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GAM MC Auricle AMC 017 deleted duration:
45'52" 1.
Gam Jam
21'05"
Recorded
in Günter's Cellar, Berlin (1976). Günter Schickert: guitar, vocals, trumpet. info... An impromptu GAM session
recorded in Günter's cellar on a ghetto blaster in 1976. It so blew me away,
that I insisted we should release it on cassette, despite the fact that the
recording quality wasn't brilliant. Günter said "okay" and it went
on to sell reasonably well for a mere "official bootleg" cassette. The 3 tracks that make up GAM
1976 are full of invention, notably the huge "GAM Jam" in the
spirit of early Ash Ra Tempel or Pink Floyd's "Interstellar
Overdrive", with walls of echo guitars, bolstered by power-drive drums
and deranged vocals. "Apricot Brandy" is a radically different
version of the Schickert "Samtvogel" classic, whereas "Fur
Elise & Alice" has to be one of the cleverest classical adaptations
you'll ever hear. Since acclaimed as one of the best kept
secrets of Krautrock (or, words to that effect) by Julian Cope, who as much
as insisted that we should put it out on CD. With the CD remaster, I
retained the raw edge to keep its character, subtly enhancing its power and
clarity. So now everyone can witness that Krautrock was not dead after 1975,
it had just moved underground again! original cassette review... GAM: 1976: This is a real treat, a live in the studio
session by Gunther Schickert and Axel Struck on guitars with Michael Leske on
drums ... three long tracks, it sounds like a cross between the 1st Ash Ra
Tempel album and Gunther's two solo albums. Powerful music propelled along by
dual guitars and driving percussion, the sound literally takes off into
cosmic space. Wah Wah's LP reissue review... After the big success of our reissue of Günter Schickert’s
amazing Samtvogel LP we present another of his projects, GAM – on which he
joined Axel Struck and Michael Leske. A powerful trio of mind-expanding
krautrock sounds formed in 1973, they recorded their first sessions in 1976,
improvising directly to tape in Schickert’s basement – but these weren’t
released until 1986, originally in cassette format – reissued some years
later on CD. The sound of GAM 1976 differs a bit to that of Samtvogel.
Obviously, this is a band effort delivering their guts in a one take session,
while on Samtvogel Schickert was playing all the parts, layering one after
the other using the sound on sound facilities of his reel to reel recorder.
Here, instead, we have an energetic echo charged jam that takes us through
different atmospheres and moods, a hidden gem in krautrock’s cosmische
history legacy. Versions... |
1976
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