Gun – Gunsight(1969)

Biography
The Gun was 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. Two of its founders, brothers Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz, later took the name Three Man Army and recorded three albums. After joining up with Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) as Baker Gurvitz Army, the trio recorded three albums: Baker Gurvitz Army, Elysian Encounter and Hearts On Fire. During the same period, the Gurvitz brothers recorded two albums with drummer Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues: Kick Off Your Muddy Boots and Paradise Ballroom, under the name The Graeme Edge Band; this was not a touring band, and also featured Baker.

Album & Cover
The orchestral arrangements from the debut were gone on “Gunsight”, resulting in a more basic and less intricate sound. The material was not of the same standard either, but still good enough to make the album a worthy encore to Gun’s short career. The opener “Head in the Clouds” is probably the best song here, being a simple and straightforward hard rocker, but with a good melody and punch.The partly acoustic blues of “Drown Yourself in the River” is less interesting, even when it powers up to a much more electric rocker in the middle. The strings on the ballad “Angeline” are the only remains of the orchestral arrangements from the debut. The hardest, most aggressive and noisiest track the band recorded comes in “Dreams and Screams” where Farrell hits the drums like it’s the last thing he’ll ever do in his life. “Situation Vacant” features interestingly enough a riff that Hawkwind later would borrow in “Sea of Holes” from their masterpiece “Warrior on the Edge of Time”. http://rockasteria.blogspot.nl/2011/09/gun-gunsight-1969-uk-great-hard-rock.html

Tracklist

Credits
Adrian Curtiss-Gurvitz – Guitar, Vocals
Paul Curtiss-Gurvitz – Bass
Louis Farrell – Drums