Cream : the world's first supergroup / by Dave Thompson.
| Author/creator | Thompson, Dave |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Virgin Books, 2005. |
| Description | 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Further reading -- Beginnings: the devil came from Richmond -- A solid bond in the blues -- Five live yardbirds -- The organiser -- The blues and those who broke them -- And they shall be called-- -- --The cream -- How does a hat stand feel? -- A spoonful of wrapping paper -- Muddy waters on Mars -- The sunshine of your blues -- Music in the fifth dimension -- My aunt Jemima's christening dress -- Hey, hey, we're the creamies -- The most incredible performing band I've ever seen -- All hail the blues Messiahs -- Seven minutes to midnight -- The elephants are dancing -- Fare thee well -- Epilogue: buried by the machine -- Appendix: where next, young man? -- Discography -- Index. |
| Review | Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker exploded onto the scene the day after England won the World Cup in 1966 and within two years they too were champions of the world. Cream, modern music's first true supergroup, set standards that rock'n'roll still aspires to, not only creating some of rock's most enduring anthems ('Sunshine Of Your Love', 'I Feel Free', 'Badge', 'Strange Brew', 'White Room'), but also rewriting the terms under which every subsequent band would operate." "Cream: The World's First Supergroup transports the reader back to an age when the blues was still a mysterious music that came to Britain in the rucksacks of merchant seamen. Competition was fierce and, within a close network of legendary bands, musicians were poached, dropped and spurred by competitive rivalry. None were as ruthless in their devotion to music as Cream - three momentous talents, three momentous egos, and three musicians who rarely saw eye to eye. But such was their power that today, almost forty years after the group broke up, Cream remains a byword for musical quality." "Jam-packed with incisive new interviews with a glittering cast of band members, friends, rivals and onlookers, Cream: The World's First Supergroup reads as if it were the best rock fiction ever written. Across 27 months, 4 LPs and the 300-or-so gigs, Cream's songs have sold cars and computers, bolstered movie soundtracks and launched entire careers. From life on the road in mid-60s Britain to the psychedelic fog of Swinging London in 1967 and the reactionary brutality of America 1968 - these are the tumultuous years that first created, then enveloped, and finally devoured the greatest rock band in the world. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography (pages 259-272) and index. |
| ISBN | 1852272864 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781852272869 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML421.C58 T46 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |