@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Cream - Fresh Cream Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1966, Rock, Blues Rock and Psychedelic Rock, London, England 8/26 Matrix #: SD 33-206 Condition: EX, sounds great, some light marks (CC) | Members: Eric C (45' - ), Jack B (43' - 14'), Ginger B (39' - 19') Cultural Facts:
Band Lore: Cream was built as a supergroup around three already respected British musicians, with Eric Clapton from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers joining former Graham Bond Organisation members Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
Personal Struggle: Ginger Baker battled heroin addiction for decades, a problem that began before Cream and complicated his health, finances, relationships, and later musical career.
Production Style: Fresh Cream fused amplified Chicago blues with extended improvisation and unusually aggressive drums and bass, helping establish the power-trio format that became central to late-1960s hard rock.
