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.

Track listing

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

  • Davey Pattison: vocals
  • Ronnie Montrose: guitar
  • Jim Alcivar: keyboards
  • Alan Fitzgerald: bass guitar
  • Skip Gillette: drums
  • Production

  • Produced and engineered by Ken Scott
  • Notes

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

    References

  • Gamma; "1" liner notes; Elektra Records 1978
  • All Music Guide
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Gamma 1

    by: Gamma

    There was a man
    Came from my home town
    Didn't have no money
    He was always down
    Johnny Stark that was his name
    In a few short years
    He was gonna rise to fame
    When he was young
    He'd have to steal to eat
    In my shakedown bed
    Shared his sleep
    Late at night his papa
    Would come home drunk
    Shouting at his ma
    And calling him a punk
    I'm the Razor King
    That's what I'll be
    You can look out for me now
    My weapons will be sharp
    I'll get you in the dark again
    Some years later
    He'd grown up fast
    He got right down to it
    Didn't wanna be last
    He became the leader
    Of the local gang
    Was singing as he went
    And this is what he sang
    I'm the Razor King
    Oh, you can look out for me now
    Johnny Stark's my name
    My weapons will be sharp
    I'll get you in the dark again
    Some years later
    His reputation spread
    A man with no fear
    Or so it was said
    Leader of a gang
    Now two thousand strong
    Johnny didn't realize
    That he was doing wrong
    Then came the night
    He was to lose his crown
    Marching down main street
    He was going way down
    Weapons aflashing
    Grit in his eye
    Johnny didn't realize
    He was gonna die
    I'm a Razor King
    Ahh, that's what I am
    You can look up to me now
    Ohhh
    La la la la la la la la (etc.)




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