Gift – Gift(1972 Germany Rock ,Prog Rock, Krautrock)Full Album

Gift biography German act GIFT started out as a school band back in 1969, initially under the moniker Phallus Dei, with an initial line-up consisting of Rainer Baur (guitar), Hermann Lange (drums), Uwe Patzke (bass), Helmut Treichel (vocal) and Nick Woodland (guitar). By 1972 Woodland had left to join Subject Esq., while the rest of the band hit the studio to record their first album, and in 1973 their self-titled debut Gift was issued. On this production the band was pretty much cemented in a heavy rock sound typical of this day and age; with plain, hard guitar riffs served aplenty. One year later their sophomore effort Blue Apple surfaced. By now Treichel had also said his goodbyes to the band, while Dieter Frei (keyboards, moog, mellotron, vocals) and Dieter Atterer (guitars, vocals) had joined the outfit. For this second creation the band's musical explorations took on freakier and more elaborate movements, to the extent that this venture is regarded as belonging to the rooster of albums deemed interesting for followers of the Krautrock scene. This sophomore effort turned out to be the last by this German act though, and it is thought that Gift dissolved soon after the release of Blue Apple. Studio Album, released in 1973 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Drugs 00:00 2. You'll Never Be Accepted 05:29 3. Groupie 12:12 4. Time Machine 15:30 5. Game Of Skill 18:46 6. Don't Hurry 24:21 7. Your Life 29:33 8. Bad Vibrations 34:13 Line-up / Musicians - Rainer Baur / lead guitar - Hermann Lange / drums, percussion - Uwe Patzke / bass, vocals - Helmut Treichel / lead vocal - Nick Woodland / lead guitar, vocals