Cream was one of the first bands I saw live when they were playing on the Murray the K show (two songs, five times a day) with The Who, The Blues Project, Mitch Ryder, Wilson Pickett, and special guest stars The Blues Magoos. I don't have to tell you which two bands shook the roof, but Cream was one of them. The band came out and played NSU and I'm So Glad with Eric taking his solos with his back to the audience.

The recording is not clean--doesn't matter that there's a claim of remastering--but that's what made it work. Sure there is some primitive overdubbing, but even with that, it captures pretty well the excitement of the power trio--something that was new in '67. Cream was a perfect equalaterial triangle: each member weighed in equally as they competed for attention. What a band, and this is probably their best studio recording. If you haven't lisened to it in 40 years, give it a try. I bet you'll have to admit that it's damn good.

A note about Fresh Cream's release date(s). I read in a Cream bio that the US release date of Fresh Cream was March 1967. The UK release date being December 1966. The US record was under a different record label than the UK label. If these dates are true people in the US did not hear this excellent album until a couple months into 1967.

music quality is fantastic, my shipping was combined to save money...what can I say---great! good photos and liner notes.

Many think that this album is inferior compared to other Cream albums. This is my favorite Cream album, Clapton's guitar work is beyond compare. "Spoonful", "I Feel Free" and "Sweet Wine" show Clapton's talent as a top guitarist as well as his talent as a blues musician on blues songs "Sleepy Time Time", "I'm So Glad" and "Cats Squirrel" as well as his lead vocal on "Four until Late." Gingers drumming is also at its peak on his showpiece "Toad" as well as doing more than keeping time on "Sweet Wine" and others. Jack Bruce's range as a vocalist combined with his talent as a bass and harmonica player are shown on this album more than on any other Cream Album. Though many of the songs aren't original, they sound like no other band when coming from Cream. I would take this album over any other made by Cream, or any other band!

Highly recommended for the unbelievable "creamy" guitar tone on these 4 tracks Sleepy Time Time -Spoonful -Cat's Squirrel -I'm So Glad.
This album and the "beano" Bluesbreakers album are the reason was people still use the Gibson Les Paul in rock 40 years after these recordings, period.