Gate – The Brain Years – Live & Red Light Sister
Was that Krautrock or what? Yes! Chronologically and geographically Gate has to be classified there. The music was experimental, but not focussed on improvisations. Complex, often tricky, hardly danceable, but always strictly arranged, even in solos few / no free spaces. And the band had nothing in mind with electronics.
In July 1976 Gate recorded one of their concerts in the Wuppertal club “Börse” and offered the tapes – for a long time in vain – to record companies. Only eight months later the Brain label signed the band and released the album “Gate Live”.
In February 1977 Gate was the opening-act at the Essen Brain Festival, with “excellent hard rock” (BRAVO magazine). At the 1978 Brain Festival they presented the repertoire of their first studio album “Red Light Sister”.
Followed a few months later by their “Rockpalast” – performance at the WDR Studio–L in Cologne. In December 1981 Gate performed their last concert, in their hometown Haan.
Now both Gate albums will be re-issued in a double-CD package, remastered and with comprehensive liner notes about the history of the band, written by guitarist Manfred Schröpfer, and many rare photos from the period 1974 – 1981.
Tracklist:
CD 1 “Live” at Börse, Wuppertal, Juli 1976:
- Nicht Peter 02:10
- Late Night Movie 06:02
- Lieber Wilhelm 05:56
- Step In Love 05:45
- Friedrichstrasse 18 07:49
- Hans Kürmel Boogie Woogie 06:34
- Die Platzanweiserin 05:45
- Rock On 02:27
Bonus:
- Heart 04:40
live at Brain-Festival, Grugahalle, Essen, 24.02.1978
- Herrenwies 05:04
live at Brain-Festival, Grugahalle, Essen, 24.02.1978
Total CD1: 52:12 min
CD 2 “Red Light Sister”:
- Jerry's Mary 04:01
- Time Is Gone (Part 1) 06:15
- Time Is Gone (Part 2) 03:31
- Happy Buddha 09:36
- Red Light Sister 05:21
- Shared Love 06:14
- Frankfurt 08:57
Total CD2: 43:55 min
Total CD1+CD2: 96:07 min