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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]], I knew that Gentle Giant's music would remain alive in me. | 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]], 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 | 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 [[On Reflection, The Newsletter of the APEX|call the newsletter 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. | ||
Needless to say, I never entertained any hopes that I could ever meet any members of the band or even see them perform live since they broke up just before I became old enough to patronize the clubs in which they appeared. They had all gone their separate ways and while lead singer Derek Shulman's whereabouts were the best-known (he was President of Atco Records), it seemed unlikely someone like me with my little rag could get an audience with him. But a subscriber named Louie Mastropasqua has what is known as balls, and with his initiative and, I believe, a contact somewhere at the label, the appointment was made. | Needless to say, I never entertained any hopes that I could ever meet any members of the band or even see them perform live since they broke up just before I became old enough to patronize the clubs in which they appeared. They had all gone their separate ways and while lead singer Derek Shulman's whereabouts were the best-known (he was President of Atco Records), it seemed unlikely someone like me with my little rag could get an audience with him. But a subscriber named Louie Mastropasqua has what is known as balls, and with his initiative and, I believe, a contact somewhere at the label, the appointment was made. | ||