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And yet it was due to Brian's sphere of influence that I first heard Gentle Giant's music. I was watching an episode of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert one day specifically to see Jan and Dean. As it turned out, they were on last so I had to watch the whole show, which also included Herbie Mann and Gentle Giant. The program aired the two short promotional films (later to be known as videos) from Giant's 1978 album, [[Giant for a Day]]: [[Words From The Wise]] and the title track. I can't describe what I liked about the songs or the group, but I did like it very much and promptly bought the album. | And yet it was due to Brian's sphere of influence that I first heard Gentle Giant's music. I was watching an episode of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert one day specifically to see Jan and Dean. As it turned out, they were on last so I had to watch the whole show, which also included Herbie Mann and Gentle Giant. The program aired the two short promotional films (later to be known as videos) from Giant's 1978 album, [[Giant for a Day]]: [[Words From The Wise]] and the title track. I can't describe what I liked about the songs or the group, but I did like it very much and promptly bought the album. | ||
That summer, an older friend of mine turned me on to Giant's earlier catalog, including 1971's [[Acquiring the Taste]], 1972's [octopus.html Octopus], and their most popular album (and rightfully so), 1975's [ | That summer, an older friend of mine turned me on to Giant's earlier catalog, including 1971's [[Acquiring the Taste]], 1972's [octopus.html Octopus], and their most popular album (and rightfully so), 1975's [[Free Hand]]. I knew I was hooked when I began scrounging through import bins to find their eponymous first album from 1970 and what I consider their groove-to-groove best album, 1973's [[In a Glass House]]. Although they released only one more album after [giant.for.a.day.html Giant For A Day], I knew that Gentle Giant's music would remain alive in me. | ||
One day, I decided that I would publish a Gentle Giant newsletter, a chance for collectors and aficionados to come together to share stories, trade tapes, and get to know each other. I would call the newsletter [[On Reflection, The Newsletter of the APEX|On Reflection]], after a song on Free Hand. Outside of my close friends, I didn't know anyone else personally who was into progressive rock and while we all came to know bands like Genesis, King Crimson, Nektar, and ELP, to us Gentle Giant had to be one of the most obscure groups on the planet (having been born from the ashes of Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, an even more obscure British soul band of the late '60s). I despaired of reaching any significant number of people with so narrowly focused a periodical so I decided that On Reflection would cover the entire genre of progressive rock, the editor's oft-stated bias notwithstanding. | One day, I decided that I would publish a Gentle Giant newsletter, a chance for collectors and aficionados to come together to share stories, trade tapes, and get to know each other. I would call the newsletter [[On Reflection, The Newsletter of the APEX|On Reflection]], after a song on Free Hand. Outside of my close friends, I didn't know anyone else personally who was into progressive rock and while we all came to know bands like Genesis, King Crimson, Nektar, and ELP, to us Gentle Giant had to be one of the most obscure groups on the planet (having been born from the ashes of Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, an even more obscure British soul band of the late '60s). I despaired of reaching any significant number of people with so narrowly focused a periodical so I decided that On Reflection would cover the entire genre of progressive rock, the editor's oft-stated bias notwithstanding. | ||