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| Origin | New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1965–68 |
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| Past members | Peter Sando Frank Hubach Bob Muller Davy Bauer |
Gandalf were a short-lived American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in New York City. [1] [2] The band only released one studio album, the self-titled Gandalf in 1969, after disbanding the previous year.
Originally called the Rahgoos, the group consisted of guitarist Peter Sando, bassist Bob Muller, keyboardist Frank Hubach and drummer Davy Bauer. [3]
They signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1967. Producers Koppelman & Rubin were not happy with the band's name, and suggested it be changed to the Knockrockers. [4] However, Peter Sando commented that they "hated that and bantered about various names". [4] Despite being against the band's will, and losing local fan recognition, Davy suggested the name "Gandalf and The Wizards", which ended up sticking as "Gandalf". [5]
They recorded their first LP the same year. The record includes covers of Tim Hardin, Eden Ahbez and Bonner & Gordon (the writers of "Happy Together") and two songs composed by the band's guitarist, Peter Sando. But Capitol spurned them and only released the LP in 1969 with the wrong record inside the sleeve. The copies were recalled and damaged the band's career. Capitol didn't promote the record, which made the sales worse.[ citation needed ] Over the years the album's reputation grew and it was re-released by Sundazed Music in 2002. A second album, 2, was released by Sundazed in 2007. [6]
Gandalf (1969)
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