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GINGER BAKER'S AIR FORCE

 with STEVE GREGORY, BUD BEADLE, KEN CRADDOCK, COLIN GIBSON,

GRAHAM BOND, NEEMO ACQUAYE, ALIKI ASHMAN, DIANE STEWART,

plus RICK GRECH, HAROLD McNAIR, DENNY LAINE, CATHERINE JAMES, ROCKI DZIDZORNU

 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

1970     LP     POLYDOR RECORDS      2383 029  STEREO

MADE IN ENGLAND        ORIGINAL PRESSING 

UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE    NO CREDITS INSERT

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: POLYDOR -  RED LABEL - BLACK TEXT (rim in white)

Catalog on cover: (rear) 2383 029   (spine) POLYDOR SUPER 2383 029     

Catalog on labels: 2383-029 A / 2383-029 B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 2383029 A//3?420  1 1 1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 2383029 B//2?420  1 1 1

On labels: rim text reads "All rights..........prohibited"

Made in England

ST 33 (circled)

? 1970

Produced by Ginger Baker by Arrangement with the Robert Stigwood Organization

On inside right panel: Manufactured by Polydor Records Ltd., London

Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford

On back cover: This stereo record......consult your dealer.

tracklisting

Side A: LET ME RIDE - SWEET WINE - DO U NO HU YOR PHRENZ R? - WE FREE KINGS

Side B: I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITHOUT YOU - TOADY - TWELVE GATES OF THE CITY

grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Denny Laine took "Go Now," a Larry Banks/Milton Bennett tune originally cut by Bessie Banks and the Jelly Beans, and made it his own with the Moody Blues. That Ginger Baker's Airforce has Laine cover the Drifter's "I Don't Want to Go on Without You" is very clever, and a hint that this band was very serious about making a go of it. The Bert Berns/Jerry Wexler composition might have been a bit too soulful for Top 40, while Graham Bond's rendition of Roebuck Staple's "Let Me Ride" is beyond soul, it's rock-gospel and genuinely great. Here Ginger Baker is far more restrained than he was in Cream, and fans of his former supergroups seeing this Airforce album with its childishly psychedelic cover probably had no idea what was inside. Laine's guitar is a tremendous contribution -- as this is Laine in his prime, post-Moody Blues and pre-Wings. Cream's "Sweet Wine" has a majesty here with the lead vocals of Aliki Ashman accompanied by Diane Stewart and Catherine James. Although Laine is listed as an "additional personnel" along with Rick Grech, Harold McNair, Rocki Dzidzornu, and Catherine James, Laine makes three appearances. On an album with seven tracks, that's pretty significant.......A timeless, yet pretty much forgotten record which deserved more FM airplay in its day than it got...(AllMusic)