Tag Archives: Ginger Baker

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15/10/16 – Cream – Politician/ Wheels Of Fire – 1968

Continuing this month’s theme – Politician appeared on Cream’s third album, Wheels Of Fire, released in 1968 – the world’s first Platinum selling double album. Produced by future Mountain bassist Felix Pappalardi who also played organ, viola and trumpet, the album consisted of one disc of studio recordings and one disc of live recordings from New York’s Fillmore […]

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4/7/15 – The Baker Gurvitz Army – Musik Laden German TV show – 1975

February 1975, The Baker Gurvitz Army with Snips on vocals playing this relaxed set for Musik Laden (Music Box), a German TV show (for some reason on different You Tube links). For those of you that might have seen, Beware of Mr Baker, Ginger looks very relaxed here and that special drum style makes you realise […]

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1/9/14 – Cream – Strange Brew – 1967

The transition from Blues, Beat or any form of Pop proved difficult for some of the more succesful bands of the early sixties. The Hollies and The Stones cautiously tinkered with psychedelia with mixed results, but the one of the most unlikely and successful transitions was Cream with their album Disraeli Gears. Sgt. Pepper’s June […]