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| publisher = [[Canongate Books]] |
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| recorded = May 1967 |
| recorded = May 1967 <br />7 March 1968 <br /> 9 and 10 March 1968<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Live Cream |others=[[Cream (band)|Cream]] |year=1997 |url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1313534 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[Polydor Records]] |id=531,816-2}}</ref> |
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| venue = [[Atlantic Studios]], New York City <br /> [[Fillmore West]], San Francisco, California <br /> [[Winterland Ballroom|Winterland]], San Francisco, California |
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| genre = [[Blues rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[hard rock]] |
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| label = [[Atco Records|Atco]] |
| label = [[Atco Records|Atco]] |
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| producer = [[Felix Pappalardi]], [[Ahmet Ertegun]], [[Robert Stigwood]]<ref name="notes" /> |
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| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]'' |
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| rev2Score = ''(positive)''<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review: Live Cream|journal=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|page=46|date=28 May 1970}}</ref> |
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'''''Live Cream''''' (also called '''''Live Cream, Volume 1''''') is a live compilation album by the British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Cream (band)|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 as heard on "[[Strange Brew (song)|Strange Brew]]" with a different vocal and guitar solo by [[Eric Clapton]]. |
'''''Live Cream''''' (also called '''''Live Cream, Volume 1''''') is a live compilation album by the British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Cream (band)|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 as heard on "[[Strange Brew (song)|Strange Brew]]" with a different vocal and guitar solo by [[Eric Clapton]]. |
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''Live Cream'' hit No. 15 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{ |
''Live Cream'' hit No. 15 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3983|tab=charts-awards|label="Cream > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" |access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> No. 4 on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Live%20Cream |title=Live Cream |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> and No. 10 on the [[Finnish album charts]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Nyman |first=Jake |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |publisher=Tammi |year=2005 |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |page=100 |language=fi}}</ref> |
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== Critical reception == |
== Critical reception == |
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In a 1970 review, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine called ''Live Cream'' "an excellent album" and "well-recorded, controlled, and tense; the timing of the band can capture the listener with an excitement that has nothing to do with nostalgia".<ref>{{cite |
In a 1970 review, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine called ''Live Cream'' "an excellent album" and "well-recorded, controlled, and tense; the timing of the band can capture the listener with an excitement that has nothing to do with nostalgia".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Review: Live Cream|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|page=46|date=28 May 1970}}</ref> Paul Kresh of ''[[Stereo Review]]'' called it "a strangely uneven set of performances" highlighted by the "studio-made" "Lawdy Mama", which he called "three minutes of truly exciting music." He described the album as "disappointing jazz/rock" with excellent recording and stereo quality, particularly "superb" remixing by [[Adrian Barber]], and felt that the longer tracks "suffer from interludes of aimlessness", but are generally "very good".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kresh|first=Paul|page=129|title=The Cream: Live Cream|journal=[[Stereo Review]]|location=Chicago|date=September 1970|volume=25}}</ref> |
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In a retrospective review, [[ |
In a retrospective review, [[AllMusic]]'s Bruce Eder gave ''Live Cream'' four out of five stars and said that it "could well be their most consistently brilliant album for sheer musicianship", despite only featuring songs from Cream's "least ambitious and most rudimentary album" ''[[Fresh Cream]]'' (1966). Eder found the group's interplay throughout the jams "fascinating" and asserted that "performances like this single-handedly raised the stakes of musicianship in rock."<ref name="Eder">{{cite web|last=Eder|first=Bruce|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-cream-vol-1-mw0000189526|title=Live Cream, Vol. 1 – Cream|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> However, [[Robert Christgau]] said, despite side one's "unmistakable and attractive" intensity, he prefers "Clapton's graceful picking on ''Fresh Cream''{{'}}s 'Sleepy Time Time' over the flat-out distortions here".<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=6647|title=Album: Cream: Live Cream|publisher=Robert Christgau|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> [[J. D. Considine]], writing in ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' (2004), gave it two out of five stars and wrote that both ''Live Cream'' and its [[Live Cream Volume II|second volume]] are "muddled leftovers released solely to cash in on the band's enduring popularity."<ref>{{cite book|author=Considine, J. D.|author-link=J. D. Considine|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-last=Hoard|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|date=2 November 2004|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n211 198]–9|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac|url-access=registration|access-date=30 March 2013|display-authors=etal}}</ref> "Ultimate Classic Rock" rated the album in the "Top 100 Live Albums", and said the album found "cool new wrinkles in the old material".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/live-albums-100/|title=Top 100 Live Albums|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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|title5 = [[Rollin' and Tumblin'|Rollin' and Tumblin{{'-}}]] |
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==CD version track listing== |
==CD version track listing== |
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# "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 10: |
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# "Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce, Godfrey) – 6: |
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# "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Newbern) – 6:42 |
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==Personnel== |
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*[[Stephen Paley]] – photography |
*[[Stephen Paley]] – photography |
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==Charts== |
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=AUS>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |
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{{Album chart|Canada|13|chartid=3822|artist=Cream|album=Goodbye|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 March 2024}} |
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!scope="row"|Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|''Soumen Virallinen'']])<ref>{{cite book |last=Nyman |first=Jake |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |publisher=Tammi |year=2005 |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |page=100|language=fi}}</ref> |
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!scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=10 March 2024 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – C |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_C.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} ''Select ''Cream'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref> |
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{{Album chart|Germany4|30|id=38576|artist=Cream|album=Live Cream|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 March 2024}} |
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{{Album chart|UK2|4|date=19700705|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 March 2024}} |
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{{Album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Cream|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2024}} |
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==Certifications== |
==Certifications== |
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{{Certification Table Top}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album |
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relmonth=04|relyear=1970|artist=Cream|title=Live Cream|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|certyear=1970|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/2575863-cream-certified-britisch-platinum-album-presented-to-jack-bruce-for-the-record-live-cream |title=Cream – Certified British platinum album presented to Jack Bruce for the record "Live Cream" |access-date=2015-09-18 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831145542/http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/2575863-cream-certified-britisch-platinum-album-presented-to-jack-bruce-for-the-record-live-cream |archive-date=31 August 2015 }}</ref>}} |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Cream (band) live albums]] |
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[[Category:1970 live albums]] |
[[Category:1970 live albums]] |
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[[Category:Atco Records live albums]] |
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[[Category:Polydor Records live albums]] |
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[[Category:Albums produced by Ahmet Ertegun]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:55, 11 August 2024
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Released | April 1970[1] | |||
Recorded | May 1967 7 March 1968 9 and 10 March 1968[2] | |||
Venue | Atlantic Studios, New York City Fillmore West, San Francisco, California Winterland, San Francisco, California | |||
Genre | Blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 41:45 | |||
Label | Atco | |||
Producer | Felix Pappalardi, Ahmet Ertegun, Robert Stigwood[2] | |||
Cream chronology | ||||
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Singles from Live Cream | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+[4] |
Live Cream (also called Live Cream, Volume 1) is a live compilation album by the British rock band 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 as heard on "Strange Brew" with a different vocal and guitar solo by Eric Clapton.
Live Cream hit No. 15 on the Billboard 200,[5] No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart,[6] and No. 10 on the Finnish album charts.[7]
Critical reception
[edit]In a 1970 review, Rolling Stone magazine called Live Cream "an excellent album" and "well-recorded, controlled, and tense; the timing of the band can capture the listener with an excitement that has nothing to do with nostalgia".[8] Paul Kresh of Stereo Review called it "a strangely uneven set of performances" highlighted by the "studio-made" "Lawdy Mama", which he called "three minutes of truly exciting music." He described the album as "disappointing jazz/rock" with excellent recording and stereo quality, particularly "superb" remixing by Adrian Barber, and felt that the longer tracks "suffer from interludes of aimlessness", but are generally "very good".[9]
In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Bruce Eder gave Live Cream four out of five stars and said that it "could well be their most consistently brilliant album for sheer musicianship", despite only featuring songs from Cream's "least ambitious and most rudimentary album" Fresh Cream (1966). Eder found the group's interplay throughout the jams "fascinating" and asserted that "performances like this single-handedly raised the stakes of musicianship in rock."[10] However, Robert Christgau said, despite side one's "unmistakable and attractive" intensity, he prefers "Clapton's graceful picking on Fresh Cream's 'Sleepy Time Time' over the flat-out distortions here".[4] J. D. Considine, writing in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), gave it two out of five stars and wrote that both Live Cream and its second volume are "muddled leftovers released solely to cash in on the band's enduring popularity."[11] "Ultimate Classic Rock" rated the album in the "Top 100 Live Albums", and said the album found "cool new wrinkles in the old material".[12]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | "N.S.U." (Jack Bruce) | 10 March 1968, Winterland | 10:13 |
2. | "Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce, Janet Godfrey) | 9 March 1968, Winterland | 6:50 |
3. | "Lawdy Mama" (Traditional, arr. Eric Clapton) | May 1967, Atlantic Studios | 2:46 |
No. | Title | Recording date and location | Length |
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4. | "Sweet Wine" (Ginger Baker, Godfrey) | 10 March 1968, Winterland | 15:15 |
5. | "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Hambone Willie Newbern) | 7 March 1968, The Fillmore | 6:42 |
CD version track listing
[edit]- "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 10:12
- "Sleepy Time Time" (Bruce, Godfrey) – 6:50
- "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey) – 15:15
- "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Newbern) – 6:42
- "Lawdy Mama" (Traditional) – 2:46
Personnel
[edit]Per liner notes[2]
- Jack Bruce – bass, harmonica, vocals
- Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
- Ginger Baker – drums, vocals
- Felix Pappalardi – producer, except on "Lawdy Mama"
- Ahmet Ertegun – producer on "Lawdy Mama"
- Robert Stigwood – producer on "Lawdy Mama"
- Adrian Barber – recording engineer, re-mix engineer
- Tom Dowd – recording engineer
- Bill Halverson – recording engineer
- Stephen Paley – photography
Charts
[edit]Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[13] | 20 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[14] | 13 |
Finnish Albums (Soumen Virallinen)[15] | 10 |
French Albums (SNEP)[16] | 15 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] | 30 |
UK Albums (OCC)[18] | 4 |
US Billboard 200[19] | 15 |
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[20] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Strong, Charles (2002) [Originally published in 1994]. The Great Rock Discography (Sixth ed.). United Kingdom: Canongate Books. p. 323. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
- ^ a b c Live Cream (CD liner). Cream. Polydor Records. 1997. 531,816-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Live Cream, Vol. 1 – Cream | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Album: Cream: Live Cream". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "Cream > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Live Cream". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 100. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
- ^ "Review: Live Cream". Rolling Stone. New York. 28 May 1970. p. 46.
- ^ Kresh, Paul (September 1970). "The Cream: Live Cream". Stereo Review. 25. Chicago: 129.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Live Cream, Vol. 1 – Cream". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Considine, J. D.; et al. (2 November 2004). Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 198–9. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "Top 100 Live Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3822". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 100. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
- ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – C". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2024. Select Cream from the menu, then press OK.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Cream – Live Cream" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Cream Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Cream – Certified British platinum album presented to Jack Bruce for the record "Live Cream"". Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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