Ginger Baker Discography
“How awesome is that? They wanted to not need me so bad they murdered three innocent heroes of color, and they still had…
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[Review] Ginger Baker’s Air Force (1970)
Ginger’s afro-jazz experiment recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall with Graham Bond, Steve Winwood and Denny Laine.
[Review] Graham Bond: Solid Bond (1970)
A double-elpee collection of unreleased live and studio recordings from the Graham Bond group in 1963 and 1966.
[Review] Ginger Baker’s Air Force 2 (1970)
With most of the Air Force gone AWOL, Baker conscripted new members around Graham Bond and Denny Laine and recorded one more album.
[Review] George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (1970)
George had developed as a songwriter, but even Abbey Road didn’t prepare you for the creative outpouring of this triple-elpee set.
[Review] Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa ’70 with Ginger Baker: Live! (1971)
Baker’s interesting African exile led him into Fela’s camp for a few albums, with this being perhaps the most famous.
[Review] Fela & The Africa 70 with Ginger Baker: Why Black Men Dey Suffer (1971)
Two massive grooves–one political, one social–featuring Ginger Baker in the kitchen.
[Review] Ginger Baker: Stratavarious (1972)
Basically half a Fela album and half an album of rock + drum workshop.
[Review] Wings: Band On The Run (1973)
Paul travels to Africa to find his mojo and finally releases an album that sounds like a proper followup to the Fab Four.
[Review] The Baker Gurvitz Army (1975)
Ginger Baker and two-thirds of Three Man Army forge a tentative alliance to make a pretty heavy, vaguely proggish rock album.
Baker Gurvitz Army: Elysian Encounter (1975)
The Army conscripts a keyboard player and new vocalist, but the prog and personality of their debut seem to have gone AWOL.
Baker Gurvitz Army: Hearts On Fire (1976)
The band sticks with Snips, but the results lack the crackle and pop of their best work.