The Gamble Folk

Description

The self-titled debut album by the American folk trio The Gamble Folk (Renee, Steve, and Gary Gamble) was released on Universal Audio Recording in 1970. The album was recorded by Robert Schultz at Universal Audio Recording in Minneapolis, Minnesota; with The Gamble Folk producing. Tracks A5, A6, B2, B4, and B6 written by the group.

Instrumentation provided by Steven Gamble (guitar), Tom Tjornhom (acoustic bass), and William Peterson, Jr. (drums).

Long-running Minneapolis folk trio of Renee Gamble, Steve Gamble and Gary Gamble. Boy, they sure look young on this obscure custom debut. And boy, they sure sound dead-on like The Seekers with their ’60s folk style. Clean production highlights their articulate moving harmonies and sharp acoustic backing (guitar, string bass and drums). Thirteen selections including standards like «What’s That I Hear?», «My Lord, What A Morning», «Sin Bound Train» and «You can Tell The World», but the best songs are the six Gamble Folk original, especially «All Alone», «Sold For A Farthing» and «Dear Jesus». A much more satisfying recording than the usual ho-hum collegiate folksters of the time. Says on the back that they began singing together in the spring of 1967, did street performances in Minneapolis “poverty pockets”, attended Bethany Fellowship Mission Training Center and worked with the drug-prevention group Youth Challenge. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “What’s That I Hear?” – 1:56
A2. “My Lord, What A Morning” – 2:28
A3. “Sin-Bound Train” – 1:55
A4. “Wonderful And Marvelous” – 1:30
A5. “All Alone” – 2:42
A6. “Come To The Lord” – 2:14
A7. “Moving On” – 2:08

Side Two
B1. “You Can Tell The World” – 2:40
B2. “Got Up This Morning” – 2:31
B3. “Jordan River” – 1:48
B4. “Sold For A Farthing” – 2:30
B5. “Is There Something Missing?” – 2:22
B6. “Dear Jesus” – 2:18