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Cream - Fresh Cream (1966) [DCC 180g LP; mastered by Steve Hoffman] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-format
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Cream - Fresh Cream
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (presented in 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | DR Analysis | 1.06 gb/330 mb incl. recovery | FSonic, FF & WU | Rock | 1966
Mastered by Steve Hoffman & Kevin Gray from the original master tapes
DCC 180g LP / Cat.#: DCC LPZ-2015
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (presented in 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | DR Analysis | 1.06 gb/330 mb incl. recovery | FSonic, FF & WU | Rock | 1966
Mastered by Steve Hoffman & Kevin Gray from the original master tapes
DCC 180g LP / Cat.#: DCC LPZ-2015
| “ | Fresh Cream represents so many different firsts, it's difficult to keep count. Cream, of course, was the first supergroup, but their first album not only gave birth to the power trio, it also was instrumental in the birth of heavy metal and the birth of jam rock. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine/AMG (4/5 Stars) | ” |
Fresh Cream is the debut studio album by British supergroup Cream. It was the first LP release of producer Robert Stigwood's new "Independent" Reaction Records label, released in the UK as both a mono and stereo version on 9 December 1966, the same time as the single release of "I Feel Free". The album was released a month later, in January 1967, in the United States by Atco Records as both a mono and a stereo version.[
In 2003, the album was ranked number 101 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
| “ | Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine (allmusic.com) Fresh Cream represents so many different firsts, it's difficult to keep count. Cream, of course, was the first supergroup, but their first album not only gave birth to the power trio, it also was instrumental in the birth of heavy metal and the birth of jam rock. That's a lot of weight for one record and, like a lot of pioneering records, Fresh Cream doesn't seem quite as mighty as what would come later, both from the group and its acolytes. In retrospect, the moments on the LP that are a bit unformed -- in particular, the halting waltz of "Dreaming" never achieves the sweet ethereal atmosphere it aspires to -- stand out more than the innovations, which have been so thoroughly assimilated into the vocabulary of rock & roll, but Fresh Cream was a remarkable shift forward in rock upon its 1966 release and it remains quite potent. Certainly at this early stage the trio was still grounded heavily in blues, only fitting given guitarist Eric Clapton's stint in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, which is where he first played with bassist Jack Bruce, but Cream never had the purist bent of Mayall, and not just because they dabbled heavily in psychedelia. The rhythm section of Bruce and Ginger Baker had a distinct jazzy bent to their beat; this isn't hard and pure, it's spongy and elastic, giving the musicians plenty of room to roam. This fluidity is most apparent on the blues covers that take up nearly half the record, especially on "Spoonful," where the swirling instrumental interplay, echo, fuzz tones, and overwhelming volume constitute true psychedelic music, and also points strongly toward the guitar worship of heavy metal. Almost all the second side of Fresh Cream is devoted to this, closing with Baker's showcase "Toad," but for as hard and restless as this half of the album is, there is some lightness on the first portion of the record where Bruce reveals himself as an inventive psychedelic pop songwriter with the tense, colorful "N.S.U." and the hook- and harmony-laden "I Feel Free." Cream shows as much force and mastery on these tighter, poppier tunes as they do on the free-flowing jams, yet they show a clear bias toward the long-form blues numbers, which makes sense: they formed to be able to pursue this freedom, which they do so without restraint. If at times that does make the album indulgent or lopsided, this is nevertheless where Cream was feeling their way forward, creating their heavy psychedelic jazz-blues and, in the process, opening the door to all kinds of serious rock music that may have happened without Fresh Cream, but it just would not have happened in the same fashion as it did with this record as precedent. | ” |
Tracklist
- A1 I Feel Free 2:52
A2 N.S.U. 2:44
A3 Sleepy Time Time 4:20
A4 Dreaming 2:00
A5 Sweet Wine 3:18
A6 Cat's Squirrel 3:05
A7 Four Until Late 2:06
A8 Rollin' And Tumblin' 4:42
B1 I'm So Glad 3:58
B2 Toad 5:10
B3 Spoonful 6:37
B4 Wrapping Paper 2:22
B5 The Coffee Song 2:44
B6 Rollin' And Tumblin' (mono) 4:42
Notes
- Limited edition, 180+ pure virgin vinyl analogue pressing.
Remastered by Steve Hoffman on all vacuum-tube cutting system.
Contains bonus tracks (B3-B6).
The noise in N.S.U. is on master tape.
I'm So Glad was originally mixed to mono only.
Personnel
- Cream
Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Jack Bruce - vocals, bass, harmonica, piano, cello
Ginger Baker - drums, percussion, vocals
Production
Robert Stigwood - Producer
John Timperly - Engineer
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High resoulution files are marked as "hr", CD-compatible files as "rb".
The files are interchangeable!!!
Hope you enjoy!!!
Check my blog for more audiophile stuff.
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BTW - there's a stray RAR file in the filesonic folder...
Many thanks.
'FOUR UNTIL LATE' you're sure'DREAMING'that you're a'TOAD'with a'SPOONFUL'
Nice one aksman
mate, according to your nick, 'you're sure' a far(t)-left extremist moron, so: GFY
Thanks much!
Have you no sense of humour?
Church... was only continuing the silly, harmless game you started.
Why take it so personal?
Why be so rude & reactionary in your response?
You have made rather a fool of yourself LOL.
This release contains all tracks from the uK and the US release... "I Feel Free" was only on the US relase, "Spoonful" only on the UK release. This makes the DCC the only complete "Fresh Cream" release on vinyl.
been using db poweramp converting files to wav then burning to cdr but they sound horribly distorted.
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Ah !!!! spoonfull, Rollig and Tumblin' It's a long Time ago
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