Fresh Cream

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Fresh Cream

Studio album by Cream
Released	December 1966
Recorded	July - October 1966 at Rayrik Studios in London, Ryemuse Studios in London
Genre	Blues-rock
Length	40:52
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	Robert Stigwood
All Music Guide link
Cream chronology
	Fresh Cream (1966)	Disraeli Gears (1967)
Eric Clapton chronology
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1966)	Fresh Cream (1966)	Disraeli Gears (1967)

Fresh Cream was Cream's December 1966 (see 1966 in music) debut album. It reached #6 in the UK and - eventually - #39 in the US. The British version omitted I Feel Free (then their current single), while the US version contained it, though it dropped Spoonful. The CD re-issue of 2000 preserves both songs in the album's running order.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 101 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

1 Track listing
2 Charts
3 Miscellanea
4 External link

[edit] Track listing

"I Feel Free" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:51
"N.S.U." (Bruce) – 2:43
"Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce, Godfrey) – 4:20
"Dreaming" (Bruce) – 1:58
"Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey) – 3:17
"Spoonful" (Dixon) – 6:30
"Cat's Squirrel" (Traditional, arr. S. Splurge) – 3:03
"Four Until Late" (Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 2:07
"Rollin' And Tumblin'" (Waters) – 4:42
"I'm So Glad" (James) – 3:57
"Toad" (Baker) – 5:11

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Pop Albums	39

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"I Feel Free"	Pop Singles	116

[edit] Miscellanea

The track title N.S.U. is an acronym for "Non-Specific Urethritis".
Some CD releases also include two extra tracks, "The Coffee Song" and "Wrapping Paper". This was released as a single in the U.K.
The original U.K. LP omitted "I Feel Free," and included "Spoonful," while the U.S. LP omitted "Spoonful" and included "I Feel Free." On subsequent CD releases, both songs appear on the album.
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" was the first song to use the guitar effect known as the wah-wah pedal. Clapton supposedly bought this while recording in New York at Manny's Music. Some may argue that Jimi Hendrix was first to use the effect on "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" but in reality it was only released before "Tales of Brave Ulysses".

[edit] External link

Lyrics to Fresh Cream

Cream
Ginger Baker - Jack Bruce - Eric Clapton Pete Brown - Felix Pappalardi - Martin Sharp Gail Collins - Janet Godfrey - George Harrison - Mike Taylor
Discography
Fresh Cream - Disraeli Gears - Wheels of Fire - Goodbye Live Cream - Live Cream Volume II - BBC Sessions - Royal Albert Hall 2005 Heavy Cream - Strange Brew - The Very Best of Cream - Those Were the Days - 20th Century Masters - Cream Gold
Songwriters covered by Cream
William Bell - James Bracken - Howlin' Wolf - Tony Colton - Willie Dixon - Skip James Robert Johnson - Booker T. Jones - Blind Joe Reynolds - Ray Smith - T-Bone Walker - Muddy Waters
Related bands
	The G.B.O. (Baker/Bruce)	The Bluesbreakers (Bruce/Clapton)	The Powerhouse (Bruce/Clapton)	Blind Faith (Baker/Clapton)