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An Onward U.S. production engineered and remixed by | An Onward U.S. production engineered and remixed by | ||
Geoff Emerick at Sound City, Van Nuys, California | [[Geoff Emerick]] at Sound City, Van Nuys, California | ||
Tape operator: Torrie Swensen; | Tape operator: Torrie Swensen; | ||
[[Bijou Studios]], Hollywood, California | [[Bijou Studios]], Hollywood, California | ||
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Gentle Giant have recorded eleven albums prior to the 1980 release of [[Civilian]], a prodigious number for any group of musicians. Adding to the confusion Stateside is the fact that the second ([[Acquiring the Taste]]) was not issued in the U.S. until after the group's later success, and that two ([[Gentle Giant (album)|Gentle Giant]] and [[In A Glass House]]) remain unavailable here except as sought-after imports. The band have label-hopped from Mercury to Columbia, to Capitol, and --now--back to Columbia. Although they have toured the United States and Canada quite successfully, they took a 2 1/2 year recess from the road (and 1 1/2 years from the studio) while preparing [[Civilian]], their Columbia Records reunion. | Gentle Giant have recorded eleven albums prior to the 1980 release of [[Civilian]], a prodigious number for any group of musicians. Adding to the confusion Stateside is the fact that the second ([[Acquiring the Taste]]) was not issued in the U.S. until after the group's later success, and that two ([[Gentle Giant (album)|Gentle Giant]] and [[In A Glass House]]) remain unavailable here except as sought-after imports. The band have label-hopped from Mercury to Columbia, to Capitol, and --now--back to Columbia. Although they have toured the United States and Canada quite successfully, they took a 2 1/2 year recess from the road (and 1 1/2 years from the studio) while preparing [[Civilian]], their Columbia Records reunion. | ||
[[Civilian]] marks several changes in Gentle Giant's method of recording. Though they have produced themselves in the past, this time they've brought in Geoff Emerick, the Grammy-winning engineer of such classics as Sgt. Pepper and Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. "We decided to stay away from the control board this time, and do what we do best--play. Being able to do that, with someone we trust running the controls, took quite a burden off our shoulders," says Derek. | [[Civilian]] marks several changes in Gentle Giant's method of recording. Though they have produced themselves in the past, this time they've brought in [[Geoff Emerick]], the Grammy-winning engineer of such classics as Sgt. Pepper and Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. "We decided to stay away from the control board this time, and do what we do best--play. Being able to do that, with someone we trust running the controls, took quite a burden off our shoulders," says Derek. | ||
Gentle Giant also came to these sessions far more prepared than had been their past experience. Their year and a half away from the studio was spent relaxing (Derek Shulman lives in Los angeles; Ray in New York and London; and Gary, Kerry and John in england); and nine months of songwriting and rehearsal; culminating in three months of recording and mixing. "Ray, Kerry and I wrote together, taped what we had, listened, and taped again before going into the studio with the full band. We had the opportunity to rethink compositions, and to get them absolutely right. We didn't jump into things this time; we approached writing and recording in a much more mature way." | Gentle Giant also came to these sessions far more prepared than had been their past experience. Their year and a half away from the studio was spent relaxing (Derek Shulman lives in Los angeles; Ray in New York and London; and Gary, Kerry and John in england); and nine months of songwriting and rehearsal; culminating in three months of recording and mixing. "Ray, Kerry and I wrote together, taped what we had, listened, and taped again before going into the studio with the full band. We had the opportunity to rethink compositions, and to get them absolutely right. We didn't jump into things this time; we approached writing and recording in a much more mature way." | ||