Biography
The Gun were a late 1960s British rock guitar trio who had a single British Top Ten hit, “Race with the Devil” and recorded two albums before disbanding. The band included brothers Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz. The Gun were renamed in 1967 from The Knack, formed by guitarist/vocalist Paul Gurvitz – he was known by the surname Curtis until the early 1970s after which he returned to his original name Gurvitz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gun_(band)
Album & Cover
The song “Race with the Devil” was issued as a single in October 1968, reching the top 10 in its native UK, #35 on the Australian Singles Chart and no #1 in many UK territories (Go-Set) in March 1969.
Cover Location:
Who Did What: Design Concept – M. Libiszowska. Photography – A. Powell
Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza SXL0773(Poland)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Race With The Devil The Sad Saga Of The Boy And The Bee Rupert’s Travels Yellow Cab Man It Won’t Be Long (Heartbeat) |
Side Two Sunshine Rat Race Take Off |
Credits
Liner Notes – Chris Welch
Written-By – A. Curtis
