Heavy Cream
1972 compilation album by Cream / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heavy Cream is a compilation album of material recorded by the British rock band Cream from 1966 to 1969.
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Released | 9 October 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1966–69 | |||
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Length | 83:08 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Felix Pappalardi/Robert Stigwood | |||
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Although available in other territories as well, the album was largely released to address the North American market, in order for Polydor Records to leverage Cream's back catalogue; prior to 1972, Polydor had licensed Cream's recordings to Atco/Atlantic Records for North American distribution. Now out of print, Heavy Cream was available as a double album during the years 1972–76, and was briefly reissued by Polydor's affiliated label RSO Records in 1983.
This double album was also issued simultaneously with 3 other double albums of solo material by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker all titled: "... At His Best"
With 22 tracks, Heavy Cream is one of the more comprehensive collections of Cream's work, containing over two-thirds of the band's studio recordings.
Writing for Newsday in 1972, Robert Christgau regarded the album as the best of the Cream compilations up to that point.[1]
The album reached No. 135 on the Billboard 200.[2]