Sold Date: May 11, 2020
Start Date: March 10, 2020
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VPI MACHINE CLEANED & PLAYTESTED

Band/Artist: Ginger Baker

Album Title: Stratavarious

Featuring: Sandra Danielle, Bobby Gass, Guy Warren, Fela Ransome-Kuti, Bobby Tench, Alhaji JK Brimar

Catalogue Number: SD 7013

Year/Record Company: 1972 ATCO Records

1 LP – Stereo - 12 inch vinyl record - 33 1/3

This is the authentic release & not a pirated, bootlegged or copied version. This LP record album comes from my personal collection & has been VPI machine cleaned & playtested. It is stored under temperature & humidity regulated, smoke and pet free conditions.

LP Condition: very good+

Shine: most

Scratches: a few light & several feather

Label Wear: minimal (completely readable)                                                                                      

Labels: yellow label “ATCO” logo at the left, “1841 Broadway” address in the fine print

Spindle Hole Wear: minimal

LP Sound: very good+ (no skips, no hang-ups, no missing audio)

Surface Noise: very light

Jacket Condition: very good+ (completely readable)

Shrink Wrap: none

Wear To Seams: very light (no splits, no tape, spine is completely readable)

Back Ring Wear: very light

Front Ring Wear: very light

Ink or pencil marks: none

Water Stains: none

Drill Holes: none

Saw Cuts: none

Stamps/Stickers: sticker removed from front, upper right corner of jacket (see photos)

Sleeve Type: original sleeve, light wear; a new anti-static sleeve is also included

Cover: Hamish Grimes

Stratavarious is an album by Ginger Baker, released by Polydor in 1972. Baker had many associations with an eclectic mix of musicians brought together under numerous band titles bearing his surname. Stratavarious is the only album that was released under the name of Ginger Baker without other associated names. The lineup on Stratavarious included Bobby Tench, vocalist and guitarist from The Jeff Beck Group, who plays guitar under the pseudonym Bobby Gass and the Nigerian pioneer of Afrobeat, Fela Ransome-Kuti who appeared at concerts with Baker at this time. (source: Wikipedia)

Side One

Ariwo 11:10

Tiwa (It’s Our Own) 5:51

Side Two

Something Nice 4:21

Ju Ju 4:20

Blood Brothers 69 8:00

Coda 2:46

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer," for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music. Baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from English jazz drummer Phil Seamen. In the 1960s he joined Blues Incorporated, where he met bassist Jack Bruce. The two clashed often, but would be rhythm section partners again in the Graham Bond Organization and Cream, the latter of which Baker co-founded with Eric Clapton in 1966. Cream achieved worldwide success but lasted only until 1968, in part due to Baker's and Bruce's volatile relationship. After briefly working with Clapton in Blind Faith and leading Ginger Baker's Air Force, Baker spent several years in the 1970s living and recording in Africa, often with Fela Kuti, in pursuit of his long-time interest in African music. Among Baker's other collaborations are his work with Gary Moore, Masters of Reality, Public Image Ltd, Hawkwind, Atomic Rooster, Bill Laswell, jazz bassist Charlie Haden, jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and Ginger Baker's Energy. Baker's drumming is regarded for its style, showmanship, and use of two bass drums instead of the conventional one. In his early days, he performed lengthy drum solos, most notably in the Cream song "Toad," one of the earliest recorded examples in rock music. Baker was an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Cream in 1993, of the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2008, and of the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2016. Baker was noted for his eccentric, often self-destructive lifestyle, and he struggled with heroin addiction for many years. He was married four times and fathered three children. (source: Wikipedia)

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