Performer Notes:

• Recorded between 1970 & 1977. Includes liner notes by David Wells.
• The anthology TIME MACHINE mines the 1970s output of under-the-radar rock band Stray, featuring 35 tracks from that era from the band who garnered a healthy cult following over five decades of music.
• Personnel: Steve Gadd (vocals); Del Bromham (guitar); Steve Crutchley (drums).
• Liner Note Author: David Wells .
• 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. ~ James Christopher Monger

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 21 April, 2003

Label: Source UK

Dimensions: 12.8 x 14.3 x 0.9 centimeters (0.08 kg)