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Definitive Collection
Stray
Definitive Collection
Genres: Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
 
  •  Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (8) - Disc #2

Comprehensive 23 track anthology for UK psychedelic act. Compiled from their finest years 1971-1973, when they were signed to Transatlantic Records to build up the label's heavy rock profile. Includes a bonus disc of their...  more »

     
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All Artists: Stray
Title: Definitive Collection
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Original Release Date: 1/1/1971
Re-Release Date: 11/21/2000
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Blues Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), British Metal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 766486185623

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Comprehensive 23 track anthology for UK psychedelic act. Compiled from their finest years 1971-1973, when they were signed to Transatlantic Records to build up the label's heavy rock profile. Includes a bonus disc of their Transatlantic debut, 'Stray' (1970). Digitally remastered from original tapes. Fully annotated booklet with informative sleeve notes by Phil Casey. 2000 release. Double slimline jewel case.
 

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§§§§ The legend of the obscure bands, part one §§§§
09/03/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"OBSCURE bands of the past that share the SAME (or ALMOST the SAME) NAME as contemporary popular bands have been, for most of them, lost behind the archive drawers of the decades.Examples abound. There was a Nirvana in the U.K. years before the "other" group released their album titled 'Nevermind'. The old Nirvana was a memorable, still forgotten, psychedelic-era group; and there was Iron Maiden in 1969 ( ! ), a long time before the famous metal group Iron Maiden appeared, around 1980. The "first" Iron Maiden had an album out called 'Maiden Voyage' that has nothing in common with the band of Bruce Dickinson. Moxy, not to be confused with Moxy Fruvous, is an other case of the who's who's band's names. In fact, Moxy was a canadian hard rock band from around 1976. And I could go on...That fits with STRAY, another band lost in the shadows of his name.STRAY, which is the subject of the present review, is one of the long lost, not to say 'forgotten', rock groups out from the waves of the '70s. STRAY (do not confound with the Stray Cats !) was a powerful english band of rockers who produced a decent bunch of albums, most of them more than very good and exciting. It is sad they did not catch more attention from the critics; they did receive near cult status, both from local and foreign listeners. Their album titled "Saturday Morning Pictures" is a fantastic piece of rock music. They had their style. A bit of hard rock, psychedelic, blues, progressive rock and folk rock can be found within their compositions. It's also kinda "Cream sounding" at times, but very different. What would you say if I talk to you during hours about Edgar Broughton or the Pink Fairies ? -"Never heard of them !" -"Really ?" -"What kind of music it was ?" -"Was it really music ?" ... The dossier has been transmitted to the X-Files. !?`?³?¨¯'?!"