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
Released	July 1979
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) (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

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

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

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