CREAM - Videos and Live 1966-68

Cream: Disraeli Gears 1967 | Meet Me in the Bottom 1966 | Tales of Brave Ulysses 1967 | The Fool Gibson SG | Videos & Live 1966-68 | Wheels of Fire 1968 |

Cream was one of the greatest rock bands of the late 1960s. Comprising Jack Bruce on bass, harmonica, piano and vocals, Ginger Baker on drums and percussion, and Eric Clapton on guitar and vocals, it only existed for an approximate two year period between July 1966 and April 1968, though achieved much during that time. It recorded four LPs: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968) and Goodbye Cream (1969) along with various singles and compilations. In between there were live gigs, interviews on radio, TV and for the print media, and occasional appearances on TV and in film. Some of the latter are included below, where available.

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* 1966

* 1966-68 - Cream @ the BBC. Live recordings made for the BBC. Tracks: 1. Sweet Wine 00:17, 2. Wrapping Paper 04:21, 3. Rollin' And Tumblin' 06:51, 4. Steppin' Out 10:02, 5. Crossroads 11:45, 6. Cat's Squirrel 13:49, 7. Traintime 17:28, 8. I'm So Glad 20:09, 9. Lawdy Mama 24:32, 10. I Feel Free 27:13, 11. N.S.U. 30:07, 12. Four Until Late 33:03, 13. Strange Brew 35:09, 14. Tales Of Brave Ulysses 38:45, 15. We're Going Wrong 41:40, 16. Born Under A Bad Sign 45:42, 17. Outside Woman Blues 48:46, 18. Take It Back 52:05, 19. Sunshine Of Your Love 54:23, 20. Politician 58:33, 21. SWLABR 1:02:33, 22. Steppin' Out 1:05:12.

* 1966 - I Feel Free [mimed black and white promotional clip], filmed in a park with the band members dressed in monkish clothes, YouTube, 23 November 2006, duration: 2.29 minutes.

* 1966 - N.S.U. [mimed black and white film clip], YouTube, 23 October 2017, duration: 2.44 minutes. Miming a cut from Fresh Cream, in a hall. Clapton is playing a Fender Telecaster. This is probably the group's earliest video recording.

* 1966 - Wrapping Paper and Sweet Wine [black and white film clip], mimed in a studio for French TV program Vient de Paraitre, YouTube 2021, duration: 6.16 minutes. Clapton is playing the former Andy Strummer '59 Gibson Les Paul.

* 15 November 1966 - Meet Me in the Bottom [live audio], Klooks Kleek, London, YouTube, 15 September 2008, duration: 4.49 minutes. 

* 15 November 1966 - Klooks Kleek, London, [live audio], YouTube, 7 January 2019, duration: 62.51 minutes.

* 6 December 1966 - Fresh Cream [audio, full studio LP], YouTube, 18 December 2019, duration: 47.11 minutes.

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* 1967

* 1967 - Strange Brew [black and white mimed TV studio film clip], German TV Beat Club, YouTube, 25 September 2009, duration: 2.24 minutes.

* 7 March 1967 - Stockholm, duration: 26.33 minutes. Tracks: NSU, Steppin' Out, Traintime, Toad, I'm So Glad.

* April 1967 - Eric Clapton interview [audio], YouTube, 12 June 2013, duration: 15.28 minutes.

* 22 April 1967 - Sunshine of Your Love, Ricky Tick Club, London, duration: 4.35 minutes; full concert, duration: 40.55 minutes. Tracks: 1. Sunshine Of Your Love, 2. Hey Lawdy Mama, 3. Sweet Wine, 4. Rollin' And Tumblin', 5. Spoonful, 6. Sitting On Top Of The World, 7. Toad.

* 23 May 1967 - Marquee Club, London, duration: 37.44 minutes. Coupled with Ricky Tick Club concert: 1. Sunshine Of Your Love 0:00, 2. Hey Lawdy Mama 4:43, 3. Sweet Wine 8:47, 4. Rollin' And Tumblin' 14:12, 5. Spoonful (cuts out) 19:16, 6. Sitting On Top Of The World (cuts in) 26:5308, 7. Tales of Brave Ulysses 31:17, 09. World of Pain 36:21, 10. Outside Woman Blues 40:49, 11. Dance the Night Away 44:37, 12. Sleepy Time Time 48:46, 13. Sweet Wine 55:50, 14. Rollin' & Tumblin 1:00:53, 15. NSU (cuts in) 1:05:41.

* 29 May 1967 - Tulip Bulb Auction Hall [audio], Spalding, Lincolnshire, YouTube, duration: 39.47 minutes. The great thing about this audio is the boisterous audience and the guitar and drum, as you can barely hear the vocals of Jack or Eric, or Jack's bass. The early version of Sunshine is very rough. The power and drive of Ginger's drumming also stands out. Eric is still refining his guitar work in regard to making his solos flow within the context of individual songs and introducing a lot of dirty SG / Marshall amp sounds, plus of course use of the wah wah pedal. It is still reminiscence of his work with Myall and blues-based. It is only when his playing becomes more psychedelic - most likely through the use of LSD during this period, and influence of other guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix - that the guitar work greatly improves. There is a lot of aggressive chord work in this gig, like some early punk band. By the end of 1967 Cream had become truly heavy.

* 1 October 1967, Revolution Club, London. Filmed for the French Baton Rogue television program. 1. Audio only, pitch corrected, duration: 16.16. minutes; 2. audio only, duration: 18.14 minutes.

 

* 15 October 1967 - Grande Ballroom, Detroit [audio], YouTube, duration: 112.03 minutes. 

* 24 October 1967 - Outside Woman Blues [audio, radio], YouTube, duration: 3.14 minutes.

* November 1967 - Disraeli Gears, LP, duration: 33.33. Tracks: Strange Brew – (E.Clapton, G.Collins, F.Pappalardi) 00:00, Sunshine of Your Love – 4:10 (J.Bruce, P.Brown, E.Clapton) 02:53, World of Pain – 3:02 (G.Collins, F.Pappalardi) 07:08, Dance the Night Away – (J.Bruce, P.Brown) 10:09, Blue Condition – (G.Baker) 13:49, Tales of Brave Ulysses – (E.Clapton, M.Sharp), SWLABR – (J.Bruce, P.Brown) 20:10, We're Going Wrong – (J.Bruce) 22:43, Outside Woman blues – (B.J.Reynolds, arr. E.Clapton) 26:09, Take It Back – (J.Bruce, P.Brown) 28:35, Mother's Lament – (traditional, arr. J.Bruce, G.Baker, E.Clapton) 31:42.

* 14 November 1967 - Stockholm, duration: 62.24 minutes. Tracks: Tales Of Brave Ulysses, Sunshine Of Your Love, Sleepy Time Time, Steppin' Out, Traintime, The Toad, I'm So Glad.

* 25 November 1967 - World of Pain [live film clip for BBC Four], YouTube, duration: 4.23 minutes.

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* 1968

* 23 February 1968 - Interview with band [audio], Santa Monica, California, YouTube, 15 April 2023, duration: 19.40 minutes.

* 3 March 1968 - Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco [bootleg audio, full concert], YouTube, 10 April 2022, duration: 94.32 minutes.

* April 1968 - Cream Live, Volume 1 [audio], LP released 1970, YouTube, 8 June 2020, duration: 41.58 minutes. Various recordings from the US around April 1968.

* April 1968 - Sunshine of Your Love [live clip for TV, colour] Glen Campbell Show, YouTube, 23 December 2010, 4.30 duration: minutes.

* April 1968 - World of Pain [mimed clip for film, colour], Copenhagen, Denmark, YouTube, duration: 2.01 minutes.

* 5 April 1968 - Back Bay Theatre, Boston [audio], YouTube, duration: 88.28 minutes.

* 2 November 1968 - Madison Square Garden [audio], YouTube, 31 March 2020, duration: 80.32 minutes.

* 26 November 1968 - Farewell Concert [complete in real time, colour and black and white video], Royal Albert Hall, London, YouTube, 16 January 2023, duration: 69.29 minutes.

* April-November 1968 - The Goodbye Tour 1968 [audio], YouTube, 25 May 2021, duration: 272.12 minutes.

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Cream: Disraeli Gears 1967 | Meet Me in the Bottom 1966 | Tales of Brave Ulysses 1967 | The Fool Gibson SG | Videos & Live 1966-68 | Wheels of Fire 1968 | 

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Last updated: 14 August 2023

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