Cream: Classic Artists
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Actor: CreamBrand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Best of, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Cream: Classic Artists
DVD Review: A comprehensive history of the greatest band of the late 60's!
Summary: 5 Stars
So many bands have come along since the late 60's that people tend to forget about Cream, it seems. Jimi Hendrix set the guitar world on its ear, Eric Clapton has enjoyed a hugely successful solo career, and drum legends John Bonham, Keith Moon, and especially Neil Peart constitute the trilogy of worshipped drummers among drummers. John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, and more recently Flea and Les Claypool are the bass gods. AHEM...before all those guys (except Clapton, of course), there was CREAM...and they were indeed the cream of the crop! Sadly, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce's individual legacies have not withstood the subsequent emergences of the aforementioned greats, at least to the degree they should have. Clapton's own career has kept his own legacy alive and well respected, but in the late 60's these three guys were IT. Picture in your mind Slash, Les Claypool and Neil Peart joining forces in a new band--whoa! Well, that's how it was when Baker, Bruce and Clapton formed Cream in 1968...
If you go back and listen to Cream's live recordings, the intensity and musicianship of each of the three members still stands up to any blues rock act out there, and together as a band...they STILL can't be touched! This DVD shows how it all happened, and it's very complete...no glaring omissions of facts that I noticed. This DVD would both be a great lesson in the history of rock and also a way of allowing you to appreciate the greatest band of the late 60's! It's no secret that Cream were the pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal...but that's just one of their many influences on rock music...their music itself is also something to enjoy for ages to come!!
Each of the three members were interviewed specifically for this DVD, and they spill the beans entirely...especially Ginger Baker, who STILL seems to be irritated with Jack Bruce...some of his comments are hilarious!
DVD Review: The Story of Cream
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are really into Cream and want to know the story of how they got together as a band then this dvd is for you. It's a 113 minute long movie which has interviews with all 3 members of Cream as well as their road crew, management, critics and other musicians. They go through the whole story starting with Eric Clapton's first bands like The Yardbirds and John Mayal's Blues Breakers. Then goes into Ginger and Jack's past saying how they use to play in jazz bands. One thing that did turn me off about this movie was Ginger Baker. He is extreemly negative and pissy throughout the whole movie and bitches about everything. Jack and Eric are both a treat to hear about their times in the band and feel i've learned a lot from listning to them. I like how the movie goes through all 4 albums and Eric saying how he thought Disreli Gears was a great album. The movie talks about the break up of the band all the way up through the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Royal Albert Hall and Madison Square Garden reunions. Eric and Jack said they'd be keen on doing more but Ginger, of course, says absolutley not. You also get to hear from their lyricist Pete Brown who I found very interesting to listen too. My favorite bass player Chris Squire from Yes talks about his love for Cream. This is a really great dvd to add to your collection. However as you have probably read from previous reviewers their is very little music on this dvd. It's mostly just a lot of talking but that din't bother me much. You also get a bonus cd with this package of Sweedish radio sessions of 5 never before released tracks. Classic Artist is a good dvd series which so far only has 3 releases. The other two are Yes and The Moody Blues. I hope they put out more and it's rumored a Jethro Tull one is in the works.
DVD Review: Great view from the inside
Summary: 5 Stars
This "documentary" of sorts has become one of my favorite. There are quite a few stories from not only Eric, Jack and Ginger, but from close associates of theirs telling their view on the rise and abrupt end of Cream.
Eric and Jack seem fairly content with their story and on their experiences being in the band but Ginger seems quite bitter towards Jack. You never really quite know why Ginger despises Jack so much, you aren't really told what Jack did throughout their relationship that seems to irritate Ginger so much.
Ginger does speak a bit on not getting credited for song-writing contributions. Nevertheless, he is quite animated when speaking about the band. It is sad to see his dislike of Jack.
Being a guitarist myself and having sat for hours on end in my mid-teens copping Clapton licks and learning Crossroads note-for-note back in the very early seventies, I have always looked to the Cream as one of the fountains of information for learning to play blues/rock guitar. This dvd is a real treat for me. If were or are really into the Cream, then I think that you would enjoy this DVD.
DVD Review: An Essential purchase for any Cream Fan!
Summary: 4 Stars
A two-disc set comprising of interviews,video clips and live music, this is a highly entertaining collection with Jack Bruce,Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker telling us in their own words how the world's first supergroup formed, hit the top of the charts with such hits as Sunshine of Your Love and White Room, then self destructed in just a few short years, only to reform for the celebrated 2005 Cream at Albert Hall concerts. Poet Pete Brown, who had a hand in most of Creams songs, also is interviewed.
The only complaint I have about the main program is Ginger Baker who comes across as as quite bitter and unrelenting in his interview when commenting about Jack Bruce. One would think that Ginger would have mellowed out a bit over the years, but sadly it isn't so! But the fantastic music more than makes up for it.
DVD Review: "Where's the Beef?"
Summary: 3 Stars
There some great interviews on here, with Cream and people affiliated with them. But after a while it gets to be too much talk and not enough action. It would have been great to hear some musical clips to accompany the interviews.
Also, the one extra interview I listened to with Solomon Burke and B.B. King, does not mention Cream at all.
Description of Cream: Classic Artists
Their fully-authorized story in a 2-disc deluxe set! The beginning, the farewell, the reunion. Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce tell how it was... and how it is. Cream, the world's first "supergroup," stunned the pop world when it burst on the Swinging '60s. Produced with full cooperation from the band, this fascinating documentary tells their full amazing story. Exclusive new interviews reveal how success affected them and how they created the smash hits "I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room." See highlights of their career: Cream's birth in 1966, the sudden break-up in 1968, and an historic reunion in 2005 with sold-out concerts in London and New York which rekindled the public's fascination with this all-star trio. Together with interviews with key music industry figures, here is the best, most informative insight into a cultural phenomenon that shaped the future of rock.Disc 1 includes unreleased archive footage, new interviews with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce and others, plus music, performance footage, rare and unseen photographs and memorabilia!
Disc 2 (audio) includes Swedish Radio sessions ("Konsert med Cream," 1967) and 5 previously unreleased audio tracks: "NSU," "Steppin' Out," "Traintime," "Toad" and "I'm So Glad."
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