Thank you. I “saw” Cream in 1968 at a circular theater where the stage rotated. Except it didn’t. It broke down after about one revolution, and I was stuck behind the band, where all I could see was Ginger Baker. Being a drummer, that was ok with me, but I would have liked to have seen Clapton and Bruce.
It always irked me that Baker insisted he wasn’t a “rock” drummer but a “jazz” drummer. Sorry, I also saw the Dave Brubeck Quartet with the amazing Joe Morello on drums, and Ginger, you are definitely a rock drummer.
As the narrator says, “Disraeli Gears” and “Wheels of Fire” were mind-blowing for how far they advanced the rock idiom, and to this day they are many of my favorite songs.
Eric Clapton's best "Crossroads" was on "Wheels of Fire". The speed version. The slow versions like in Michelob commercials sucked. I have it on MP3 and listen to it. All of Cream was amazing together. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were as key to the group as Eric. Saw them once live.
Also the only legit version of Layla is the original with Dwayne Alaman and done fast.