Cream: Background to a Break-Up
Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 13 July 1968
CREAM ARE breaking up. The world-famous trio that features Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce are to go separate ways in the autumn. Said Eric at his Chelsea home this week: "Ive been on the road seven years and Im going on a big holiday."
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