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Ten nein ocho..........

Stephen F Mulcahy | United States | 03/09/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"fans of cream and hendrix in particular should enjoy both of this british bands late 60s albums. gun were hardly the most original ensemble , but adrian gurvitz was a pretty fine guitar player in his own right, if not quite at the genius level of the aforementioned influences. the first albums highlights include "yellow cab man", "race with the devil"( a u.k. hit) , it won't be long( heartbeat),'sunshine' , a corny , but somehow good track verging on flower power, rat race , a heavily orchestrated number, and the 11 minute 'freak out' number take off which begins with a countdown from various languages. drummer louis farrell and adrian's bass / vocals brother, paul, provide great contributions to this recording. one would have probably said that they were a young band headed for better things. gun also performed ballads and gurvitz is also notable on both lps for some fine flamenco guitar , they weren't just a cream-esque', psychedelic proto- metal power trio . the 2nd lp gunsight isnt as strong but 'head in the clouds', 'drown yourself in the river'( with great, addictive delta blues guitar playing), the very heavy 'dreams and screams' and the soft almost cocktail lounge ballad ' angeline' are all high points of the disc. it's too bad that like so many other groups of the era they remain unheard and underappreciated ."