Live Cream

Live Cream
Live album by
ReleasedApril 1970 (1970-04)[1]
RecordedMay 1967
7 March 1968
9 and 10 March 1968[2]
VenueAtlantic Studios, New York City
Fillmore West, San Francisco, California
Winterland, San Francisco, California
GenreBlues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length41:45
LabelAtco
ProducerFelix Pappalardi, Ahmet Ertegun, Robert Stigwood[2]
Cream chronology
Best of Cream
(1969)
Live Cream
(1970)
Live Cream Volume II
(1972)
Singles from Live Cream
  1. "Lawdy Mama"
    Released: July 1970[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Live Cream (CD liner). Cream. Polydor Records. 1997. 531,816-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Live Cream, Vol. 1 – Cream | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Christgau was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Cream > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Live Cream". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  7. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 100. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.