8395 - Cream Signed 'Fresh Cream' Debut Album - Obtained at the Lanchester Arts Festival on January 14, 1967

Cream Signed 'Fresh Cream' Debut Album - Obtained at the Lanchester Arts Festival on January 14, 1967 Fresh Cream album by Cream, signed neatly on the back cover in ballpoint by Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker. In fine condition, with light edgewear, and toned tape to the bottom edge. The record is included. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from JSA, Grad Authentication, Beckett Authentication Services, and Tracks, and a letter of provenance from the original recipient, Derek (Des) Kendrick, drummer for the Coventry blues/soul band the Perfumed Garden, who states that he purchased the album in 1966 and brought it with him when his band opened for Cream at the Lanchester Arts Festival on January 14, 1967. Kendrick recalls: “On January 14th 1967 my band The Perfumed Garden opened the show at the Lanchester Arts Festival of music and film. Headlining act was Cream. I was delighted having seen their very first show 6 months before at the National Jazz and Blues festival at Windsor. I had bought their first album too FRESH CREAM, which I brought to the show. We got to share the dressing room with Eric, Jack and Ginger. They very kindly all autographed my new copy of Fresh Cream. This record has been in my possession since 1966. They signed it in 1967; it is still in great condition and has not been played since 1969.” Fully signed vintage examples of Fresh Cream are exceedingly rare, particularly examples signed by Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce during the group’s brief original run in the 1960s. Signed in January 1967, just weeks after the album’s release, this example dates to the very beginning of Cream’s recording career and is one of only a handful of period-signed copies known to exist.