GINGER BAKER Ginger Baker's Air Force 2LP ATCO 1970 US orig+foc w/STEVE WINWOOD
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GINGER BAKER'S AIR FORCE
with STEVE WINWOOD, JEANETTE JACOBS, DENNY LAINE,
CHRIS WOOD, RICK GRECH, REMI KABAKA, GRAHAM BOND,
HAROLD MCNAIR, PHIL SEAMEN
On a purely musical level, Ginger Baker's Air Force were arguably the pinnacle of the
legendary drummer's achievements of the 1960s. Even allowing for the many
and varied virtues of the Graham Bond Organisation, Cream, and Blind Faith,
they didn't approach the breadth or ambition that characterized the Air Force sound.
Sadly, despite their prodigious musical attributes, Ginger Baker's Air Force are mostly
remembered in the music business as one of the great nonstarters among the
heavily press-hyped supergroups of the late '60s and early '70s. Air Force essentially
grew out of Ginger Baker's six-month stint with Blind Faith, a supergroup
that collapsed after generating one album and finishing one tour
"GINGER BAKER'S AIR FORCE"
Produced by Jimmy Miller by arrangement with the Robert Stigwood Organization Ltd.
1970 2LP ATCO RECORDS SD 2-703 STEREO PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL COPYGATEFOLD SLEEVE THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
This version: on labels and cover the Atco 'Broadway' address.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: ATCO - YELLOW LABEL WITH MULTICOLOUR LOGO - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: SD 2-703
Catalog on labels: Record 1. SD 2-703 (ST-C-701843 PR) / SD 2-703 (ST-C-701844 PR)
Record 2. SD 2-703 (ST-C-701845 PR) / SD 2-703 (ST-C-701846 PR)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ST-C-701843-A LW AT
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ST-C-701844-B LW AT
Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): ST-C-701845-A LW AT
Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): ST-C-701846-A LW AT
On labels: rim text reads "Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y."
A PRODUCT OF POLYDOR-ENGLAND
On Inside Cover: Recorded Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation. Printed in U.S.A.
On Back Cover: A PRODUCT OF POLYDOR-ENGLAND
tracklisting
Side A: DA DA MAN - EARLY IN THE MORNING
Side B: DON'T CARE - TOAD
Side C: AIKO BIAYE - MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
Side D: DO WHAT YOU LIKE - DOIN' IT
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RECORDS VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
For a change, the late 1960s yielded up a supergroup that lived up to its hype and then some.
Ginger Baker's Air Force was recorded live at Royal Albert Hall in January of 1970 -- in fact,
this may be the best-sounding live album ever to come out of that notoriously difficult venue --
at a show that must have been a wonder to watch, as the ten-piece band blazed away in
sheets of sound, projected delicate flute parts behind multi-layered African percussion,
or built their songs up Bolero-like, out of rhythms from a single instrument into huge
jazz-cum-R&B crescendos. Considering that this was only their second gig,
the group sounds astonishingly tight, which greatly reduces the level of self-indulgence
that one would expect to find on an album where five of the eight tracks run in excess of ten minutes.
There aren't too many wasted notes or phrases included here...(AllMusic)
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