Vintage 1967 ballpoint signatures of Cream—Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker—on light pink 6 x 4 thick play cardstock dated to January 18, 1967, when the band played at the Stourbridge Town Hall in Stourbridge, England. Included with the autographs is an original ‘Stourbridge Sessions’ handbill, 5 x 8.25, which lists “The Cream” concert on “Weds 18th Jan,” and calls them “The most Fantastic Group on the Scene.” Other bands on the handbill include The Move and The In Betweens. In overall fine condition, with a pin hole to the top of the handbill. Accompanied by a provenance letter from a former Stourbridge Town Hall employee who obtained these signatures.
Full sets of Cream autographs from their peak in the 1960s remain extraordinarily rare. This particular set is one of the nicest we've ever offered, and its rare associated ‘Stourbridge Sessions’ concert handbill and remarkably early date—their first album Fresh Cream was released a month earlier on December 9, 1966—elevates this exceptional piece even further.
Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker were England’s premier musicians. This power trio
defined the term ‘Supergroup’—which didn’t exist until they formed—and they proved, as their name suggests, to be the cream of the crop. Their peerless, legendary improvised live performances were ferocious, melding jazz, blues, and rock into extended jams that left both band and their audiences spent by night’s end. They were three opposites, each a virtuoso, all aware that their collective power and their intensity would someday soon fade, for those who shine the brightest will also burn the fastest.
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