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- 16:22, 28 April 2023 Dan talk contribs deleted page A Simple Lunch (content was: "'''A Simple Lunch''' is a an Italian sextet that recorded "Suite N 1 Experience Excentrique," a mash-up of several Gentle Giant songs: * Proclamation * Knots * On Reflection * Think Of Me With Kindness The piece was recorded live at the Teatro San Leonardo on March 23, 2017. Listen to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I2VbTpXakU Suite N 1 Experience Excentrique]. == Mu...", and the only contributor was "Dan" (talk))
- 16:13, 28 April 2023 Dan talk contribs created page A Simple Lunch (Created page with "'''A Simple Lunch''' is a an Italian sextet that recorded "Suite N 1 Experience Excentrique," a mash-up of several Gentle Giant songs: * Proclamation * Knots * On Reflection * Think Of Me With Kindness Category:Cover tunes Category:Artists")
- 15:31, 22 April 2023 Dan talk contribs created page Category:Pages using DynamicPageList3 parser tag (Created page with "__HIDDENCAT__")
- 18:35, 20 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Category:Pages using DynamicPageList3 parser function (Created page with "_HIDDENCAT_")
- 17:55, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page GT (Redirected page to Giant Tracks) Tag: New redirect
- 17:43, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Number One (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Number One | album=Civilian | artist=Dan Barrett | time=7:48 | cd=2 | tracknumber= }} == Details == Recorded at: Wunga-Wunga-Wunga-Wunga-Wunga Studios, Amherst, MA == The inside story == I'd always thought that "Number One" was a cool song, but a bit too plain in its original form. For Giant Tracks, I decided to lighten the texture with synthesizers and create some new instrumental parts reminiscent of older Gentle Giant material, whi...")
- 17:41, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Two Weeks In Spain (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Two Weeks In Spain | album=The Missing Piece | artist=Bug Choir | time=3:35 | cd=2 | tracknumber=8 }} == Musicians == * Keith Lundberg - drums, recorder, keyboards, chair, vocals * Greg Nichols - guitars, ukelele, harmonica, lip squeak, vocals * Wildebeest - bass, banjo, vocals == Details == * Recorded at: Elmer Vortex * Arranged and produced by: Bug Choir == The inside story == Drums and percussion - Keith drummed on a Drum-Kat, which...")
- 17:39, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Give It Back (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Give It Back | album=In'terview | artist=Eclipse | time=5:53 | cd=2 | tracknumber=7 }} == Musicians == * Aloisio Monteiro - guitar and backing vocals * Sergio Conforti - drums and percussion * Patricia Deschamps - lead and backing vocals * Paulo Torres - bass, keyboards and backing vocals == Details == * Recorded at: Copacabana Studios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 25-27 May 1996 * Mixed by: Marcio Lyra and Eclipse * Special thanks to: An...")
- 17:37, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Thank You (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Thank You | album=Giant for a Day | artist=Glen Burg | time=5:30 | cd=2 | tracknumber=6 }} == Details == * Recorded at: Studio 922, LaFrance Residence, University of Moncton, NB, Canada, on a TASCAM 8-Track Portastudio * Mixed at: Studio CKJM, Cheticamp, NS, Canada == The inside story == Recording began on this track in September 1995. I had just purchased the Giant for a Day album (the black sheep of the entire GG discography, in the eye...")
- 17:35, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page River (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=River | album=Octopus | artist=Rob Rosen | time=6:20 | cd=2 | tracknumber=5 }} == Details == * Recorded at: Susurrus Studios, Orinda, CA * Arranged and produced by: Rob Rosen == Musicians == * Rob Rosen * Eric Herrmann == The inside story == The original vision was to create a tune which sounded as if Bob Marley had decided to cover Gentle Giant. Instead, we ended up with something that sounded much closer to Gentle Giant covering Bob M...")
- 17:31, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Wreck (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Wreck | album=Acquiring The Taste | artist=Pangaea | time=7:03 | cd=2 | tracknumber=4 }} == Details == * Recorded and mixed in: Phillipsburg, New Jersey and Ithaca, New York, August 1995-March 1996 * Engineered by: Chad Bacho and Dave Forsyth * Mixed by: Chad Bacho * Produced by: Pangaea == Musicians == * Dave Forsyth - lead and backing vocals, lead guitars, bass guitar, acoustic guitar * Travis Jiorle - rhythm guitar, pizzicato guitar *...")
- 17:28, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It | album=The Missing Piece | artist=Alan Wiseman | time=2:30 | cd=2 | tracknumber=3 }} == Details == * Recorded at: Hybernation Studio, Nashville TN * Produced by: Alan Wiseman for Sow's Ear Productions (c) == The inside story == ''Betcha Thought - I - Couldn't Do It !'' This song hails from "The Missing Piece," one of the more schizophrenic collections of songs from Gentle Giant where they attempted to pr...")
- 17:26, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page I'm Turning Around (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=I'm Turning Around | album=The Missing Piece | artist=Arlo West | time=4:30 | cd=2 | tracknumber=2 }} == The inside story == Fellow Gentle Giants, I'm Arlo West, a 38 year old guitarist hailing from the state of Maine and father of two sons, both of whom are devoted Gentle Giant fans. My two-year-old's favorite CD is Three Friends. I remember my first GG experience being the Octopus album. In particular, it was The Boys In The Band that I...")
- 17:14, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Just the Same (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Just the Same | album=Free Hand | artist=Glass Haus | time=5:40 | cd=2 | tracknumber=1 }} == Musicians == * Dan Barrett - keyboards * Tom Benson - violin, mandolin, drums and additional programming * Lance Levine - vocals, acoustic guitar * Bill Noland - bass * Madeleine Noland - saxophones * Marc Vadeboncoeur - guitar == Details == * Recorded at: Vac-U-Pup Labs, November 1995 * Arranged by: Glass Haus * Produced by: Tom Benson == The in...")
- 17:05, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page In Memory of Gentle Giant (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | artist=Gustavo Matamoros | time= | cd=1 & 2 | tracknumber=12 & 10 }} == Details == Recorded at: SUNY Buffalo, September 1994 == The inside story == I have been listening to Gentle Giant since I was 14 (or since 1971). After so many years, I can't say I still listen to GG because of the words, or because of that catchy melody, or anything like that. I guess I listen to the spirit of the music: the unusual orchestration, the inventive structures,...")
- 17:03, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Funny Ways (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Funny Ways | album=Gentle Giant (album) | artist=John S. Hagewood | time=5:10 | cd=1 | tracknumber=11 }} == Details == Recorded and mixed at: Hybernation Studio, Nashville TN == The inside story == Funny Ways]] was one of the first Gentle Giant songs that I actually remember liking. Like many fans, their music took some time to grow on me, since it was so much more challenging than most of the other music that I grew up listening to. But...")
- 17:00, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Raconteur Troubadour (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Raconteur Troubadour | album=Octopus | artist=Minetti Bros | time=2:52 | cd=1 | tracknumber= }} == Details == * Excerpts from "Acquiring The Taste" are from the album Acquiring The Taste. * Arrangement is from Playing The Fool. == Musicians == * Alberto E. Minetti - acoustic guitar (left channel) * Enrico E. Minetti - acoustic guitar (right channel) == The inside story == All the recordings were made in one evening at Henry's ho...")
- 16:56, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Minnear Medley (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | artist=Richard Hilton | time=5:58 | cd=1 | tracknumber=9 }} == Details == * Recorded at: Boppybop Studios, Farmingdale, NY. Recorded entirely to computer. * Mixed by: Alec Head and Richard Hilton at Le Crib Studios, Westport, CT == The inside story == This piece was recorded entirely at my home using a Power Computing 604/132mhz computer running Cubase Audio XT VST. All the keyboards, bass and drums are via MIDI. The percussion was all played l...")
- 16:55, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Talybont (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Talybont | album=Free Hand | artist=Ian McGrath | time=3:37 | cd=1 | tracknumber=8 }} == The inside story == ===Concept=== Talybont has long been one of my favorite GG pieces. It is catchy and simple, but has a distinctly (and unabashedly) renaissance-y feel that is very winning. It is also a fine example of the wonderful contrapuntal writing that distinguishes GG's music from the rest of the pack. I chose this piece as soon as I heard about...")
- 16:52, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Heroes (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Heroes | album=Civilian | artist=.com | time=5:02 | cd=1 | tracknumber=7 }} == Musicians == * Maurice McKenna - bass, vocals * Nick Knowlton - lead vocals * Arlo "Guitarlo" West - guitars, computer == Details == * Recorded at: MDC Studios, Auburn, Maine, in July 1996 * Arranged and produced by: Morris McKenna == The inside story == ===Maurice McKenna=== Hmmm... where do I start? I have never done a bio before, but here goes. First off,...")
- 16:48, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Pantagruel's Nativity (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=Pantagruel's Nativity | album=Acquiring The Taste | artist=Jeff McClelland (with Matthew Mollica and Karen Mollica) | time=8:06 | cd=1 | tracknumber=6 }} == The inside story == * Recorded at: ADT Studios in Princeton, MA between November 1995 and January 1996 on a Tascam DA-88 8-track digital multitrack recorder. Additional recording and mix to DAT in March 1996. * Engineered by: Matthew Mollica * Produced by: Jeff McClelland Frequently As...")
- 16:04, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page BITB (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | album=Octopus | artist=Advent | time=7:12 | cd=1 | tracknumber=5 }} == Musicians == * Alan Benjamin – guitars, Chapman Stick, laugh, vocals * Mike Carroll – drums * Henry Ptak – keyboards, electronic percussion, vocals * Mark Ptak – keyboards, percussion, vocals == The inside story == * Recorded at: Rebel Recordings/Carlstadt, NJ, by Rich Bosisio, on January 27–28, March 31, and April 14, 1996 * Mixed by: Alan Benjamin and Mark Ptak a...")
- 16:01, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page No God's a Man (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | title=No God's a Man | album=The Power And The Glory | artist=Mike Keneally | time=5:08 | cd=1 | tracknumber=4 }} == The inside story == My approach to recording this piece was very stream-of-consciousness: I'd listen to a little section of the original recording and then start putting things on tape while the memory was fresh. Some little chunks of the song sound very much like the original, others not at all...all decisions were made on the spu...")
- 15:59, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Cogs/Aspirations (Created page with "{giant tracks track | album=The Power And The Glory | artist=Steve Hahn | time=6:32 | cd=1 | tracknumber=3 }} == The inside story == I performed this piece on a standard Chapman Stick (TM). It was recorded in one live take, except for one low A at the beginning of Aspirations that required an overdub. Standard tuning was used: opposing fourths and fifths. If you enjoy Cogs/Aspirations, you might be interested in my solo albums. One of them, Stickburst, features three...")
- 15:55, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs undeleted page File:Gt-title2.jpg (1 revision and 1 file)
- 15:51, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Spooky Boogie (Giant Tracks) (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | artist=Phil Beane | time=4:43 | cd=1 | tracknumber=2 }} == The inside story == All instruments, except for the sequenced drums, were performed live to tape in December, 1995 in Phil's home studio. The song was mixed in early January, 1996. * Guitars: Gibson Les Paul, Fender Strat, Rickenbacker 4001 bass * Synthesizers/samplers/MIDI: Fatar 610 Plus through a Korg 05/rw, Roland R-70 drum machine * Effects: Various Alesis gear - Quadraverb, compres...")
- 15:47, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Category:Extended liner notes from Giant Tracks (Created page with "Category:Giant Tracks")
- 15:45, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Template:Giant tracks track (Created page with "<includeonly>Category:Giant Tracks</includeonly>A track from the tribute album Giant Tracks. * Artist: {{{artist|}}} * Time: {{{time|}}}")
- 15:44, 22 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Suit Canon - Fugue of the A&R Staff (Created page with "{{giant tracks track | artist=Kevin Gilbert | time=2:38 }} == The Inside Story == When Kevin and I were on tour in '95, we stopped by a record store in Boulder CO. Pasted on the wall was a Gentle Giant poster. Kevin badgered the owner into letting him scrape it off and take it home. It was framed and hung in his studio until his death. Contrary to rumor, this was not Kevin's last song. The Suit Canon, or Suit Fugue as it was sometimes called, is part of Kevin's concep...")
- 14:37, 4 August 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Front row center cover.png (Category:Album covers)
- 14:37, 4 August 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Front row center cover.png (Category:Album covers)
- 07:27, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Mainmise (Created page with "'''Mainmise''' is an alternative magazine published in Montréal, Québec. They [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2219863?docsearchtext=gentle%20giant published several articles] relating to Gentle Giant in March, 1972. <gallery> mainmise march 1972 1.png | March 1972 mainmise march 1972 2.png | March 1972 mainmise december 1972 1.png | December 1972 mainmise december 1972 2.png | December 1972 mainmise january 1973.png | January 1973 mainmise febru...")
- 07:25, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Mainmise january 1973.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:25, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Mainmise january 1973.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:25, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Mainmise february 1975.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:25, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Mainmise february 1975.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:25, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Mainmise december 1972 2.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:25, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Mainmise december 1972 2.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:24, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Mainmise december 1972 1.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:24, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Mainmise december 1972 1.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:24, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Mainmise march 1972 2.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:24, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Mainmise march 1972 2.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:24, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Mainmise march 1972 1.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 07:24, 26 July 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Mainmise march 1972 1.png (Article in Mainmise magazine Category:Newspaper articles)
- 17:08, 17 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Front Row Center (Redirected page to Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980) Tag: New redirect
- 17:08, 17 July 2022 Dan talk contribs moved page Ront Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980 to Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980 without leaving a redirect
- 17:08, 17 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Madfish Records (Created page with "'''[http://www.madfishmusic.com Madfish Records]''' has released several boxed sets of Gentle Giant's music. Category:Record labels")
- 17:07, 17 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Ront Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980 (Created page with "{{album | year=2022 | isOfficial=yes | isLive=yes | isCompilation=yes | isSampler=no | image=need-cover-big.png }} '''Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980''' a 10-LP box set celebrating four classic years from 1976-1980, of touring throughout USA, none of which have appeared on vinyl before. The set features a 60 page book, unseen memorabilia and photographs. The box set will be released through Madfish on September 23, 2022.")
- 17:05, 17 July 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Category:Releases from 2022 (Created page with "Category:Releases by year")
- 08:09, 19 June 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Brad Mehldau (Created page with "'''[https://www.bradmehldau.com Brad Mehldau]''' is a jazz pianist whose album ''Jacob's Ladder'' covers Cogs in Cogs. Category:Cover tunes")