Description
Limited edition 180-gram vinyl LP reissue of 1969 compilation album!
Faithfully reproduced original LP artwork
Best of Cream compiled material recorded from 1966 to 1968 and was released shortly after the group disbanded. The album peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart in July 1969.
"The first of a long line of Cream anthologies, the 1969 Best of Cream (released originally on Atco, since reissued on Polydor) was a ten-track compilation featuring nearly all of Cream's U.K. and U.S. single hits. The exceptions were "Wrapping Paper" and "Anyone for Tennis," which were not much missed, especially when instead you got tracks like "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses." In fact, for a long time Best of Cream served as the best one-record distillation of Cream…" — AllMusic.com
