Gamma - Concert Classics ~ Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, CO 11-17-1979 (SBD)

Gamma
Concert Classics - (CRANCH 5)
Rainbow Music Hall
Denver, CO, USA
November 17, 1979
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art INcluded

Lineage: sbd > Panasonic 3700 > unknown transfer equipment > liberated 'Gamma Concert Classics' CD > EAC(secure mode, enjoy EAC log in German language) > Wav > Flac Frontend(level8) > Flac (> YOU)

01 Ready For Action
02 Thunder And Lightning
03 Razor King
04 Wish I Was
05 I Got The Fire
06 Open Fire
07 Fight To The Finish
08 I'm Alive
09 (So You Wanna Be A) Rock'N'Roll Star
10 No Tears

Gamma was:
Davey Pattison Vocals
Ronnie Montrose Guitar
Jim Alcivar Keyboards
Glen Letsch Bass
Denny Carmassi Drums


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Gamma recorded live on tour to promote the Gamma 1 album. This recording is supposed to have come straight from the mixing desk. Ronnie Montrose actually sued the label that released it. Ronnie and Gamma released 3 albums before splitting in 1983. A reunion took place in 2000, both touring and releasing the Gamma 4 album before disbanding again. In 2009 it was confirmed by Ronnie Montrose that he had been battling prostate cancer for 2 years. He continued to tour while this battle was going on. Ronnie Montrose died from a self inflicted gun shot March 3, 2012, he was 64. It's presumed that the return of his cancer, along with deaths of loved ones caused Ronnie to slip into a deep depression that ended with his suicide.

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Gamma - CBS Studios: New York City, New York, USA November 23, 1980 (FM) - Master

Gamma
CBS Studios
New York City, New York, USA
November 23, 1980
WNEW-FM Broadcast Recording - Master
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

From The Krw_co Collection

Lineage: WNEW-FM Broadcast > DAT @ 16bit/48khz > Sony PCM r-500 DAT > Fiber Optic > Creative Soundblaster X-FI HD Model #SB1240 Wav (16bit/48khz) > MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab For Track Marks And Edits  Wav 16bit/48khz > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 8

Raw Transfer No EQ or Tampering Tracked And Transferred and Presented by Krw_co

01 Intro
02 Ready For Action
03 Dirty Old City
04 Fight To The Finish
05 Razor King
06 Thunder And Lightning
07 Voyager
08 Mayday
09 Outro

Ronnie Montrose (R.I.P.) guitar
Davey Pattison guitar
Glen Letsch bass
Denny Carmassi drums
Jim Alcivar keyboards

Now here is a nice find that just popped up at The Trader's Den recently. Gamma was always a great live band. The music always had that little bit more of an edge most Hard Rock bands had live in the 1970s. Producers back then kind of neutered Hard Rock bands in the studio. Ronnie Montrose couldn't win when it came to critics and the masses. Everything he did was held up against the monstrous debut from Montrose, I mean Paper Money wasn't even good enough. That was essentially the same band doing the same thing but for most it wasn't good enough. For me those 2 albums are Proto-Metal Gold straight from the mine!

This recording shows it's age a little, but is still a very enjoying listen!

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MP3