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Baker Gurvitz Army
Baker Gurvitz Army were an English rock group. Their self-titled debut album featured a blend of hard rock laced with Ginger Baker's jazz- and Afrobeat-influenced drumming. The lengthy "Mad Jack" was that album's outstanding track, and the album hit the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and peaked at number 22 in the UK Albums Chart. The two following albums contained similar material, although neither charted in the UK nor the US. History 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, Baker put together his own outfit, Ginger Baker's Air Force, in 1970. Former The Gun and Three Man Army members, brothers Paul and Adrian Gurvitz were looking for a new way ahead after early successes, so they joined forces with Baker in 1974. In their first year they recorded one live and one studio album, following with two more studio albums, '' Elysian Encounter'' ...
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Hearts On Fire (Baker Gurvitz Army Album)
''Hearts on Fire'' is Baker Gurvitz Army's third and last studio album, released in 1976. Track listing #"Hearts on Fire" (Ginger Baker) – 2:32 #"Neon Lights" (Mr. Snips) – 4:38 #"Smiling" (Paul Gurvitz) – 3:16 #"Tracks of My Life" (Adrian Gurvitz) – 4:30 #"Flying in and Out of Stardom" (A. Gurvitz) – 2:21 #"Dancing the Night Away" (A. Gurvitz) – 3:26 #"My Mind Is Healing" (A. Gurvitz) 3:54 #"Thirsty for the Blues" (A. Gurvitz) – 5:18 #"Night People" (A. Gurvitz) – 3:21 #"Mystery" (Snips) – 4:04 Personnel ;Baker Gurvitz Army *Ginger Baker - drums, percussion, vocals *Adrian Gurvitz - guitar, vocals *Paul Gurvitz - bass, vocals * Mr. Snips - vocals *John Norman Mitchell - keyboards, synthesizer, vibes **Madeline Bell, Rosetta Hightower, Barry St. John, Lisa Strike - backing vocals on track 5 **Madeline Bell - backing vocals **Irene Chanter - backing vocals **Kay Garner - backing vocals **Brian Chatton - Clavinet, mini Moog **Ken Freeman - synthesizer strings * ...
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Elysian Encounter
''Elysian Encounter'' is Baker Gurvitz Army's second studio album. Track listing All tracks composed by Adrian Gurvitz; except where noted. #"People" (Ginger Baker, Adrian Gurvitz) – 4:17 #"The Key" (Ginger Baker, Adrian Gurvitz) – 6:24 #"Time" – 4:04 #"The Gambler" – 4:23 #"The Dreamer" – 3:41 #"Remember" (Ginger Baker, Adrian Gurvitz) – 5:24 #"The Artist" – 5:12 #"The Hustler" (Ginger Baker, Adrian Gurvitz, Paul Gurvitz) – 6:41 Personnel ;Baker Gurvitz Army * Stephen W. Parsons, Mr. Snips - Lead vocalist, lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8) * Adrian Gurvitz - guitar, Backing vocalist, backing and lead (3, 6) vocals * Peter Lemer - keyboards * Paul Gurvitz - bass, backing vocals * Ginger Baker - Drum kit, drums, backing vocals, Percussion instrument, percussion Mixed at Trident Studios and Island Studios References

1975 albums Baker Gurvitz Army albums Albums produced by Eddy Offord Vertigo Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub cs:Baker Gurv ...
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Three Man Army
Three Man Army was a British hard rock band active in the first half of the 1970s. History The group was formed by Adrian Gurvitz and Paul Gurvitz, formerly of The Gun. Following the band's dissolution, Adrian played with Buddy Miles and Paul played with Parrish & Gurvitz, then reunited as Three Man Army. Their debut album, ''A Third of a Lifetime'', featured both Buddy Miles, as well as Mike Kellie (from Spooky Tooth). Tony Newman, who had previously played with Sounds Incorporated and Jeff Beck, joined for the group's next two albums, and a fourth album was recorded but not released until 2005. Newman then left to play with David Bowie, and the Gurvitzes united with Ginger Baker as the Baker Gurvitz Army. Discography ''A Third of a Lifetime'' (Pegasus Records, 1971) ;Track Listing # "Butter Queen" - (Adrian Gurvitz, Keith Ellis) - 5:23 # "Daze" - (Adrian Curtis, Lou Reizner) - 4:02 # "Another Way" - (Adrian Gurvitz) - 6:49 # "A Third Of A Lifetime" - (Adrian Gurvitz) - 4 ...
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The Gun (band)
''The Gun'' were a late 1960s British rock guitar trio who had a single British Top Ten hit, "Race with the Devil" and recorded two albums before disbanding. The band included brothers Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz. History Evolving from the Ilford-based band, The Knack, which included guitarist/vocalist Paul Gurvitz (born Paul Anthony Gurvitz, 6 July 1944, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (although he was known by the surname Curtis until the early 1970s), his brother Adrian Gurvitz and drummer Louie Farrell, the trio changed their name in early 1968 to ''The Gun''. The full Knack lineup had been Paul Curtis (Gurvitz) on guitar and vocals, Louie Farrell (born Brian John Farrell, 8 December 1947, Goodmayes, Essex) (who had joined The Knack in mid 1966) on drums, Gearie Kenworthy on bass guitar (born 17 October 1946), Tim Mycroft playing organ (born 1949, Purewell, Christchurch, Dorset died 1 January 2010), and for a short while, Jon Anderson of Yes. The Knack had regularly pe ...
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Ginger Baker's Air Force
Ginger Baker's Air Force was a jazz-rock fusion supergroup led by drummer Ginger Baker. History The band formed in late 1969 upon the disbandment of Blind Faith. The original lineup consisted of 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 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 Eleanor Barooshian (both Jacobs and Barooshian were 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 ...
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Blind Faith
Blind Faith were an English supergroup featuring Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. They were eagerly anticipated by the music press following on the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and Winwood's former group Traffic, but they split after a few months, producing only one album and a three-month long summer tour. The group originated with informal jamming by Clapton and Winwood in early 1969 following the break-ups of Cream and Traffic. Baker joined them in rehearsals and they decided to form a group. Grech joined as the fourth member from the band Family in May, and they began recording their eponymous debut album. It drew controversy for featuring a photograph of a topless 11-year-old girl on the front cover, and it was issued with a different cover in the United States. The first Blind Faith concert was on 7 June in front of an estimated 100,000 fans in Hyde Park, London, but they fel ...
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Cream (band)
Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist, although Clapton and Baker also sang and contributed songs. Formed from members of previously successful bands, they are widely regarded as the world's first supergroup. Cream were highly regarded for the instrumental proficiency of each of their members. During their brief three-year career together, the band produced four albums, ''Fresh Cream'' (1966), ''Disraeli Gears'' (1967), ''Wheels of Fire'' (1968), and ''Goodbye'' (1969). Beginning with ''Disraeli Gears'', the band was joined in the studio by producer and multi-instrumentalist Felix Pappalardi, who became an important influence on the band's sound. Cream's music spanned many genres of rock music, including blues rock (" Crossroads", "Born Under a Bad Sign"), psychedelic rock (" Tales of Brave Ulysses", " White Room ...
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