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 […]
Album, Cassette and Compact Disc were released in conceptual generic packaging in 1986 and reached No.14 in the UK charts. You will be most familiar with the single Rise, Ease was the last and longest track on the album at just over eight minutes and featured a surprising cast of musicians. The album was produced by John […]
Not my favourite incarnation of Hawkwind but an interesting one none the less. One simply could not imagine that this line up would feature the ubiquitous legend that is Ginger Baker. In some ways Space Rock never sounded so down to earth and yet Baker’s way of playing the toms suits the band to […]
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 […]
As bassist and singer in Cream, one of the world’s greatest bands, Jack Bruce was a legend before his 25th birthday. At the age of 19 he was a memeber of Alexis Corner’s Blues Incorporated, next he was in a band with Graham Bond evolving into The Graham Bond Organisation with Ginger Baker before John […]
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 […]