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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.
GIFT are currently working on their third album and are asking for donations at kickstarter.com/projects/177808520/gift-release-2014
Discography
Albums
- Gift (1972)
- Blue Apple (1974)
Singles & EPs
- Don't Hurry / Game Of Skill (1972)
- Got To Find A Way / Blue Apple (1974)
Compilations
- Gift / Blue Apple (1994)
V/A Compilation
- Rock-A-Nova (1974)
- Rock-News Vol.18 März '74 (1974)
- NOVA-News (1975)
- Original Album Series: Krautrock 2 (2016)
- Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (2017)
- Kraut!: Die innovativen Jahre des Krautrock 1968 - 1979 Teil 3 Der Süden
(2020)
- Heavy Kraut! Teil 1: Wie der Hardrock nach Deutschland kam (1970 - 1976) (2024)
Blue Apple (1974)
Tracklist
- A1. Blue Apple
Music By – Grischa Batanoff
Text By – G. Batanoff, Peter Körner
- A2. Rock Scene
Music By – Dieter Atterer
Text By – Rainer Baur
- A3. Don't Waste Your Time
Music By – Hermann Lange
Text By – Rainer Baur, Uwe Patzke
- A4. Psalm
Music By – Atterer, Frei, Lange, Baur, Patzke
- A5. Everything's Alright
Music By – Grischa Batanoff
Text By – G. Batanoff*, Peter Körner
- B1. Got To Find A Way
Music By – Dieter Atterer
Text By – Rainer Baur
- B2. Reflections Part 1
Music By – Hermann Lange
Music By, Text By – Nick Woodland
- B3. Reflections Part 2
Music By – Hermann Lange
Music By, Text By – Nick Woodland
- B4. Left The Past Behind
Music By – Dieter Atterer, Dieter Frei
Text By – Rainer Baur, Uwe Patzke
Credits
- Bass Guitar, Vocals – Uwe Patzke
- Drums, Percussion – Hermann ''Mandy'' Lange
- Engineer – Thomas Kukuck
- Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching I] – Gerhard Schulze
- Lead Guitar – Rainer Baur
- Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals – Dieter Atterer
- Organ, Electric Piano, Piano, Synthesizer [Moog], Mellotron, Vocals – Dieter Frei
- Producer – Otto B. Hartmann
Source
- progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4647
- discogs.com/release/2994809-Gift-Blue-Apple
- rateyourmusic.com/artist/gift_f1
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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.
GIFT are currently working on their third album and are asking for donations at kickstarter.com/projects/177808520/gift-release-2014
Discography
Albums
- Gift (1972)
- Blue Apple (1974)
Singles & EPs
- Don't Hurry / Game Of Skill (1972)
- Got To Find A Way / Blue Apple (1974)
Compilations
- Gift / Blue Apple (1994)
V/A Compilation
- Rock-A-Nova (1974)
- Rock-News Vol.18 März '74 (1974)
- NOVA-News (1975)
- Original Album Series: Krautrock 2 (2016)
- Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (2017)
- Kraut!: Die innovativen Jahre des Krautrock 1968 - 1979 Teil 3 Der Süden
(2020)
- Heavy Kraut! Teil 1: Wie der Hardrock nach Deutschland kam (1970 - 1976) (2024)
Blue Apple (1974)
Tracklist
- A1. Blue Apple
Music By – Grischa Batanoff
Text By – G. Batanoff, Peter Körner
- A2. Rock Scene
Music By – Dieter Atterer
Text By – Rainer Baur
- A3. Don't Waste Your Time
Music By – Hermann Lange
Text By – Rainer Baur, Uwe Patzke
- A4. Psalm
Music By – Atterer, Frei, Lange, Baur, Patzke
- A5. Everything's Alright
Music By – Grischa Batanoff
Text By – G. Batanoff*, Peter Körner
- B1. Got To Find A Way
Music By – Dieter Atterer
Text By – Rainer Baur
- B2. Reflections Part 1
Music By – Hermann Lange
Music By, Text By – Nick Woodland
- B3. Reflections Part 2
Music By – Hermann Lange
Music By, Text By – Nick Woodland
- B4. Left The Past Behind
Music By – Dieter Atterer, Dieter Frei
Text By – Rainer Baur, Uwe Patzke
Credits
- Bass Guitar, Vocals – Uwe Patzke
- Drums, Percussion – Hermann ''Mandy'' Lange
- Engineer – Thomas Kukuck
- Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching I] – Gerhard Schulze
- Lead Guitar – Rainer Baur
- Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals – Dieter Atterer
- Organ, Electric Piano, Piano, Synthesizer [Moog], Mellotron, Vocals – Dieter Frei
- Producer – Otto B. Hartmann
Source
- progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4647
- discogs.com/release/2994809-Gift-Blue-Apple
- rateyourmusic.com/artist/gift_f1
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