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Ginger Baker's Air Force (album)

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Released
  
30 March 1970

Length
  
78:02

Genre
  
Jazz fusion

Recorded
  
15 January 1970 at the Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England

Label
  
Atco (U.S.) Polydor (UK & Canada)

Producer
  
Ginger Baker & Jimmy Miller

Ginger Baker's Air Force is the eponymous début album by Ginger Baker's Air Force, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music). This album is a recording of a sold-out live show at the Royal Albert Hall, on 15 January 1970, with the original 11-piece line up. The gatefold LP cover was designed left-handed; i.e. the front cover artwork was on what traditionally would be considered the back and vice versa.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Da Da Man" (Harold McNair) – 7:16
  2. Lead vocal by Jeanette Jacobs, organ solo by Stevie Winwood, guitar solo by Denny Laine, sax solo by Graham Bond.
  3. "Early in the Morning" (Traditional, arranged by Ginger Baker) – 11:13
  4. Lead vocals by Ginger Baker & Denny Laine.
Side two
  1. "Don't Care" (Baker, Steve Winwood) – 12:32
  2. Lead vocals by Steve Winwood & Jeanette Jacobs.
  3. "Toad" (Baker) – 12:59
  4. Drum solos by Ginger Baker, Remi Kabaka & Phil Seamen.
Side three
  1. "Aiko Biaye" (Remi Kabaka, Teddy Osei) – 13:00
  2. Lead Vocals by Graham Bond.
  3. "Man of Constant Sorrow" (Traditional, arranged by Denny Laine) – 3:50
  4. Lead Vocal by Denny Laine, bass guitar by Steve Winwood, violin by Ric Grech.
Side four
  1. "Do What You Like" (Baker) – 11:47
  2. Lead vocal by Steve Winwood.
  3. "Doin' It" (Baker/Grech) – 5:26

Personnel

  • Ginger Baker — drums, percussion, timpani, vocals
  • Denny Laine — guitars, vocals
  • Ric Grech — bass guitar, violin
  • Steve Winwood — Hammond organ, bass guitar, vocals
  • Chris Wood — tenor saxophone, flute
  • Graham Bond — Hammond organ, alto saxophone, vocals
  • Harold McNair — tenor and alto saxophones, alto flute
  • Bud Beadle — saxophones
  • Jeanette Jacobs — vocals
  • Phil Seamen, Remi Kabaka — drums, percussion

    • Production

  • Ginger Baker: producer
  • Jimmy Miller: producer
  • Roy Thomas Baker: engineer
  • Andy Johns: engineer
  • Nigel Williamson: liner notes
  • Russ Landau: reissue coordination

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard

    Single - Billboard (UK)

    References

    Ginger Baker's Air Force (album) Wikipedia
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