Gamma 1

Gamma 1, released in 1979, is Gamma's debut album. It reached #131 on the Billboard Album charts, totalling seventeen weeks on the survey. "I'm Alive" reached #60 on the Billboard singles charts.

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Gamma 1
Studio album by
Gamma
ReleasedJuly 1979
GenreHard rock
Length37:10
LabelElektra
ProducerKen Scott
Gamma chronology
Gamma 1
(1979)		 Gamma 2
(1980)
Ronnie Montrose chronology
'Open Fire
(1978)
(1978)		 '''''Gamma 1
(1978)
(1978)		 'Gamma 2
(1980)
(1980)

Track listing
  1. "Thunder and Lightning" (Ronnie Montrose, Davey Pattison) - 4:37
  2. "I'm Alive" (Clint Ballard, Jr.) - 3:18
  3. "Razor King" (Montrose, Pattison) - 5:53
  4. "No Tears" (Pattison) - 4:53
  5. "Solar Heat" (Montrose) - 3:09
  6. "Ready for Action" (Montrose) - 3:39
  7. "Wish I Was" (Mickey Newbury) - 5:16
  8. "Fight to the Finish" (Montrose, Jim Alcivar) - 6:25


  • On LP pressings of the album, 15 seconds after "Fight To The Finish", a video game like melody is heard. It continues into the run-off groove, causing it to play continuously until the tonearm is removed from the record

Personnel

Production
  • Produced and engineered by Ken Scott
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Brian Leshon, Phil Jost[1]
  • Recorded At – Chateau Recorders
  • Mastered At – A&M Studios
  • Mastered By – Bernie Grundman

Notes

"I'm Alive" is a cover of The Hollies song from 1965.

References
  1. Assistant Engineer Brian Leshon https://www.discogs.com/Gamma-Gamma-1/release/4815846


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