy.

So, all hail the mighty Cream. I didn’t go to England to see their come-back shows, but Ed Winfield and Joe Castle did.