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== A word from Geir about ''Proclamation'' == | == A word from Geir about ''Proclamation'' == | ||
''From [[Geir Hasnes]] (12 November 1996)'' | |||
Thank you for showing your interest in Gentle Giant. Hopefully, you will find the information you require in this brief information sheet. | |||
''[[Proclamation (magazine)]]'' is (on average) a 50-page fanzine dedicated to Gentle Giant. Related progressive acts are also covered. The magazine is nicely produced, although not on glossy paper. Issue #1 appeared in March 1992 (16 pages), #2 in Dec. 1992 (40 pages), #3 in August 1993 (56 pages), and #4 in October 1994 (88 pages). Issue 5 was delayed but will be published in November 1996. | |||
The magazine includes news about releases of old material on CD, bootlegs, existing audio tapes, etc. There is an in-depth questions and answers column, and general letters from subscribers are also printed: for instance, reminiscences about concerts. Extensive old and new interviews with band members and detailed articles from the 70s are prioritized, along with descriptions of compositions, albums and artwork, musical analyses, sheet music transcribed in detail, detailed discographies, bibliographies, and other pieces of information. Promotional materials are reproduced. Related music is covered. | |||
Issue 2 included a long letter from Phil Shulman and the longest interview ever conducted with the group in the 1970s. Issue 3 was a Kerry Minnear special and issue 4 a Gary Green special, both with old and new detailed interviews. Issue #5 carries us up to date with most band members and their activities. | |||
The magazine functions as the interest group for Gentle Giant. As we stand together, we have already helped with having all the band's material reissued on good, remastered CDs. We help unearthing unreleased pieces, and help the band members (and others) to keep composing new and intriguing pieces of music. | |||
We have more than 700 subscribers from more than 20 countries, and the readership is steadily growing, making thicker issues and color photographs possible in the future. We are in contact with all the band members and the record companies that have reissued most GG albums. | |||
I make no financial profit from this venture. I rely on your subscription money to make this magazine as good as possible. I channel all the money from subscriptions into the magazine. Postage to the far corners of the world ain't cheap! | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||