Label: Transatlantic Records (UK), TRA 216
Style: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 45:00
Format: Flac Tracks 24/96 kHz
Size: 867 Mb
Unknown "Rip".
Stray
is an English hard rock band formed in 1966. Vocalist Steve Gadd (born
Stephen Gadd, 27 April 1952, Shepherd's Bush, West London), guitarist
Del Bromham (born Derek Roy Bromham, 25 November 1951, Acton, West
London), bass player Gary Giles (born Gary Stephen Giles, 23 February
1952, North Kensington, West London) and drummer Steve Crutchley (born
1952) formed the band whilst all were attending the Christopher Wren
School in London. Richard "Ritchie" Cole (born 10 November 1951,
Shepherd's Bush, West London) replaced Crutchley in 1968. They signed to
Transatlantic Records in January 1970.
The group's brand of melodic,
hook-laden hard rock proved to be a popular draw on the local club
scene during the early 1970s. However the band did not have commercial
success with its record releases. At one stage Charlie Kray (brother of
the Kray twins Ronnie and Reggie), was their manager. Gadd left the band
in 1975 due to artistic differences and was replaced on vocals by Pete
Dyer. The group's early musical style consisted of blues rock, acid rock
and psychedelic rock. They then went on to join the hard rock and
progressive rock movement.
The band served as the rhythm section
alongside a string orchestra for the 1975 Jimmy Helms Pye Lp Songs I
Sing. The original Stray finally dissolved in 1977, although Bromham
later continued to play in various resurrected versions of the project
well into the 2000s. By the 2010s the band had a settled lineup again,
as well as Del Bromham, Pete Dyer returned and Stuart Uren (bass) and
Karl Randall (drums) were regularly gigging as Stray. In November 2016
the band hosted a 50th Anniversary celebration concert (featuring all
original members) at a sold-out London Borderline.
In 2003 Stray were
the support band to Iron Maiden on several of their European dates on
the Dance of Death World Tour 2003-2004. These included dates in Spain,
Portugal, Poland and France. There are two other Iron Maiden connections
to Stray. "All in Your Mind" from Stray's 1970 debut album was covered
by Iron Maiden and was included on the 1995 reissue of No Prayer For The
Dying, and Maiden bassist Steve Harris's daughter Lauren has covered
"Come On Over".
(metal.fandom.com/wiki/Stray_(band))
01. A1 All In Your Mind (09:05)
02. A2 Taken All The Good Things (05:22)
03. A3 Around The World In Eighty Days (03:30)
04. A4 Time Machine (04:34)
05. B1 Only What You Make It (03:54)
06. B2 Yesterdays Promises (04:13)
07. B3 Move On (05:36)
08. B4 In Reverse - Some Say (08:43)
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