2 album covers in our archive
Cream is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 2 album covers from the 1960s. Released across Reaction Records, the artwork sits in the rock, blues tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering collage, psychedelic, pop art, band photo, hand drawn, black and white. Below you'll find the full story behind each Cream cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.
A roadie's mispronunciation gave the album its name; a chance meeting in a nightclub gave it its face. Cream's Disraeli Gears wears a fluorescent collage built from a publicity photo, scissors, and paint mixed to capture a 'warm electric sound.'
Cream's debut album features one of rock's most enigmatic covers - a stark black and white photograph of three mysterious figures that perfectly captured the band's dark, blues-heavy sound before anyone knew what a supergroup looked like.
