They released just one album -- 1969's Blind Faith -- and existed for barely a year. Even so, Blind Faith is considered to be rock's first "super group" and as such carved a permanent place in classic rock history.
Blind Faith came into being thanks to the breakup of Cream in 1968. Cream's Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker joined forces with Clapton's pal Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic) and Rick Grech (Family) shortly after Cream crashed and burned after just two years of superstardom.
The group's only album went to #1 in both the US and UK, supported by a sold out tour, after which they never performed or recorded together again. The band got a lot of attention thanks to the fact that the original cover for their album depicted a very young, very topless girl. The resulting controversy was such that the original US release featured a photo of the band on the cover instead.
Only one Blind Faith performance was ever filmed, a free concert in London's Hyde Park in June 1969. That performance, plus archival footage of the band's members in their earlier incarnations, is being released by Sanctuary Records on DVD September 19.
London Hyde Park 1969 provides a rare glimpse at a fleeting, but highly significant chapter in the history of rock's evolution.
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"Sea of Joy"
DVD cover image courtesy Sanctuary Visual Entertainment
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Supposedly, the girl on the cover of Blind Faith was Ginger Baker’s daughter!
According to Bob Seidemann (the photographer of that famous picture) she is the sister of a completely random girl that got on a subway train he was riding. There was no mention of her being Ginger Bakers daughter.