{"product_id":"ginger-bakers-air-force-1980-rso-mwu-9717-8-japan-vinyl-2xlp-with-obi","title":"Ginger Baker's Air Force, 1980 RSO – MWU 9717~8, Japan Vinyl 2xLP with Obi","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"p1\"\u003eGinger Baker's Air Force - Self-Titled\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGinger Baker's Air Force Review by Bruce Eder\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor a change, the late 1960s yielded up a supergroup that lived up to its hype and then some. Ginger Baker's Air Force was recorded live at Royal Albert Hall in January of 1970 -- in fact, this may be the best-sounding live album ever to come out of that notoriously difficult venue -- at a show that must have been a wonder to watch, as the ten-piece band blazed away in sheets of sound, projected delicate flute parts behind multi-layered African percussion, or built their songs up Bolero-like, out of rhythms from a single instrument into huge jazz-cum-RandB crescendos. Considering that this was only their second gig, the group sounds astonishingly tight, which greatly reduces the level of self-indulgence that one would expect to find on an album where five of the eight tracks run in excess of ten minutes. There aren't too many wasted notes or phrases in the 78 minutes of music included here, and Steve Winwood's organ, Baker, Phil Seamen, and Remi Kabaka's drums, and the sax playing by Chris Wood, Graham Bond (on alto), and Harold McNair, all stand out, especially the sax trio's interwoven playing on \"Don't Care.\" Additionally, Denny Laine plays louder, flashier, more virtuoso-level guitar than he ever got to turn in with the Moody Blues, bending notes in exquisite fashion in the opening of Air Force's rendition of the Cream standard \"Toad,\" crunching away on rhythm elsewhere, and indulging in some more introspective blues for \"Man of Constant Sorrow.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eORIGIN : Japan\u003cbr\u003eLABEL :  RSO – MWU 9717~8\u003cbr\u003eCONDITION OF GATEFOLD COVER, OBI \u0026amp; INSERT : EX\u003cbr\u003eCONDITION OF BOTH RECORDS : EX+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eRECORD GRADING DEFINITIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMINT: Never opened, still in original shrink wrap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eNM: Opened, appears unplayed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEX: A few very light surface hair-line marks with no major deterioration to the sound quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eVG: A few light scratches and\/or scuffs creating audible background noise. There is no skipping or jumping on this record unless indicated in the condition description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA plus or minus (+ or -) denotes slightly better or slightly less than a grade, eg. VG+.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEach record has been cleaned and played to ensure the accuracy of the following grading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Used Japanese Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49540699783361,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/GingerBaker_sAirForce.webp?v=1757888221","url":"https:\/\/hathillrecords.com.au\/products\/ginger-bakers-air-force-1980-rso-mwu-9717-8-japan-vinyl-2xlp-with-obi","provider":"Hat Hill Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}