Ginger Baker's Airforce 2 - 1970 {R.I.P. Ginger Baker}

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Originally posted February 4, 2014 and December 16, 2019

Ginger Baker's Airforce - 2

Studio Recordings @320

{Out of Print}

Ginger Baker's Air Force were a Jazz fusion band comprising Ginger Baker on drums, Steve Winwood on organ and vocals, Ric Grech on violin and bass, Jeanette Jacobs on vocals, Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, Phil Seamen on drums, Alan White on drums, Chris Wood (rock musician) on tenor sax and flute, Graham Bond on alto sax, Harold McNair on tenor sax and flute, and Remi Kabaka on percussion. Their first live shows, at Birmingham Town Hall in 1969 and the Royal Albert Hall, in 1970, also included Jeanette Jacobs and Eleanor Barooshian (both former members of girl group The Cake). The band released two albums, both in 1970: Ginger Baker's Air Force and Ginger Baker's Air Force 2. The second album involved substantially different personnel from the first, with Ginger Baker and Graham Bond being the primary constants between albums. Ginger Baker's Air Force also played a set at Wembley Stadium on 19 April 1970, during the start of the World Cup Rally, which went from London to Mexico City.


Ginger Baker's Air Force 2, if it is too musical and avant garde for an audience that embraced Clapton, it should be commended for its sense of adventure and elegance. "12 Gates of the City" is a delight, swimming with sounds from the Arabian nights and the swamps of New Orleans, a sublime and uncharted mix that sounds better years after it was recorded. A timeless, yet pretty much forgotten record which deserved more FM airplay in its day than it got.
~AMG


 Track List:
"Let Me Ride"
"Sweet Wine"
"Do U No Hu Yor Phrenz R?"
"We Free Kings"
"I Don't Want to Go on Without You"
"Toad"
"12 Gates of the City" 

Alto Saxophone, Organ, Piano – Graham Bond
Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Bud Beadle
Bass – Colin Gibson, Rick Grech
Drums – Ginger Baker
Drums [African] – Neemoi (Speedy) Acquaye*
Guitar, Vocals – Denny Laine
Percussion – Rocki Dzidzornu
Piano, Organ, Guitar, Vocals – Ken Craddock*
Producer – Denny Laine, Ginger Baker, Graham Bond, Rick Grech
Saxophone, Flute – Harold McNair
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Steve Gregory
Vocals – Alika Ashman*, Catherine James, Diane Stewart

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Ginger Baker Trio - Live Germany 1995

Ginger Baker Trio
Frankfurt Jazz Festival, Germany
September 24, 1995

FM source @320

Great show by Baker's stellar trio.  The sound is good, however there is a bit of FM hiss, and the show lacks stereo separation.  Other than that, it is excellent and a must-have for fans of any of the three.

 

 

1. Rambler    05:37
2. Ginger Blues    07:23
3. I Lu Kron    04:17
4. Ramblin'    12:25
5. Spiritual    05:26
6. Ain Temouchant 05:13
7. When We Go    04:29
8. Straight, No Chaser    06:17

Band

Ginger Baker, Drums
Bill Frisell, Guitar
Charlie Haden, Bass

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Ginger Baker Trio  
Cologne, Germany
September 29, 1995
unknown venue
FM Source @320

Setlist:
1. Ginger Blues 7:15
2. Ain Temouchant 5:12
3. Ramblin' 12:04
4. Spiritual 5:21
5. In The Moment 13:12
6. When We Go 3:23

Band:
Ginger Baker: Drums
Bill Frisell: Guitar
Charlie Haden: Bass 

Thanks to Sarge!

 

 

 

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Ginger Baker - Beware of Mr. Baker {R.I.P.}

Beware of Mr. Baker

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The Ginger Baker Band – Live Solano Beach, CA. 1988

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Originally posted February 17, 2014

The Ginger Baker Band – Live The Belly Up Club
Solano Beach, CA.
December 1, 1988
Soundboard @224

Track List:
01 – White Room – False Start 01:31
02 – White Room 05:00
03 – Born Under a Bad Sign 07:05
04 – Drum Solo 06:48
05 – Aiko Biaye 11:12
06 – Outside Woman Blues 05:19
07 – Gates Of The City 06:28

Disc 2
01 – Do What You Like 06:50
02 – Sitting on Top of the World 05:19
03 – Spoonful 10:00
04 – Toad 16:15

Lineup:
Ginger Baker - drums
Tim Bogart - bass, vocals
Alan White - drums
Walter Trout - guitar
Michael Monarch - guitar

Thanks to BigO!


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Baker Gurvitz Army live in TV studio 1975
Ginger Baker (Drums)
Paul Gurvitz (Bass)
Peter Lemeer (Keys)

Adrian Gurvitz (Guitar)
Mr Snips (Vocals)

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Solano Beach '88

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The Graham Bond Organisation - Live Klooks Kleek {Out of Print}

We received a nice suggestion from gledix in the chatbox for The Graham Bond Organisation...Moving towards the Light. We've posted that video but the recording 'Holy Magick -We Put Our Magick On You' is still available commercially. So we've put up Graham Bonds...

The Graham Bond Organisation - Live Klooks Kleek

October 15, 1964

Soundboard @320

{Out of Print}

What was it like to be sitting in a club in London during the 1960s with one of the top R&B bands of the time playing on the stage in front of you? This is probably about the nearest you can get with the Graham Bond Organisation rocking Klooks Kleek. Former members of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, the Graham Bond Organisation contained Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker who later made up two-thirds of Cream. At the time, London was full of blues bands, many of which, like the Graham Bond Organization, had developed from roots in the jazz clubs of the capital.

The album was recorded towards the end of 1964 in-between the release of the band's two albums. Jack Bruce had left by the time the second album was available so presumably it was not long after this gig.

The album opens with the powerful Wade in the Water. This is a taste of what is to come later in the gig. Released as the b-side to the second single Tammy, the instrumental Wade in the Water is far more representative of the band. The track acts as a good introduction, showcasing the different instruments. Listen out for the amazing bass guitar solo in Big Boss Man. This sounds like a guitar solo but bear in mind that Jack Bruce is playing bass.

Early in the Morning is introduced as a Ginger Baker song but, like Wade in the Water it is a traditional song that has been arranged by the group and again it is an instrumental. Person to Person Blues features Graham Bond on vocals.

The instrumentals continue with Spanish Blues. Presumably this has a Moorish influence as the track sounds more Middle Eastern than Spanish!

Train Time will be familiar to Cream fans. This is noted as a group composition although Cream's BBC Sessions credits it to Jack Bruce. The track features a superb harmonica performance by Bruce.

The final track is the Ray Charles standard What'd I Say.
~Chris Goes Rock

Band
Graham Bond
Ginger Baker
Jack Bruce
Dick Heckstall-Smith

Track List:
01.Wade in the Water
02.Big Boss Man
03.Early in the Morning
04.Person to Person Blues
05.Spanish Blues
06.Introduction by Dick Jordan
07.The First Time I Met the Blues
08.Stormy Monday
09.Train Time
10.What'd I Say


Thanks to Chris Goes Rock

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Klooks Kleek

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Miss October 1964 - RoseMarie Hillcrest

Baker, Bruce & Moore - Live Rockpalast 1993

Baker, Bruce & Moore - Live Rockpalast

November 2, 1993

Cologne, Germany

Soundboard @320

 Jack Bruce R.I.P.

14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014

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Set List:
01.NSU
02.Sitting on Top of the World
03.Politician
04.Spoonful
05.White Room
06.Life on Earth

DVD Video may be available HERE: 

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Rockpalast '93

Cream - Live Stockholm and San Deigo 1967-68

Cream - Live Stockholm and San Deigo 1967-68
aka- Star Shines - Mid Valley 143 - SBD6
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden - March 7, 1967
Sports Arena, San Diego, CA. - October 20, 1968.

Soundboard @256

Track List:

1. N.S.U.
2. Steppin' Out
3. Train Time
4. Toad
5. I'm So Glad
6. Train Time
7. Toad
8. Spoonful

Tracks 1-5 recorded at Konserthuset, Stockholm, on May 7, 1967.
Tracks 6-8 recorded at Sports Arena, San Diego, on October 20, 1968.




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Star Shines '67


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Playmate Of The Month - Anne Randall - Miss May 1967

Cream - New York and L.A. 1993

Mitch reminds us that it's EC's birthday today!


(not the poster for this concert)
Cream - Reunion 1993
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (plus rehearsals and sound check)
New York and Los Angeles, January 11-12, 1993
Excellent Quality various sources @320 (from flac)
Remastered by Graeme Pattingale

"Once again the bootleggers had done a shoddy job from the soundboard recording. I've tidied it up, balanced the channels and boosted the bass. Sounds a whole lot better even if the performance is a little flat. Ginger and Jack are sparking but EC isn't taking any chances. The short jam is quite tasty." ~Graeme Pattingale

Track List:
REHEARSALS
1.-5. Sunshine Of Your Love
6. Born Under A Bad Sign
7. Crossroads
SOUNDCHECK
8. Crossroads
9. Jam
10. Sunshine Of Your Love
11. Born Under A Bad Sign
12. Crossroads
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
13. Sunshine Of Your Love
14. Born Under A Bad Sign
15. Crossroads

Tracks 1-7: Unknown studio, Los Angeles, January 11, 1993
Tracks 8-12: Century Plaza Hotel , New York, January 12, 1993 - afternoon
Tracks 13-15: Century Plaza Hotel, New York, January 12, 1993

Cream '93