Stratavarious

Stratavarious
Studio album by Ginger Baker
Released	1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock, Afrobeat, Jazz fusion
Label	Polydor (original UK release) Atco (original US release) RSO (European reissue)
Producer	Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker chronology
Winwood and Friends (1972) Stratavarious (1972) Baker Gurvitz Army (1974)

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Stratavarious is an album by Ginger Baker,^[2] the drummer from Cream, released by Polydor in 1972.^[3] Baker had many associations with an eclectic mix of musicians brought together under numerous band titles bearing his surname. Stratavarious is the only album which was released under the name of Ginger Baker without other associated names. The lineup on Stratavarious includes Bobby Tench, vocalist and guitarist from The Jeff Beck Group,^[4] who plays guitar under the pseudonym Bobby Gass^[2] and the Nigerian pioneer of Afrobeat, Fela Ransome-Kuti^[5] who appeared at concerts with Baker at this time.

The album was re-issued in 1998 on Polygram in the UK, Atco in USA, and RSO in Japan,^[6] under the title of Do What You Like, along with tracks from Ginger Baker's Air Force and Live! (Fela Kuti album).^[7]

Track listing

1. "Ariwo"
2. "Tiwa (It's Our Own)"
3. "Something Nice"
4. "Ju Ju"
5. "Blood Brothers 69"
6. "Coda"

Personnel

The following musicians contributed to the album ^[8]

• Ginger Baker - drums
• Guy Warren - drums on "Blood Brothers 69"
• Fela Ransome-Kuti - organ, vocals, piano, percussion
• Bobby Gass - bass
• Sandra Danielle - vocals
• Alhaji Brimar - percussion

Notes

Further reading

• Schoonmaker, Trevor (ed) (2003). Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway. Palgrave Macmillan. USA. 
• Idowu, Mabinuori Kayode (2002). Fela, le Combattant. Le Castor Astral. France.