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Released
  
1972

Winwood and Friends (1972)
  
Stratavarious (1972)

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Atco Records

Recorded
  
1972

Artist
  
Ginger Baker

Producer
  
Ginger Baker

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Stratavarious (1972)
  
Baker Gurvitz Army (1974)

Genres
  
Afrobeat, Rock music, Jazz fusion

Similar
  
Ginger Baker albums, Afrobeat albums, Other albums

Ginger baker stratavarious


Stratavarious is an album by Ginger Baker, the drummer from Cream, 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.

Contents

The album was re-issued in 1998 on Polygram in the UK, Atco in United States, and RSO in Japan, under the title of Do What You Like, along with tracks from Ginger Baker's Air Force and Live!.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Ariwo" - (Traditional, arranged by Fela Ransome-Kuti and Ginger Baker) - 11:10
  2. Sandra - vocals, choir
  3. Fela Ransome-Kuti - organ, vocals
  4. Tench|Bobby Gass - bass
  5. Ginger Baker - drums, percussion
  6. Alhaji JK Brimar - percussion, choir
  7. Dusty - percussion, choir
  8. Remi - choir
  9. "Tiwa (It's Our Own)" - (Kuti) - 5:51
  10. Fela Ransome-Kuti - organ, vocals, percussion
  11. Bobby Tench - bass
  12. Ginger Baker - drums
  13. Alhaji JK Brimar - percussion, choir
  14. Dusty - percussion, choir
  15. Remi - choir
  16. Sandra - choir
Side Two
  1. "Something Nice" - (Tench, Baker) - 4:21
  2. Bobby Tench - guitar, vocals, bass
  3. Fela Ransome-Kuti - piano
  4. Ginger Baker - drums, percussion
  5. "Ju Ju" - (Tench) - 4:20
  6. Bobby Tench - guitar, vocals, bass
  7. Fela Ransome-Kuti - piano, choir
  8. Ginger Baker - drums, percussion
  9. Alhaji JK Brimar - choir
  10. Dusty - choir
  11. Sandra - choir
  12. "Blood Brothers 69" - (Baker, Guy Warren) - 8:00
  13. Ginger Baker - drums
  14. Guy Warren - drums
  15. Damon Lyon-Shaw - engineering
  16. "Coda" - (Baker) - 2:46
  17. Ginger Baker - spoken word, effects, percussion

Songs

1Ariwo11:10
2Tiwa (It's Our Own)5:46
3Something Nice4:20

References

Stratavarious Wikipedia
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