Cream Royal Albert Hall (2005)

The legendary rock trio of Ginger Baker Jack Bruce and Eric Claptontwo jazz musicians and a blues guitaristwas one of the most influential bands of the 1960s even though they played together for less than three years They brought their psychedelic fusion of blues and pop into the mainstream with albums like FRESH CREAM and WHEELS OF FIRE Clapton long regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time did some of his best work on those albums Londons Royal Albert Hall the site of what was supposed to be Creams final performance back in 1968 was also the venue for their reunion show Sounding as if theyd been on vacation for a few weeks instead of disbanded for well over three decades Cream brought the house down with a series of four shows all of which are excerpted here The band performs classics like Spoonful Born Under a Bad Sign Sunshine of Your Love and White Room among more than 20 others