Fresh Cream

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Fresh Cream
Studio album by Cream
Released	December 9th 1966
Recorded	July - October 1966 at Rayrik Studios in London, Ryemuse Studios in London
Genre	Blues-rock, hard rock
Length	40:52
Label	Reaction Records (UK), Polydor (Eur) Atco (US)
Producer	Robert Stigwood
Professional reviews
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 is Cream's December 1966 debut album the first LP release of Robert Stigwood (their "Producer")'s new "Independant" Reaction Records label. It reached number 6 in the UK and - eventually - number 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Miscellanea 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Personnel

• Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
• Jack Bruce - bass, harmonica, lead vocals
• Ginger Baker - drums, percussion, vocals

[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".^[1]
• Some CD releases also include two extra tracks, "The Coffee Song" and "Wrapping Paper". This was released as a single in the UK.
• The original UK. LP omitted "I Feel Free," and included "Spoonful," while the original Atco U.S. LP omitted "Spoonful" and included "I Feel Free" (The U.S. reissue on RSO flip-flopped the two tracks to coincide with the original UK release). On subsequent CD releases, both songs appear on the album.
• There was also a Sweden only 1966 12-track release, as UK but adding "The Coffee Song" and "Wrapping Paper". Both vinyl and cover were made in Germany and exported for the Swedish market only - the German original had the same 10 tracks as UK. The group hated "Coffee Song" and didn't want it issued at all, but a mono version was mixed and coupled with "Wrapping Paper" as a single. There were no plans at this stage to release it in stereo, so for the Swedish issue a crude stereo mix was used. This was made during the sessions in early August 1966 for instructive purpose - the whole track as basic mono is mixed far right and a solo guitar overdub far left. Never intended for release this mix was soon lost and for later stereo issues a new one was made.

The front cover and record no. (623 031) are the same as the German issue, but three different back covers exist. Listing the correct 12 tracks, listing 10 tracks and one where the 12 track listing has been "glued" over the 10 track listing.

• Track listing on record.

1. "N.S.U"
2. "Sleepy Time Time"
3. "Dreaming"
4. "Sweet Wine"
5. "Spoonful"
6. "Wrapping Paper"
7. "Cat's Squirrel"
8. "Four Until Late"
9. "The Coffee Song"
10. "Rollin´and Tumblin´"
11. "I´m So Glad"
12. "Toad"

[edit] See also

• 1966 in music

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Lyrics to Fresh Cream

v • d • e Cream Ginger Baker · Jack Bruce · Eric Clapton Pete Brown · Felix Pappalardi · Martin Sharp · Gail Collins · Janet Godfrey · George Harrison · Mike Taylor Studio albums Fresh Cream · Disraeli Gears · Wheels of Fire · Goodbye Live albums Live Cream · Live Cream Volume II · BBC Sessions · Royal Albert Hall 2005 Compilations Best of Cream · 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)