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Stray - The Time Machine: Anthology 1970-1977 (2003)

Posted By: popsakov
Stray - The Time Machine: Anthology 1970-1977 (2003)

Stray - The Time Machine: Anthology 1970-1977 (2003)
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.

Stray - Suicide (1971) [Japanese Edition 2006] (Re-up)

Posted By: gribovar
Stray - Suicide (1971) [Japanese Edition 2006] (Re-up)

Stray - Suicide (1971) [Japanese Edition 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 212 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 93 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Strange Days Records (POCE-1065)

London's Stray followed up an eclectic eponymous debut with more of the same on their 1971 sophomore effort, "Suicide", which of course was just dandy since "more of the same" on this occasion essentially entailed another imaginative melding of different musical genres under the broad, forgiving definition afforded by the progressive rock tag. As to the album's rather negative title, it didn't foreshadow a radical shift toward the quartet's pre-existing heavy rock tendencies (actually, more keyboards were the hot novelty here) so much as a reflection of these songs' darker overall mood when it came to their lyrics…

Stray - Fire & Glass: The Complete Pye Recordings 1975-1976 (2017)

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Stray - Fire & Glass: The Complete Pye Recordings 1975-1976 (2017)

Stray - Fire & Glass: The Complete Pye Recordings 1975-1976 (2017)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 984 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 348 Mb
Full Scans ~ 46 Mb | 01:10:29 + 01:14:22 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Blues Rock | Esoteric Recordings #ECLEC 22614

Esoteric Recordings is proud to announce the release of a new 2 CD set anthologising all the recordings made by the legendary STRAY for Pye Records and its imprint Dawn Records between 1975 & 1976. After five remarkable albums and tours with some legendary names in rock such as Black Sabbath, The Groundhogs, Status Quo and Ten Years After, Stray signed to the Pye Records label in 1975. During sessions for their first album for the label, “Stand Up and Be Counted”, Steve Gadd departed the band. Second guitarist Pete Dyer joined Stray and Del Bromham, the band’s main song writer, now handled lead vocal duties. Over the next eighteen months Stray recorded two further excellent albums for Pye, “Houdini” and “Hearts of Fire”, toured the USA and supported the likes of Kiss and Rush on British tours.