Gamma 1

Gamma 1
Studio album by Gamma
Released	July 1979
Studio	Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	37:10
Label	Elektra
Producer	Ken Scott
Gamma chronology
Gamma 1 (1979) Gamma 2 (1980)
Ronnie Montrose chronology
Open Fire (1978) Gamma 1 (1978) Gamma 2 (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10 [2]
Record Mirror	[3]

Gamma 1, released in 1979, is Gamma's debut album. It reached No. 131 on the Billboard Album charts, totalling seventeen weeks on the survey. "I'm Alive" reached No. 60 on the Billboard singles charts. "I'm Alive" is a cover of The Hollies song from 1965.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the original LP releases. ^[4]

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Solar Heat" (Montrose) – 3:09
2. "Ready for Action" (Montrose) – 3:39
3. "Wish I Was" (Mickey Newbury) – 5:16
4. "Fight to the Finish" (Montrose, Jim Alcivar) – 6:25

Personnel

• Davey Pattison – vocals
• Ronnie Montrose – guitar
• Jim Alcivar – synthesizer
• Alan Fitzgerald – bass guitar
• Skip Gillette – drums

Production

• Ken Scott – producer, engineer
• Brian Leshon, Phil Jost – assistant engineers ^[5]
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios, Los Angeles

References

1. Viglione, Joe. "Gamma - Gamma 1 review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved November 21, 2021.
2. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 114. ISBN   978-1894959025.
3. Dome, Malcolm (January 5, 1980). "Gamma: I". Record Mirror . p. 15.
4. Gamma 1 (LP sleeve). Gamma. New York City: Elektra Records. 1979. 6E-219.
5. Assistant Engineer Brian Leshon https://www.discogs.com/Gamma-Gamma-1/release/4815846