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 Cream were a 1960s British blues-rock band and supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing with the voice and basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Baker. Fresh Cream is Cream's December 1966 debut album. It was the first LP release of producer Robert Stigwood's new "Independent" Reaction Records label. It reached number 6 in the UK in February 1967 and - eventually - number 39 in the US in August 1968. The British version omitted "I Feel Free" (then their current single), while the US version contained it, though it dropped "Spoonful".In 2003, the album was ranked number 101 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.01 - I Feel Free02 - N.S.U.03 - Sleepy Time Time04 - Dreaming05 - Sweet Wine06 - Spoonful07 - Cat's Squirrel08 - Four Until Late09 - Rollin' And Tumblin'10 - I'm So Glad11 - Toad12 - The Coffee Song13 - Wrapping PaperLINK |
 Disraeli Gears is the second album by British supergroup, Cream. It was released in November 1967 and went on to reach #5 on the UK Albums Chart. It was also their American breakthrough, becoming a massive seller there in 1968, reaching #4 on the American charts. The album features the two singles "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love". The title of the album was taken from an inside joke. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle and was discussing it with Ginger Baker, when a roadie named Mick Turner commented, "it's got them Disraeli Gears", meaning to say "derailleur gears," but instead alluding to 19th Century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. The band thought this was hilarious, and decided that it should be the title of their next album. In 2003 the album was ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. VH1 also named it their 87th greatest album of all time in 2001.01 - Strange Brew02 - Sunshine Of Your Love03 - World Of Pain04 - Dance The Night Away05 - Blue Condition06 - Tales Of Brave Ulysses07 - Swlabr08 - We're Going Wrong09 - Outside Woman Blues10 - Take It Back11 - Mother's LamentLINK |
 Live Cream (also called Live Cream, Volume 1) is a Winterland/Fillmore live compilation album by Cream released in 1970. This album comprises four live tracks recorded in 1968 and one studio track "Lawdy Mama" from 1967. The instrumental track for "Lawdy Mama" is the same chord progression as heard on "Strange Brew" with a different vocal and guitar solo by Eric Clapton. Live Cream hit #15 on the Billboard Hot 200, and made #4 on the UK Top 40.01 - N.S.U.02 - Sleepy Time Time03 - Sweet Wine04 - Rollin' And Tumblin'05 - Lawdy MamaLINK |
 Live Cream Volume II is a live compilation album by Cream released in 1972. This album contains six tracks recorded at Winterland and Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1968. "Live Cream Volume II" went to #27 on the Billboard Hot 200, and #15 on the UK Album Charts.01 - Deserted Cities Of The Heart02 - White Room03 - Politician04 - Tales Of Brave Ulysses05 - Sunshine Of Your Love06 - Steppin' OutLINK |
Collection of unreleased tracks, studio & live.Disc 101 - Cat's Squirrel02 - Beauty Queen03 - Rollin' And Tumblin'04 - Coffee Song05 - Toad06 - Sweet Wine #107 - Sweet Wine #208 - I Feel Free #109 - I Feel Free #210 - I Feel Free #311 - I Feel Free #412 - Wrapping Paper #113 - Wrapping Paper #214 - You Make Me Feel #115 - You Make Me Feel #2Disc 201 - Sleepy Time Time (Alt Version From Acetate)02 - Sweet Wine (Alt Version From Acetate)03 - I'm So Glad (Alt Version From Acetate)04 - Wrapping Paper (Alt Version From Acetate)05 - Four Until Late (Alt Version From Acetate)06 - Cat's Squirrel (Alt Version From Acetate)07 - White Room (Without Wha Wha Solo)08 - Sing Along09 - Anyone For Tennis10 - Pressed Rat And Warthog11 - 2-11 Falstaff Beer #112 - 2-12 Falstaff Beer #2LINK |
Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California. The original lineup of the group evolved from an earlier Los Angeles band, The Red Roosters, which included Randy California (guitars, vocals), Mark Andes (bass) and Jay Ferguson (vocals, percussion). With the addition of Ed Cassidy (drums) and keyboard player John Locke the new band was originally named the Spirits Rebellious (after a book by Khalil Gibran) but was soon shortened simply to Spirit. Randy California had also played with Jimi Hendrix (then known as Jimmy James) in Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1966. Spirit's self-titled debut album is one whose multifarious experimentalism owes a lot to the contemporary successes of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It marked the humble beginnings and grand aspirations of its eponymous authors. While the mindset required to produce Spirit was ubiquitous, the endeavour itself was far from clichéd. The eclecticism of Randy California's writing coupled Barrett's psychotropism with Morrison's West Coast bohemianism; and although the result proved somewhat inaccessible to the masses, it made the project ripe for underground FM airtime. The band would later curtail its psychedelia, focusing on a broader array of genres. This release was published first by Ode records in 1968.01 - Fresh-Garbage02 - Uncle Jack03 - Mechanical World04 - Taurus05 - Girl In Your Eye06 - Straight Arrow07 - Topanga Windows08 - Gramophone Man09 - Water Woman10 - The Great Canyon Fire In General11 - Elijah12 - Veruska [Bonus]13 - Free Spirit [Bonus]14 - If I Had A Woman [Bonus]15 - Elijah [Alternate Take - Bonus]LINK |
 The Family That Plays Together, the second of four albums released by the original Spirit lineup, was marketed by Ode Records in 1968. Unlike its predecessor, Spirit, their self-titled and surreal debut, The Family That Plays Together evinces more greatly the band's ability for playing beyond the genre of psychedelic rock than within it. Tracks "It Shall Be" and "Silky Sam" demonstrate the ease with which the ensemble can incorporate jazz into their idiosyncratic form of rock, while "Jewish" and "Aren't You Glad" evidenced the band's competence in exploiting, to their advantage, both world music and jam rock respectively. "Poor Richard" and "Its All the Same" feature glorious double track lead breaks from guitarist California. The inspiration behind entitling The Family is alleged to have derived from the stepson-stepfather relationship guitarist Randy California and percussionist Ed Cassidy shared.01 - I Got A Line On You02 - It Shall Be03 - Poor Richard04 - Silky Sam05 - Drunkard06 - Darlin' If07 - It's All The Same08 - Jewish09 - Dream Within A Dream10 - She Smiles11 - Aren't You Glad12 - Fog13 - So Little To Say14 - Mellow Fellow15 - Now Or Anywhere16 - Space ChileLINK |
 This, the last album from the original lineup, is to me one of the the greatest albums ever made. It's got everything- fantastic songs-great production-competent and inspired musicians! The sound is more psychedelic with guitars zooming between the speakers and a lot of backwards tapes. The songwriting is more consistenly mature than on the previous albums. The album was initially a failure commercially, and this sadly led to the group breaking up. Ed Cassidy said in the Time Circle booklet: "There was frustration (...) we had had what we thought was going to be successful, and I think everybody started to think, 'Maybe it's not working. Maybe it's time to move on.' This was sort of like 'The last hurrah', so to speak, and I think that's one of the reasons why it became a classic album. It was advanced for it's times, doing a lot of things electronically that were not being done, and the arranging of songs and how we had initiated the blending of one song into another."01 - Prelude - Nothin' To Hide02 - Nature's Way03 - Animal Zoo04 - Love Has Found A Way05 - Why Can't I Be Free06 - Mr. Skin07 - Space Child08 - When I Touch You09 - Street Worm10 - Life Has Just Begun11 - Morning Will Come12 - SoldierLINK |
 Model Shop is a 2005 album by the Los Angeles group, Spirit, which collects the material they recorded in 1968, for the soundtrack to Jacques Demy's film Model Shop. Chronologically, the album's material falls in between their second and third albums, The Family That Plays Together (1968) and Clear (1969). For his film, director Jacques Demy wanted a band that captured the vibe of Los Angeles as he saw it. After hearing Spirit perform in an L.A. club, he decided that they would be the perfect group for his film's soundtrack. However, the film itself was considered a failure and no soundtrack album was released at the time. Most of the material remained unreleased until 2005, following the discovery of a master tape of the original mono mixes. Model Shop differs from other Spirit albums of the era, in that most of the songs were written collaboratively. Also, with the exception of "Now or Anywhere" and "Green Gorilla", the pieces are exclusively instrumental and hilight the Jazz leanings of the band.01 - The Moving Van02 - Mellow Fellow03 - Now Or Anywhere04 - Fog05 - Green Gorilla06 - Model Shop I07 - Model Shop Ii (Clear)08 - The Rehearsal Theme09 - Song For Lola10 - Eventide11 - Coral12 - Aren't You GladLINK |
 The "Mercury years" of Spirit were not their early, formative years which were spent with CBS/Columbia. By 1975, the band had effectively ceased to exist. Randy California and Ed Cassidy however decided to give it another go. They resurrected the band name and self funded their comeback album "Spirit of '76", intended as part of the American bicentennial celebrations. Mercury Records picked up the band and further albums were recorded and released over the next couple of years.Disc 101 - Jack Bond02 - America Bautifultimesy Are A'changing03 - Victim Of Society04 - Lady Of The Lakes05 - Tampa Jam06 - My Road07 - Sunrise08 - Urantia09 - Maunaloawhat Do I Have10 - Feeling In Time11 - Happy12 - Walking The Dog13 - Tampa Jam14 - Joker On The Run15 - When16 - Like A Rolling Stone17 - Veruska18 - Once Again19 - Tampa Jam20 - Thank You Lord21 - Guide Me22 - Hey JoeDisc 223 - Farther Along24 - Atomic Boogie25 - World Eat World Dog26 - Don't Lock Up Your Door27 - Colossus28 - Phoebe29 - Mega Star30 - Once With You31 - Diamond Spirit32 - Stoney Night33 - Pineapple34 - Looking Into Darkness35 - Holy Man36 - Would You Believe37 - Detroit City38 - Circle39 - Other Song40 - Yesterday41 - Family42 - Maybe You'll Find43 - Magic Fairy Princess44 - Gorn Attack45 - Stars Are Love46 - It's Time Now47 - Green Back DollarLINK Part 1 LINK Part 2 |
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