BAKER GURVITZ ARMY: Elysian Encounter LP Gatefold 1975. Cream drummer Ginger Baker. Hard rock laced with Ginger Baker’s jazz and Afrobeat influenced drumming. Check review videoS

Description

TOPS101 Gatefold Sleeve and fantastic artwork by the one and only J. Petagno. Feat. ex-members of: Three Man Army/Gun/Cream/ Blind Faith. Ginger Bakers (legendary drummer) playing is really impressive.

English rock group. Their self-titled début album featured a blend of hard rock laced with Bakers unmistakable drumming. The lengthy “Mad Jack” was the albums outstanding track. The following album contained similar material
Former The Gun and Three Man Army members, Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz joined forces with ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker in 1974. Things had not been going too well for Ginger Baker since the demise of his own band Ginger Bakers Air Force. The Gurvitz Brothers, too, were looking for a new way ahead after the early success of their band The Gun.
When Cream split up in 1968, Ginger Baker was invited to join Blind Faith, which formed the following year. This was not such a successful venture and following its demise, Ginger decided to put together his own outfit, Ginger Bakers Airforce, in 1970. This huge band included many of his friends and favourite musicians like Graham Bond, Phil Seamen, Denny Laine and Steve Winwood. The band recorded two ‘live’ albums, but eventually the whole project became too costly. In 1974, though, it seemed he could use his greatest talent in the Baker Gurvitz Army. Their first album was released the same year and featured a dynamic mixture of heavy rock, guitar themes propelled by Bakers irrepressible drumming.
The band recorded Elysian Encounter but personality clashes eventually led to the band breaking up the same year of their last release.

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Label: Mountain ‎– TOPS 101
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: 1975
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock
Tracklist
A1 People 4:10 Written-By – A. Gurvitz*, G. Baker*
A2 The Key 6:25 Written-By – G. Baker*, P. Gurvitz*
A3 Time 4:03 Written-By – A. Gurvitz*
A4 The Gambler 4:15 Written-By – A. Gurvitz*
B1 The Dreamer 3:38 Written-By – A. Gurvitz*
B2 Remember 5:23 Written-By – A. Gurvitz*, G. Baker*
B3 The Artist 5:15 Written-By – A. Gurvitz*
B4 The Hustler 6:40 Written-By – A. Gurvitz*, G. Baker*, P. Gurvitz*

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mountain Records (U.K.) Ltd.
Recorded At – Island Studios
Mixed At – Trident Studios
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios

Arranged By – Baker Gurvitz Army
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul Gurvitz
Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Producer – Ginger Baker
Guitar, Vocals, Producer – Adrian Gurvitz
Keyboards – Peter Lemer
Lead Vocals – Adrian Gurvitz (tracks: A3, B2), Mr. Snips*
Mastered By – Chris Blair
Painting, Design [Sleeve Design] – Petagno III*