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  Cream (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cream epitomised the high energy sound of the time, anchored in a familiar blues style; from the traditional blues classics such as "Crossroads" and "Born Under a Bad Sign," through more eccentric imagery found in "Strange Brew" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses," and culminating in the protracted indulgences of "Spoonful" and "Toad".
Cream broke up in November 1968 due to clashing egos and divergent musical visions: Bruce and Baker were notorious for not getting along, and Clapton famously related how he once suddenly stopped playing in a concert without either of the others noticing.
Initially another double album was planned comprising live material from this tour plus new studio tracks, but a single album, Goodbye was released instead with three live tracks taken from their performance at The Forum in Los Angeles on October 19, 1968, and three studio tracks, one written by each of the band members.
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 Reason to Rock: Cream
Cream was also very much a product of a unique point in time, starting as they did in 1966 and continuing through 1969.
Cream was one of the first groups to use the newer Marshall amplifiers on the road, and thus was able to produce an overwhelming sound in the largest of halls, even with only three musicians on stage.
Although Cream stayed together for only two years — and long enough to produce three and a half studio albums — this group still has the distinction of being the only band to feature the talents of Eric Clapton for this long a run.
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 Cream - RockinTown Bio
Cream also stepped out on "Dance The Night Away" and the classic "Tales of Brave Ulysses." The former was a powerful Rocker and the latter featured Clapton's best uses of a wah-wah peddle - and the lyrics were totally out there.
Cream's internal problems were so bad the band was ready to call it quits.
Two "Cream Live" albums were released in a relentless effort to separate fans from their money but enough is enough.
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 Cream Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Cream was the first top group to truly exploit the power-trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s.
Cream could be viewed as the first rock supergroup to become superstars, although none of the three members were that well-known when the band formed in mid-1966.
Cream's short lifespan, however, was in hindsight unsurprising given the considerable talents, ambitions, and egos of each of its members.
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 Cream
This is what most people were expecting out of Cream, and while they should be applauded for their bravery in exploring other areas, it was very kind of them to reward the more 'down-to-earth' people.
This time, Cream is further experimenting in the studios: eastern influences/rising falling climaxes ("Passing the Time"- yeh!), violins and acoustic guitar ("As You Said"- yikes!, "Deserted Cities of the Heart"-yeh!), and trumpets (the bizarre yet somewhat amusing "Pressed Rat and Warthog"), and funk ("Politican", good riff!).
But Cream as a live band was all about the spark of inspiration that would send them off into all manner of jamming sequences, with the ever-present threat that the song might not end for another ten minutes.
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 Cream
The other thing is the mixing on this album, as they cram the entire band into the right channel, and then overlay the vocals in the center and right, with the solos coming on the left.
The first half of the album was recorded live on their final US tour, and it's more consistent than their previous live tracks, although nothing great.
It wouldn't be a Cream album without a Bruce/Brown song either, and this one final bit of fun nonsense ("Doin' that Scrapyard Thing") is a delight, with Bruce playfully rolling his r's and the like.
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 Cream - Rock - Randy's Rodeo
It's a matter of perspective, for Cream's sort of virtuosity was valued as highly in their time as the guitar interplay of Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine was in their's.
Cream followed Disraeli Gears with a mildly successful single, Eric Clapton's "Anyone For Tennis" (featured in the movie The Savage Seven), that, in retrospect, foreshadowed the soft-spoken style the guitarist would adopt as a solo artist.
Cream's long flights of fancy - depending on one's age or perspective - could be brilliant or boring, but much of Cream's music is truly timeless.
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 Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The first CD issue of this album was hastily undertaken, blatantly re-recorded from the master-tapes with little care, the background hiss of the tape source was annoyingly evident, yet perfect silence, as CD should be, between each track.
Couple this album with the 'Classic Albums' DVD where a much fuller picture can be gained about the songwriting and recording, along with comments by the band some 35 years later, and you have all you need to know about one of the best albums of all time.
Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker) were possibly better as a live act than on record, but their records (at least some of them) were nevertheless impressive and this CD captures the best of their recorded music.
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 Goodbye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goodbye or Goodby (U.S. only) is a traditional farewell phrase used in the English language.
It comes from "God be with ye." It is also the name of several pieces of music, usually the final record by a group.
For the Opiate For The Masses album, see Goodbye (opiate for the masses album)
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 whtq.com: Music
Cream has not performed together since its 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In just two years, Cream achieved legendary status on the strength of the albums "Fresh Cream", "Disraeli Gears" (recently reissued in a deluxe edition by Polydor) and the half-live/half-studio "Wheels of Fire," expertly blending blues, rock and the burgeoning strains of psychedelia.
The group's final album, "Goodbye Cream," came out in January 1969 after the split.
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 Fresh Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In fact none of the studio albums are worth much and new listeners should go straight to 3 of the 4 live albums which are as important and as fine as anything that has been done in rock music.
The original UK pressings of the album omitted I Feel Free but contained Spoonful, while on the US pressings of the album it was vice versa.
If you want to get into Cream and don't know where to start, start here and if you like it continue with Disraeli Gears and be blown away as you witness the evolution of one of the most ground breaking, adventurous and influential bands of the sixties.
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 Cream
Cream were a good little band that originated a hell of a lot of projects and created a great deal of brilliant musical ideas.
Cream, on the other hand, masterfully used hard riffs and loud, crunchy bass/guitar interplay to incorporate them right at the heart of their music and make them look like essential parts of the song instead of looking like kitsch.
As you all probably know, Cream were the first 'supergroup', if we assume the word 'supergroup' to be a single composite word and not the combination 'super group' and have the meaning 'band consisting of several already well-known professional players gathered together from various musical sources'.
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 Album - Goodbye Cream
Goodbye is one of the biggest wastes in the history of rock.
The album was originally intended to be a double, one studio disc, one live, in an attempt to recapture the success of WOF.
I mentioned earlier that this album was more interesting than Creams other stuff; that's because their sound on this album is so different, and shows what sort of direction they might have taken had they stayed together...
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 Amazon.com: Fresh Cream: Music: Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Fresh Cream was Cream's debut and the first of their three consecutive fantastic albums made while they were together.
On 'Fresh Cream' Clapton is at his fiery best, and not on any of the other subsequent Cream albums did he sound this good in the studio.
This is Cream's best studio album in terms of sound and performance, with not one duff track or filler on it, compared to their subsequent releases, and it has a live feel to it.
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 Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I wanted to give this album a nine but unfortunately, Cream tagged on a second album, a live one at that and it proves to be the downfall of the record.
In addition to which Cream were one of the most inspirational groups of the time.    They pioneered progressive rock, and were emulated by countless bands that followed.
Ginger contributes the album closing epic “Do What You Like” that starts off with an average melody but quickly turns into a 10-plus minute jam that gives each player a chance to display his or her chops.
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 Cream - Goodbye Review - sputnikmusic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Goodbye is Cream's fourth and final album and it poses a bit of an enigma to Cream fans.
I enjoy listening to live music, but I have never enjoyed listening to Cream live (with the exception of the wonderful "Crossroad Blues" off of Wheels of Fire.) I've always found that their extended jams are far too long and uninteresting.
Cream is often faulted for weak songwriting, despite their impressive musical talents.
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 Eric Clapton
Cream is covered on this page, but we deal with numerous solo records by Jack Bruce elsewhere, and we cover a Ginger Baker solo album on our Traffic page.
After a couple years of hiding in his house, snorting heroin, and very occasionally cutting sessions for his friends' albums, Clapton was finally roused by Pete Townshend to put on a benefit concert.
Sticking with his recent formula of alternating a pop album with a scholarly blues album, this time he covers 14 of the 29 tracks 1930s ever recorded by Robert Johnson, easily one of the most influential blues players who ever lived.
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 Goodbye Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Most of these "rush-recorded for profit" albums that bands release suck, but in the case of Cream, their jumbled farwell actually managed to be a pretty good album.
Those who listened to earlier albums will already be familiar with these songs, although unlike the jams on Wheels Of Fire, most of these songs fail to top their studio counterparts.
In the end Cream's finale isn't their strongest album or even close to being it, but I wouldn't call it their weakest either.
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 Goodbye
Say goodbye to this review and click on this link if you want to go to the main CREAM page...
The rest of the album is filled up with live versions of "I'm So Glad," "Politician" and "Sitting on Top of the World." Certainly, Cream were amazing instrumentalists, but...
The studio tracks also are great, although they may not be the direction people had wanted cream to go (heavy blues rock), they are still new and refreshing, adn experimental for a band rather than putting out the same old music with different words.
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 Goodbye by Cream CD
Cream: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Jack Bruce (vocals, piano, organ, bass); Ginger Baker (vocals, drums, percussion).
After less than 3 years in existence, and some 15 million albums sold, GOODBYE was Cream's farewell release.
But what's most striking about GOODBYE is the charm and craftsmanship of their last studio tracks, indicating that Cream was far from played out creatively, and illustrating how strong their songwriting skills really were.
www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1160616/a/Goodbye.htm   (324 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Tales of Brave Ulysses: The Cream Story
The countdown is on for the Cream reunion concerts at Royal Albert Hall, London on May 2, 3, 5 and 6, 2005.
Cream was (and will be again for 4 nights) a trio; Jack Bruce on bass and vocal, Eric Clapton on guitar and vocal, and Ginger Baker on drums.
As Cream, their aim was to extend beyond rock's barriers; to explode the notion of a 3-minute song to be replicated onstage note-for-note, verse-for-verse.
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 Goodbye Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was not to be, as Cream was exhausted by December when the studio album was to be completed.
Instead this single album with three live and three studio songs was released.
Jack’s solo album "Songs for a Tailor" was to contain several much stronger Cream suitable songs.
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 TroyRutter.com - Music : Goodbye   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Cream followed "Wheels of Fire," their 1968 double-album that had a studio disc and a live disc with more of the same, only less with "Goodbye." That was because this 1969 album offers three live tracks and three studio tracks.
Well, Cream's swan song Goodbye has been finally given a total overhaul, sonically speaking, and issued on a gold CD by
Any rock music fan who honestly listens to this album and does not feel it is worth the purchase price must think E. John's "Philadelphia Freedom" belongs in the all time classic 100.
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 The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Cream reunite?
album, "Goodbye Cream," came out in January 1969 after the split.
This should prove interesting see as Clapton is no longer the firebrand he once was on the guitar and he's been through a whole lot of shit since his days with Cream.
I get the feeling alot of people are going to be disappointed because these three musicians are not the same people they were back then, especially Clapton,I'd still kill to see this show though.
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 Cream MP3 Downloads - Cream Music Downloads - Cream Music Videos
A fitting way to go out, Goodbye captures all that is good about Cream, and is one of the band's proudest moments.
One of the most stunning debuts in rock history, and one of the definitive albums of the psychedelic era.
The group's second album was virtually a re-creation of its predecessor, only slightly more sophisticated in its range of songs and the manner of playing them, and the in-house writing...
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 Cream Recording Sessions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Though the second album of the double-set WHEELS OF FIRE is called "Live at the Fillmore", three of the four songs are from the Winterland shows.
GOODBYE CREAM was intended to be another double album, one studio, one live from the Farewell Tour, in the tradition of WHEELS OF FIRE.
This unfortunately never came to pass, and only one album, including 3 live and 3 studio cuts, was released.
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 Amazon.com: Goodbye: Music: Cream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
On the subject of Cream everyobdy always says Clapton, Clapton, Clapton, but what made Cream great was Jack Bruce and his invention of a unique free-form flavor of rock music that exploded the song conventions of the mid sixties.
Jack Bruce and Cream drummer Ginger Baker were also students of the free-form jazz and rock invented in the U.S. in the late 1950s and in the 60s.
Cream had the wit to quit while they were at the top of their game, this CD proves it.
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 CREAM Recording Sessions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The album was slated for release on 9th December in the UK on Stigwood's Reaction Label but it didn't hit the streets until just before Christmas.
The album was released in the UK on the Reaction Label in 1st half of November and peaked at No. 6 on the charts.
Cream's concert volume levels made for extremely difficult recording conditions which they only really got on top of by the 10th and thus supplying the majority of the releases.
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 Review of Cream's "Goodbye Cream"
Goodbye Cream (1969) by Cream is the farewell album of one of Britain's- and indeed the world's- most legendary rock bands.
Goodbye Cream opens with 'I'm So Glad' (originally from Fresh Cream, 1966), a song which pretty much encapsulates the band, despite the fact that it was written by an outsider, Skip James.
And perhaps Goodbye Cream would have been better if that approach was consistently adopted.
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 ezFolk Media Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
While it's unfortunate that Cream had to break up, at least they went out with a bang and not with a Led Zeppelin-style fizzle.
In fact, I'd have to say it's my second-favorite Cream album, behind only Wheels of Fire.
Cream - Royal Albert Hall - London May 2-3-5-6 2005
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