Atco Records Stereo
Best of Cream is a compilation album of music recorded during 1966-68 by the rock power trio Cream, and released shortly after their disbanding. Now out of print, the album was released by Cream's U.S. label Atco (Atlantic) Records (catalog no. SD 33-291), and was available during the years 1969-72.
Best of Cream was noteworthy upon its release as the first American album to contain Cream's studio recording of "Spoonful." Although included in international versions of Cream's 1966 debut album Fresh Cream, the song was deleted from Atco's initial U.S. release of the album, and replaced with the band's first hit single "I Feel Free." U.S. reissues of Fresh Cream contain both songs.
The album peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart in July 1969.
Side 1.
1. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton) 4:08
* Uncut version, from Cream's second album Disraeli Gears (1967), produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocals: Jack Bruce/Eric Clapton.
2. "Badge" (Clapton, George Harrison) 2:45
* From Cream's fourth (and last original) album Goodbye (1969), produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Eric Clapton.
3. "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) 4:13
* From Cream's third album Wheels of Fire (1968), produced by Felix Pappalardi. Recorded live at Winterland, San Francisco, March 10, 1968. Vocal: Eric Clapton.
4. "White Room" (Bruce, Brown) 3:04
* 45 RPM single edit; uncut version appears on Wheels of Fire. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
5. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) 2:31
* From Disraeli Gears. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
Side 2.
1. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) 3:08
* From Wheels of Fire. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
2. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) 6:30
* From the international version of Cream's first album Fresh Cream (1966). Produced by Robert Stigwood. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
3. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Martin Sharp) 2:50
* From Disraeli Gears. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
4. "Strange Brew" (Clapton, Pappalardi, Gail Collins) 2:45
* From Disraeli Gears. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Eric Clapton.
5. "I Feel Free" (Bruce, Brown) 2:51
* From the U.S. version of Fresh Cream. Produced by Robert Stigwood. Vocals: Jack Bruce/Eric Clapton.
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