![]() So they had impeccable progressive integrity. ![]() Consider that their third disc, Wheels of Fire, was Britain’s first Platinum-selling double album. ![]() Their albums and singles successes include – well everything. It’s impossible to overstate the goodwill and praise heaped upon them by the press and public alike and from the outset their studio music and live performances became a byword for excellence, enabling them to rival the Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who and The Rolling Stones as one of the most fruitful periods in British rock history started to make England swing. Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and the estimable Ginger Baker pooled their talents, bringing skills perfected in the Yardbirds, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and the Graham Bond Organisation. ![]() Arguably the supergroup to beat them all, Cream were formed during that incredible summer of 1966 amidst a period of huge artistic upheaval in British rock, with psychedelia beginning to infiltrate the mainstream. ![]()
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