Cream

Blind Faith ♦ Jack Bruce ♦ Ginger Baker's Air Force

I'm Gettin' Tired (Of Drinkin' And Gamblin')¹ / Rootin' Tootin'¹ Bruce (2:30) / Bruce (2:52) Polydor 56036 [UK], 12/65 Recorded after Jack left Graham Bond, but before joining Manfred Mann

Eric Clapton from John Mayall, Jack Bruce from Manfred Mann, Ginger Baker from Graham Bond Organization.

Wrapping Paper / Cat's Squirrel Brown-Bruce (2:42) / Trad (3:00) Reaction 591007 [UK], 10/66 UK First UK 45, A-side not released stateside (hardly power trio stuff)

I Feel Free / NSU Brown-Bruce (2:48) / Bruce (2:43) Atco 6462, 12/66 T20

	Fresh Cream
	Atco SD 33-206
	1/67 BB RS500 [UK: 12/66] T20
	Back Cover   UK Cover   US—UK Track Differences

Side One
I Feel Free	Brown-Bruce	2:48
NSU	Bruce	2:42
Sleepy Time Time	Bruce-Godfrey	4:18
Dreaming	Bruce	1:57
Sweet Wine	Baker-Godfrey	3:16
Side Two
Cat's Squirrel	Trad, arr Splurge	2:59
Four Until Late	Johnson	2:06
Rollin' And Tumblin'	Waters	4:42
I'm So Glad	James	3:56
Toad	Baker	5:09

Note: Only case of UK/US Trackitis in Cream catalog: see last note (just a swap). Spoonful appears on Best Of in 1969.
 

3/25-4/2/67: RKO 58th St Theatre Murray The K's Music In The Fifth Dimension Two songs only, many times a day. Disraeli Gears recorded in the city right after the series concluded.

Strange Brew / Tales Of Brave Ulysses Clapton-Collins-Pappalardi (2:45) / Clapton-Sharp (2:30) Atco 6488, 6/67 T20

Spoonful - Part I¹ / Spoonful - Part II¹ Dixon (2:25) / Dixon (2:28) Atco 6522, 11/67 studio recording from first UK album

	Disraeli Gears
	Atco SD 33-232
	11/67 T20 RS500 [UK: 11/67] T20
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover

Side One
Strange Brew	Clapton-Collins-Pappalardi	2:45
Sunshine Of Your Love	Brown-Bruce-Clapton	4:08
World Of Pain	Collins-Pappalardi	3:05
Dance The Night Away	Brown-Bruce	3:31
Blue Condition	Baker	3:26
Side Two
Tales of Brave Ulysses	Clapton-Sharp	2:50
SWLABR	Brown-Bruce	2:32
We're Going Wrong	Bruce	3:25
Outside Woman Blues	Reynolds	2:20
Take It Back	Brown-Bruce	3:05
Mother's Lament	Trad	1:47

Note: If, after all those years, you don't know: She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow
 

Sunshine Of Your Love³ / SWLABR Brown-Bruce-Clapton (3:03) / Brown-Bruce (2:30) Atco 6544, 12/67 T20 UK

Anyone For Tennis (The Savage Seven Theme)¹ / Pressed Rat And Warthog Clapton-Sharp (2:37) / Baker-Taylor (3:18) Atco 6575, 4/68 BB UK From that movie below

	The Savage Seven(5/24/68)
	Soundtrack album contains unique track

	Wheels Of Fire
	Atco SD 2-700
	6/68  #1  RS500 [UK: 8/68] T20
	Full Foil Cover   Inside Cover   UK Studio Back Cover   UK Live Cover   UK Live Back Cover

In The Studio Side One
White Room	Brown-Bruce	4:56
Sitting On Top Of The World	Burnett	4:56
Passing The Time	Baker-Taylor	4:31
As You Said	Brown-Bruce	4:19
Side Two
Pressed Rat And Warthog	Baker-Taylor	3:13
Politician	Brown-Bruce	4:11
Those Were The Days	Baker-Taylor	2:52
Born Under A Bad Sign	Bell-Jones	3:08
Deserted Cities Of The Heart	Brown-Bruce	4:36
Live At The Fillmore Side Three
Crossroads	Johnson	4:13
Spoonful	Dixon	16:44
Side Four
Train Time	Bruce	6:52
Toad	Baker	15:53

Note: Ony Toad was recorded at the Fillmore Auditorium (3/7/68). The others were from shows at Winterland (3/8 & 3/10/68)
US issues on shiny foil; UK released as separate albums—see notes for details
 

White Room³ / Those Were The Days Brown-Bruce (3:04) / Baker-Taylor (2:52) Atco 6617, 9/68 T20 UK

Clapton and Baker to Blind Faith Bruce to solo career (all continue below)

Rock 'N' Roll Circus: never aired (filmed 12/11/68) Eric joins The Stones & Friends to record TV special—never aired (now on DVD).

Crossroads / Passing The Time Johnson (4:16) / Baker-Taylor (4:31) Atco 6646, 1/69 BB live version from Wheels Of Fire

	Goodbye
	Atco SD-7001
	2/5/69 T20 [UK: 2/69]  #1
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   Poster

Side One
I'm So Glad	James	9:11
Politician	Brown-Bruce	6:19
Side Two
Sitting On Top Of The World	Burnett	5:01
Badge	Clapton-Harrison	2:45
Doing That Scrapyard Thing	Brown-Bruce	3:14
What A Bringdown	Baker-Taylor	3:56

Note: I'm So Glad, Politician & Sitting On Top Of The World were recorded live in concert (10/19/68 at The Forum, LA)
 

Badge / What A Bringdown Clapton-Harrison (2:43) / Baker-Taylor (3:56) Atco 6668, 3/69 BB T20

Steve Winwood in from Traffic to form first "super group."

Change of address from June 23, 1969 / Sales Office no credits either side Island Promo [UK], 6/69 Blind Faith in an uncredited jam (same both sides), no single in US until 1977!

 ➜ Live debut: 6/7/69, Hyde Park; released 2006: London Hyde Park 1969 DVD ONLY 

Best Of CreamBest Of Cream Atco SD 33-291, 7/69 T20 [UK: 10/69] T20 includes studio version of Spoonful from 1st UK album

	Blind Faith
	Atco SD33-304 (A or B)
	7/69  #1  [UK: 8/69]  #1
	Back Cover   "A" Cover   "A" Back Cover   UK Full Cover   UK Inside Cover

Side One
Had To Cry Today	Winwood	8:49
Can't Find My Way Home	Winwood	3:17
Well, All Right	Allison-Holly-Mauldin-Petty	4:28
Presence Of The Lord	Clapton	4:50
Side Two
Sea Of Joy	Winwood	5:22
Do What You Like	Baker	15:20

Note: Record came in two different covers. "B" cover is shown; see notes for cover "A"—UK got a gatefold and used inside as "clean" cover.
Lots of misinformation about the covers. Read more at wiki .
 

7/12/69: Madison Square Garden, New York Debut was supposed to at the Newport Jazz Festival site on the 11th, but was cancelled due to riots at the actual festival the week before. Delany & Bonnie and Free opened.

Mid-West Rock Festival(7/26/69)

One mediocre album and short US tour, then Clapton goes  solo Winwood, Grech & Baker stay together for Ginger Baker's Air Force, below

	Songs For A Tailor
	Atco SD33-306
	10/69 BB [UK: 8/69] T20
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover   UK Inside Cover

Side One
Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune	Bruce-Brown	3:39
Theme For An Imaginary Western	Bruce-Brown	3:27
Tickets To Water Falls	Bruce-Brown	2:59
Wierd Of Hermiston	Bruce-Brown	2:20
Rope Ladder To The Moon	Bruce-Brown	2:51
Side Two
The Ministry Of Bag	Bruce-Brown	2:47
He The Richmond	Bruce-Brown	3:34
Boston Ball Game	Bruce-Brown	1:44
To Isengard	Bruce-Brown	5:28
The Clearout	Bruce-Brown	2:36

	Ginger Baker's Air Force
	Atco SD2-703
	4/70 BB [UK: 2/70] UK
	Full Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Da Da Man	McNair	7:16
Early In The Morning	arr Baker	11:13
Side Two
Don't Care	Baker-Winwood	12:32
Toad	Baker	12:59
Side Three
Aiko Biaye	Kabaka-Osei	13:00
Man Of Constant Sorrow	arr Baker-Laine	3:50
Side Four
Do What You Like	Baker	11:47
Doin' It	Baker	5:26

Note: Recorded at Royal Albert Hall, on January, 15 1970
 

	Live Cream
	Atco SD 33-328
	4/70 T20 [UK: 6/70] T20
	Back Cover

Side One
N.S.U.†	Bruce	10:13
Sleepy Time Time†	Bruce-Godfrey	6:50
Lawdy Mama*	arr Clapton	2:47
Side Two
Sweet Wine†	Baker-Godfrey	15:08
Rollin' And Tumblin'‡	Waters	6:36

Note: Lawdy Mama studio recording, all others live
†Winterland, 3/9-10/68, ‡Fillmore Auditorium, 3/7/68
 

Winwood starts solo career, reforms Traffic instead

Man Of Constant Sorrow¹ / Doin' It³ arr Baker-Laine (3:31) / Baker, Grech (3:38) Atco 6750, 5/70 BB A-side credit: 'Featuring Denny Laine' and is a studio recording

	Ginger Baker's Air Force 2
	Atco SD33-343
	11/70 [UK: 9/70]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Let Me Ride	Staples	4:22
Sweet Wine	Baker-Godfrey	3:34
Do U No Hu Yor Phrenz R?	Baker	5:40
We Free Kings	Baker	4:22
Side Two
I Don't Want To Go On Without You	Berns-Wexler	3:56
Toady	Baker	8:21
12 Gates Of The City	Bond	4:05

Ginger travels to Nigeria, starts working with Fela Ransom-Kuti.

	Things We Like
	Atco SD33-349
	2/71 [UK: 1/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Over The Cliff	Bruce	2:49
Statues	Bruce	7:21
Sam Enchanted Dick:    Sam Sack    Rill's Thrills	- Jackson Heckstall-Smith	7:17
Born To Be Blue	Torme-Wells	4:13
Side Two
HCKHH Blues	Bruce	8:54
Ballad For Arthur	Bruce	7:28
Things We Like	Bruce	3:28

Note: Recorded 1968 and was Jack's first solo project
 

Atunde! (We Are Here), Pt. II¹ / Atunde! (We Are Here), Pt. I¹ Baker-Lawai-Sarumi (3:32) / Baker-Lawai-Sarumi (4:15) Atco 45-6816, 7/71 as by Ginger Baker Drum Choir

	Harmony Row
	Atco SD33-365
	7/71 [UK: 9/71]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover 1   Inside Cover 2

Side One
Can You Follow?	Bruce-Brown	1:27
Escape To The Royal Wood (On Ice)	Bruce-Brown	3:38
You Burned The Tables On Me	Bruce-Brown	3:41
There's A Forest	Bruce-Brown	1:42
Morning Story	Bruce-Brown	4:46
Folk Song	Bruce-Brown	4:06
Side Two
Smiles And Grins	Bruce-Brown	5:54
Post War	Bruce-Brown	4:15
A Letter Of Thanks	Bruce-Brown	2:52
Victoria Sage	Bruce-Brown	4:57
The Consul At Sunset	Bruce-Brown	4:00

	Live Cream Volume II
	Atco SD-7005
	3/72 BB [UK: 6/72] T20
	Back Cover

Side One
Deserted Cities Of The Heart	Bruce-Brown	4:32
White Room	Bruce-Brown	5:39
Politician	Bruce-Brown	5:05
Tales Of Brave Ulysses†	Clapton-Sharp	4:44
Side Two
Sunshine Of Your Love‡	Bruce-Brown-Clapton	7:22
Steppin' Out†	Frazier	13:42

Note: Original issues mis-titled Steppin' Out as Freddie King's Hideaway
recorded at:
Oakland Coliseum Arena (10/4/68)
†Winterland Ballromm (3/10/68)
‡Winterland Ballromm (3/9/68)

 

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