Cream

Released: November 2, 1967

Songwriter: Peter Brown (UK) Jack Bruce

Producer: Felix Pappalardi

[Verse 1]
Gonna build myself a castle
High up in the clouds
There'll be skies outside my window
Lose these streets and crowds

[Chorus]
Dance the night away

[Verse 2]
Will find myself an ocean
Sail into the blue
Live with golden swordfish
Forget the time of you

[Chorus]
Dance the night away

[Verse 3]
Dance myself to nothing
Vanish from this place
Gonna turn myself to shadow
So I can see your face

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Dance the night away

The members of this power trio, formed in the autumn of 1966, were all veterans of the blues revival. Guitarist Eric Clapton was the same prodigy who revealed himself with the Yardbirds, and who had contributed to the legendary recording of Bluesbreakers with John Mayall. Drummer Peter “Ginger” Baker, skilled at many forms of percussion, had already played, in 1960, with the Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and in 1962 with Alexis Korner and the Graham Bond Organisation. Scottish bassist Jack Bruce had traveled some of the same roads as Baker, before joining Manfred Mann. Bruce and Clapton had met each other in the Powerhouse, a short-lived lineup put together by John Mayall, that also included Steve Winwood at the keyboard. With Cream these three virtuosos simply brought to fruition the experience that they developed in the London clubs, bringing to the rock concert stage long, electric, high volume improvisations.

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