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Cream Autographs Eric Clapton Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce signed Album

Authentic Cream Autographs Eric Clapton Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce signed Album. Signed in gold marker on the cover of Fresh Cream.

Cream, a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist, although Clapton and Baker also sang and contributed songs. Formed from members of previously successful bands, widely regarded as the world’s first supergroup. Cream a highly regarded for the instrumental proficiency of each of their members. Tensions between Bruce and Baker led to their decision in May 1968 to break up; though the band persuaded to make a final album, Goodbye, and to tour; culminating in two final farewell concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 25 and 26 November 1968 which filmed by the BBC and shown in theatres, then in 1977 released as a home video, Farewell Concert.

Their music spanned many genres of rock music, including blues rock (“Crossroads”, “Born Under a Bad Sign”), psychedelic rock (“Tales of Brave Ulysses”, “White Room”), and hard rock (“Sunshine of Your Love”, “SWLABR”). In their career, they sold more than 15 million records worldwide. The group’s third album, Wheels of Fire (1968), is the world’s first platinum-selling double album.

In 1993, Cream inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were included in both Rolling Stone and VH1’s lists of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”, at number 67 and 61 respectively. They were also ranked number 16 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”.

Jack Bruce

Bruce died of liver disease on 25 October 2014, in Suffolk, England, aged 71. Survived by his wife Margrit and four children.

His funeral, held in London on 5 November 2014 and attended by Clapton, Baker and noted musicians Phil Manzanera, Gary Brooker, Vernon Reid and Nitin Sawhney among others. Dozens assembled at the Golders Green Crematorium paying a last tribute singing “Morning Has Broken”, “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Theme for an Imaginary Western”. Bruce’s remains were later cremated and then buried at a private family ceremony on 31 December 2014 at the crematorium.

Ginger Baker

On 25 September 2019, Baker’s family reported that Ginger’s critically ill in hospital, and asked fans to keep him in their prayers. Baker eventually died on 6 October 2019 at the age of 80, at a hospital in Margate. On 23 October 2019, a private funeral service held in Canterbury, Kent, with close family and friends.