Stray - The Time Machine: Anthology 1970-1977 (2003)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,14 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 401 Mb
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Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Sanctuary Records / BMG #CMDDD 607
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,14 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 401 Mb
Full Scans | 01:17:46 + 01:18:59 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Sanctuary Records / BMG #CMDDD 607
Working-class British hard rock group Stray put out ten records in the 1970s. Their clever progressive blues-rock epics went largely ignored due to the burgeoning London punk scene – though they count the Damned's Captain Sensible and XTC bassist Colin Moulding as fans. Transatlantic's exhaustive Time Machine: Anthology 1970-1977 chronicles the group's rise from obscurity to cultdom through a well-paced 35-song retrospective that features extensive liner notes and thoughtful musings from bandmembers and fans alike, giving new insight into one of rock & roll's most resilient underdogs. The group disbanded in the '80s, leaving behind a body of work that negates its lack of chart success. In 1997, frontman Del Bromham put together a revised version of the group that continues to tour, impressing a new generation with its trademark hard-working bar band aesthetic.