Stratavarious Explained

Stratavarious
Type:Studio album
Artist:Ginger Baker
Cover:Stratavarious album cover Ginger Baker.jpg
Released:1972
Recorded:August 1971
1969 ("Blood Brothers 69")
Studio:Morgan Studios
IBC Studios ("Blood Brothers 69")
Genre:Rock, Afrobeat, jazz fusion
Length:36:28
Label:Polydor (original UK release)
Atco (original US release)
RSO (European reissue)
Producer:Ginger Baker
Prev Title:Winwood and Friends
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Baker Gurvitz Army
Next Year:1974

Stratavarious is an album by Ginger Baker,[1] released by Polydor in 1972.[2] 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,[3] who plays guitar and bass as well as singing under the pseudonym Bobby Gass[1] and the Nigerian pioneer of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti[4] who appeared at concerts with Baker at this time.

The album was re-issued in 1998 on Polygram in the US under the title of Do What You Like, along with all of Ginger Baker's Air Force and Ginger Baker's Air Force 2.[5]

Personnel

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ginger and Ginette Baker. Hellraiser. 167.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3618|pure_url=yes}} Ginger Baker ]. Allmusic.com.
  3. Book: Jeff's book by Hjort and Hinman. Rock 'n' Roll Research Press.
  4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p52057|pure_url=yes}} Fela Ransome- Kuti]. Allmusic.com.
  5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3618|pure_url=yes}} Ginger Baker: Compilations]. Allmusic.com .