Only sampler issued by the shortlived Gull Records - a UK independent label mostly concentrating on psych, prog and singer/songwriter. Although distributed by Decca and Pye in Europe and Motown in US they didn't get enough exposure, sales were low and liquidation followed after a few years. Resurrection attempts in the early eighties failed and the company was finally put to sleep 1984. This has one album track each from the label's seven first signed artists and one from Kraan's "Andy Nogger" album, originally released in Germany and re-issued by Gull for the UK market. At the time both IF and Arthur Brown were at a downslope, but got a second wind through the label change. Arthur Brown's cover of "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place" sounds surprisingly ordinary while IF's "Borrowed Time" is a true reignition. Remaining are from album debutants, among them Judas Priest doing a psych/blues cut far from the band's later leather spangled hard rock escapades. My favorites are the adventurous trials from Seventh Wave and Isotope, especially the latter's "Spanish Sun" because of Gary Boyle's equibrilistic guitar play. There's a lot to like here and a chance to get some rare original vinyl cuts with fine audio for a few bucks. German issue omitted Kraan's "Holiday Am Matterhorn" and replaced it with another from Isotope - "Honkey Donkey". First UK had label as shown here and laminated cover. (SÄM*)
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