It’s safe to say Cream would have gone kerplunk regardless of anything else. But the process was likely sped up when Clapton got his hands on an early copy of an album called Music From Big Pink.

“I thought of Cream as sort ... s July 1985 Eric Clapton issue. In doing so, he made an admission that was tantalizing to Clapton fans. “On the Wheels of Fire album, in the live portion ...

On his best work – early records by the Yardbirds, Cream’s brief catalog, the Dominos’ one album and even solo albums like ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’ and ‘Slowhand’ – Clapton has proven ...