Heavy Cream

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Heavy Cream
Heavy Cream cover
Compilation album by Cream
Released October 9, 1972
Genre Rock
Length 83:08
Label Polydor
Cream chronology
Live Cream Volume II
(1972)
Heavy Cream
(1972)
Strange Brew
(1983)


Heavy Cream is the first compilation album Cream released. It is a rare Double album, that has never been released on CD. With 22 tracks, it's one of the most comprehensive collections in the catalogue.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Strange Brew" (Clapton, Collins, Pappalardi) – 2:45
2. "White Room" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:37
3. "Badge" (Clapton, Harrison) – 2:45
4. "Spoonful" (Dixon) – 6:31
5. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Waters) – 4:41

[edit] Side two

1. "I Feel Free" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:54
2. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Jones, Bell) – 3:08
3. "Passing the Time" (Baker, Taylor) – 4:31
4. "As You Said" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:19
5. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:10

[edit] Side three

1. "Cat's Squirrel" (Traditional, arr. Cream) – 3:05
2. "Crossroads" (Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:13
3. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Burnett) – 4:56
4. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:31
5. "What a Bringdown" (Baker) – 3:54
6. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Sharp) – 2:45

[edit] Side four

1. "Take It Back" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:04
2. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:11
3. "I'm So Glad" (James) – 3:55
4. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Brown, Clapton) – 4:08
5. "Those Were the Days" (Baker, Taylor) – 2:52
6. "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:14


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)