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<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''BBC Proms Prog Rock At The Proms''', episode S2026E03 on 2026-07-18, featured an orchestral version of Gentle Giant [[On Reflection]]. The performance was at the Royal Albert Hall. It was featured on Radio 3 on 2926-07-18, and was televised on BBC 4 on 2026-07-24.<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's music begins on the video around 01:21 hours.<br /> <br /> * [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xatxql2 Watch/Listen]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cover tunes]]<br /> [[Category:BBC]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=BBC_Prog_Rock_at_the_Proms&diff=11844 2026-09-14T14:43:50Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''BBC Proms Prog Rock At The Proms''', episode S2026E03 on 2026-07-18, featured an orchestral version of Gentle Giant [[On Reflection]]. The performance was at the Royal Albert Hall. It was featured on Radio 3 on 2926-07-18, and was televised on BBC 4 on 2026-07-24.<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's music begins around 01:21 hours.<br /> <br /> * [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xatxql2 Watch/Listen]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cover tunes]]<br /> [[Category:BBC]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=BBC_Prog_Rock_at_the_Proms&diff=11843 2026-09-14T14:43:13Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''BBC Proms Prog Rock At The Proms''', episode S2026E03 on 2026-07-18, featured an orchestral version of Gentle Giant [[On Reflection]]. The performance was at the Royal Albert Hall. It was featured on Radio 3 on 2926-07-18, and was televised on BBC 4 on 2026-07-24.<br /> <br /> * [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xatxql2 Watch/Listen]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cover tunes]]<br /> [[Category:BBC]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=BBC_Prog_Rock_at_the_Proms&diff=11842 2026-09-14T14:42:49Z

<p>Dan: Dan moved page BBC Prog at the Proms to BBC Prog Rock at the Proms without leaving a redirect</p> <hr /> <div>'''BBC Proms Prog Rock At The Proms''', episode S2026E03 on 2026-07-18, featured an orchestral version of Gentle Giant [[On Reflection]]. It was featured on Radio 3 on 2926-07-18, and was televised on BBC 4 on 2026-07-24.<br /> <br /> * [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xatxql2 Watch/Listen]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cover tunes]]<br /> [[Category:BBC]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=BBC_Prog_Rock_at_the_Proms&diff=11841 2026-09-14T14:42:39Z

<p>Dan: Dan moved page BBC Prog Proms at the Royal Albert Hall to BBC Prog at the Proms without leaving a redirect</p> <hr /> <div>'''BBC Proms Prog Rock At The Proms''', episode S2026E03 on 2026-07-18, featured an orchestral version of Gentle Giant [[On Reflection]]. It was featured on Radio 3 on 2926-07-18, and was televised on BBC 4 on 2026-07-24.<br /> <br /> * [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xatxql2 Watch/Listen]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cover tunes]]<br /> [[Category:BBC]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=BBC_Prog_Rock_at_the_Proms&diff=11840 2026-09-14T14:42:20Z

<p>Dan: `</p> <hr /> <div>'''BBC Proms Prog Rock At The Proms''', episode S2026E03 on 2026-07-18, featured an orchestral version of Gentle Giant [[On Reflection]]. It was featured on Radio 3 on 2926-07-18, and was televised on BBC 4 on 2026-07-24.<br /> <br /> * [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xatxql2 Watch/Listen]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cover tunes]]<br /> [[Category:BBC]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Template:News&diff=11839 2026-09-09T18:56:30Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>* 2025-10-25: [[Derek Shulman]] has published an autobiography, ''[[Giant Steps (book)|Giant Steps]]''.<br /> * 2024-09-04: The GG Home Page celebrates its 30th anniversary! See the [[Project:About|About]] page for history and some past screenshots of the site.<br /> * 2024-04-18: [[Front Row Center]], the 10-LP set, is now [https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/gentle-giant-front-row-center-10lp-vinyl-box-with-exclusive-signed-print/ available with a limited signed print] by the cover artist, Bob Venables.<br /> * 2024-03-16: [[Dan Barrett]], creator of this website, has published a new book, ''[https://danieljbarrett.com/books/linux-pocket-guide-fourth-edition/?t=AVwt8MenVD Linux Pocket Guide 4th Edition]''.<br /> * 2024-01-21: An [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga0W_Zk3IEM amazing new video] for &quot;Two Weeks in Spain,&quot; celebrating the upcoming remix by [[Steven Wilson]].<br /> * 2023-08-20: The 10-LP boxed set [[Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980]] has only limited stock remaining. [https://gentlegiantbox.lnk.to/FrontRowCenter Where to buy].<br /> * 2023-04-21: [[In'terview]] will be [https://www.loudersound.com/news/gentle-giant-to-reissue-remixed-version-of-eighth-album-interview reissued in June 2023] with a new mix by [[Steven Wilson]].<br /> * 2023-03-30: Sad news: [[Ray Shulman]] has passed away.<br /> * 2022-09-23: A new 10-LP (vinyl) boxed set: [[Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980]].<br /> * 2022-05-15: New official music video from [[Noah Shulman]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scRV5ChgALM Inside Out]<br /> * 2022-05-14: New remastered release of [[Civilian]] due on May 20, 2022.<br /> * 2022-04-22: New official music video from [[Noah Shulman]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Ws26hUxtU Heroes No More]<br /> * 2022-02-22: [[Dan Barrett]], creator of this website, has published a new book, ''[https://danieljbarrett.com/books/efficient-linux-at-the-command-line/?t=eaZ8nKj9bq Efficient Linux at the Command Line]''.<br /> * 2021-04-29: [[Steven Wilson]] has remixed [[Free Hand]]. On sale June 25. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxdw2ILC9a8 See video].<br /> * 2021-02-03: We finally have the full [[Ray Shulman interview in Goldmine]], thanks to [[Jack Skelly]]!<br /> * 2020-12-25: A recently discovered [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29LaIgk0mpc backstage interview] from 1980!<br /> * 2020-10-04: My neuroscientist wife has a new book, ''[https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/seven-and-a-half-lessons-about-the-brain/?t=FdMeY6AVdg Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain]'', a collection of short essays about that amazing gray blob between your ears. Her previous book was on [https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/?t=s1g9wJkYSD the secret life of the brain], titled ''[https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/?t=RefpYzgMOP How Emotions are Made]''. Very proud husband!<br /> * [[Template talk:News|Older announcements]]<br /> &lt;noinclude&gt;[[Category:Site infrastructure]]&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Three_Friends&diff=11838 2026-09-06T19:08:06Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{otheruses|article=Three Friends}}<br /> {{album<br /> | year=1972<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=3<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=tf-eu.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's third album was their first concept album, as stated in the liner notes:<br /> <br /> :&quot;The idea of this album came about simply from normal conversations within the group. You know how people often reminisce about old school friends and wonder whatever became of them; or the people who surprise us with their successes or failures. Anyway, the theme in this album is based on three people - friends at school but inevitably separated by chance, skill and fate.&quot;<br /> <br /> The three school friends grow up to become a road digger ([[Working All Day]]), an artist ([[Peel The Paint]]), and a white-collar worker ([[Mister Class and Quality?]]) who can no longer understand each other's lifestyles. But regardless of the storyline, the music is astounding, ranging from raucous rock to exquisite choral work, and ending with the stunningly beautiful title song.<br /> <br /> [[Image:tf-usa.jpg]] (USA cover; same as the cover of [[Gentle Giant (album)|Gentle Giant]])<br /> <br /> [[Image:tf-eu-back.gif]] (European cover, back side)<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - guitars, percussion<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, Moog, vocals<br /> <br /> [[Malcolm Mortimore]] - drums<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - vocals<br /> <br /> [[Phil Shulman]] - sax, vocals<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - bass, violin, 12 string guitar, vocals<br /> <br /> Assisted by [[Calvin Shulman]], Ray's son (boy's voice on ''Schooldays'').<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> Engineer - [[Martin Rushent]]<br /> Produced by &quot;Gentle Giant&quot;<br /> Sleeve design - Rick Breach<br /> <br /> All titles written by GENTLE GIANT<br /> ([[Shulman, Shulman, Shulman, Minnear]])<br /> All selections © 1972 Excellency Music (ASCAP)<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Prologue]] (6:12)<br /> # [[Schooldays]] (7:33)<br /> # [[Working All Day]] (5:07)<br /> # [[Peel The Paint]] (7:25)<br /> # [[Mister Class And Quality?]] (5:51)<br /> # [[Three Friends (song)|Three Friends]] (3:00)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> ''- submitted by Marshall Wood''<br /> <br /> === Prologue ===<br /> {{otheruses|article=Prologue}}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]]<br /> <br /> Three friends are made, three lives are laughs and tears<br /> Through years of school and play they share<br /> As time stands still the days change into years<br /> And future comes without a care.<br /> But fate and skill and chances play their part<br /> The wind of change leaves no good-bye<br /> Three boys are men their ways have drawn apart<br /> They tell their tales to justify.<br /> <br /> === Schooldays ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]/[[Phil]]<br /> <br /> The bell rings<br /> And all things<br /> Are calling<br /> The days past<br /> The play's cast<br /> Remember<br /> September<br /> When we were<br /> Together<br /> Together<br /> Together<br /> Schooldays the happy days when we were going nowhere<br /> Schooldays the happy time when we were feeling no care<br /> Schooldays when three said that we'd better be friends forever<br /> How long is ever isn't it strange<br /> Schooldays together why do they change.<br /> Did kites fly<br /> And I spy<br /> And you cry<br /> To run fast<br /> Or come last<br /> You know how<br /> We made vows<br /> They're gone now<br /> We made friends<br /> We broke friends<br /> No more friends<br /> Remember,<br /> Remember when we<br /> Together<br /> Went to the sea<br /> Was it real or did we dream. The days of children gone.<br /> Seagull's scream and pink ice cream and the deep blue sky<br /> And the waves seem high and golden sand and the town<br /> brass band play on.<br /> Wait for me<br /> Wait for us always<br /> Wait for me<br /> Wait for us to come<br /> Homework's dull. It's worth the pain to go out when I want<br /> Mister Watson wants to see you in the master's room. It's<br /> about the work you should have done and I think you<br /> must go now.<br /> <br /> === Working All Day ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Working all day, I'm digging up the roads, just working all day<br /> Dig for my pay and spend it where I like. I've nothing to say<br /> Drown in my sweat but money buys escape. I've got no regrets<br /> Working all day<br /> Working all day<br /> When I was young I used to have illusions - Dreams ain't enough.<br /> Papa was rough. He didn't care for learning. Hell life is tough.<br /> Easy to say that everybody's equal then look around and<br /> see it ain't true.<br /> Working all day<br /> I eat the dust. The boss gets all the money. Life ain't just.<br /> I'm still the same as all the other people - who can I trust<br /> Working all day and never getting nowhere, what can I<br /> say working all day<br /> Working all day.<br /> <br /> === Peel The Paint ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]] (Part 1), [[Derek]] (Part 2)<br /> <br /> <br /> Free from the start -<br /> Left to depart -<br /> Finding the pleasure and the pain in his art.<br /> Lost in the hush -<br /> No need to rush -<br /> Time waits for him, him who creates with the<br /> brush.<br /> Colour the brush.<br /> High in the air -<br /> His dreams are there -<br /> Searching for answers he will look everywhere.<br /> Thinks he has won -<br /> A place in the sun<br /> Free from the worries and the ways of everyone.<br /> Peel the paint<br /> Look underneath<br /> You'll see the same, the same old savage beast.<br /> Strip the coats<br /> The coats of time<br /> And find mad eyes and see those sharpened<br /> teeth.<br /> Nothing's been learned -<br /> No nothing at all.<br /> Don't be fooled, get up before you fall.<br /> Carnal grave<br /> Crawling smooth<br /> Open flesh and you must let him in.<br /> Glass reflects<br /> What you are<br /> It shows the face, the evil face of sin.<br /> <br /> === Mister Class And Quality? ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Look around my rooms and see the prizes I have showing<br /> Working hard to build my life and plan the way I'm going<br /> House and car and pretty wife - they've all been won by knowing<br /> All been won by knowing<br /> All been won by knowing.<br /> Paperwork, white collared shirts - where would we be without<br /> them<br /> Man of class and quality - I never shout about them<br /> Choose my friends for my own ends.<br /> You can't succeed without them<br /> Can't succeed without them<br /> Can't succeed without them.<br /> Middleman sees straight ahead and never crosses borders<br /> Never understood the artist or the lazy workers<br /> The world needs steady men like me to give and take the orders<br /> Give and take the orders<br /> Give and take the orders.<br /> <br /> === Three Friends ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: ensemble<br /> <br /> Once three friends<br /> Sweet in sadness<br /> Now part of their past.<br /> In the end<br /> All in gladness ''(See note)''<br /> Went from class to class.<br /> <br /> Note: The album's printed lyrics read, &quot;Full of gladness,&quot; but the voices are clearly not singing the word &quot;of.&quot; [[Gary Green]] proposes that the line might be &quot;Full in gladness&quot;:<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> &quot;Sounds to me like 'in', and not 'of'... and somebody (not mentioning any names here) jumps in early, so a double attack on the word 'in'. So that's why it sounds a bit off. It's Phil, Derek, Ray and Kerry singing together around 2 mics (Neuman 87?), triple tracked, as I recall. Could be that the lyrics were submitted to the printer before the final vox were finished,<br /> but it does sound like 'in' to me, and not 'of'.&quot;<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> To [[Dan|my]] ears, the line sounds like &quot;All in gladness,&quot; which makes more sense semantically than &quot;Full in gladness,&quot; so that's what I've presented here.<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> On the [[Columbia]] disc (CK 31649), the track marker for track 6, &quot;Three Friends&quot;, is mistakenly placed in the middle of the previous track, &quot;Mr. Class and Quality.&quot; Columbia's vinyl release of [[Three Friends]] has the same incorrect track location. Columbia claims that their placement is correct.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Three Friends review by Mathew Reynolds]]<br /> * [[Three Friends review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Friends George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Friends Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Phil Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Malcolm Mortimore]]<br /> [[Category:Three Friends]]<br /> [[Category:LINE Records]]<br /> [[Category:Repertoire Records]]<br /> [[Category:Columbia]]<br /> [[Category:Calvin Shulman]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=The_Power_and_the_Glory&diff=11837 2026-09-06T19:07:12Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{otheruses|article=The Power and the Glory}}<br /> {{album<br /> | year=1974<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=6<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Tpatg.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> A concept album about power and corruption. (Rumors that the album is actually about Watergate are reportedly untrue.)<br /> <br /> Some CD releases have a bonus track, [[The Power and the Glory (song)|The Power And The Glory]]. [[Ray Shulman]], in Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press (April/May 1976), tells the story:<br /> <br /> :&quot;WWA said, 'Now boys, you've got to be commercial, you've gotta make singles. Now you run away and write us a single.' So we did three atrocious numbers. This song's the worst--'You've got it lads!'--and we went into the studio and handed over the tapes when we came out. They put it out, we yelled at them, and they gave it back--took it off the market.&quot;<br /> <br /> The song was the A-side of the single, and it was indeed widely available in the USA from import dealers. (Thanks to Biffy the Elephant Shrew for this info.)<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - guitars<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - keyboards, cello, vocals<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - vocals, saxes<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - bass, violin, vocals<br /> <br /> [[John Weathers]] - drums, percussion, vocals<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> All tracks licensed from Polygram Special Products<br /> <br /> Special thanks to engineer: [[Gary Martin]]<br /> All titles composed by: [[Shulman, Shulman and Minnear]]<br /> Published by [[Alucard Music]], Ltd.<br /> Album produced and arranged by Gentle Giant for [[Alucard Productions]], Ltd.<br /> Recorded at [[Advision Studios]], London.<br /> December '73 thru January '74.<br /> Studio time, Hotel reservations and other niceties<br /> our secretary Joanna and friend Glen.<br /> Cover design produced by Cream.<br /> CD Package: [[Phil Smee]] at Waldo's Design<br /> Co-ordination: David G. Hemmings<br /> Album directed by Pat Meehan Snr.<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Proclamation]] (6:48)<br /> # [[So Sincere]] (3:52)<br /> # [[Aspirations]] (4:41)<br /> # [[Playing the Game]] (6:46)<br /> # [[Cogs in Cogs]] (3:08)<br /> # [[No God's a Man]] (4:28)<br /> # [[The Face]] (4:12)<br /> # [[Valedictory]] (3:21)<br /> # [[The Power And The Glory]] (2:53) (bonus track on some CD releases)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> <br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> ''- submitted by Marshall Wood''<br /> <br /> === Proclamation ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=Proclamation}}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> 1.<br /> You may not have all you want or you need<br /> all that you have has been due to my hand,<br /> it can change, it can stay the same,<br /> who can say, who can make their claim.<br /> <br /> 2.<br /> The situation we are in at this time<br /> neither a good one, nor is it so unblest<br /> it can change, it can stay the same,<br /> I can say, I can make my claim.<br /> Hail ........ Hail ........ Hail.<br /> <br /> 3.<br /> Unity's strength and all must be as one,<br /> confidence in you hope will reflect in me<br /> I think everyone not as my nation for<br /> you are my people and there must be no change.<br /> It can change, it can stay the same<br /> I can say, I can make my claim.<br /> Hail ........ Hail ........ Hail.<br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way.<br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way.<br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way.<br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way.<br /> Day by day.<br /> <br /> (repeat verses 1 &amp;amp; 3)<br /> <br /> === So Sincere ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]], plus [[Derek]] on choruses<br /> <br /> Hear, he'll do it all for you, you will see it,<br /> wise and knowing what to do, what to be<br /> and every word is ........<br /> <br /> Lies, he only tells the truth, for he means it,<br /> means, not anything he says, eyes unseen,<br /> but everything is ........<br /> <br /> So sincere, so sincere, so sincere, so sin.<br /> <br /> Yes, that is to say no, understanding<br /> wrong, he makes his promise right, with your hand<br /> you'll never know why.<br /> <br /> So sincere, so sincere, so sincere, so sincere.<br /> <br /> So, sincere his thoughts so full, always empty<br /> Good, or maybe things are bad, so sincere,<br /> and every word is ........<br /> <br /> So sincere, so ........<br /> <br /> === Aspirations ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]<br /> <br /> As the dust settles, see our dreams,<br /> all coming true<br /> it depends on you,<br /> If our times, they are troubled times,<br /> show us the way,<br /> tell us what to do.<br /> <br /> As our faith, maybe aimless blind,<br /> hope our ideals and<br /> our thoughts are yours<br /> And believing the promises,<br /> please make your claims<br /> really so sincere.<br /> <br /> Be our guide, our light and our way of life<br /> and let the world see the way we lead our way.<br /> Hopes, dreams, hopes dreaming that all our<br /> sorrows gone.<br /> <br /> In your hands, holding everyone's<br /> future and fate<br /> It is all in you,<br /> Make us strong build our unity,<br /> all men as one<br /> it is all in you.<br /> <br /> Be our guide, our light and our way of life<br /> and let the world see the way we lead our way.<br /> Hopes, dreams, dreaming that all our sorrows<br /> gone forever.<br /> <br /> === Playing the Game ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]] (verses), [[Kerry]] (&quot;My thoughts never spoken...&quot;)<br /> <br /> As I hold the key to the back door<br /> of the world I feel my<br /> Hand touching bounds never had before.<br /> I can view the power of my position and my<br /> eyes can see more than anyone in any place,<br /> I'll play the game and never ever lose.<br /> <br /> I'm the king in fighting competition<br /> and the other pieces<br /> are there for my art and my tactics now.<br /> All my games are won before they're played for<br /> I have planned that no opposition can stage a fight<br /> I'll play the game and never ever lose.<br /> <br /> My thoughts never spoken only the<br /> visions inside my head the truth never broken<br /> within my silent words left unsaid.<br /> <br /> I will steer the helm of all the nation<br /> as the captain<br /> take my rewards for all the good I'm doing now,<br /> and no words that I'm the knave will alter my<br /> philosophy for if any are heard, the games started<br /> again I'll never ever lose.<br /> <br /> === Cogs in Cogs ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Empty promise broken the path has<br /> not been paved any way.<br /> Cogs in cogs the machine<br /> is being left where it lay.<br /> Anger and the rising murmur breaks<br /> the old circle, the wheel slowly turns around.<br /> <br /> All words saying nothing<br /> the air is sour with discontent.<br /> No returns have been tasted<br /> or are they ever sent.<br /> Slowly burning is the fire, rising murmur breaks<br /> the old circle, the wheel slowly turns around.<br /> <br /> Cogs in cogs wheel turning<br /> around,<br /> The circle tuns around,<br /> the changing voices calling<br /> circle turns around,<br /> the changing voices.<br /> Slow burning is the fire rising murmur breaks<br /> the old circle, the wheel slowly turns around.<br /> <br /> Cogs in cogs in wheels<br /> in circles slowly turn around.<br /> <br /> === No God's a Man ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Now the words and claims are seen as always<br /> the way they'll always be, way they'll always be.<br /> Truth is halfway true, the man is only a man<br /> who fails to know,<br /> the people shouting for him have turned now<br /> telling him to go.<br /> <br /> Powers that have place, esteemed positions<br /> telling him to cry, telling him to cry,<br /> Soon another song is sung,<br /> in turn for existing blame and then<br /> Apologise, conditions turn,<br /> then it happens all again.<br /> <br /> After all the things are said, no God's a man,<br /> no God's a man,<br /> and yet after all the things are said,<br /> no God's a man, must happen all again.<br /> <br /> After all the things are said, no God's a man,<br /> no God's a man,<br /> and yet after all the things are said,<br /> no God's a man, and then again.<br /> <br /> === The Face ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Sing your song, words that have to continue.<br /> Tell a tale, seal the screen that is in you.<br /> Make your peace, face to face that is after.<br /> Reasons plain, tears of pain are not laughter.<br /> Cast off the mould, buy all you've sold,<br /> confidence lost, pay for the cost.<br /> <br /> Choose your way, realising our mission,<br /> figures lay, pulling strings for position.<br /> Take your bows, hear the people are calling.<br /> Play the game, Take the blame as you're falling.<br /> Time to confess, clean up the mess,<br /> stand in the white, step in the light.<br /> <br /> Use the time, show the face that is sorry,<br /> for the day, questions leading to worry.<br /> Hide your mask, show the face that is sorry.<br /> Time to question, answering all their worry.<br /> Time to confess, clean up the mess,<br /> cast off the mould, buy all you've sold.<br /> <br /> === Valedictory ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> And though the hard times,<br /> are really due to me, it is still in me,<br /> to wave all this unrest.<br /> Things must stay,<br /> there must be no change,<br /> anyway, time to rearrange.<br /> <br /> You must believe, that there's<br /> been no betrayal all that I've done,<br /> I've really done for you.<br /> Things must stay,<br /> there must be no change,<br /> anyway, time to rearrange.<br /> <br /> Hail, to power and to glory's way.<br /> Hail, to power and to glory's way.<br /> <br /> Must be a reason why plans<br /> have turned around not only in me,<br /> must also be in you.<br /> Things must stay,<br /> there must be no change,<br /> anyway, time to rearrange.<br /> <br /> hail ...<br /> <br /> === The Power And The Glory (bonus track) ===<br /> {{otheruses|article=The Power and the Glory}}<br /> :''Transcribed by [[Dan Barrett]] (mistakes and all). This track was originally released as a single and appeared on the vinyl LP [[Giant Steps - The First Five Years]]. Recorded 26 August 1974.''<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Run, run, the shotgun has got you in its range.<br /> Turn, turn away, when it's time to make a change.<br /> Look where you're going. try not to lose your way.<br /> What good is knowing you have to go away?<br /> Go, you make go, never know, never know.<br /> Time's run away, so have to go, have to go.<br /> Put back the ace black, you never made it good.<br /> Go while you can go. Go while the going's good.<br /> <br /> ''CHORUS:''<br /> And the power and the glory is over, so I'll take it.<br /> The power and the glory is over, so I'll make it.<br /> The power and the glory is over, and I'll break it.<br /> The power and the glory is over....<br /> <br /> Face up to reason, you know it's up to you.<br /> Do what you can do, all that you have to do.<br /> Move over now, and I'll try to take your place.<br /> Time to remember that I have won the race.<br /> Go, you make go, never know, never know.<br /> Time's run away, so have to go, have to go.<br /> Pick up the pieces, to you I'll have to stand.<br /> Break up the power, the glory's at the end.<br /> <br /> ''(CHORUS)''<br /> <br /> Run, run, the shotgun has got you in its range.<br /> Turn, turn away, when it's time to make a change.<br /> Look where you're going. try not to lose your way.<br /> What good is knowing you have to go away?<br /> <br /> ''(ad lib)''<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of Terrapin Records (UK) Ltd. Transcribed by Bill Noland. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> Formed in 1969, Gentle Giant were hitting something of a musical peak as the seventies moved toward their mid-way point. Ever-presents Ray Shulman (bass), Derek Shulman (vocals, sax), Kerry Minnear (keyboards) and Gary Green (guitar) had been joined by newest recruit John Weathers (drums) to form the definitive line-up. All could - and did - swap these and other, more exotic, instruments, both in the studio and on stage, making them one of Britain's most proficient and versatile outfits. After four albums on that doyen of progressive labels Vertigo, they switched to World Wide Artists for two releases of which this is the second.<br /> <br /> 'We tried to get a more spontaneous feel by doing it all on first and second takes,' revealed Derek of this 1974 release, which featured a relatively straightforward (for them) selection of instrumentation nearer to the rock mainstream.<br /> <br /> As with all Giant albums up to this point, the majority of tracks were brought into the studio by the writing partnership of Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman, and Kerry Minnear, with maybe a couple of numbers added as sessions progressed.<br /> <br /> Two of the songs on this album, 'Proclamation' and 'So Sincere', were revisited on the live 'Playing the Fool', and comparisons with the originals here are interesting. 'So Sincere', particularly, was transformed into a thundering ten minute plus percussive extravaganza. 'Cogs in Cogs' also made it to the live repertoire, but not so successfully.<br /> <br /> As with most Giant releases, 'The Power and the Glory' had an underlying theme, the lyrics dealing with politics and the Machiavellian attitude of those who dabble in it. The original closing track, 'Valedictory', is a reprise of the opener, 'Proclamation' - a device often used by Giant to emphasize their albums' concept format. Its heavier treatment harks back to the Giant of two or three years previously. The overall vocal arrangements and performances are certainly the band's best up to this point, with Derek Shulman outstanding.<br /> <br /> A welcome bonus on this release is the title track 'The Power and the Glory' which, in typically perverse Giant style, didn't make it to the album. There was a good reason, however, it hadn't yet been written! It's only ever appeared as a single(backed by an edited version of 'Playing the Game') and on the compilation 'Giant Steps'; savour it now, as with the rest of the album, on CD for the first time.<br /> <br /> 'The Power and the Glory' was Giant's first Top 50 album in the States, where Capitol had snapped them up following the huge import sales of 'In a Glass House' (now available on CD as RFG CD 1001). They'd gone over contractless, showing considerable self-belief, and employed a tour manager whose contacts had brought them five nights at the Whiskey in Los Angeles. 'It was like a fairy tale,' Derek recalled. 'We had them queueing round the block. That gave us some more dates headlining around the country and &quot;The Power and the Glory&quot; went into the Top 50.'<br /> <br /> The band then received a telegram from their management reading along the lines of 'Well done, lads, we knew you could do it!' But 'Free Hand', the following album and their first for new label Chrysalis, documents the band's dissatisfaction with those who controlled their destiny. 'It was a comment on getting rid of the management,' reveals drummer John Weathers, adding: 'It cost us a lot of money to pay the old manager off!' Giant toured the States twice in January and October 1975, and that country remains the territory where they are most highly regarded today.<br /> <br /> The album might also have charted in Britain, but for thousands of copies apparently being leaked prior to official release, plus the aforementioned management problems. 'We made a big mistake,' acknowledged Weathers. 'We had a tour set up, but because of the management thing we pulled the tour at the last moment. We stiffed then in England: we were just about to break.'<br /> <br /> Derek, now a US record company mogul, looked back on 'The Power and the Glory' two years later as 'too laid back, not quite the album we wanted', but confessed 'I still enjoy all our old albums'. And he should. After the 1976 success of the band's live LP 'Playing the Fool' (at the time of writing the only Chrysalis-era product available on CD), they started to take the songs on the road before recording them.<br /> <br /> They'd contacted Chrysalis boss Terry Ellis, who'd been much impressed when they'd supported Jethro Tull in Europe and the States in the early-Seventies' Three Friends era. He signed them up, and they produced six more albums for the label before splitting in 1980. Capitol, who'd put &quot;The Power and the Glory' out in America, were to remain their label there until the end.<br /> <br /> The songs were getting simpler in an attempt to grab a wider audience - though, as John Weathers admits, 'the died-in -the wool fans seemed to like if as intricate as possible.' It was a gamble that failed to pay off here as Genesis - the band so often racked alongside them in the shops - got the vote. 'It was going to be them or us - we were pulling the same size crowds in America and Britain, the same people were buying our records as theirs, and they cracked it because the went commercial about two years earlier.'<br /> <br /> Of the five Giant members featured here, only Weathers - who replaced Dire Straits-bound Terry Williams on the drum stool for Man - is still on the road. Yet 'The Power and the Glory', a more rounded and consistent album than its predecessor if a degree or two less intricate, stands proudly in its own right as a rewarding piece of progressive rock from one of the genre's master groups.<br /> <br /> ''- Michael Heatley. Many thanks for their assistance to John Weathers and Alan Kinsman.''<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> The bonus track on the Terrapin disc (originally RFG CD 1002, and later relabeled as TRUCKCD 002) is mixed slightly louder than the rest of the album.<br /> <br /> Several people have reported that the [[Capitol]] disc (CDP 7 91849 2) has a track index error: the first two notes of &quot;So Sincere&quot; are part of track 1 instead of track 2. My Capitol CD does not have this defect, so I suspect that there was a bad production run that was eventually corrected.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[The Power and the Glory review by Dan Barrett]]<br /> * [[The Power and the Glory review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Glory George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_and_the_Glory_(album) Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:The Power and the Glory|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:DRT Entertainment|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Alucard Music|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Capitol|Power and the Glory]]<br /> [[Category:Albums remixed by Steven Wilson]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=The_Missing_Piece&diff=11836 2026-09-06T19:06:15Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=1977<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=10<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=tmp.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's first foray into pop music. Side 2 is much stronger than side 1.<br /> <br /> More from the LP:<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:Tmp-back.gif | Back cover<br /> File:Tmp-sleeve.jpg | LP sleeve<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> Some cassette covers:<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:tmp-cassette.jpg | [[Capitol]] cassette<br /> File:tmp-cassette2.jpg | [[Chrysalis]] cassette<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> Some eight-track tape pictures:<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:tmp-8track.png | Front cover<br /> File:tmp-8track-2.png | Top<br /> File:tmp-8track-3.png | Track list<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]], [[Kerry Minnear]], [[Derek Shulman]], [[Ray Shulman]], and [[John Weathers]]. No instrument credits are given.<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> All tracks written by [[Shulman, Shulman and Minnear|Shulman/Shulman/Minnear]]<br /> A Gentle Giant Production<br /> [[Alucard Publishing]], Ltd./[[Chrysalis]] Music, Ltd.<br /> <br /> Recorded at [[Relight Studios]], Hilvarenbeek, Holland<br /> Remixed at [[Scorpio Sound]], Euston Centre, London<br /> Recording engineer: [[Paul Northfield]]<br /> &quot;Sound&quot; advice: [[David Zammit]]<br /> <br /> Cover concept: [[Ray]] and [[Tanner]].<br /> Photography: [[Gary Green|G.G]].<br /> CD package: [[Phil Smee]] at Waldo's Design<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Two Weeks In Spain]] (3:00)<br /> # [[I'm Turning Around]] (3:54)<br /> # [[Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It]] (2:20)<br /> # [[Who Do You Think You Are]]? (3:33)<br /> # [[Mountain Time]] (3:19)<br /> # [[As Old As You're Young]] (4:19)<br /> # [[Memories Of Old Days]] (7:15)<br /> # [[Winning]] (4:12)<br /> # [[For Nobody]] (4:00)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> <br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by Geir Hasnes, from the lyrics as transcribed by a music writer at Chrysalis Records. ''<br /> <br /> === Two Weeks In Spain ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Two weeks in Spain makes the year disappear easy<br /> Two weeks in Spain, you forget, bored and yet weary<br /> We're back again, drink the wine, weather's fine, only<br /> Two weeks in Spain's not enough<br /> <br /> Never think where you're going<br /> Paradise a while knowing<br /> Everything that you're doing<br /> It's a carnival<br /> <br /> Let it go so remember<br /> Counting sheep in September<br /> Let 'em know you're the master<br /> It's a roundabout<br /> <br /> (Note: Some people hear &quot;Two weeks in Spain's not enough&quot; as &quot;Two weeks in Spain starting now,&quot; but the vocals on the BBC [[In Concert]] album seem to make it clear that &quot;not enough&quot; is correct.)<br /> <br /> === I'm Turning Around ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Where's the love that you once promised. Where's the pride, was it all lies?<br /> Taking all, but giving nothing. Did you want a compromise?<br /> <br /> All these years we spent together. It was me who sold my time<br /> Now I've made my life's decision. I'll take yours so please take mine<br /> <br /> I'm turning around, there was no other way<br /> I'm turning around, taking you come what may<br /> <br /> How long did you think we'd make it. How could this affair survive?<br /> Making mine a new direction. Could we keep us both alive?<br /> <br /> All I am I have to offer. Someone new but still the same<br /> Life for us an empty shelter. Now I'll play a different game<br /> <br /> === Betcha Thought - We Couldn't Do It ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> I betcha thought we couldn't do it. And if you did we wouldn't try<br /> I betcha thought we couldn't do it. But if we didn't we would die<br /> <br /> We built our house stone by stone. Little help, we were on our own<br /> Made the town, torn it down. Now you know, tell me how it feels<br /> <br /> We've been waiting such a long long time. To fit the pattern, fill the rhyme<br /> Now we can't stick in our old ways. Now it's out we'll see how you feel<br /> <br /> === Who Do You Think You Are? ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Yeah, now I'm back here in Hollywood, I pick up the phone, turn the pages<br /> Hi, got a friend and he said I should not be on my own, Come on over,<br /> take you to our show. What are you doing?<br /> <br /> Who do you think you are? You're not even the main star<br /> Even if I could come, how would I know you're the one?<br /> Who do you think you are? You can put around you're a star<br /> Well I might not be on time. Leave my name at the door<br /> <br /> Well, you can bet here that anyone wants to take a ride<br /> No tomorrow<br /> So you can bet here that everyone will be at your side<br /> Doesn't matter<br /> <br /> You can't fool around, you're a star<br /> <br /> === Mountain Time ===<br /> {{help<br /> |message=Does anyone know who were the backup singers on this track?<br /> |need=Names of backup singers on &quot;Mountain Time.&quot; I would be eternally grateful!!<br /> }}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Mountain time, mountain date. Hope to be there, before it's late<br /> I need to see you, looking fine. Gotta be there, mountain time<br /> <br /> Last night I had to tell you, made up my mind I need to see you<br /> Got on the road to ride<br /> I thought all of it over, now I have to be at your side<br /> <br /> Somewhere, be there<br /> <br /> So hard seeing it your way. I'm glad, what more can I say<br /> This lane taking me back today<br /> <br /> === As Old As You're Young ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]; [[Derek]] (last verse)<br /> <br /> Look at the mirror over there, what do you see? Tell yourself a lie<br /> Are you as old as you seem? Feel something that you have to<br /> Being open, an innocent, wise only when. Age can mellow the haste<br /> New hopes, ambitions undone - you're only as old as you're young<br /> <br /> Out of your youth and you'll find that the time goes<br /> slipping away where no-one knows<br /> Soon enough Winter is changing to Spring<br /> always understand one life it goes<br /> <br /> Never as old as you're young and everything still yet to find<br /> Dreams not realized<br /> Thoughts rising, duties and vows continue, can't wait for you<br /> <br /> Now is the day, tomorrow comes without an end<br /> Mark time follow the sun - you're only as old as you're young<br /> <br /> So as you look around, look at the things you knew<br /> Never seeking the past<br /> Forget all the things you have done - you're only as old as you're young<br /> Still open eyed and promises never quite complete<br /> Working head in the air<br /> The coming of age never comes - You're only as old as you're young<br /> <br /> === Memories Of Old Days ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Now the wings fell to ground as the miles they were crossed<br /> All the years seemed like days as the time it was lost<br /> For without his solutions and reasons for why<br /> He should come up for air to the town once his by<br /> <br /> So soon on his way<br /> Shadows from the pathways<br /> Memories of old days<br /> <br /> That the journey was long many thoughts filled his mind<br /> As he neared the stop always a dream he would find<br /> But the road that he knew could no longer be seen<br /> And the city lights flickered where lake waters gleamed<br /> <br /> With sadness today<br /> Hopes of joy yesterday<br /> Memories of old days<br /> <br /> Sky and the trees of his youthful time spent<br /> Only smoke, only paper. No colour or scent<br /> <br /> With sadness today<br /> Hopes of joy yesterday<br /> Memories of old days<br /> <br /> === Winning ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Once he could smile maybe happy<br /> Fighting for his future and his destinations<br /> There were his friends he'd rely on<br /> Everyone had nothing but their aspirations<br /> Soon dreaming found realization<br /> Winning was his target with deliberation<br /> <br /> Now he has everything, tell me why<br /> No one knows him, the veils shut out cutting the tie<br /> <br /> So now he's made his own island<br /> Not familiar even to his understanding<br /> Thoughts turning sour, did he want it?<br /> Something reassuring in his time and planning<br /> What did he miss, needing nothing?<br /> Seeing that it was the fighting and not the winning<br /> <br /> No returning, no looking back, on with his way<br /> Rising winner but falling man, gaining the day<br /> <br /> === For Nobody ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Running away, I'll leave you my address, don't want you to reply to anybody<br /> Forward my mail to the next place. I'll be responsible for nobody<br /> <br /> Given my best to the people I knew. I'll always maintain my situation<br /> And through it all, no one told me that I was doing it for nobody<br /> <br /> Tried to forget everything that we did<br /> And thinking we did it all together<br /> How it went wrong, can't remember<br /> It doesn't matter much for nobody<br /> <br /> Nobody tells, everyone understands<br /> It's anybody for nobody<br /> Anyone for everybody<br /> I'll be responsible for nobody<br /> <br /> Taking my leave leaving many regrets<br /> I'll go without meeting understanding<br /> Maybe one day realizing<br /> That everybody is for nobody<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of Terrapin Records (UK) Ltd. Transcribed by Bill Noland. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> If the years 1974 to 1976 had been a vindication of Gentle Giant's dogged determination to be accepted on their own terms, the period which followed was to be something of an anti-climax, as the band suffered mixed fortunes in a changing marketplace. For a number of reasons, 'Playing the Fool', a double album of live material recorded on their 1976 European tour and released eight months before 'The Missing Piece', proved to be a turning point in the band's history.<br /> <br /> Giant acquired a sizeable European following quite early in their career, the Italians, Swiss and Germans proving particularly enthusiastic. The breakthrough in the States had come with 1974's 'The Power and the Glory', and although British listeners remained largely unimpressed, by 1976 the band were beginning to enjoy the rewards of six years of hard work. &quot;Playing the Fool' appeared in January 1977, when the British music scene was in upheaval with the advent of Punk Rock and the so-called New Wave. What little recognition the group had gained at home was cruelly swept aside by fashion, and the musical skills which were the cornerstones of Giant's musical philosophy were suddenly despised.<br /> <br /> Bassist Ray Shulman remembers taking stock: 'It was a kick in the teeth, but also a jolt to stop complacency - it was a general shake-up for everybody, really. With the pressure to become more commercially viable on the one hand, and the fact that we had a very loyal audience on the other, we were in a dilemma...' Chrysalis, who had seen the band do very well, especially in America, over the previous eighteen months, now viewed Giant's commercial prospects rather less optimistically. 'They could still rely on us to recoup our advances, to sell a reasonable number of records in all territories - we'd become a pretty reliable act, but it was getting no bigger.&quot;<br /> <br /> The impact of the new music was less marked on the Continent, and in the States, at least for a time, its effect was negligible. Not surprisingly, giant were persuaded to concentrate on the European and American markets, and apart from an appearance on the BBC's 'Sight And Sound' (a simultaneous broadcast on TV and radio) in January 1978, the band never took to a British stage again. They inclined towards a more direct style, making a conscious effort to inject more energy into their output, and with an eye on contemporaries, like Genesis, adopted a less complex, more commercial sound.<br /> <br /> Classically-trained keyboardist Kerry Minnear looks back on this period of Giant's development with mixed feelings&quot; 'At this stage, certainly, one or two members of the band were becoming frustrated by the straitjacket we'd made for ourselves... Because of the nature of what we were, we felt obliged to play quite experimental music all the time. Ray was getting quite heavily into Punk because it was just a total burst of energy and enthusiasm, and I think that appealed to him because it was so completely different to what we were. I confess I was a bit nonplused by some of the things that were going on in the band... Personally, I had much less enthusiasm for breaking free of these restrictions we'd placed on ourselves.'<br /> <br /> Another factor also influenced this shift to a more straightforward style. Until now, Giant had taken new material out on the road only after it had been recorded. There was a feeling in the group that a different approach might bring a new vitality to the music, and several of the numbers included here were played live before being taken into the studio. Different arrangements were tried in concert and those which worked best on stage were used when the songs were finally recorded, bringing a more concise feel to the end product.<br /> <br /> Although transitional in nature, 'The Missing Piece' boasts several numbers equal to anything the band released on earlier albums. 'As Old as You're Young' is a charming example of Kerry Minnear's medieval minstrelsy, and 'I'm Turning Around' is a powerful ballad which deserved a better reception than it received hen issued as the first of two singles lifted from the album. 'Memories of Old Days' is a finely-crafted, atmospheric song graced by Gary Green's delicate acoustic guitar work, and 'Two Weeks in Spain', the second of those unsuccessful single releases, is an excellent straightforward rocker. Despite the quality of the material, 'The Missing Piece' was not a commercial success. It was their last US chart album, and die-hard Gentle Giant fans generally seemed reluctant to accept the change of dynamic it offered.<br /> <br /> Ray Shulman remains philosophical about the choices that were made: 'Perhaps we should have carried on being ourselves and resisted advice from anyone else, just seen what happened. Maybe if we'd reconciled ourselves to a small, loyal audience we could've stayed more experimental, but you can't turn back the clock, and I think that what we went on to do was still interesting, still very good... From the outset, all the different changes in Giant happened for a reason, and every album reflected the mood of the band at the time.'<br /> <br /> 'The Missing Piece', available now for the first time on CD along with Gentle Giant's four other Chrysalis-period studio albums, remains a fine collection. If anything, the range of music it includes encompasses more than ever the versatility of the band. Its relatively poor sales say more about the changes taking place in the music scene at the time than they do about the album itself, and all the excitement of Gentle Giant's unique chemistry is here to enjoy.<br /> <br /> ''- Alan Kinsman. Many thanks for their assistance to Kerry Minnear and Ray Shulman.''<br /> <br /> == La Pieza Faltante ==<br /> <br /> This is the release of [[The Missing Piece]] in Argentina by Phonogram Records (6307604). The liner notes and track list are in Spanish.<br /> <br /> [[Image:lapieza.jpg]] [[Image:lapieza-lp.jpg]]<br /> <br /> === Spanish Track List ===<br /> <br /> # Dos Semanas en España<br /> # Estoy Dando Vueltas<br /> # Seguro Pensaste Que No Podriamos Hacerlo<br /> # Quien Crees Que Eres?<br /> # Es Tiempo de Montaña<br /> # Tan Viejo Como Eres Joven<br /> # Recuerdo de los Viejos Tiempos<br /> # Ganando<br /> # Para Nadie<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> A fan reported that the 2010 24-bit remaster has the right and left channels switched for all tracks except [[I'm Turning Around]]. However, it might be that this remaster is correct and all previous releases had the channels reversed. More news as we receive it....<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[The Missing Piece review from Keyboard Magazine]]<br /> * [[The Missing Piece review by Simon Brader]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Piece George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missing_Piece_%28Gentle_Giant_album%29 Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:The Missing Piece|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:One Way Records|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:DRT Entertainment|Missing Piece]]<br /> [[Category:Albums remixed by Steven Wilson]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Playing_the_Fool_-_The_Official_Live&diff=11835 2026-09-06T19:05:42Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=1977<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=9<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=ptf.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> [[Image:ptf-cass.jpg|right|thumb|Cassette release]]<br /> One of the greatest live albums ever recorded. Enough said. :-) Recorded on Gentle Giant's European tour, September and October 1976.<br /> <br /> ''[[Sweet Georgia Brown]]'' (a.k.a. ''[[Breakdown in Brussells]]'') was played spontaneously during an equipment breakdown....<br /> <br /> Learn more:<br /> * The [[Playing the Fool recording sources|concert sources for each track]]<br /> * The [[Kerry wags it|secret behind some audience noises]].<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, alto recorder, descant recorder, vocals, percussion<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - keyboards, cello, vibes, tenor recorder, vocals, percussion<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - vocals, alto sax, descant recorder, bass, percussion<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - bass, violin, acoustic guitar, descant recorder, trumpet, vocals, percussion<br /> <br /> [[John Weathers]] - drums, vibes, tambour, vocals, percussion<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> A Gentle Giant Production<br /> Recorded (au naturel) on European tour<br /> September to October 1976<br /> Remix at [[Advision Studios]], London.<br /> Engineer: [[Paul Northfield]], assisted by Trevor,<br /> Peter and Frazer (Maison Rouge Mobile) and<br /> [[Ken Thomas]] in London.<br /> Live mix: [[David Zammit]], sound system built and<br /> supplied by Recording Studio Design, Cheshunt, Herts.<br /> Original sleeve: Design and production<br /> Murray Carden and Geoff Allman for Spoken Image<br /> (airbrush Chris Clover)<br /> Compact disc package by [[Phil Smee]] at Waldo's Design<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> The vinyl and [[Castle]] CD releases have the following tracklist.<br /> <br /> # [[Just The Same]] / [[Proclamation]] (11:13)<br /> # [[On Reflection]] (6:24)<br /> # Excerpts From [[Octopus]] (15:35)<br /> # [[Funny Ways]] (8:35)<br /> # [[The Runaway]] / [[Experience]] (9:31)<br /> # [[So Sincere]] (10:22)<br /> # [[Free Hand]] (7:40)<br /> # [[Breakdown In Brussells]] ([[Sweet Georgia Brown]]) (1:15) [omitted from the [[Castle]] CD release)<br /> # [[Peel The Paint]] / [[I Lost My Head]] (7:35)<br /> <br /> The Terrapin Trucking CD release has the same music but split into more tracks:<br /> <br /> # Introduction (does not appear on any studio album)<br /> # [[Just The Same]]<br /> # [[Proclamation]]<br /> # [[Valedictory]]<br /> # [[On Reflection]] (rearranged)<br /> # [[The Boys In The Band]]<br /> # [[Raconteur Troubadour]] (acoustic guitar instrumental)<br /> # [[Acquiring The Taste]] (rearranged for acoustic guitar)<br /> # [[Knots]]<br /> # [[Organ bridge]] (does not appear on any studio album)<br /> # [[The Advent Of Panurge]], part 1<br /> # The famous recorder quartet (does not appear on any studio album)<br /> # [[The Advent Of Panurge]], part 2<br /> # [[Funny Ways]]<br /> # [[The Runaway]]<br /> # [[Experience]]<br /> # [[So Sincere]]<br /> # [[Drum and percussion bash]] (does not appear on any studio album)<br /> # [[Free Hand]]<br /> # [[Sweet Georgia Brown]] (does not appear on any studio album)<br /> # [[Peel The Paint]]<br /> # [[I Lost My Head]]<br /> <br /> === Performance dates and venues ===<br /> <br /> Thanks to [[Dan Bornemark]].<br /> <br /> * Intro - Düsseldorf, 23 SEP 1976<br /> * Just the Same - Düsseldorf, 23 SEP 1976<br /> * Proclamation - Düsseldorf, 23 SEP 1976<br /> * On Reflection - Düsseldorf, 23 SEP 1976<br /> * Excerpts From Octopus - Paris, 5 OCT 1976<br /> * Funny Ways - Munich 25 SEP 1976<br /> * The Runaway/Experience - Paris, 5 OCT 1976<br /> * So Sincere - Paris, 5 OCT 1976<br /> * Free Hand - Brussels, 7 OCT 1976<br /> * Sweet Georgia Brown - Brussels, 7 OCT 1976<br /> * Peel the Paint/I Lost My Head - Paris, 5 OCT 1976<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by Todd Fiske after painstakingly listening to the album and noticing that the lyrics differ from the studio versions. He even included the speaking and audience noises (in parentheses). Thanks Todd!!''<br /> <br /> === Introduction ===<br /> <br /> (ch ch)<br /> <br /> === Just the Same ===<br /> <br /> See me, what I am, what I was, what I'll be,<br /> Hear me, understand, that I'm not, what you see,<br /> Take this, take the man, middle term, common me,<br /> Don't you see that,<br /> <br /> I'm just doing what I want to do<br /> nothing more and nothing less than you<br /> read no thoughts I didn't think myself,<br /> just the same as anybody else.<br /> <br /> Make me, someone else, put me up, on a stand.<br /> Something, that I don't, really want, on my hands,<br /> Use me, idolise, all you can, understand.<br /> Don't you see that,<br /> <br /> I'm just doing what I want to do<br /> nothing more and nothing less than you<br /> read no thoughts I didn't think myself<br /> just the same as anybody else.<br /> <br /> See me, what I am, what I was, what I'll be,<br /> Hear me, understand, that I'm not, what you see,<br /> Take this, take the man, middle term, common me,<br /> Don't you see that,<br /> <br /> I'm just doing what I want to do<br /> nothing more and nothing less than you<br /> read no thoughts I didn't think myself,<br /> just the same as anybody else.<br /> <br /> === Proclamation/Valedictory ===<br /> <br /> (There seems to be a cut here between recordings at about 15 seconds into Proclamation.)<br /> <br /> 1. You may not have all you want or you need<br /> all that you have has been due to my hand,<br /> it can change, it can stay the same,<br /> who can say, who can make their claim.<br /> Hail... Hail... Hail... Hail!<br /> Hail!<br /> <br /> ''(original verse 2 skipped)''<br /> <br /> 3. Unity's strength and all must be as one<br /> confidence in you hope will reflect in me<br /> I think everyone not as my nation for<br /> you are my people, and there must be no change<br /> It can change, it can stay the same,<br /> Who can say, who can make that claim<br /> Hail... Hail... Hail... Hail!<br /> Hail!<br /> <br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way<br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way<br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way<br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way<br /> <br /> Hail to Power and to Glory's way<br /> Hail to Power and to<br /> <br /> And though the hard times<br /> are really due to me,<br /> it still is in me,<br /> to wave all this unrest,<br /> Things must stay<br /> there must be no change,<br /> anyway, time to rearrange.<br /> <br /> Hail!<br /> <br /> === On Reflection ===<br /> <br /> ''(ch ch)''<br /> ''(Kerry: 1 2 3 4 5 6)''<br /> <br /> In my way did I use you, do you think I really abused you<br /> On reflection now it doesn't matter<br /> <br /> How can you say I made you need me more than anyone else<br /> Who can say it right now it's finished over<br /> <br /> It's my act, it's my calling, I explained exactly the falling<br /> Different ways of life can never even<br /> <br /> Be the same when you saw me could you always take me the<br /> same way as I came and went I tried to remember you;<br /> <br /> Still you stay<br /> Tied in your way<br /> Changing times<br /> Watching the signs.<br /> <br /> How:<br /> could you see in me what you thought about all you want me to be<br /> <br /> Now:<br /> On reflection why should I have changed my ways for you<br /> <br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> <br /> Cry my sympathy's with you, but I never lied to you all in all<br /> it seems it's just an experience<br /> <br /> Placed my cards on the table told of everything I was able<br /> Understanding still not anything different<br /> <br /> Find another to lean on, start again for I should have long<br /> gone, on reflection now it's just an experience<br /> <br /> soon the pain will have ended, together never intended, as I<br /> come and go I'll try to remember you.<br /> <br /> Still you stay<br /> Tied in your way<br /> Changing times<br /> Watching the signs.<br /> <br /> How:<br /> <br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> <br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> <br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> All around all around<br /> <br /> (yay, wooh)<br /> (We're, uh, Gentle Giant...)<br /> <br /> === Excerpts From Octopus ===<br /> <br /> ''Laughter, coinspin<br /> ''<br /> === The Boys In The Band ===<br /> <br /> ''(one, two, one two three four...)''<br /> <br /> === Raconteur Troubadour ===<br /> <br /> ''(plink plunk)''<br /> <br /> === Acquiring the Taste ===<br /> <br /> ''(wooh)''<br /> <br /> === Knots ===<br /> <br /> All in all each man in all men all men in each man.<br /> He can see she can't, she can see she can<br /> see whatever, whatever.<br /> You may know what I don't know,<br /> but not that I don't know it and I can't tell you<br /> so you will.<br /> To tell me all man in all men all men in each man.<br /> He can see she can't, she can see she can<br /> see whatever, whatever.<br /> You may know what I don't know,<br /> but not that I don't know it and I can't tell you<br /> so you will have to tell me all.<br /> <br /> It hurts him to think that she is<br /> hurting her by him being hurt to think<br /> that she thinks he is hurt by making her<br /> feel guilty at hurting him by her thinking<br /> she wants him to want her. He wants her to want him<br /> to get him to want him to get him to want her she pretends.<br /> <br /> He tries to make her afraid by not being afraid.<br /> He tries to make her afraid by not being afraid.<br /> He tries to make her afraid by not being afraid.<br /> He tries to make her afraid by not be<br /> ing afraid ing afraid ing afraid ing afraid<br /> ing afraid ing afraid ing afraid ing af<br /> <br /> === Organ Bridge ===<br /> <br /> ''(hoots and hollers)''<br /> <br /> === The Advent of Panurge ===<br /> <br /> There coming over Charaton Bridge<br /> Look do you see the man who is poor but rich<br /> What do you wish; and where do you go;<br /> who are you; where are you from;<br /> will you tell me your name?<br /> Rest awhile; call me your friend.<br /> Please stay with me I'd like to help.<br /> <br /> Then he said,<br /> How can I speak when I'm dry and my throat is burning.<br /> So bring me aid and I'll answer your doubts.<br /> Friend in need I'd like your help.<br /> Please take me home I'll stay with you.<br /> <br /> Then said he fair Pantagruel.<br /> My name is Panurge and I have come from Hell.<br /> <br /> Look at my friend<br /> Look around now friend<br /> Look at my friend<br /> Look all around you<br /> Look at my friend<br /> Take all around you<br /> Look at my friend<br /> Look all around you<br /> <br /> Hey, Friend.<br /> <br /> Look at my friend. Hey.<br /> <br /> === The Famous Record Quartet ===<br /> <br /> ''(yeah)''<br /> <br /> === The Advent of Panurge (continued) ===<br /> <br /> So brotherhood was made as their bond.<br /> Carried him home and provide for his needs and his shelter.<br /> This day was done as no other the like.<br /> Faithfully their vow was made and from that day they were as one.<br /> <br /> Then said he fair Pantagruel.<br /> My name is Panurge and I have come from Hell.<br /> <br /> (There seems to be a cut just before the last chord(!?))<br /> <br /> === Funny Ways ===<br /> <br /> Sorry to have been so much of a bore<br /> But in my own funny ways I find I learn much more.<br /> I realised what you think from your eyes<br /> But in your own funnys way I find I learn much more.<br /> <br /> My ways are strange<br /> they'll never change<br /> They stay, strange ways.<br /> <br /> Sorry to have been so close from the start,<br /> but for all that I care we could be miles apart.<br /> I understood that you never would<br /> Understand a way of life I never could.<br /> <br /> My ways are strange<br /> they'll never change<br /> they stay, strange ways.<br /> <br /> ''(yoo hoo)''<br /> <br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> <br /> And so you see what happened to me<br /> Since the time when I judged my life in nights and days<br /> I realised that my life was lies<br /> So you see what I mean with all my funny ways<br /> <br /> Sorry to have been so much of a bore<br /> But in my own funny ways I find I learn much more<br /> Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways<br /> <br /> === The Runaway ===<br /> <br /> ''Derek: This album was called uh, [[In a Glass House|In a Glass]] (wahhhhhhhh) [[In a Glass House|House]]! (Yeahhhhh)''<br /> <br /> He is the runaway, lie low the wanted man<br /> Mask his elusive face, soon he will get away and free is his<br /> future no more aimless time to spend<br /> and evading, he's escaping<br /> four dirty walls and a bed in a cage his home no more<br /> <br /> Run in the underwood, Cover and hide the trail<br /> Senses like sharpened swords, Guards for the shadow on his tail.<br /> <br /> And yet all his joy is empty and sad.<br /> <br /> === Experience ===<br /> <br /> Once I was a boy, and innocent to life and my role in it,<br /> This world played my game, and anyone a clown or foil for myself.<br /> <br /> Oh unseeing youth, how can it be so shallow and shortsighted.<br /> These years passed me by, to realise the folly of these unripe years.<br /> <br /> Oh unseeing youth, how can it be so shallow and shortsighted.<br /> These years passed me by, to realise the folly of these unripe years.<br /> <br /> I master inner voices, I make any choices.<br /> I master inner voices, I make any choices.<br /> <br /> I master inner voices, I make any choices.<br /> I master inner voices, I make any choices.<br /> ''(yay)''<br /> <br /> === So Sincere ===<br /> <br /> Hear, he'll do it all for you, you will see it,<br /> wise, and knowing what to do, what to be,<br /> and every word is...<br /> <br /> Lies, he only tells the truth, for he means it,<br /> means, not anything he says, eyes unseen,<br /> and every word is...<br /> <br /> Yes, that is to say no, understanding<br /> wrong, he makes his promise right, with your hand<br /> and every word is...<br /> <br /> Yes, that is to say no, understanding<br /> wrong, he makes his promise right, with your hand<br /> you'll never know why.<br /> <br /> === Drum and Percussion Bash ===<br /> <br /> <br /> (bang bang)<br /> <br /> === Free Hand ===<br /> <br /> <br /> Who would believe me now that my hands are free that my hands are free<br /> I never thought it would ever come to me, ever come to me<br /> Now that my life's my own, I leave you behind, leaving you behind.<br /> What ever made you think that I'd change my mind, that I'd change my mind.<br /> <br /> It wasn't hard to run break away from you break away from you<br /> after all you'd done what was I to do what was I to do<br /> Who's gonna take my place in the games you play in the games you play<br /> Nobody's listening now to the things you say, all the things you say.<br /> <br /> Now my hands are free from the ties from the ties<br /> Now I look forward to the future where it lies<br /> And with you, feeling low, looking black,<br /> here, now my head is clear, why should I look back<br /> <br /> When it was over did you have regrets did you have regrets<br /> Or did you really think it was over yet, it was over yet<br /> Now that my life's my own, I leave you behind, leaving you behind<br /> What ever made you think that I'd change my mind,<br /> <br /> That I'd change my mind<br /> That I'd change my mind<br /> That I'd change my mind<br /> <br /> Who would believe me now that my hands are free that my hands are free<br /> Who would believe me now that my hands are free that my hands are free<br /> Who would believe me now that my hands are free that my hands are free<br /> <br /> who would believe me now<br /> now my hands are<br /> <br /> hands are free<br /> hands are free<br /> hands are free<br /> <br /> hands are free<br /> hands are free<br /> <br /> When it was over did you have regrets did you have regrets<br /> Or did you really think it was over yet, it was over yet<br /> Now that my life's my own I leave you behind, leaving you behind<br /> What ever made you think that I'd change my, that I'd change my mind?<br /> <br /> === Sweet Georgia Brown ===<br /> <br /> (Also known as &quot;Breakdown in Brussells&quot;)<br /> <br /> ''Instrumental''<br /> <br /> &quot;(One more)&quot;<br /> <br /> === Peel the Paint/I Lost My Head ===<br /> <br /> <br /> I peel the paint<br /> look underneath<br /> You'll see the same,<br /> the same old savage beast<br /> <br /> Strip the coats<br /> the coats of time<br /> And find mad eyes and<br /> see those sharpened teeth<br /> <br /> Nothings been learned -<br /> no nothing at all.<br /> Don't be fooled,<br /> get up before you fall.<br /> <br /> A carnal grave<br /> (uh) crawling smooth<br /> The open flesh<br /> and you must let them in<br /> <br /> The glass reflects<br /> of what you are<br /> It shows the face<br /> the evil face of sin.<br /> <br /> Nothings been learned -<br /> No nothing at all<br /> Don't be fooled,<br /> get up before you fall.<br /> <br /> <br /> I lost my head<br /> forget what I said<br /> what's the use to try to deny it.<br /> I didn't think it<br /> would ever happen again<br /> <br /> wondering why,<br /> once bitten twice shy<br /> never thought again would I try it<br /> and even though may-<br /> be soon it would end<br /> <br /> Wanting to stop<br /> but had to go on,<br /> give a little part of my person,<br /> and don't reflect<br /> don't remember what I said<br /> <br /> I was afraid<br /> and I stayed away<br /> making sure of my independence<br /> isn't it true that<br /> I lost my head<br /> <br /> Took my time<br /> and I didn't rush into anything<br /> Showed my face<br /> just forgetting myself oh everything<br /> <br /> Everythings true<br /> but everything lies<br /> It's so hard to try to explain it<br /> It doesn't matter<br /> it happened anyway.<br /> <br /> and for the time<br /> while someone is mine<br /> I'll go on won't try to contain it<br /> and even though<br /> it could finish any day<br /> <br /> I lost my head<br /> so glad that I made<br /> right or wrong, I made the decision<br /> to take my chances<br /> give out something of me<br /> <br /> how will I feel<br /> tomorrow? not real<br /> trying to avoid a collision<br /> I lost my head,<br /> but today I can see.<br /> <br /> Took my time<br /> and I didn't rush into anything<br /> Showed my face<br /> just forgetting myself oh everything<br /> I lost my head<br /> <br /> I lost my head<br /> forget what I said<br /> What's the use to try to deny it<br /> I didn't think it<br /> would ever happen again<br /> <br /> Wondering why<br /> once bitten twice shy<br /> never thought again would I try it<br /> and even though may-<br /> be soon it would end.<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> === Capitol promotional material ===<br /> <br /> ''- Thanks to Claude Wacker''<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool<br /> Capitol - 1/77<br /> Picture by Dick Polak, March 1976<br /> <br /> For the past half dozen years, Gentle Giant fans gave been telling everyone who would listen, &quot;Hey, you've got to see them live. Their albums are great, but they sound so exciting in concert you have to hear it to believe it.&quot;<br /> <br /> Now everyone can hear what a Gentle Giant concert sounds like. Playing The Fool on Capitol Records presents Gentle Giant's sophisticated rock expertise &quot;au naturel&quot; in all its glory. Their critically acclaimed stage show has finally been captured on this two-record set, their first live album.<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant is a complex, classically-influenced, &quot;progressive rock&quot; band that has been around since the beginning of the seventies and Playing The Fool is their fourth album on Capitol.<br /> <br /> &quot;The group is a big melting pot of styles and from the bottom drips out Gentle Giant,&quot; says vocalist and sax player Derek Shulman, who played with his brother, Ray (a classically-trained bassist and violonist), in a sixties combo called Simon Dupree and The Big Sound before forming Gentle Giant.<br /> <br /> The Shulmans (another brother, Phil, was a member for the first four albums) brought together keyboard and cello player Kerry Minnear (a graduate of the Royal College of Music and a band called Rust), guitarist Gary Green (with both a blues and jazz background) and drummer John Weathers (who formerly worked with the Grease Band and Graham Bond).<br /> <br /> &quot;Recording in the studio is completely different than playing a concert,&quot; says Derek Shulman. &quot;Live gigs have to be more immediate to hit people. Our stage show is much more spontaneous and direct because it's a different medium.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I think one of the reasons for the difference between our albums and our concerts,&quot; explains Minnear, &quot;is because we treat playing live as a separate form of entertainment rather than being somewhat dull and just playing the number as we recorded it. To keep the band and the audience from becoming bored, we give ourselves a certain leeway. We have an improvised section in the middle of each song where we can really play, and I think that's very important. I couldn't possibly play in a band that didn't do that.&quot;<br /> <br /> The band went through two drummers on their early albums --Gentle Giant (never released in the U.S.), Acquiring The Taste and Three Friends--before finding Weathers, the first who could &quot;provide some power.&quot; According to Derek Shulman, &quot;From that point we started to solidify our direction. He allowed us to pull our various elements together into our own style.&quot;<br /> <br /> Following numerous European tours, Gentle Giant began touring North America. The album Octopus was released, but the group was dropped from their former label and In A Glasshouse was never released in the U.S. At that point Capitol signed the band and with the release of the highly-acclaimed The Power and The Glory (a concept album based on the idea of corruption arising from power), Free Hand and Interview, Gentle Giant has become increasingly popular both here and overseas.<br /> <br /> Concerning their recording, Ray Shulman says, &quot;We can make an LP accessible and still be pleased with it. We try not to be too technical and we try to introduce some genuine emotion as well. We don't write love songs in a obvious way, but that doesn't mean they're not emotional. You needn't be obvious to be sentimental.&quot;<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant can be pulsating, intricate, classical, jazzy, funky, mystical, futuristic or just out-and-out rocking. They have always explored new musical horizons. On one of their earliest albums, the band stated in the liner notes that their sole aim was to make one of their songs totally different and new &quot;even at the risk of being very unpopular.&quot; While fervently pursuing quality eclectism (even on this live album the songs are fresh and different from the studio versions), Gentle Giant has gained fans rather than losing them. Their fans expect them to be experimental and daring.<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant has always stressed musicianship of the highest caliber as well as innovative, sectionalized song structures. Much of their vocal work is derived (they say) from jazz scat singing where the voice is used as an intrument whether they're singing words or just notes. With the group members playing a wide variety of instruments and being well-versed in their precise production techniques, the resulting music, live or in the studio, is a thick, textural collage of sounds.<br /> <br /> Playing The Fool contains 11 of their best tunes including &quot;Just The Same,&quot; &quot;Free Hand,&quot; &quot;Excerpts From Octopus&quot; and a medley of &quot;Peel The Paint/I Lost My Head.&quot; Recorded in England in front of highly enthusiastic audiences, the incredible performances exude vitality and excitement. One of the group's strongest points has always been its arrangements and on Playing The Fool thay are again notable for their intricacy and complexity as well as their innovativeness. Within single songs, the band changes pace and tempo, shifts, pauses, strips sounds away and then builds back to a fullbodied, blazing crescendo. The recording and production are sharp, precise and flawless (rare for any live album).<br /> <br /> Within this record, Gentle Giant has managed to sum up their career and move forward at the same time. Playing The Fool, which proves without a doubt that the band is far more than mere studio wizards, should thrill longtime fans who have enjoyed the group in concert and will initiate new listeners to the magic and excitement that happens when Gentle Giant takes to the stage.<br /> <br /> === Castle CD ===<br /> <br /> Over the years, numerous bands have been labelled 'innovative', 'stunning', or 'exhilarating' - but few can have been as deserving of such praise as Gentle Giant. Founded in 1970, they produced music that was strikingly original, littered with unlikely changes of mood and time signature and characterised by almost perverse instrumentation, but simultaneously cohesive and melodic.<br /> <br /> Giant drew inspiration from an abundance of musical idioms, fusing classical and traditional English forms with the inventiveness of jazz and the exuberance of rock. Above all, their meticulous studio technique produced unrivalled sound quality - and on stage they aimed for equal precision. During the course of a 90-minute performance, the band would play almost 30 different instruments between them, with cello, violin, vibes and recorders augmenting their more conventional armoury. They would switch from pwerful, emphatic riffs to quiet intricacy with incredible dexterity, and their ability to reproduce live the magnificent vocal harmonies and arrangements so effectively realised in the studio had to be heard to be believed. 'On Reflection' and 'Knots', the latter part of 'Excerpts From Octopus' sequence, are particularly fine examples of their skill in this area.<br /> <br /> Sadly, a pitifully small number of people in the UK took the trouble to listen, deterred no doubt by Gentle Giant's domestic image as unfathomable intellectuals. Released in 1977, PLAYING THE FOOL - the only live album of their ten-year career - might have done much to rid them of their undeserved reputation had it not been for the simultaneous rise of the New Wave. It would be some years before technical excellence would again become 'acceptable'...by which time Gentle Giant were no more.<br /> <br /> Here, then, is a largely successful attempt to capture the energy, inventiveness and spontaneity of Gentle Giant live, at probably the highest point of their career. Unlike many so-called 'live' recordings, there are no overdubs on PLAYING THE FOOL, recorded on the band's European tour of September and October 1976.<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant were never content to rest on their laurels, continually developing their ideas so that many of the numbers represented here differe extensively from their studio counterparts. This policy reached its zenith on 'So Sincere', which evolves from its original arrangement into a five-man percussion extravaganza.<br /> <br /> For the majority of their time, Gentle Giant were restricted to a small but loyal cult following at home, despite greater appreciation both in Europe and America. PLAYING THE FOOL is eveidence that they were in many respects misjudged, and were, perhaps the most underrated British band of the Seventies.<br /> <br /> ''- Alan Kinsman''<br /> <br /> === Terrapin CD ===<br /> <br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of Terrapin Trucking (UK) Ltd. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> When Playing the Fool appeared in January 1977, it was simultaneously the best and the worst time for Gentle Giant to release the only official live recordings of their eleven-year career. The previous two years had been, and would remain, the most intense period of the band's existence. Following their move to Chrysalis early in 1975, Giant embarked upon a punishing schedule of touring and recording which saw the release of two excellent albums, Free Hand (August 1975) and Interview (April 1976), each followed by extensive live excursions covering thousands of miles in Britain, Europe and America. During May, June and July 1976, Gentle Giant played 51 dates in 90 days, including visits to such widely separated cities as Edinburgh, Rome, Vancouver, Dallas and Boston.<br /> <br /> This gruelling schedule gave the band a degree of cohesion which was, at times, awe-inspiring. There is little doubt that Playing the Fool caught them in brilliant form, successfully capturing the power and excitement of the band's live performances, and demonstrating their ability to reproduce much of the mind-boggling complexity of their studio recordings on stage. Had it appeared six months or so earlier, the album could, perhaps, have made a greater impact; instead, the rapid and dramatic rise of Punk and the New Wave had led to a radical re-appraisal of musical values. Progressive rock, with its emphasis on musical expertise and adventurous composition, was suddenly reviled by many sections of the popular music press, and prevailing trends ensured that Playing the Fool received a generally less than enthusiastic reception.<br /> <br /> Plans to release a live album took shape during the Summer of 1976. Since joining Chrysalis, Gentle Giant had enjoyed more support from their label than at any time since initially signing on the dotted line for Vertigo back in 1970. Their confidence and enthusiasm were renewed, and this was reflected in both the quality and quantity of their work during the period. There was a feeling in the band that the time was right to undertake live recordings, a feeling reinforced by the feedback they were getting from their followers, as keyboardist Kerry Minnear recently explained: &quot;We'd had a lot of people telling us how different we were on stage, more dynamic and exciting... and we'd always worked hard on presentation, doing rearrangements, whole new musical sections, links between songs and so on, so from our point of view we certainly believed there was value in our live shows. Chrysalis obviously agreed, because there were no objections when we said we wanted to do the live album.&quot;<br /> <br /> The Maison Rouge mobile was duly hired for two weeks in late September and early October 1976, and something like half a dozen shows were taped. On their return to England, the band spent a month at Advision Studios choosing and remixing the recordings, a process which, like every aspect of Giant's recording activities, involved the whole group. &quot;During these sessions, the whole band would be at the mixing desk - each one of us had a pot or a fader... it would've made a wonderful photograph!&quot;, drummer John Weathers recalls. &quot;Everyone in the group was so totally committed to getting the best result.&quot; From the outset, the intention had been to present the recordings without overdubs - au naturel, as Chrysalis put it - and to a large extent this was achieved. A few parts were re-recorded - one or two backing vocals had been somewhat lost in the live mix, and Kerry's clavinet had to be patched in because of an incurable problem with electrical interference from a lighting rig - but in every case the original part was reproduced as nearly as possible in the studio, the only consideration being to enhance the sound quality where the original was unusable.<br /> <br /> Playing the Fool presents the material in the same order as it was presented on stage; the only difference between listening to the album and being at a Giant gig of the time was the omission of a brace of tracks from Interview, then the band's most recent studio offering. Drawing from every period of their career, and to a greater or lesser extent from all eight of their previous albums, this is essentially a greatest hits package with added dynamism. The sheer energy of much of the material provides a serious challenge to Giant's undeserved reputation for a frigid, mechanical approach to their work, and supports John Weathers' assertion in a 1975 Zig Zag interview - &quot;They can rock, these boys!&quot;<br /> <br /> The album opens, as did the live show, with a specially-taped introduction which leads into a rendition of &quot;Just the Same&quot;, virtually indistinguishable from the original. This, in turn, is linked to &quot;Proclamation&quot;, slightly re-organised and with the quiet middle section ommitted. &quot;On Reflection&quot; provides the first evidence of Gentle Giant's efforts to re-vamp their material for live performance. The song is introduced by an acoustic quartet of violin, cello, vibes and recorder playing a delightful arrangement of the original's second theme, before the stunning four-part vocal round which opens the studio version kicks in.<br /> <br /> Further evidence of this approach is provided by the next offering, a fifteen-minute suite of tracks from the album Octopus (1972), an important release which had established the band in America, and enhanced their reputation elsewhere. This collage of pieces contains several fine examples of Giant's versatility, including an acoustic guitar duet, and a jaunty recorder quartet. Delving further into their past, &quot;Funny Ways&quot;, from their self-titled 1970 debut, gives Kerry Minnear the opportunity to cut loose on vibes.<br /> <br /> Two numbers from 1973's In a Glass House are then given a fairly straight run-through, before another slice of Gentle Giant audacity; a reading of &quot;So Sincere&quot;, from 1974's The Power and the Glory, starts out by following the original for the most part, but is soon transformed into an orgy of percussion which sees all five members of the band hammering away at an assortment of drums. Without warning, the thundering ceases abruptly, to be replaced by the delicate sound of bells, vibes and glockenspiels tinkling away. Finally, the drums return, and the track ends with another deafening barrage. Gentle Giant chose their name to reflect the textural contrasts in their music, and those contrasts are rarely more evident than on this recording.<br /> <br /> The final section of the album is given over to some determined rocking, concluding with a superbly solid &quot;I Lost My Head&quot;, intriguingly prefaced by a short excerpt of &quot;Peel the Paint&quot;, a lone survivor from 1972's Three Friends.<br /> <br /> Included here, but absent from the first CD re-issue of Playing the Fool in 1989, is &quot;Breakdown in Brussels&quot;, which is in fact a brief rendition of &quot;Sweet Georgia Brown&quot; featuring the violin of Ray Shulman and Gary Green's acoustic guitar. The Brussels gig was almost wiped out by a complete failure of the power supply to Kerry Minnear's keyboards just two numbers into the set. While electricians and roadies scurried to and fro in a desperate attempt to cure the problem, Ray and Gary performed some impromptu pieces, of which this was one. A partial solution was found, and the gig continued with a much-reduced array of keyboards, but the delay provided not only a glimpse of the humour so often (and so inaccurately) said to be lacking in the band, but also only the second non-original ever to appear on a Giant album - the first being a short heavy-rock version of the National Anthem which closed their debut release!<br /> <br /> During the course of a 90-minute performance, Gentle Giant played almost thirty different instruments between them, switching from one to another with the same consummate ease that the music changed in style, texture and tempo. Chrysalis' publicity of the time described them as &quot;Just five one-man bands putting it all together&quot;, which perhaps stretched the analogy a little, but certainly set the tone. Their musicianship was beyond a doubt, their commitment total, and on stage Giant were the embodiment of the philosophy which drove them on - they could never see the point of repeating themselves, and constantly looked for new ideas, and new ways of expressing them. Accordingly, they took the opportunity presented by live performances to re-model old favourites, not simply to allow them to be played live, but to keep things fresh and interesting for all concerned.<br /> <br /> The result was a show packed with strong material, littered with surprises, performed with a rare conviction. Playing the Fool captures the mood perfectly - it's a fitting tribute to the ability of a unique band, and, had they not already used it, The Power and the Glory would have been an entirely appropriate title.<br /> <br /> ''- Alan Kinsman. With thanks for their assistance to Kerry Minnear and John &quot;Pugwash&quot; Weathers.''<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album|album=Playing the Fool}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> Regarding these CD releases:<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Label Information<br /> |-<br /> | France<br /> | [[Castle Communications]], ESSCD006 ''(Out of print)''<br /> |-<br /> | UK<br /> | [[Terrapin Trucking]]/[[Road Goes On Forever]], TRUCKCD 009 ''(Out of print)''<br /> |}<br /> <br /> The Castle CD is missing the 1:15 track &quot;Breakdown in Brussels,&quot; also known as &quot;Sweet Georgia Brown,&quot; due to time constraints. The Terrapin disc is complete.<br /> <br /> The Castle CD has incorrect track names. For example, &quot;Proclamation on Reflection&quot; should be &quot;On Reflection,&quot; and &quot;In A Glass House&quot; should be &quot;The Runaway/Experience.&quot;<br /> <br /> The Castle CD credits some of the songwriting to &quot;B. Shulman.&quot; This should be &quot;D. Shulman&quot; for Derek.<br /> <br /> The Terrapin disc has an incorrect track listing. According to the booklet, the eight sections of the &quot;[[Octopus]]&quot; medley appear on separate tracks (6-13). On the disc, however, they appear as a single track (6). There is also a typographical error -- Raconteur Troubadeur -- on both the rear tray card and within the booklet.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Playing the Fool review from Keyboard Magazine]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Fool George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_the_Fool Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers]]<br /> [[Category:Playing the Fool]]<br /> [[Category:One Way Records]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking]]<br /> [[Category:DRT Entertainment]]<br /> [[Category:Castle Communications]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Octopus&diff=11834 2026-09-06T19:04:59Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=1972<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=4<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=octopus-eu.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's fourth album has a harder, more rocking edge, making a striking contrast with their more symphonic [[Three Friends|third album]]. No doubt the reason was the introduction of [[John Weathers]] on drums. The album still contains a wide variety of sounds and textures, from the rocking power of [[The Advent Of Panurge]] to the vocal intricacies of [[Knots]] to the beauty of [[Think Of Me With Kindness]].<br /> <br /> The title was allegedly invented by [[Phil Shulman]]'s wife, [[Roberta Shulman|Roberta]]. It is short for &quot;Octo Opus,&quot; or eight musical works. (Thanks to Robert Jacobson.)<br /> <br /> The album was released with a [[Roger Dean]] cover in the UK (above left), and the &quot;octopus in a jar&quot; cover in the USA by [[Charles White]]:<br /> <br /> [[Image:octopus-usa.gif]]<br /> <br /> See the [[:Image:Octopus-japan.jpg|Japanese CD cover]].<br /> <br /> See the [[:Image:ggoct2.jpg|cover proposed by George Underwood]] which was not used.<br /> <br /> The band had an [[:Image:Balloon.jpg|octopus balloon]] as a promotional item.<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - Guitars, percussion<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - All keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, cello, Moog, lead and backing vocals<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - Lead vocals, alto saxophone<br /> <br /> [[Philip Shulman]] - Saxophones, trumpet, mellophone, lead and backing vocals<br /> <br /> [[Raymond Shulman]] - Bass violin, guitar, percussion, vocals ''(note typographical error, &quot;bass violin&quot;)''<br /> <br /> [[John Weathers]] - Drums, percussion, xylophone.<br /> <br /> Many thanks to [[Martin Rushent]] for laugh coinspin and variable speed oscillator, and Mike Viccars, Moog operator.<br /> <br /> NOTE: The &quot;Mike Viccars&quot; credited above is &quot;actually Mike Vickers, guitarist, saxist with the Manfreds, the band who used to back Manfred Mann in the 1960s.&quot; (Thanks to Marcel Glen Safier!) Marcel spoke with Mike Vickers and &quot;told him about Martin Smith's passing but he said in fact he didn't really know the guys, he was just called in for the album as he got one of the very early Moogs (well before Manfred in fact) and was into setting up the sounds patches. He also did orchestration and arranged the string part on the Beatles All You Need Is Love with George Martin.&quot;<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> All titles composed by [[Minnear, Shulman, Shulman and Shulman]]<br /> All titles published 1972 by [[Alucard Music]] (ASCAP)<br /> Produced by Gentle Giant<br /> Engineer: [[Martin Rushent]]<br /> Mastering Engineer: Cliff Morris<br /> Tape Operator: Geoff Young<br /> Over-all American Supervision: Murray Krugman<br /> Recorded at [[Advision Studios]], London<br /> Cover Concept and Design by John Berg<br /> Art by Fluid Drive<br /> Illustration: Charles White III<br /> Design: Kenny Kneitel<br /> Lettering: Michael Doret<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[The Advent Of Panurge]] (4:40)<br /> # [[Raconteur Troubadour]] (3:59)<br /> # [[A Cry For Everyone]] (4:02)<br /> # [[Knots]] (4:09)<br /> # [[The Boys In The Band]] (4:32)<br /> # [[Dog's Life]] (3:10)<br /> # [[Think Of Me With Kindness]] (3:33)<br /> # [[River]] (5:54)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> <br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> ''- submitted by Marshall Wood''<br /> <br /> === The Advent of Panurge ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]], overdubbed (or perhaps with [[Phil]]); [[Derek]] (&quot;Then said he fair Pantagruel...&quot;); [[Phil]] (&quot;Look at my friend...&quot;)<br /> <br /> '' (The fabulous [[Rabelais|Rabelaisian]] giant, [[Pantagruel]], discovers a lifelong friend and companion, [[Panurge]].) ''<br /> <br /> There coming over Charenton Bridge<br /> Look do you see the man who is poor but rich.<br /> What do you wish; and where do you go;<br /> Who are you; where are you from:<br /> will you tell me your name?<br /> Rest awhile; call me your friend.<br /> Please stay with me I'd like to help.<br /> Then he said,<br /> How can I speak when I'm dry and my<br /> throat is burning. So bring me aid<br /> and I'll answer your doubts.<br /> Friend in need I'd like your help<br /> Please take me home I'll stay with you.<br /> Then said he fair Pantagruel<br /> My name is Panurge and I have come from Hell.<br /> Look at my friend<br /> Look all around you<br /> Look at my friend<br /> Take all round you.<br /> Hey, Friend<br /> (Improvised foreign words in middle section)<br /> So brotherhood was made as their bond<br /> Carried him home and provide for his needs<br /> and his shelter; this day was done<br /> as no other the like.<br /> Faithfully their vow was made and from<br /> that day they were as one.<br /> <br /> Note: Some people hear &quot;bring me aid&quot; as &quot;bring me ale,&quot; especially as his throat is dry and burning.<br /> <br /> === Raconteur Troubadour ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> '' (Here we have tried to capture something of the medieval English troubadour, by the instrumentation, arrangement and lyrics.) ''<br /> <br /> Gather round the village square<br /> Come good people both wretched<br /> and fair.<br /> See the troubadour play on the drum<br /> Hear my songs on the lute that I strum.<br /> I will make you laugh,<br /> Revel, Merry-dance.<br /> Throw your pennies, then you'll hear<br /> more of<br /> the story-telling half.<br /> There's no other chance,<br /> Always move on<br /> Raconteur, troubadour.<br /> Take the face that you see for the man,<br /> Clown and minstrel, I am what I am.<br /> All my family, not of my kin.<br /> Home, wherever, the place that I'm in.<br /> Humors give me wage,<br /> Favors for my art.<br /> Rising, falling<br /> Everyone struggle on.<br /> All the world's a stage<br /> All can play their part.<br /> I have chosen<br /> Raconteur, troubadour.<br /> Dusk is drawing my story is spun,<br /> Dawn is falling my day's work is done.<br /> Morning, rested I set on my way.<br /> Find new faces to offer my play.<br /> I will make you laugh,<br /> Revel, Merry-dance.<br /> Throw your pennies, then you'll hear<br /> more of<br /> The story-telling half.<br /> There's no other chance.<br /> Always move on<br /> Raconteur-Troubadour.<br /> <br /> === A Cry For Everyone ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> '' (The lyric gives away something of the lyric thoughts of one or two members of the band, and is inspired by the literature and philosophy of Albert Camus.) ''<br /> <br /> Run, why should I run away<br /> When at the end the only truth certain -<br /> One day everyone dies -<br /> If only to justify life.<br /> Live, I've lived a thousand lives;<br /> And anyone is the right, the just life.<br /> If I could cry, I'd cry for everyone.<br /> Doubts, no doubt, is all I know.<br /> There is no fate, there's no luck,<br /> what does<br /> that show.<br /> Showing is proof, but proving is nothing<br /> but fear.<br /> If I could cry, I'd cry then for everyone.<br /> Hope, I've hoped two thousand years,<br /> but<br /> no one hears, so I've cried, crying<br /> vain tears.<br /> Always too late, too late to cry, cry<br /> for everyone.<br /> <br /> === Knots ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=knots}}<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]], [[Kerry]], [[Derek]] and ??? (in order of appearance);<br /> <br /> '' ([[R.D. Laing]], an eminent psychologist, has stimulated us by his intriguing, logical, poetic riddles into composing this latter-day madrigal - and something of a musical jigsaw.) ''<br /> <br /> All in all each man in all men<br /> All men in each man.<br /> He can see she can't, she can see<br /> she can<br /> see whatever, whatever.<br /> You may know what I don't know,<br /> but not that<br /> I don't know it and I can't tell you<br /> so you will.<br /> To tell me all man in all men<br /> All men in each man.<br /> He can see she can't, she can see<br /> she can<br /> see whatever, whatever.<br /> You may know what I don't know,<br /> but not that<br /> I don't know it and I can't tell you<br /> so you will have to tell me all.<br /> It hurts him to think that she is<br /> hurting her by him being hurt to think<br /> that she thinks he is hurt by making her<br /> feel guilty at hurting him by her thinking<br /> she wants him to want her. Her wants<br /> her to<br /> want him to get him to want him to get<br /> him to want her she pretends.<br /> He tries to make her afraid by not<br /> being afraid. (permutations)<br /> You may know what I don't know, but not<br /> that I don't know it and I can't<br /> tell you so you will have to tell<br /> me all.<br /> I get what I deserve. I deserve what I<br /> get. I have it so I deserve it. I deserve<br /> it for I have it. I get what I deserve.<br /> What I deserve - what I deserve what<br /> I get.<br /> I have it so I deserve.<br /> He tries to make her afraid by not<br /> being afraid.<br /> <br /> === The Boys in the Band ===<br /> <br /> '' (Not to be confused with the play of the same name - at least not the characters, we hope. This piece is for Gentle Giant as a whole - our engineer, [[Martin Rushant]], included.) ''<br /> <br /> ''Instrumental''<br /> <br /> === Dog's Life ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=Dog's Life}}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]]<br /> <br /> '' (A backhanded tribute to our roadies; our musical parody could only be drawn to a wily old dog. Surely two more unmatched sounds as the Regal (a medieval reed organ) and string section could not be found, but they seem to successfully convey the whine of both dog and roadie.) ''<br /> <br /> Shuffling down the street with his<br /> sideways feet,<br /> Stopping now and then and he'll<br /> stop again,<br /> No doubt in his mind where he's going.<br /> He doesn't care for his hair or his teeth<br /> And if the truth were known he's a bit<br /> of a thief,<br /> Innocently lies, and it's showing.<br /> Who'd imagine he's man's best friend.<br /> Knowing he's your friend in the end.<br /> Won't be around when you shout<br /> or swear<br /> Not very sorry, he doesn't care;<br /> God knows why we call him old faithful.<br /> Pat him on the head, give the dog a<br /> bone;<br /> Use a friendly tone, he won't leave<br /> you alone.<br /> No one understands like old faithful.<br /> Early rise. Is it wise?<br /> Wonders happen now and then.<br /> Eats his fill, time to kill,<br /> Then goes back to sleep again.<br /> Trusty slave, bold and brave,<br /> And he roars like a lion<br /> But in fact, it's an act,<br /> And the truth is that he isn't<br /> No one understands it's a dog's life.<br /> Chases dreams, so it seems<br /> He shines in his master's light.<br /> Looking good, so he should<br /> For the choice is very narrow<br /> No one understands it's a dog's life.<br /> Repeat: Shuffling down the street, etc.<br /> <br /> === Think of Me With Kindness ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]<br /> <br /> '' (A personal song. It has been kept simple to retain the essentially intimate mood of the piece.) ''<br /> <br /> Why am I using words, no more to say<br /> without you<br /> Close the door, put out the lights and go.<br /> Late in the night, in the night your<br /> shadow falls between us.<br /> Nevermore, never know.<br /> There, memories are sorrow,<br /> When there's no tomorrow.<br /> Sleep while the sweet sorrow wakes<br /> my daydream;<br /> Sleep while you think of me with<br /> kindness, please remember former<br /> days.<br /> Sweet the song that once we sang, the<br /> silent parting ways.<br /> And you know, and you know,<br /> And you know, long ago when first we<br /> made our promise -<br /> Empty words, I wonder did you know -<br /> The laugh that love could not forgive,<br /> Is gone and tells no more to live,<br /> And we who look in beauty's love;<br /> Must now, through all, look back on<br /> before -<br /> The tears that I first cried, no more;<br /> Your love has come and gone, no more.<br /> And we who look in beauty's love<br /> Must now through all think back<br /> on before.<br /> Sleep while the sweet sorrow wakes my<br /> daydream<br /> Sleep while you think of me with<br /> kindness, please remember former<br /> days.<br /> And you know, and you know.<br /> And you know, when we two parted in<br /> tears<br /> and silence<br /> past the days, the parting ways.<br /> Fare thee well, fare thee well, you<br /> that was once dear to me.<br /> Think of me with kindness<br /> Think of me.<br /> <br /> === River ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]] (main), [[Phil]] (&quot;Moving highway...&quot;)<br /> <br /> '' (We have tried to create several atmospheres within the boundaries of one song by using the various electronic devices at our disposal in the recording studio.) ''<br /> <br /> Touching the last of what is past<br /> Moving silent water fell the first<br /> that comes.<br /> Slow and winding, flowing free<br /> Peaceful music in its sound of distant<br /> drums.<br /> Trust the shallow virgin stream<br /> Danger wild, beware the deeper it<br /> becomes.<br /> Moving highway, twisting byway<br /> Can't turn back.<br /> Singing in the summer rain<br /> Rain that's caught in its flow.<br /> Spreading, shining, silver lining<br /> Gold on black.<br /> Echoes moods of the moon and sun<br /> Sun that shines from below.<br /> Makes a soft and easy way<br /> Left to choose its path will always be<br /> a friend.<br /> Touch the last of what has past.<br /> Never idle river drifting to the end.<br /> <br /> == Cover art ==<br /> <br /> The [http://pictureboxgallery.org/artists/charles-white-iii/ original cover art for Octopus is for sale] for a mere $8000 (US).<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> Regarding these CD releases:<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Label Information<br /> |-<br /> | Germany<br /> | [[LINE Records]], LICD 9.00736<br /> |-<br /> | USA<br /> | [[Columbia]], CK 32022<br /> |-<br /> | UK<br /> | [[Vertigo]], 842 694-2<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]], PHCR-4203<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]], PPD-3094<br /> |-<br /> | Korea<br /> | [[Si-Wan]], SRMC 0044<br /> |-<br /> | Germany<br /> | [[Repertoire Records]] IMS-7032<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Universal Japan]] (British Rock Legend series)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> The Columbia disc is missing 2 seconds of piano -- really, a quiet little piano riff -- played just before &quot;A Cry For Everyone.&quot; Greg Hajic reports that his Columbia LP is also missing this riff, but his Vertigo UK LP has it. David Bradley reports that the Steven Wilson blu-ray &quot;flat transfer&quot; disc of the original stereo master is also missing the riff.<br /> <br /> Mats Westin reports that the LINE CD has a &quot;ghost image&quot; in the right channel: &quot;The vocals on 'The Advent of Panurge' start off to the right but when more instruments kick in, they appear centre.&quot; I suspect you have to listen very closely with headphones to detect this.<br /> <br /> Espen Beranek Holm reports that the Vertigo disc has a minor dropout in the track &quot;The Boys In The Band&quot; at 2:43 (out of a drum-fill). It is detectable with headphones.<br /> <br /> Noda Hiroshi reports that the Nippon disc has none of the above defects. monkey@gold.interlog.com says that the Repertoire disc does not have the defects either. I know nothing more about the Si-Wan release.<br /> <br /> Basil Francis reports that the Repertoire version has a defect in [[Raconteur Troubadour]] around 3:08, where they seem to have cut out a fraction of a second, making the verse not flow.<br /> <br /> Jimmy Patto reports that the Repertoire version has the dynamics compressed. He verified this by comparing the tracks to those on the Vertigo CD using [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity].<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Octopus Review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://www.seaoftranquility.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=23 Octopus Review from Sea Of Tranquility]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Octopus George Starostin review]<br /> * [http://www-1.unipv.it/britishrock1966-1976/pdf/mooreeng.pdf Essay by Allan F. Moore]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(album) Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Phil Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:John Weathers]]<br /> [[Category:Octopus]]<br /> [[Category:Vertigo]]<br /> [[Category:Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]]<br /> [[Category:LINE Records]]<br /> [[Category:Universal Japan]]<br /> [[Category:Columbia]]<br /> [[Category:Repertoire Records]]<br /> [[Category:Si-Wan]]<br /> [[Category:Albums remixed by Steven Wilson]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=In%27terview&diff=11833 2026-09-06T19:04:26Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=1976<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=8<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=interview.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> [[File:Interview-cassette.jpg|thumb|right|Capitol cassette]]<br /> A concept album, structured as a phony interview. The music contains numerous criticisms of the music industry and the silly questions that rock stars get asked repeatedly.<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - guitars<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - keyboards<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - vocals, saxes<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - bass, violin<br /> <br /> [[John Weathers]] - drums<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> A &quot;Gentle Giant Production&quot;<br /> Recorded at: [[Advision Studios]], London.<br /> February/March 1976.<br /> Engineer: [[Paul Northfield]], assisted by [[Ken Thomas]]<br /> All Compositions: [[Shulman, Shulman and Minnear]]<br /> and all permutations thereof<br /> Published by: &quot;Clipchoice Music&quot;<br /> Interviewer: [[Phil Sutcliffe]]<br /> Cover Production: Geoff Allman for &quot;Spoken Image&quot;<br /> Airbrush: Chris Clover<br /> CD Package Design: [[Phil Smee]]<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Interview (song)|Interview]] (6:54)<br /> # [[Give It Back]] (5:08)<br /> # [[Design]] (4:59)<br /> # [[Another Show]] (3:29)<br /> # [[Empty City]] (4:24)<br /> # [[Timing]] (4:50)<br /> # [[I Lost My Head]] (6:58)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by David Wilhite. Interview excerpts decyphered by Paul Moore.''<br /> <br /> === (The interview, part 1) ===<br /> <br /> ''Voice 1:'' Right....Now...Gentle Giant.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Interviewer:'' Err. Gentle Giant, is it?&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Voice 2:'' Send for some coffee, Paul, will you?&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Interviewer:'' And who are you?&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Derek:'' Well, I'm [[Derek]], and the blokes behind me are [inaudible bit]....[[Ray]].... [Inaudible bit] Shulman. Yes.... [Inaudible]...&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Interviewer:'' Oh, you're related, are you? I didn't know about that.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''(Scrape of chairs at table, etc)''&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Interviewer:'' Er, where...where...where shall we begin, then?<br /> <br /> === Interview ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]] (verses), [[John]] (&quot;What are your plans...&quot;)<br /> <br /> 1. Yes it's been hard, going a long time<br /> and we're together even now.<br /> Why do you ask? Surely you know it!<br /> Isn't it clear just when and how.<br /> What can we tell you?<br /> At the beginning had no direction,<br /> any other way.<br /> After the fourth one, realisation,<br /> finding our road, the same as if today.<br /> <br /> 2. Well we all hear, everyone, no-one,<br /> not to not say, we like a lot.<br /> Want to be seen rock and roll music,<br /> Don't take us something that we're not.<br /> True it looks better, tide looks like turning,<br /> so all in all we feel we are alright.<br /> Yes we had troubles, much more than many,<br /> rather have none and do we think what's right.<br /> <br /> What are your plans for the future now?<br /> And can you say who does the writing then?<br /> How did you get -- who gave the name of the band?<br /> <br /> 3. Now that he's gone, turn off our faces,<br /> wait for the new man to arrive.<br /> Soon the same song, sung for the next one,<br /> saying our piece, though not alive.<br /> What can we tell you?<br /> At the beginning had no direction,<br /> any other way.<br /> After the fourth one, realisation,<br /> finding our road, the same as if today.<br /> <br /> Repeat of verse 2.<br /> <br /> === Give It Back ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> 1. Isn't it strange, oh it's funny,<br /> working for years have no money,<br /> suddenly luck can smile on you<br /> and your life seems worth while to you.<br /> <br /> Chorus:<br /> Just how much can you spend,<br /> give it back in the end,<br /> and the time of your season,<br /> was no use, had no reason.<br /> <br /> 2. And you move, you go away<br /> and you can't come home not today.<br /> Spreading it out over the bad years,<br /> not for those men, they can't hear.<br /> <br /> Chorus:<br /> <br /> 3. Haven't had much in a long time,<br /> hoping that change is going to be mine.<br /> Don't want to go, I want to stay here,<br /> spreading it out over the bad years.<br /> <br /> Chorus:<br /> <br /> === (The interview, part 2) ===<br /> <br /> ''Interviewer:'' Gentle Giant, how would you describe your music?&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Band:'' ''[All talking at once]'' Well/Well, I guess...combination of...background...very arranged...basically it's all different sorts... <br /> <br /> === Design ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]] (verses); [[Derek]], [[Kerry]], ??? (&quot;I thought everything may come to me...&quot;, in order of appearance)<br /> <br /> (Chant)<br /> As years drift by<br /> and future dies.<br /> <br /> 1. He sits and he thinks<br /> about all he's done in life,<br /> I'm now an old man,<br /> what have I been in life?<br /> what did I do?<br /> Had no end to aspire to.<br /> <br /> 2. His dreams as a boy<br /> were of hope and intention<br /> of making his mark<br /> with his plans and invention,<br /> where did they go,<br /> how could he know how time goes.<br /> <br /> In my day had to have<br /> certain future,<br /> but now you can do as you like,<br /> all that I might have wanted,<br /> seeking what you're after,<br /> but not for me.<br /> <br /> Everything comes to those who wait,<br /> I thought everything may come to me<br /> made my way only as I was able.<br /> <br /> 3. He knows there's no more he can do,<br /> no romances, now bitten today<br /> for they have all his chances,<br /> all too late, no one waits<br /> how time goes by.<br /> <br /> Seeking what you're after,<br /> but not for me<br /> Have as my years drift by<br /> never for me.<br /> <br /> === Another Show ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> 1. Lock the door and go,<br /> heads still in a daze,<br /> throw the key away,<br /> lost all count of days.<br /> Where's the float for the gas?<br /> How much left does he have?<br /> set the stage<br /> and so here's another show<br /> ask the band how they're feeling,<br /> never see them now dealing,<br /> in a way they never would<br /> we'll get our way,<br /> always could.<br /> <br /> 2. Sleep all day,<br /> there's another show today,<br /> find the map for the place,<br /> tell him where, just in case,<br /> set the stage and go,<br /> here's another show.<br /> <br /> 3. Stage is empty now<br /> always last to go.<br /> Where tomorrow?<br /> No, I don't want to know,<br /> all the scene is torn down,<br /> up again other town,<br /> set the stage and so,<br /> there's another show.<br /> Are we going out tonight?<br /> Find a friend and it's alright,<br /> leave the morning,<br /> moving so we can stage,<br /> another show.<br /> <br /> === Empty City ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> 1. She knows the streets<br /> where she walks,<br /> never were paved with gold<br /> can't return,<br /> but won't dream till she's old.<br /> leaving it soon behind<br /> city so cold.<br /> <br /> 2. And everyday now so long,<br /> how could she have been so wrong.<br /> <br /> And as the morning comes,<br /> shadows on her fall upon,<br /> walking crowded the streets<br /> she looked on,<br /> packs her case<br /> and tomorrow she's gone.<br /> <br /> === (The interview, part 3) ===<br /> <br /> ''Interviewer:'' So, really, when come right down to it, can you describe what kind of music you do play then? What are you playing at? What would you compare it to? How would you express to people who've never heard it?<br /> <br /> === Timing ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> See now, like cat then mouse, I move,<br /> they move, the game hasn't an end.<br /> Good news soon, bad news then,<br /> I know the sound that says<br /> &quot;nothing again&quot;.<br /> What then? The hours go past,<br /> my say is real, they say only pretend.<br /> Timing.<br /> Wait for that day, for my good.<br /> Timing.<br /> When I sell myself again.<br /> <br /> Do they all realise, the lion's share<br /> is always halfway.<br /> Wait for that day for my good.<br /> when I sell myself again.<br /> Timing.<br /> <br /> Wait for that day, for my good.<br /> Timing.<br /> When I sell myself again.<br /> <br /> See now, like cat then mouse, I move,<br /> they move, the game hasn't an end.<br /> Good news soon, bad news then,<br /> I know the sound that says<br /> &quot;nothing again&quot;.<br /> What then? The hours go past,<br /> my say is real, they say only pretend.<br /> Timing.<br /> <br /> === I Lost My Head ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=I Lost My Head}}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]] (Part 1), [[Derek]] (Part 2)<br /> <br /> 1. I lost my head, it was not easy,<br /> unknown, unread, it wasn't easy,<br /> and each day, each night,<br /> wasn't wrong, nor right,<br /> I can't remember what I said<br /> I lost my head.<br /> <br /> 2. What will I feel maybe tomorrow,<br /> but time not real, hours I can borrow,<br /> so until for now, as long as how,<br /> I can't remember what I said<br /> I lost my head.<br /> <br /> (Part 2)<br /> <br /> 1. I lost my head, forget what I said,<br /> what's the use to try to deny it,<br /> I didn't think it would ever happen again,<br /> wondering why, once bitten, twice shy,<br /> never thought again would I try it,<br /> and even though maybe soon<br /> it would end, wanting to stop,<br /> but had to go on,<br /> give a little part of my person,<br /> and don't reflect,<br /> don't remember what I said,<br /> I was afraid and I stayed away<br /> making sure of my independence,<br /> isn't it true<br /> that I lost my head.<br /> <br /> Took my time and I didn't rush into anything,<br /> showed my face, just forgetting myself,<br /> I lost my head.<br /> <br /> 2. Everything's true, but everything lies,<br /> it's so hard to try to explain it,<br /> It doesn't matter it happened anyway,<br /> and for the time while someone is mine,<br /> I'll go on won't try to contain it,<br /> though never sure it could finish anyday,<br /> I lost my head,<br /> so glad that I made<br /> right or wrong, I made the decision<br /> to take my chances,<br /> give out something of me,<br /> how will I feel tomorrow?<br /> not real trying to avoid a collision,<br /> I lost my head,<br /> but today I can see.<br /> <br /> === (The interview, part 4) ===<br /> <br /> ''Interviewer:'' Thank you very much, then, and good luck to you.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> ''Band:'' Thanks/cheers/Thank you...<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of the Terrapin Trucking (UK) Ltd. Transcribed by Malcolm Smith. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> &quot;Gentle Giant's newest album, [[Interview]], is their eighth. It contains distinctive elements of the musical styles and recording techniques that the previous seven generated, and, as usual, takes their accomplishment a step further. It relies on strong themes, precision and energy.&quot;<br /> <br /> So runs the opening paragraph of the program for GG's 1976 UK tour, their last on home soil. As a summary of the album it is concise and to the point, but its matter-of-fact tone hides the intense pressure under which [[Interview]] was recorded.<br /> <br /> Barely a year into their new contract with Chrysalis, Giant were in the middle of the most hectic period of their ten year career. The success of their previous album, [[Free Hand]], had been due in no small part to the tireless efforts of the band to promote it, including extensive tours of North America, Europe and Britain. Into this punishing schedule had to be fitted the time to write, rehearse, and record new material, and the pressure to produce a worthy follow up was considerable, both from the commercial and personal points of view.<br /> <br /> That they succeeded is a tribute to the exceptional professionalism of the band. In just four weeks, [[Interview]] was painstakingly developed from an incomplete set of basic ideas to the meticulously crafted final product. This relatively short recording time was not, in itself, unusual for Giant, The band would normally reckon to spend around three weeks recording an album, which considering the complexity of the music was far from comfortable. But Giant were never a band to choose the comfortable option - from the beginning, they had ploughed their own furrow with a determination bordering on obsession, and by the mid-seventies they were beginning to reap the rewards, especially in America and parts of Europe.<br /> <br /> Now, faced with the prospect of maintaining the buzz generated by [[Free Hand]], Giant had booked the customary three weeks studio time to fashion a new winner. Having had just a month's break from touring in which to write and rehearse, the band entered the studio less well-prepared than they might have liked. The sessions for [[Interview]] would, in fact, stretch to four weeks, with the group having to grab studio time wherever they could to complete the album. It was, predictably, a very intense period, but keyboardist Kerry Minnear doesn't consider that was a drawback: &quot;We needed the pressure to write - I think it's quite significant that nobody's recorded anything since the band split up, because there's not been that pressure to write, but the pressure was there on [[Interview]] and it produced results.&quot;<br /> <br /> It also produced a situation in which Kerry was stuck in a basement playback room at Advision, with only a guitar and a tape recorder for company, busily writing new material for the album, while the rest of the band pressed on with recording upstairs. Exceptionally, all the parts for one piece, [[Design]], were written out on manuscript, taken up and distributed to the other members of the band, and the number recorded without anyone but Kerry knowing how it would all fit together. He was far from comfortable with it: &quot;we didn't like working that way, we were a band, we worked together as a band, and this was a band album.&quot;<br /> <br /> For the most part, though, it was business as usual. Before committing anything to tape, the material would be played through live in the studio. Alterations were made, arrangements agreed upon, then the time-consuming process of actual recording began. Giant had steadily refined their approach to recording from early in their career. The utmost care was taken to achieve the exceptional clarity which characterised their albums from [[Octopus]] onwards. By the time [[Interview]] was recorded, their production techniques were well in advance of most of their contemporaries, with bassist Ray Shulman the man most responsible for shaping the band' s distinctive sound. &quot;recording is such a laborious process&quot; he said at the time. &quot;If it wasn't our band, I just couldn't be there...I just couldn't stand it.&quot; He must have had a change of heart since then, because these days he makes his living as a producer with albums by Ian McCulloch, The Sundays, and The Sugercubes to his credit.<br /> <br /> [[Interview]] itself could loosely be described as a concept album, although there is no common lyrical thread running through the songs as there is on the earlier [[Three Friends]] (1972) and [[The Power And The Glory]] (1974). The title track is a sideswipe at the lack of imagination shown by most journalists interviewing the band, and at several points the album's tracks are linked by brief snatches of conversation between &quot;sounds&quot; writer Phil Sutcliffe, a long-standing Giant admirer, and the group. Giant co-opted Sutcliffe to perform this mock interview, then spliced excerpts between the songs themselves, which stand as the band's responses to his questions. The whole album thus forms the interview of the title.<br /> <br /> The music, as always, defies any general description; [[Empty City]] is a number which follows in the Giant tradition of delicate vocal interplay. [[Timing]] boasts a glittering cascade of jagged rhythms running almost totally contrary to Derek Shulman's vocal line, whilst [[I Lost My Head]] is a two-part song which demonstrates both the lighter and heavier sides of their character. Throughout, the instrumentation is somewhat simpler than on previous albums. When recording was complete, Kerry observed that there were no cellos, flutes, recorders, or vibes on the album. &quot;maybe it's rock 'n' roll!&quot; joked Ray.<br /> <br /> With albums like [[Interview]], Giant had put a good deal of the &quot;progress&quot; into progressive music. But the proverbial wind of change was about to blow through the world of rock, and this was to be the last album the band would make as a purely progressive outfit. With the New Wave came new energy, new ideas, and new standards, and Giant would soon re-assess their approach in the light of changing circumstances.<br /> <br /> ''-Alan Kinsman''<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album|album=In'terview}} &lt;!--PAGENAME dies due to the apostrophe--&gt;<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> The BGO CD is missing the last interview after &quot;I Lost My Head.&quot;<br /> <br /> The first [[DRT Entertainment]] release of In'terview was accidentally missing one stereo channel. This defective version was recalled from stores and a corrected disc was released. The original bar code (defective) is 28730 03532. The newer (fixed) bar code is 28730 03572.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[In'terview review from Keyboard Magazine]]<br /> * [[In'terview review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Interview George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_(album) Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers]]<br /> [[Category:In'terview]]<br /> [[Category:One Way Records]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking]]<br /> [[Category:DRT Entertainment]]<br /> [[Category:Albums remixed by Steven Wilson]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=In_a_Glass_House&diff=11832 2026-09-06T19:03:42Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{otheruses|article=In a Glass House}}<br /> {{album<br /> | year=1973<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=5<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=iagh.jpg<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> A concept album, supposedly about how people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. But this short explanation does not do justice to the album, which is a complex tour-de-force.<br /> <br /> The album cover is overlaid for a three-dimensional effect. On the original vinyl, the overlay was cellophane, and on the Terrapin CD, the overlay is printed directly on the jewel case. The Alucard CD recreates the vinyl's artwork even more accurately in a custom digipak.<br /> <br /> Speaking of the cover, the UK vinyl release (WWA label) and the German release (Vertigo label) are mirror images of one another.<br /> <br /> The original album was never released in the USA, but was in great demand as an import.<br /> <br /> The sounds of breaking glass that open the album came from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The sounds are still used on BBC radio programs. (Thanks to Jeff Hall for this information.)<br /> <br /> See the [[:Image:iagh-chile.jpg|LP release from Chile]]. (Thanks to Pedro S. Leal.)<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - 6 &amp;amp; 12 string guitars, mandolin, percussion, alto recorder<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - keyboards, tuned percussion, recorder, vocals<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - vocals, alto sax, soprano sax, recorder<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - bass guitar, violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals<br /> <br /> [[John Weathers]] - drums, percussion<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> All tracks licensed from Polygram Special Products<br /> Produced by: Gentle Giant for [[Alucard Productions]]<br /> Engineer: [[Gary Martin]]<br /> Tape Operator: Paul Hardingham<br /> Recorded at: [[Advision Studios]], London, July '73<br /> Photography: Martyn Dean<br /> CD Package: [[Phil Smee]] at Waldo's Design<br /> <br /> == 3-D cover ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:iaghB.jpg|200px]] + [[Image:iaghW.jpg|200px]] = [[Image:iagh.jpg|200px]]<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[The Runaway]] (7:16)<br /> # [[An Inmates Lullaby]] (4:40)<br /> # [[Way Of Life]] (8:04)<br /> # [[Experience]] (7:50)<br /> # [[A Reunion]] (2:12)<br /> # [[In A Glass House (song)|In A Glass House]] (8:09) <br /> #:[[#Ending of the album|Ending of the album]] (musical collage)<br /> # [[The Runaway]]/[[Experience]] (live bonus track, Alucard CD only: Dusseldorf, September 23 1976)<br /> # [[In A Glass House (song)|In a Glass House]] (live bonus track, [[Alucard Music|Alucard]] CD only, from the [[Munster show]], April 5 1974)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> <br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by Bill Laidig''<br /> <br /> === The Runaway ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> He is the runaway, Lie low the wanted man<br /> Mask his elusive face, Soon he will getaway and free is his<br /> future no more aimless time to spend<br /> And evading, he's escaping<br /> Four dirty walls and a bed in a cage his home no more.<br /> <br /> Run in the underwood, Cover and hide the trail<br /> Senses like sharpened sword, Guards for the shadow on his<br /> tail.<br /> <br /> And yet his joy is empty and sad.<br /> <br /> All thoughts are scarred with the prison cell and freedom<br /> seems like freedom's hell<br /> Hopes stained with strange regret, His dreams are dreams<br /> for that he cannot get.<br /> <br /> And yet his joy is empty and sad.<br /> <br /> Lose all identity, Vanish in own denial<br /> Seeks only lies and hide, Truth never brought to trial.<br /> And caught in his own net, he looks to find endless life and<br /> evading, he's escaping<br /> Four dirty walls and a bed in a cage his home no more.<br /> <br /> Run in the underwood, Cover and hide the trail<br /> Senses like sharpened sword, Guards for the shadow on his<br /> tail.<br /> <br /> === An Inmates Lullaby ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]! (In a child-like falsetto)<br /> <br /> Lying down here in the afternoon<br /> In my pretty cosy little cushioned room<br /> I can talk to all my funny friends in here<br /> I was told to rest why ... I am not quite clear<br /> Eating flowers growing in the garden where there are tasty<br /> tulips and I don't care<br /> If I wet my trousers there was no time<br /> I had nowhere else to go nowhere else I could find.<br /> <br /> Staring up at the great big white light.<br /> That shines everyday and shines all through the night<br /> Hearing voices of the silly friends of mine<br /> Always lock the door nurses waiting outside all the time.<br /> <br /> Hurt myself this morning, Doctor gave me warning sent me<br /> to my room and told me that I'm bad.<br /> <br /> I heard someone saying I think he'll be staying maybe for a<br /> long time, Why does everybody else think that I'm mad<br /> I heard someone saying I think he'll be staying maybe for a<br /> long time and that I'm mad.<br /> <br /> Lying down here in the afternoon<br /> In my pretty cosy little cushioned room<br /> I can talk to all my funny friends in here<br /> I was told to rest why ... I am not quite clear.<br /> <br /> === Way Of Life ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=Way of Life}}<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> You'll find an answer, You've got to believe in your own way<br /> of life.<br /> So you'll have to find an answer, You'll have to find a way,<br /> Try to find, Try to find.<br /> <br /> You'll try to question her, Does she believe in the choice of<br /> your life.<br /> So you have to try to ask her, when you are away, left<br /> behind, out of mind; away.<br /> <br /> And in the end you discover, examine, you have to decide if<br /> there is an answer, if there is a way, Let her find piece of<br /> mind.<br /> <br /> And another day, all alone, think there is away at home.<br /> Every other may, have their own, way of life that is their<br /> own.<br /> And your wandering only a game to realise no joy your<br /> own.<br /> <br /> And another day, all alone, choice of life is not your own.<br /> <br /> You'll try to question her, Does she believe in the way of<br /> your life.<br /> So you have to try to ask her, You'll have to find a way, left<br /> behind, out of mind; away.<br /> <br /> === Experience ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]] (main), [[Derek]] (&quot;Master inner voices...&quot;)<br /> <br /> Once I was a boy, an innocent to life and my role in it,<br /> This world played my game, and anyone a clown or foil for<br /> myself.<br /> <br /> The harmless affairs, and no-one seemed to care for any<br /> meaning<br /> My life was my own, The debt I paid, I paid it only to<br /> myself.<br /> <br /> The unseeing youth, how can it be so shallow and short-<br /> sighted<br /> These years passed me by, to realise the folly of these unripe<br /> years.<br /> <br /> Now I am a man, I realise<br /> My unworldly sins pained many lives<br /> Yet I heard, heard with ears that wouldn't listen<br /> And still I watched and I saw with blinkered eyes.<br /> <br /> But with age the conscience slowly dawns and bonds of<br /> duty gently tied<br /> All my sins, seen through now there is experience and<br /> recollecting act in virgin guise.<br /> <br /> Master inner voices, making the choices.<br /> <br /> Once I could rebel and consequences then had no reflection<br /> And I am a man, And I am bound by adult age discretion<br /> now.<br /> <br /> === A Reunion ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]<br /> <br /> Meeting in this way who could have known<br /> How our destinies and ways apart have grown.<br /> <br /> Looking still the same after all these years changing only in<br /> my memories not clear<br /> <br /> And believing all futures we would share<br /> <br /> Fate design playing natures mime and today by chance we<br /> meet again after all this time<br /> <br /> Meeting in this way no-one could have known.<br /> <br /> Sharing thoughts and deeds simple harmony plans and<br /> hopes erased in our maturity<br /> <br /> Now tomorrow's dreams are now yesterday.<br /> <br /> Fate design playing natures mime and today by chance we<br /> meet again after all this time<br /> <br /> Meeting in this way no-one could have known.<br /> <br /> === In a Glass House ===<br /> {{otheruses|article=In a Glass House}}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Looking through the window can you tell me what you see.<br /> You're sure you're really seeing what is meant to be a Glass<br /> a mirror to reflect what I conspire a vision, image I desire.<br /> <br /> Standing on the ice believing all I'm searching for<br /> Close your cloudy eyes and chase all that you did before<br /> Standing on the ice believing all I'm for<br /> Close your cloudy eyes and chase all that you did before<br /> <br /> Living in a glass house shielding all that's meant for me<br /> Can you clear the shade and can you tell me what you see.<br /> <br /> Shadow fills the light until the glass house becomes the<br /> night<br /> Dark is gleaming or am I dreaming<br /> <br /> Running everywhere<br /> Seeing clearly when I dare<br /> Is it today or is it your way<br /> <br /> And the moon must fall<br /> Inspiration waits for your call for you to get a silhouette<br /> <br /> Narrow the field aim in any direction<br /> Do what I feel just to see my reflection<br /> <br /> Any turn I know<br /> Disappearing everywhere I go<br /> I look to you for what I do<br /> <br /> And only then I see<br /> That the glass house is just for me<br /> And any time is never mine<br /> <br /> Narrow the field aim in any direction<br /> Do what I feel just to see my reflection<br /> <br /> Shadow fills the light until the glass house becomes night<br /> Dark is gleaming or am I dreaming<br /> <br /> Running everywhere<br /> Seeing clearly when I dare<br /> Is it today or is it your way<br /> <br /> And the moon must fall<br /> Inspiration waits for your call for you to get a silhouette.<br /> <br /> === Ending of the album ===<br /> <br /> The final music on the album is a collage made from songs on the album: [[The Runaway]], [[Way of Life]], [[Experience]], [[In A Glass House (song)|In A Glass House]], [[An Inmates Lullaby]], [[A Reunion]], and a final shattering of glass, echoing into the distance....<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of Terrapin Trucking (UK) Ltd. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> 'In Britain, it's not been low profile, it's been no profile.' That is how vocalist Derek Shulman once memorably summarised the career of Gentle Giant, one of progressive rock's best-kept secrets.<br /> <br /> That they remained so for much of their 11-year career from 1969 to 1980 was due to the antipathy of the music press which, with the exception of Sounds' Phil Sutcliff, steadfastly refused to grant them column inches despite their burgeoning reputation at the fan level. Not that Giant were for everyone: their complex, uncompromising music consistently polarised the Seventies rock audience. You either loved them or hated them, and despite a flood of retrospective praise since their demise that's how it remains today.<br /> <br /> The Shulman brothers - Derek (vocals, sax), Ray (bass) and Phil (horns) - had reinvented themselves as Giant's nucleus after an unsatisfying two-hit career as Simon Dupree and The Big Sound, their biggest success coming with 1967's UK Top Ten hit &quot;Kites&quot;. Vowing to go their own way, they signed with the prestigious Vertigo label, home of many great progressive rock outfits of the era, adding guitarist Gary Green and classically trained keyboard player Kerry Minnear (drummers varied) for four albums of uneasy listening which basically invited the listener to 'take us or leave us' - something certain to get up the rock press's collective nose.<br /> <br /> The addition of a permanent drummer in John 'Pugwash' Weathers after the third of this opening quartet of releases, 1972's [[Three Friends]], completed the jigsaw. 'We were realising we could rock as well as do nice tinkly things,' was Derek's typically blunt assessment of the difference the ex-Eyes of Blue and Grease Band sticksman made to the band. &quot;He hit a solid offbeat and it worked ... it was very interesting because we were rather, well, prim.'<br /> <br /> The other, final personnel change that preceded [[In a Glass House]] was a departure - that of elder brother Phil Shulman, who resumed his job as a teacher. With vocalist Derek doubling on saxes and recorder, his loss was less significant than Weathers' recruitment.<br /> <br /> [[Three Friends]] had been Giant's first release to elicit interest in the States and 1973's [[Octopus]] had built of that. But Columbia (CBS here) were undergoing a crisis and, by all accounts, couldn't cope with the opening salvo of [[Glass House]] - breaking glass metamorphosing into a heavy rhythm as the opening track, [[The Runaway]], kicked in with a typical Weather's salvo. Whether or not the stylus got any further across side 1 was uncertain: what is known, however, is that Columbia didn't see it as the album to revive their fortunes ... whereupon it promptly became one of America's top import albums, selling a cool 150,000 copies!<br /> <br /> The band decided to tour the States on the back on this unexpected underground success, selling out five nights at the Whiskey in Los Angeles and pushing their next album (on Capitol) into the US Top 50. That was [[The Power and the Glory]], and is another story altogether: consult this compact disc's sister release TRUCK CD 001 for further details.<br /> <br /> The general theme of [[Glass House]] was that those who live in them shouldn't throw stones. Lyrics were, as ever, on the oblique side, and rarely the stuff of mainstream rock; [[An Inmate's Lullaby]], for instance, married menacing percussion to the sanity/insanity debate. Musically, the album had a bleak, edgy feel which was reflected in the stark packaging - faithfully reproduced here in miniture. The smashing glass sound effect that opened the album was echoed in later releases with the sound of a video game ([[Free Hand]]) and a 35mm motor-wind camera ([[Civilian]]), each time setting up a rhythm and warning the listener to take notice.<br /> <br /> Musically, the tracks rang the changes, moving from the almost medieval feel of [[Experience]] to the deliberately dated ambience of [[A Reunion]], its brief two-minute duration conjuring visions of a 1920's Palm Court tea-room. The title track, a Celtic-tinged rocker, was perhaps a pointer to the more direct approach of the following album, [[The Power and the Glory]], with particularly chilling vocals from Derek Shulman. A final reprise of the breaking glass introduction ended the album in decisive style.<br /> <br /> [[Glass House]] was special visually as well as musically, from the cover design onwards - and the stage show reflected this, as John Weather's recalls. 'We did a helluva lot of rehearsing. And it was an event ... we really went overboard. For the [[Glass House]] tour we had a wall with projectors behind it flashing different things which cost us a fortune, about 30,000 pounds. All sorts of neat little tricks, good lighting ... we really made a show of it. It was put together like a West End musical, there was that much and attention went into it.'<br /> <br /> [[Glass House]] was the first of Giant's two LP's for the World Wide Artists label. After [[The Power and the Glory]], Gentle Giant went on to record six albums for Chrysalis before their 1980 split, when Derek Shulman and Kerry Minnear decided to come off the road. Having been there from the outset, of course, they were well-nigh irreplaceable. Derek is now a US record company executive, brother Ray an acclaimed producer with the Sugarcubes and Ian MuCulloch, among others, to his credit. John Weathers is the only Giant still on the road with Welsh psychedelic survivors Man.<br /> <br /> Under-rated on its release and only sporadically available since, [[In A Glass House]] offers a satisfying taste of one of Britain's most technically accomplished rock bands.<br /> <br /> <br /> ''- Michael Heatley. Many thanks for their assistance to [[John Weathers]] and [[Alan Kinsman]].''<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> The Terrapin CD (originally RGF CD 1001, later relabeled as TRUCKCD 001) has several pops and crackles. For example, listen to track 1, &quot;The Runaway,&quot; at 6:32 (pop) and 6:35 (crackle). These do not appear on my vinyl copy. Greg Hajic reports that his CD doesn't have these defects.<br /> <br /> On the original LP, the breaking glass introduction starts in the left channel and then moves to the center. On the Terrapin CD, it starts in the center. (Thanks to Rainer Boettchers.)<br /> <br /> The Terrapin track marker for &quot;Inmates Lullaby&quot; is 9 seconds too early; the last 9 seconds of &quot;The Runaway&quot; are part of track 2 when they should be the end of track 1.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[In a Glass House review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [[In a Glass House review by Gilbert Hetu]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#House George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Glass_House Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers]]<br /> [[Category:In a Glass House]]<br /> [[Category:DRT Entertainment]]<br /> [[Category:Alucard Music]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Giant_for_a_Day&diff=11831 2026-09-06T19:02:50Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=1978<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=11<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=gfad.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's second &quot;pop-influenced&quot; album. Many fans rank it as GG's worst album.<br /> <br /> {{help<br /> |message=We've heard of an alternate version of this album, seen in Sweden, with an additional guitarist mixed onto some of the tracks. Anybody know anything about this?<br /> |need=Information about alternate version seen in Sweden, with additional guitarist<br /> }}<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - Guitars, vocals<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - Vocals, keyboards<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - Vocals<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - Bass, vocals<br /> <br /> [[John Weathers]] - Vocals, drums<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> All songs by [[Ray]], [[Derek]] and [[Kerry]]<br /> except &quot;[[Friends]]&quot; written by [[John]]<br /> and &quot;[[Take Me]]&quot; lyrics co-written by [[John]] and [[Derek]]<br /> Published by [[Alucard Publishing|Alucard Pub]]. Ltd./Chrysalis Music Ltd.<br /> <br /> A Gentle Giant Production<br /> Engineered by [[Paul Northfield]] at [[Ramport Studios]], Battersea<br /> - assisted by Neil.<br /> Maison Rouge, Fulham.<br /> [[Scorpio Sound Studios]], Euston<br /> - assisted by Steve.<br /> Remix at [[Scorpio Sound Studios]].<br /> Recorded April/May, 1978.<br /> Copyright [[Alucard Music|Alucard]]/Friday Music.<br /> <br /> Cover concept: [[Ray]], [[Tanner]], Eve and Pils Lager<br /> Front cover illustration: Peter Owen<br /> Back cover photography: Gered Mankowitz<br /> Equipment: Michael Ambrose<br /> Acoustic guitars courtesy of Norman Guitars, Quebec, Canada.<br /> <br /> Note: &quot;Ray, Tanner, Eve, and Pils Lager&quot; means Ray Shulman, his wife Barbara (nicknamed Tanner), someone unknown named Eve, and beer. That's Ray Shulman, his wife Barbara (nickname Tanner), someone unknown named Eve, and beer.<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Words From The Wise]] (4:10)<br /> # [[Thank You]] (4:45)<br /> # [[Giant For A Day (song)]] (3:45)<br /> # [[Spooky Boogie]] (3:31)<br /> # [[Take Me]] (2:45)<br /> # [[Little Brown Bag]] (3:32)<br /> # [[Friends]] (1:58)<br /> # [[No Stranger]] (2:27)<br /> # [[It's Only Goodbye]] (4:16)<br /> # [[Rock Climber]] (3:50)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by Arlo West''<br /> <br /> === Words From The Wise ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]] and ensemble<br /> <br /> Words from the wise, encourage you, carries all your taking on,<br /> Words from the wise, discourage too many people when things go wrong.<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> Words from the wise, encourage you, carries all your taking on,<br /> Words from the wise, discourage too many people when things go wrong.<br /> I have my doubts, as everyone. Little isle in a stormy sea.<br /> Words from the wise, believe in you, All I do is believe in me.<br /> <br /> If the going looks to strong, And a little seems too long<br /> Only darkness in the night, Turn the darkness into<br /> Light the fire inside of yourself<br /> I'm the one it's nobody else<br /> Listen out. But remember always<br /> Your the wise, The wise.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> When it feels so hard to try, Just a weight, a chain, a lie,<br /> Even though you need to fight, make the changes into<br /> Light the fire inside of yourself<br /> I'm the one it's nobody else<br /> Listen out. But remember always<br /> Your the wise, The wise.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''...<br /> <br /> === Thank You ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> THANK YOU, for staying around so long, I know it's been hard.<br /> You spend half your life, just testing the ground.<br /> THANK YOU, I thought you would come to along, I don't know when,<br /> And all of those years, Just foolin' around.<br /> THANK YOU, for taking me as I am. No better than you.<br /> You give me your love, You take it from me.<br /> THANK YOU, for staying around so long, I know it's been hard.<br /> You spend half your life, just testing the ground.<br /> THANK YOU, You like all my funny ways, the things that I do.<br /> We both understand, To give and to be.<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> THANK YOU,<br /> For waiting such a long time, And strange that it just had to be.<br /> It's true,<br /> You look, you keep on trying,<br /> Had to keep on trying,<br /> Search for half a life time, suddenly it's there.<br /> THANK YOU, for being here where I am, It's better by far<br /> Not living alone, The future to share.<br /> THANK YOU, for loving me like you do, for being my friend,<br /> And taking my hand, and sharing my cares.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> === Giant For A Day ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> You can be President Carter, maybe Idi Amin, or say Muhammed Ali<br /> Make yourself Marlon Brando, Mickey Mouse, anyone you can see.<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> Listen to all these songs tell yourself that it's wrong to even go<br /> your own way<br /> Throw away your old cloak, put on your mask, be a Giant for a Day.<br /> <br /> Think to yourself you're in Paris, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, or maybe London or Rome.<br /> Close your eyes to be there, even though you may be sitting at home.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> Sitting in a Rolls Royce, if it's the car of your choice or just a black<br /> Cadillac.<br /> And if you don't think these suit you, just a Porsche or a plain Pontiac.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> GIANT FOR A DAY, GIANT FOR A DAY<br /> PUT ON YOUR MASK IMAGINE YOU'RE A GIANT FOR A<br /> GIANT FOR A DAY<br /> <br /> You can think your Jack the Ripper, Mama Belle the stripper, you can fight in<br /> the streets.<br /> You can be the French Connection, Harvey Oswald, or the boys on the beat.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> GIANT FOR A DAY, GIANT FOR A DAY<br /> PUT ON YOUR MASK IMAGINE YOU'RE A GIANT FOR A<br /> GIANT FOR A DAY<br /> <br /> === Spooky Boogie ===<br /> <br /> ''Instrumental''<br /> <br /> === Take Me ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Smooth-talkin', slow-walkin' tell no lie<br /> Cool is the fool with the eagle eye<br /> Spending my time<br /> Drunk and living fast<br /> Nobody knows what lies in my past.<br /> I'm lookin' back<br /> My life is cryin' out<br /> What did I do<br /> What was I all about?<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> OH, take me<br /> Save me from my misery<br /> OH, take me<br /> I want to be free<br /> OH, take me<br /> Take my hand and help me on<br /> OH, take me<br /> I will soon be gone<br /> <br /> Good-timin', all-nightin' in the shade<br /> No thinkin' nobody's had it made<br /> Stole no control on my evil hands.<br /> I tossed a coin blind to where it lands.<br /> My how the time flies<br /> It just passes by.<br /> I turned around<br /> It looked me in the eye.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> My how the time flies<br /> It just passes by.<br /> I turned around<br /> It looked me in the eye.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> === Little Brown Bag ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> HOLD ON;<br /> To the little brown bag. If it's all (that) she has to show,<br /> Torn like a rag, Crazy lady she doesn't know,<br /> LOOK IN;<br /> Cos there's nothing inside, Was there anything anytime<br /> Little Brown Bag;<br /> <br /> She'll be there in the morning, sitting alone with her world in her hands,<br /> No goodnight in the evening, The city it understands, the circumstance.<br /> <br /> DREAM ON;<br /> In the, little brown bag. Maybe here she's better than you<br /> Torn like a rag, Look away it's good that you do.<br /> MAYBE;<br /> As you're, staring too hard, You could see that somehow it's real<br /> Little Brown Bag.<br /> <br /> What did she turn her back on, Was it the nightmare she couldnt face;<br /> Look around, It may tell you, She only puts a good case,<br /> So lady,<br /> HOLD ON...<br /> <br /> === Friends ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[John]]<br /> <br /> FRIENDS<br /> Where would I be without friends, to take good care of me,<br /> My friends,<br /> What would I do I would be alone<br /> On my own.<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> Enemies, some say add spice to your life<br /> But I've always hated to be so disliked<br /> I can't see why in this short span of time<br /> Anyone does without friends.<br /> <br /> FRIENDS<br /> Will always help when you're feeling down,<br /> On the ground,<br /> You're friends<br /> Will put a shoulder to the wheel<br /> I feel<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> FRIENDS<br /> This is a song to thank you all<br /> For being good friends,<br /> You only number just a few,<br /> But you are my good friends.<br /> <br /> === No Stranger ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> No stranger, No danger in your home.<br /> It's walking, It's talking on it's own.<br /> No stranger, No danger in your home.<br /> It's walking, It's talking on it's own.<br /> <br /> One staring eye with no sight or feature<br /> It only winks, when there's time to think.<br /> It tells you nothing, but still your teacher.<br /> And still you take it, It makes you hate it,<br /> Takes care that you're always there.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> It makes you safe moving with protection.<br /> A mind for you trying very hard.<br /> And still you cant make the disconnection.<br /> Does all it's told to,tells what it wants to,<br /> Says all that you have to know.<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> === It's Only Goodbye ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Strange though we made it, in those days that were bare<br /> What pulled us through them, something was there.<br /> I can remember, drifting apart,<br /> Thoughtless ways much stronger,<br /> As the time grew longer<br /> One for one not always,<br /> Then you said to me...<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> It's only goodbye, a smile and a cry, and suddenly over, when<br /> I think of you know, in kindness allow. My memory lingers, then<br /> It's only goodbye, my strength telling lies, Just facing what had to be.<br /> <br /> Mixed my reflections, did we think it was real<br /> Was it forever, fear not, just feel.<br /> You had your troubles, yes I had mine.<br /> Weren't we both for sharing, No not really caring,<br /> I would realize that, when you said to me...<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> IT'S ONLY GOODBYE..<br /> <br /> === Rock Climber ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> ''Chorus:''<br /> Rock climber, Good-timer, Backstager, All-nighter<br /> Rock climber, Good-timer, follows the songs through the night<br /> In the night<br /> Backstager, All-nighter, Fills you with praise till it's light.<br /> <br /> She's waited for you (or me). She saw you there on T.V.<br /> And said you looked good, not like you could, You're better in life you see.<br /> Remember her friend last year, Knew John with the lighting gear,<br /> You've such a nice face, what time what place,<br /> Do you want to meet me tomorrow not there, she's a...<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> And then when she's in your room, it's over she calls your tune.<br /> She crazes your head, takes you to bed,<br /> All over for her too soon.<br /> No tears when you say goodbye, You'll write, well you say you'll try<br /> She goes like a dream, to dream new schemes,<br /> Tonight there's more faces, in all the same places, she's a...<br /> <br /> ''(Chorus)''<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of Terrapin Trucking (UK) Ltd. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> In Britain, the late Seventies proved a difficult time for many established bands, and Gentle Giant were in some respects in a less favorable position than most. With the arrival of Punk Rock and the New Wave, the standards by which bands were judged changed suddenly and dramatically. Those playing straight-ahead, guitar-based rock, especially those who tended to play it faster and louder, stood a reasonable chance of being accepted in the new scheme of things - Motorhead being a good example - but those whose music was rooted in progressive rock had no such escape route.<br /> <br /> For Giant, a short-term answer was to look to America, where the AOR market remained largely undisturbed by the young rebels for rather longer, and where they had enjoyed considerable success during the middle of the decade. In doing so, they were forced to turn their backs on British audiences forever. for some years, the lavish productions Giant had mounted on European and American tours had proven economically unviable on home soil, and scaled-down versions had been used. Now, even these became too expensive, and from the British viewpoint Giant disappeared from sight.<br /> <br /> The commercial pressures on the band to broaden its audience, and a desire from within to harness some of the energy of the New Wave, led to an increasingly direct musical style, the first effects of which can be heard on 'The Missing Piece', the album which preceded this one. By the time 'giant for a Day' was released in 1978, the transition was complete, bit it had been a difficult process. Bassist Ray Shulman remembers it as an uncertain period: 'There was pressure to make a commercial album, certainly some of it from outside the band, but it had a lot to do with us wanting to capture a bigger audience... It was probably a folly, in retrospect, but at the time it seemed the thing to do. there was a sense of searching for a new identity, doubts about where we should go next...'<br /> <br /> Nevertheless, 'Giant for a Day' includes some very good material. 'Words from the Wise' is a powerful opener which combines elements of their earlier vocal style with a strong driving backbeat, while 'Thank You' is an understated Mid-Western style ballad featuring some deft touches from Gary Green's guitars. Both tracks were lifted as singles, but both sank without trace. Further nods to Giant's past include the instrumental 'Spooky Boogie', a distant cousin of 'Alucard' from the band's self-titled 1970 debut album, and the verses of 'Take Me' which are reminiscent of 'The Power and the Glory' era. The album also boasts two delicately melodic pieces in 'Friends', drummer John Weathers' first and only solo composition for the band, and 'It's Only Goodbye', which keyboardist Kerry Minnear recalls as 'my attempt to write a single'.<br /> <br /> Overall, 'Giant for a Day' features significantly more guitar work than previous Gentle Giant albums, and noticeably less keyboards, both factors lending the set a more mainstream rock feel.<br /> <br /> Whatever the aims of the album, it failed to excite much interest on either side of the Atlantic when first issued. The reasons for its commercial failure in Britain are not difficult to see - it was released with minimal record company promotion, and, of course, there were no live shows to accompany its appearance. The British music press, absorbed with the spit and sawdust of the New Wave, completely ignore it, and long-standing fans were presented with a marked change of style, even from the relative simplicity of 'The Missing Piece'. In the States, its poor showing is harder to understand - perhaps 'Giant for a Day' fell between two stools, being neither complex enough to please their old audience, nor straightforward enough to attract a new one.<br /> <br /> The album's packaging probably didn't help. the sleeve, reproduced here, invited buyers to cut out their own Gentle Giant mask. It was rather gimmicky, and tended to cheapen the band's image at a time when a more serious approach might have paid greater dividends. According to Kerry Minnear, it wasn't a conscious effort to shake off their intellectual image, nor was it intended to be particularly flippant. 'There was never an deliberate attempt to insult the intelligence of those who were into what we had done before... It was just thought of as a bright idea, a fun idea, to see loads of people at a concert wearing these masks. there's no doubt that it doesn't have the intrigue of say 'In a Glass House' or the seriousness of 'The Power and the Glory', but I just look on it as the hallmark of the album...'<br /> <br /> During the winter of 978/79, Giant toured North America to promote 'Giant for a Day', then everything went quiet. It seemed as though the band had decided to throw in the towel in the light of the poor reception the album had received, but two years later they reconvened to write and record what really would be their swansong, 'Civilian', before moving on to very different futures.<br /> <br /> By the early Nineties, Derek Shulman was a record label boss, his brother Ray had established himself as an in-demand producer, and John Weathers was still playing and recording with Welsh legends Man. Kerry Minnear was making a living from teaching music, whilst Gary Green had moved to a remote part of Illinois, and played occasionally with local bands.<br /> <br /> Unjustly shunned when originally released, 'Giant for a Day' is now making its first appearance on CD. True, in this format the mask will prove difficult to get into, but the music shouldn't - this album remains as accessible as it ever was, and once more confirms Giant's ability to master widely differing musical styles.<br /> <br /> ''- Alan Kinsman. Many thanks for their assistance to Kerry Minnear and Ray Shulman.''<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Giant for a Day review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Day George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_for_a_Day Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers]]<br /> [[Category:Giant for a Day]]<br /> [[Category:One Way Records]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking]]<br /> [[Category:DRT Entertainment]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Gentle_Giant_(album)&diff=11830 2026-09-06T19:02:35Z

<p>Dan: /* CD details */</p> <hr /> <div>{{otheruses|article=Gentle Giant}}<br /> {{album<br /> | title=Gentle Giant<br /> | year=1970<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=1<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=gg.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> [[File:gg-debut-italian.jpg|thumb|right|Italian album cover]]<br /> [[File:Gigante-gentil.jpg|thumb|right|Venezuelan album cover, ''Gigante Gentil'']]<br /> Gentle Giant's self-titled first album was an impressive and unique debut that combined rock, blues, classical, and 1960's British soul. Although the recording quality is sub-par, the music transcends the medium and presents the listener with a variety of musical styles.<br /> <br /> [[#Liner notes|A Tall Tale]], from the original liner notes, is a story about the band and the giant.<br /> <br /> Beautiful [[Media:Gg-high-res-geiger.jpg|high-resolution scan of the full fold-out cover]] with the crease removed, thanks to Michael Geiger.<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> ''In his namesake, Gentle Giant are individually:''<br /> <br /> Gary Green - lead guitar, 12 string guitar<br /> <br /> Kerry Minnear - keyboard, some bass, cello, lead vocals, backing vocals, some tuned percussion<br /> <br /> Derek Shulman - lead vocals, backing vocals, some bass<br /> <br /> Phil Shulman - sax, trumpet, recorder, lead vocals, backing vocals<br /> <br /> Ray Shulman - most bass, violin, some guitar, percussion, backing vocals<br /> <br /> Martin Smith - drums, percussion<br /> <br /> Other musicians include:<br /> <br /> * [[Paul Cosh]] (tenor horn) on [[Giant]]<br /> * [[Claire Deniz]] (cello) on [[Isn't It Quiet And Cold?]]<br /> * Roy Baker - Recording Engineerist on all titles<br /> * [[George Underwood]] - Cover Artiste Extraordinaire<br /> * [[Tony Visconti]] - Producer<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Giant]] (6:22)<br /> # [[Funny Ways]] (4:21)<br /> # [[Alucard]] (6:00)<br /> # [[Isn't It Quiet And Cold]]? (3:51)<br /> # [[Nothing At All]] (9:08)<br /> # [[Why Not]] (5:31)<br /> # [[The Queen]] (1:40)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by David Ewing''<br /> <br /> === Giant ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> The birth of a realisation;<br /> The rise of a high expectation;<br /> Emerging successful, defiant;<br /> ''note: Derek may be singing &quot;Together&quot; instead of &quot;Emerging&quot;''<br /> Together the parts make a Giant.<br /> See the world in the palm of his hand,<br /> Striding steps that will cover the land.<br /> He is coming;<br /> Hear him coming;<br /> Are you ready<br /> For his being?<br /> See the Giant<br /> Feel the Giant<br /> Touch the Giant<br /> Hear the Giant.<br /> The birth of a realisation;<br /> The rise of a high expectation;<br /> Emerging successful, defiant;<br /> Together the parts make a Giant.<br /> <br /> === Funny Ways ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]] (verses), [[Derek]] (&quot;My ways are strange&quot;)<br /> <br /> I'm sorry to have been so much of a bore<br /> But in my own funny way I find I learn much more.<br /> I realise what you think from your eyes,<br /> But in your own funny way I find I learn much more.<br /> My ways are strange<br /> They'll never change<br /> They stay, strange ways<br /> I'm sorry to have been so close from the start,<br /> But for all that I cared we could be miles apart.<br /> I understood that you never would<br /> Understand a way of life that I never could.<br /> My ways are strange<br /> They'll never change<br /> They stay, strange ways<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> And so you see what happened to me<br /> Since the time when I judged my life in nights and days<br /> I realised that my life was lies<br /> So you see what I mean with all my funny ways.<br /> I'm sorry to have been so much of a bore<br /> But in my own funny way I find I learn much more<br /> Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways.<br /> <br /> === Alucard ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=Alucard}}<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: ensemble<br /> <br /> Lying still;<br /> Am I dreaming<br /> Feel the chill<br /> Breath of fear<br /> Evil fingers<br /> Hover, linger<br /> Someone help me<br /> Terror fills my soul.<br /> Living dead;<br /> Am I breathing<br /> Sightless, blind<br /> Heart stopped beating<br /> Hear the crying<br /> Of the dying<br /> Someone help me<br /> Ogres of the night.<br /> <br /> === Isn't It Quiet And Cold? ===<br /> <br /> ''Note that the version on [[Out of the Woods]] has slightly different lyrics. Thanks to Douglas E. Johnson for correcting these lyrics.''<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]]<br /> <br /> Isn't it quiet and cold walking all alone, alone?<br /> Happened I missed the bus and found I had to walk, alone.<br /> What was that?<br /> Only me.<br /> Hear the echo of my feet<br /> Footsteps<br /> Are they mine?<br /> Hear the echo of the street.<br /> Wished I lived near at hand although I live alone, alone<br /> At least I'll find company, so why should I moan, alone.<br /> Movement<br /> By my feet<br /> Paper wind across the street<br /> Curtains closed<br /> Sleepy heads<br /> Wrapped together in their beds<br /> I used to walk with someone else<br /> I didn't seem to notice sights and sounds of the lonely street<br /> I used to talk with someone else<br /> Now the only answers are the calls of the night<br /> Look at that alley cat, it's winding home to rest, alone<br /> Half-past four and daylight shows itself once more<br /> Walking all alone<br /> Walking all alone<br /> <br /> === Nothing At All ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]] and [[Phil]] (verses); [[Derek]] (&quot;What could she do...&quot;)<br /> <br /> Now she sits by the riverside<br /> Watching the waters glide by,<br /> With a sigh<br /> And the things she put faith in<br /> Are ripples just waving her by<br /> With a sigh<br /> She sees lovers pass by with much more than a kiss<br /> Ah this - little girl who had everything finds<br /> she's nothing at all<br /> Now the wind seems so cold<br /> Seems all old as it laughs at her fears<br /> And her tears<br /> And as ducks swim away from her<br /> Visions of past love appear<br /> In her tears<br /> She sees love in his face as she tells him to go,<br /> And so - here's a girl who had everything now<br /> she's Nothing at all<br /> What could she do if she saw him now;<br /> Now that he's gone she's losing<br /> If she could see what she's seeing now<br /> For sure she's more than just choosing<br /> Now she sits by the riverside<br /> Watching the waters glide by,<br /> With a sigh<br /> And the things she put faith in<br /> Are ripples just waving her by,<br /> With a sigh<br /> She sees lovers pass by with much more than a kiss<br /> Ah this - little girl who had everything finds<br /> She's nothing at all<br /> <br /> === Why Not? ===<br /> <br /> {{help<br /> |message=Can anyone identify the person who laughs at 0:51 in [[Why Not]]?<br /> |need=Identify the person laughing at 0:51<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]; [[Kerry]] (&quot;Why not climb a hill...&quot;)<br /> <br /> Don't sing a tune to yourself<br /> You might believe this one.<br /> Try not to sew it yourself<br /> The threading won't stretch none.<br /> Don't give me none of that line.<br /> Why not?<br /> Got to sing something.<br /> Love's song there's nothing to find<br /> Why not?<br /> Dead before playing.<br /> Don't sing a tune to yourself<br /> You might believe this one<br /> Try not to sew it yourself<br /> The threading won't stretch none<br /> Who says the things that go in<br /> The song is only saying.<br /> Dead thought can kill a good thing<br /> The band is only playing.<br /> Why not climb a hill<br /> With someone that hates you<br /> Why not hate someone<br /> Who climbs a hill with you<br /> And as time passes by<br /> Your feet start slipping<br /> You are wondering why<br /> There is no forgetting<br /> Don't sing a tune to yourself,<br /> You might believe this one<br /> Try not to sew it yourself<br /> The threading don't stretch none<br /> Who says the things that go in<br /> The song is only saying<br /> Dead thought can kill a good thing<br /> The band is only playing<br /> Don't give me none of that line<br /> Why not?<br /> Got to sing something<br /> Love's song there's nothing to find<br /> Why not?<br /> Dead before playing<br /> Dead before playing.<br /> <br /> === The Queen ===<br /> <br /> ''Instrumental''<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &quot;A Tall Tale&quot; by [[Tony Visconti]]<br /> <br /> Giant took notice of the long shadows and decided to quit for the day in the apple orchard. He stretched, took forty steps and covered the quarter mile to the mouth of his cave. He sat down and pulled a sweet smelling cork out of a two hundred gallon jug. Scrumpy is what he poured into a mug having the same capacity as a bath tub.<br /> <br /> As he quaffed he perceived that something strange was in the air, stirring the serenity of the Somerset countryside. He slowly rose to his full height and whispered, &quot;Ar, there be a good sound floatin' in the east wind. I think I'll investigate.&quot;<br /> <br /> You must understand that the giant doesn't go out much, except when he sees his girlfriend in France now and then (she's the daughter of Gargantua) --- and twice a century at that! Now he had another good excuse to break the routine of his work at the orchard.<br /> <br /> He travelled swiftly through the night, carefully avoiding populated areas. When he came to the Salisbury Plain he decided to see if his stone ring was still standing. He made it as a boy, just for fun. As he approached, two long-haired youths sitting against a slab looked up. One said, &quot;Man, this stuff is pretty good gear. I've just hallucinated a great big far-out lookin' giant over there.&quot;<br /> <br /> The other said, &quot;Farout man, I see him too.&quot;<br /> <br /> They sat motionless for a few moments, then the giant turned and continued his quest towards the south. When he was out of their sight the first one whispered wide-eyed, &quot;Too much man, us having the same hallucination.&quot; The other youth had fainted.<br /> <br /> Sure enough, the sound was coming from Portsmouth way. To the giant's delight it came from a cottage out in the countryside, far from the centre of town. Inside, six dedicated musicians were tearing off a rendition of 'Why Not?' at a thousand watts; that's enough to rip the top of anybody's head. All except the giant's. He just laid on his stomach, rested his head on his folded arms and listened with an ear to each open window for good stereo.<br /> <br /> The band stopped after three hours and Ray said to Kerry, &quot;Let's go out and dig the stars.&quot; They opened the front door and nearly walked up the giant's nostrils. They jumped back inside shakin' all over and both said at once, &quot;There's abigfaceoutthereit'sbigit'sbig --- oh!&quot;<br /> <br /> The others noticed immediately that something was wrong so they all went out to have a look. They saw the head of a great big giant, sleeping peacefully. Phil was at the head of the group. He turned and said, &quot;Gary, did you spike our tea again?&quot;<br /> <br /> Just then the giant opened his eyes. &quot;Be ee the boys as were makin' that good sound?&quot;<br /> <br /> Martin, at once put at ease by the friendly accent answered, &quot;Yes, it was us. I'm sorry if we made too much noise. You see, we moved out here so we wouldn't bother anybody and ---&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Bother anybody? But that's the gentlest music I've ever 'eard apart from thunderstorms.&quot;<br /> <br /> Needless to say they all got on very well after the giant had said that. Frank the roadie moved the instruments outside and they played the rest of the night for him. Somewhere in Portsmouth a seismograph reported a mild earthquake when the giant was dancing.<br /> <br /> In the morning I drove down from London with the group's manager Gerry and my friend George the artist. We drove around to the back of the cottage and gaped at the group laying in the grass listening to stories of the giant's distant past. Derek ran to us as the car lurched into reverse and bade us to halt. He explained everything and soon we were listening to the amazing things the giant had to say.<br /> <br /> Before the giant left, it was suggested that he pose for a picture with the group. No matter how I angled my polaroid I just couldn't get everyone in the picture. I have some photos of six guys and a big boot, six guys, a big eye and part of a big nose: but I couldn't get a decent picture of the giant and the band together. George was more successful. The giant placed him at the top of a tall tree and in fifteen minutes George had done the rough sketch.<br /> <br /> Well, there you have it. The story of the Gentle Giant. You may think it's fantastic, but then, so is the music.<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff|Gentle Giant}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> Regarding these CD releases:<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Label Information<br /> |-<br /> | Germany<br /> | [[LINE Records]], LICD 9.00722<br /> |-<br /> | Germany<br /> | [[Vertigo]]/[[Polygram]], 842 624-2<br /> |-<br /> | USA<br /> | [[Vertigo]]/[[Polygram]], 842 624-2<br /> |-<br /> | UK<br /> | [[Vertigo]]/[[Repertoire Records]], IMS 7031<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]], PHCR-4201<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]], PPD-3093<br /> |}<br /> <br /> On the LINE disc, the first note of &quot;Why Not?&quot; is located at the end of track 5 (&quot;Nothing At All&quot;) and followed by a 3-second gap of silence. Track 6 begins with the second note of &quot;Why Not?&quot;<br /> <br /> The LINE disc and the Vertigo Repertoire disc are missing the little synthesizer riffs that occur before &quot;Alucard&quot; and &quot;Isn't It Quiet And Cold?&quot; and after &quot;The Queen.&quot;<br /> <br /> The Vertigo CD has all the synthesizer riffs but incorrectly places the second one at the beginning of track 4 (&quot;Isn't It Quiet and Cold?&quot;), whereas the original LP had the riff at the end of track 3 (&quot;Alucard&quot;). This is a very minor track misplacement that isn't noticeable unless you start playing the disc at track 4.<br /> <br /> The Nippon disc has all the synthesizer riffs, correctly placed. Their sound quality, however, lead some to believe that these riffs were transferred from from vinyl, not from a master tape.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Gentle Giant review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [[Gentle Giant review by E. Shaun Russell]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Giant George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Giant_(album) Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Phil Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Martin Smith]]<br /> [[Category:Gentle Giant (album)]]<br /> [[Category:Vertigo]]<br /> [[Category:PolyGram]]<br /> [[Category:Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]]<br /> [[Category:LINE Records]]<br /> [[Category:Universal Japan]]<br /> [[Category:Repertoire Records]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Gentle_Giant_(album)&diff=11829 2026-09-06T19:02:14Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{otheruses|article=Gentle Giant}}<br /> {{album<br /> | title=Gentle Giant<br /> | year=1970<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=1<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=gg.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> [[File:gg-debut-italian.jpg|thumb|right|Italian album cover]]<br /> [[File:Gigante-gentil.jpg|thumb|right|Venezuelan album cover, ''Gigante Gentil'']]<br /> Gentle Giant's self-titled first album was an impressive and unique debut that combined rock, blues, classical, and 1960's British soul. Although the recording quality is sub-par, the music transcends the medium and presents the listener with a variety of musical styles.<br /> <br /> [[#Liner notes|A Tall Tale]], from the original liner notes, is a story about the band and the giant.<br /> <br /> Beautiful [[Media:Gg-high-res-geiger.jpg|high-resolution scan of the full fold-out cover]] with the crease removed, thanks to Michael Geiger.<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> ''In his namesake, Gentle Giant are individually:''<br /> <br /> Gary Green - lead guitar, 12 string guitar<br /> <br /> Kerry Minnear - keyboard, some bass, cello, lead vocals, backing vocals, some tuned percussion<br /> <br /> Derek Shulman - lead vocals, backing vocals, some bass<br /> <br /> Phil Shulman - sax, trumpet, recorder, lead vocals, backing vocals<br /> <br /> Ray Shulman - most bass, violin, some guitar, percussion, backing vocals<br /> <br /> Martin Smith - drums, percussion<br /> <br /> Other musicians include:<br /> <br /> * [[Paul Cosh]] (tenor horn) on [[Giant]]<br /> * [[Claire Deniz]] (cello) on [[Isn't It Quiet And Cold?]]<br /> * Roy Baker - Recording Engineerist on all titles<br /> * [[George Underwood]] - Cover Artiste Extraordinaire<br /> * [[Tony Visconti]] - Producer<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Giant]] (6:22)<br /> # [[Funny Ways]] (4:21)<br /> # [[Alucard]] (6:00)<br /> # [[Isn't It Quiet And Cold]]? (3:51)<br /> # [[Nothing At All]] (9:08)<br /> # [[Why Not]] (5:31)<br /> # [[The Queen]] (1:40)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by David Ewing''<br /> <br /> === Giant ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> The birth of a realisation;<br /> The rise of a high expectation;<br /> Emerging successful, defiant;<br /> ''note: Derek may be singing &quot;Together&quot; instead of &quot;Emerging&quot;''<br /> Together the parts make a Giant.<br /> See the world in the palm of his hand,<br /> Striding steps that will cover the land.<br /> He is coming;<br /> Hear him coming;<br /> Are you ready<br /> For his being?<br /> See the Giant<br /> Feel the Giant<br /> Touch the Giant<br /> Hear the Giant.<br /> The birth of a realisation;<br /> The rise of a high expectation;<br /> Emerging successful, defiant;<br /> Together the parts make a Giant.<br /> <br /> === Funny Ways ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]] (verses), [[Derek]] (&quot;My ways are strange&quot;)<br /> <br /> I'm sorry to have been so much of a bore<br /> But in my own funny way I find I learn much more.<br /> I realise what you think from your eyes,<br /> But in your own funny way I find I learn much more.<br /> My ways are strange<br /> They'll never change<br /> They stay, strange ways<br /> I'm sorry to have been so close from the start,<br /> But for all that I cared we could be miles apart.<br /> I understood that you never would<br /> Understand a way of life that I never could.<br /> My ways are strange<br /> They'll never change<br /> They stay, strange ways<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> Go your own way or wait for me<br /> And so you see what happened to me<br /> Since the time when I judged my life in nights and days<br /> I realised that my life was lies<br /> So you see what I mean with all my funny ways.<br /> I'm sorry to have been so much of a bore<br /> But in my own funny way I find I learn much more<br /> Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways.<br /> <br /> === Alucard ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=Alucard}}<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: ensemble<br /> <br /> Lying still;<br /> Am I dreaming<br /> Feel the chill<br /> Breath of fear<br /> Evil fingers<br /> Hover, linger<br /> Someone help me<br /> Terror fills my soul.<br /> Living dead;<br /> Am I breathing<br /> Sightless, blind<br /> Heart stopped beating<br /> Hear the crying<br /> Of the dying<br /> Someone help me<br /> Ogres of the night.<br /> <br /> === Isn't It Quiet And Cold? ===<br /> <br /> ''Note that the version on [[Out of the Woods]] has slightly different lyrics. Thanks to Douglas E. Johnson for correcting these lyrics.''<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]]<br /> <br /> Isn't it quiet and cold walking all alone, alone?<br /> Happened I missed the bus and found I had to walk, alone.<br /> What was that?<br /> Only me.<br /> Hear the echo of my feet<br /> Footsteps<br /> Are they mine?<br /> Hear the echo of the street.<br /> Wished I lived near at hand although I live alone, alone<br /> At least I'll find company, so why should I moan, alone.<br /> Movement<br /> By my feet<br /> Paper wind across the street<br /> Curtains closed<br /> Sleepy heads<br /> Wrapped together in their beds<br /> I used to walk with someone else<br /> I didn't seem to notice sights and sounds of the lonely street<br /> I used to talk with someone else<br /> Now the only answers are the calls of the night<br /> Look at that alley cat, it's winding home to rest, alone<br /> Half-past four and daylight shows itself once more<br /> Walking all alone<br /> Walking all alone<br /> <br /> === Nothing At All ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]] and [[Phil]] (verses); [[Derek]] (&quot;What could she do...&quot;)<br /> <br /> Now she sits by the riverside<br /> Watching the waters glide by,<br /> With a sigh<br /> And the things she put faith in<br /> Are ripples just waving her by<br /> With a sigh<br /> She sees lovers pass by with much more than a kiss<br /> Ah this - little girl who had everything finds<br /> she's nothing at all<br /> Now the wind seems so cold<br /> Seems all old as it laughs at her fears<br /> And her tears<br /> And as ducks swim away from her<br /> Visions of past love appear<br /> In her tears<br /> She sees love in his face as she tells him to go,<br /> And so - here's a girl who had everything now<br /> she's Nothing at all<br /> What could she do if she saw him now;<br /> Now that he's gone she's losing<br /> If she could see what she's seeing now<br /> For sure she's more than just choosing<br /> Now she sits by the riverside<br /> Watching the waters glide by,<br /> With a sigh<br /> And the things she put faith in<br /> Are ripples just waving her by,<br /> With a sigh<br /> She sees lovers pass by with much more than a kiss<br /> Ah this - little girl who had everything finds<br /> She's nothing at all<br /> <br /> === Why Not? ===<br /> <br /> {{help<br /> |message=Can anyone identify the person who laughs at 0:51 in [[Why Not]]?<br /> |need=Identify the person laughing at 0:51<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]; [[Kerry]] (&quot;Why not climb a hill...&quot;)<br /> <br /> Don't sing a tune to yourself<br /> You might believe this one.<br /> Try not to sew it yourself<br /> The threading won't stretch none.<br /> Don't give me none of that line.<br /> Why not?<br /> Got to sing something.<br /> Love's song there's nothing to find<br /> Why not?<br /> Dead before playing.<br /> Don't sing a tune to yourself<br /> You might believe this one<br /> Try not to sew it yourself<br /> The threading won't stretch none<br /> Who says the things that go in<br /> The song is only saying.<br /> Dead thought can kill a good thing<br /> The band is only playing.<br /> Why not climb a hill<br /> With someone that hates you<br /> Why not hate someone<br /> Who climbs a hill with you<br /> And as time passes by<br /> Your feet start slipping<br /> You are wondering why<br /> There is no forgetting<br /> Don't sing a tune to yourself,<br /> You might believe this one<br /> Try not to sew it yourself<br /> The threading don't stretch none<br /> Who says the things that go in<br /> The song is only saying<br /> Dead thought can kill a good thing<br /> The band is only playing<br /> Don't give me none of that line<br /> Why not?<br /> Got to sing something<br /> Love's song there's nothing to find<br /> Why not?<br /> Dead before playing<br /> Dead before playing.<br /> <br /> === The Queen ===<br /> <br /> ''Instrumental''<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &quot;A Tall Tale&quot; by [[Tony Visconti]]<br /> <br /> Giant took notice of the long shadows and decided to quit for the day in the apple orchard. He stretched, took forty steps and covered the quarter mile to the mouth of his cave. He sat down and pulled a sweet smelling cork out of a two hundred gallon jug. Scrumpy is what he poured into a mug having the same capacity as a bath tub.<br /> <br /> As he quaffed he perceived that something strange was in the air, stirring the serenity of the Somerset countryside. He slowly rose to his full height and whispered, &quot;Ar, there be a good sound floatin' in the east wind. I think I'll investigate.&quot;<br /> <br /> You must understand that the giant doesn't go out much, except when he sees his girlfriend in France now and then (she's the daughter of Gargantua) --- and twice a century at that! Now he had another good excuse to break the routine of his work at the orchard.<br /> <br /> He travelled swiftly through the night, carefully avoiding populated areas. When he came to the Salisbury Plain he decided to see if his stone ring was still standing. He made it as a boy, just for fun. As he approached, two long-haired youths sitting against a slab looked up. One said, &quot;Man, this stuff is pretty good gear. I've just hallucinated a great big far-out lookin' giant over there.&quot;<br /> <br /> The other said, &quot;Farout man, I see him too.&quot;<br /> <br /> They sat motionless for a few moments, then the giant turned and continued his quest towards the south. When he was out of their sight the first one whispered wide-eyed, &quot;Too much man, us having the same hallucination.&quot; The other youth had fainted.<br /> <br /> Sure enough, the sound was coming from Portsmouth way. To the giant's delight it came from a cottage out in the countryside, far from the centre of town. Inside, six dedicated musicians were tearing off a rendition of 'Why Not?' at a thousand watts; that's enough to rip the top of anybody's head. All except the giant's. He just laid on his stomach, rested his head on his folded arms and listened with an ear to each open window for good stereo.<br /> <br /> The band stopped after three hours and Ray said to Kerry, &quot;Let's go out and dig the stars.&quot; They opened the front door and nearly walked up the giant's nostrils. They jumped back inside shakin' all over and both said at once, &quot;There's abigfaceoutthereit'sbigit'sbig --- oh!&quot;<br /> <br /> The others noticed immediately that something was wrong so they all went out to have a look. They saw the head of a great big giant, sleeping peacefully. Phil was at the head of the group. He turned and said, &quot;Gary, did you spike our tea again?&quot;<br /> <br /> Just then the giant opened his eyes. &quot;Be ee the boys as were makin' that good sound?&quot;<br /> <br /> Martin, at once put at ease by the friendly accent answered, &quot;Yes, it was us. I'm sorry if we made too much noise. You see, we moved out here so we wouldn't bother anybody and ---&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Bother anybody? But that's the gentlest music I've ever 'eard apart from thunderstorms.&quot;<br /> <br /> Needless to say they all got on very well after the giant had said that. Frank the roadie moved the instruments outside and they played the rest of the night for him. Somewhere in Portsmouth a seismograph reported a mild earthquake when the giant was dancing.<br /> <br /> In the morning I drove down from London with the group's manager Gerry and my friend George the artist. We drove around to the back of the cottage and gaped at the group laying in the grass listening to stories of the giant's distant past. Derek ran to us as the car lurched into reverse and bade us to halt. He explained everything and soon we were listening to the amazing things the giant had to say.<br /> <br /> Before the giant left, it was suggested that he pose for a picture with the group. No matter how I angled my polaroid I just couldn't get everyone in the picture. I have some photos of six guys and a big boot, six guys, a big eye and part of a big nose: but I couldn't get a decent picture of the giant and the band together. George was more successful. The giant placed him at the top of a tall tree and in fifteen minutes George had done the rough sketch.<br /> <br /> Well, there you have it. The story of the Gentle Giant. You may think it's fantastic, but then, so is the music.<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff|Gentle Giant}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD details ==<br /> <br /> Regarding these CD releases:<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Label Information<br /> |-<br /> | Germany<br /> | [[LINE Records]], LICD 9.00722<br /> |-<br /> | Germany<br /> | [[Vertigo]]/[[Polygram]], 842 624-2<br /> |-<br /> | USA<br /> | [[Vertigo]]/[[Polygram]], 842 624-2<br /> |-<br /> | UK<br /> | [[Vertigo]]/[[Repertoire Records]], IMS 7031<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]], PHCR-4201<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]], PPD-3093<br /> |-<br /> | Japan<br /> | [[Universal Japan]] (British Rock Legend series)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> On the LINE disc, the first note of &quot;Why Not?&quot; is located at the end of track 5 (&quot;Nothing At All&quot;) and followed by a 3-second gap of silence. Track 6 begins with the second note of &quot;Why Not?&quot;<br /> <br /> The LINE disc and the Vertigo Repertoire disc are missing the little synthesizer riffs that occur before &quot;Alucard&quot; and &quot;Isn't It Quiet And Cold?&quot; and after &quot;The Queen.&quot;<br /> <br /> The Vertigo CD has all the synthesizer riffs but incorrectly places the second one at the beginning of track 4 (&quot;Isn't It Quiet and Cold?&quot;), whereas the original LP had the riff at the end of track 3 (&quot;Alucard&quot;). This is a very minor track misplacement that isn't noticeable unless you start playing the disc at track 4.<br /> <br /> The Nippon disc has all the synthesizer riffs, correctly placed. Their sound quality, however, lead some to believe that these riffs were transferred from from vinyl, not from a master tape.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Gentle Giant review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [[Gentle Giant review by E. Shaun Russell]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Giant George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Giant_(album) Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Phil Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Martin Smith]]<br /> [[Category:Gentle Giant (album)]]<br /> [[Category:Vertigo]]<br /> [[Category:PolyGram]]<br /> [[Category:Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]]<br /> [[Category:LINE Records]]<br /> [[Category:Universal Japan]]<br /> [[Category:Repertoire Records]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Free_Hand&diff=11828 2026-09-06T19:01:13Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{otheruses|article=Free Hand}}<br /> {{album<br /> | year=1975<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=7<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=fh.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> One of Gentle Giant's finest albums, '''Free Hand''' is much influenced by the music of the Renaissance and Middle Ages.<br /> <br /> We have photos of other versions of the album:<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:Fh-alt-hand.png | Alternative cover with hand in a different position.<br /> Image:fh-cassette.jpg | Chrysalis cassette<br /> Image:fhcassette.jpg | Capitol cassette<br /> Image:Free-hand-cassette.jpg | Capitol close-up<br /> File:Fh-promo-japan-lp.jpg | Promo LP from Japan<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]], [[Kerry Minnear]], [[Derek Shulman]], [[Ray Shulman]], and [[John Weathers]]. No instrument credits are listed on the album.<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> All selections composed by [[Ray Shulman]], [[Derek Shulman]] and [[Kerry Minnear]]<br /> All selections published by Gentle Giant Music (Controlled in USA and<br /> Canada by Moth Music Corp.) BMI<br /> <br /> Recorded at [[Advision Studios]], London, April '75<br /> Engineer: [[Gary Martin]] assisted by [[Paul Northfield]]<br /> Cover design by Gentle Giant<br /> Graphics by Richard Evans<br /> A Gentle Giant Production<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Just The Same]] (5:34)<br /> # [[On Reflection]] (5:41)<br /> # [[Free Hand (song)|Free Hand]] (6:14)<br /> # [[Time To Kill]] (5:08)<br /> # [[His Last Voyage]] (6:27)<br /> # [[Talybont]] (2:43)<br /> # [[Mobile]] (5:05)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> <br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> ''- submitted by Chris Hill''<br /> <br /> === Just the Same ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> See me, what I am, what I was, what I'll be,<br /> Hear me, understand that I'm not what you see<br /> Take this, take the man, middle term, common me<br /> Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do<br /> Nothing more and nothing less than you<br /> Read no thoughts I didn't think myself<br /> Just the same as anybody else<br /> <br /> Make me someone else, put me up on a stand.<br /> Something that I don't really want on my hands<br /> Use me, idolise all you can understand<br /> Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do<br /> Nothing more and nothing less than you<br /> Read no thoughts I didn't think myself<br /> Just the same as anybody else<br /> <br /> Change it, what you think, what you thought, what you say<br /> Look for something more than you sought yesterday.<br /> I don't want to be part of your life to-day.<br /> Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do<br /> Nothing more and nothing less than you<br /> Read no thoughts I didn't think myself<br /> Just the same as anybody else<br /> <br /> === On Reflection ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=On Reflection}}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]], [[Ray]], [[Kerry]], [[Gary]] (vocal fugue, in order of appearance); [[Kerry]] (middle section)<br /> <br /> In my way did I use you, do you think I really abused you<br /> On reflection now it doesn't matter:<br /> How can you say I made you need me more than anyone else<br /> Who can say it right now it's finished over:<br /> It's my act, it's my calling, I explained exactly the falling<br /> Different ways of life can never even:<br /> Be the same when you saw me, could you always take me the<br /> same way As I came and went I tried to remember you:<br /> Still you stay<br /> Tied in your way<br /> Changing times<br /> Watching the signs<br /> <br /> How:<br /> Could you see in me what you thought about all you want me to be<br /> Now:<br /> On reflection why should have I changed my ways for you<br /> All around all around<br /> <br /> Cry my sympathy's with you but I never lied to you all in all<br /> it seems it's just an experience:<br /> Placed my cards on the table told of everything I was able,<br /> <br /> Understanding still not anything different:<br /> Find another to lean on, start again for I should have long<br /> gone, on reflection now it's just an experience.<br /> Soon the pain will have ended, together never intended, as I<br /> come and go I'll try to remember you.<br /> <br /> Look back it's not your game, together just in name.<br /> <br /> I'll remember the good things how can you forget all the years<br /> that we shared in our way:<br /> Things were changing my life, taking your place in my life and<br /> our time drifting away:<br /> All around all around<br /> <br /> === Free Hand ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]], [[Kerry]] (middle section)<br /> <br /> Who would believe me now that my hands are free, that my hands are free.<br /> I never thought it would ever come to me, ever come to me.<br /> Now that my life's my own, I leave you behind, leaving you behind.<br /> What ever made you think that I'd change my mind, that I'd change my mind.<br /> <br /> It wasn't hard to run, break away from you, break away from you,<br /> After all you'd done, what was I to do, what was I to do.<br /> Who's gonna take my place in the games you play, in the games you play.<br /> Nobody's listening now to the things you say, all the things you say.<br /> <br /> Now my hands are free from the ties, from the ties.<br /> Now I look forward to the future, where it lies.<br /> And with you, feeling low, looking black<br /> Here, now my head is clear, why should I look back.<br /> <br /> When it was over did you have regrets, did you have regrets.<br /> Or did you really think it was over yet, it was over yet.<br /> Now that my life's my own I leave you behind, leaving you behind.<br /> What ever made you think that I'd change my mind, change my mind.<br /> Change my mind. Change my mind.<br /> <br /> === Time to Kill ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]; [[Kerry]] (&quot;And with no questions then...&quot;). NOTE: On the second [[One Way]] release of [[Free Hand]], [[Derek]] sings [[Kerry]]'s part.<br /> <br /> Rests where he's staying, nowhere he knows,<br /> A place where nobody cares where he's straying or where he goes.<br /> To find no-one in particular, footloose, adventure still,<br /> No thoughts for reasons, he does all he's doing<br /> Has time to kill and still he's killing the time.<br /> <br /> Sundowner, drifting from place to place,<br /> Where all he needs is the shelter from seasons he was to face,<br /> No bounds or duties are his, never seeking to find an end.<br /> For life goes on being life, time and fortune he needs no<br /> Friends and yet he's killing the time.<br /> <br /> Where does he come from what did he do,<br /> You know the answers are his hopes and promises nothing new<br /> With no regrets he goes on doing nothing.<br /> Himself alone, but still he finds all the time isn't wasted,<br /> His life his own and yet he's killing the time.<br /> <br /> And with no questions then he finds his way<br /> Tomorrow never dawn only today.<br /> Content within his time just drifts away<br /> He finds his way<br /> He finds his way<br /> <br /> === His Last Voyage ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]<br /> <br /> Rose in early morning, as the light came through,<br /> Searching in the ocean, did what he should do,<br /> Seeking not adventure, just a way of life,<br /> Sky above turned grey, wind cut like a knife.<br /> <br /> This was his last voyage, this was his last time.<br /> <br /> Pulling up the anchor, letting go the rope,<br /> Age rules over all things, fate rules over hope.<br /> <br /> Then as bow was broken, water soon to rise,<br /> For they would have nothing, Nature's trust unwise,<br /> Through his boat and fortune, not for him that day,<br /> If he went to God, for him they would pray,<br /> <br /> <br /> As the tempest thundered, as the storm broke free,<br /> Suddenly in darkness, fear there none to see,<br /> Visions in his memory, what was meant to be,<br /> When the storm was over, nothing could be seen,<br /> Life and boat were taken, God knows what it means.<br /> <br /> Rose in early morning, as the light came through,<br /> Searching in the ocean, did what he should do,<br /> <br /> This was his last voyage, this was his last time.<br /> <br /> Pulling up the anchor, letting go the rope,<br /> Age rules over all things, fate rules over hope.<br /> <br /> === Talybont ===<br /> <br /> ''Instrumental''<br /> <br /> === Mobile ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Up, up, time to fly.<br /> <br /> Moving all around, going everywhere from town to town,<br /> All looking the same, changing only in name,<br /> Days turn into nights, time is nothing only if it's right,<br /> From where you came don't you think it's a game.<br /> <br /> No, no, don't ask why.<br /> <br /> Do it as you're told, you're the packet, do it as you're sold<br /> To all your friends, none for you at the end,<br /> Give them all you can, finish stronger than when you first began,<br /> You never pretend, all for you at the end.<br /> <br /> Time, time, say goodbye.<br /> <br /> To another place, hoping that you're seeing what you chase,<br /> All things as they should, always thought that they would,<br /> So you're racing ahead, home is just your shelter and your bed<br /> You do all you could, yesterday not as good.<br /> <br /> There are no hours, there are no seasons,<br /> Only the present, choice is the reason.<br /> <br /> Up, up, time to fly.<br /> <br /> Moving all around, going everywhere from town to town,<br /> All looking the same, changing only in name,<br /> Days turn into nights, time is nothing only if it's right,<br /> From where you came, it's you who's taking the blame<br /> Give them all you can, finish stronger than when you first began,<br /> You take the acclaim, don't you think it's a game.<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of the Terrapin Trucking (UK) Ltd. Transcribed by Seong-Woo Kim. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> Originally released in September 1975, [[Free Hand]] was Gentle Giant's seventh album, and their first for the Chrysalis label. Their move to Chrysalis followed a brief and less than satisfactory spell with Phonogram subsidiary World Wide Artists. Although their eighteen months with WWA had seen the release of two excellent albums, [[In A Glass House]] (1973) and [[The Power And The Glory]] (1974), both of which had done much to enhance the band's reputation, the relationship had quickly soured. It was with a profound sense of relief, and at considerable expense, that Giant finally extricated themselves from their contract and moved on.<br /> <br /> Giant had supported Chrysalis stalwarts Jethro Tull on a European tour some years earlier, and had been impressed both by Tull's music and by label boss Terry Ellis. &quot;We really liked them as a band&quot;, keyboardist Kerry Minnear later revealed, &quot;and basically they were about the only real friends we made on the road. It was through this relationship, and getting to know Terry, that the eventual move to Chrysalis came about.&quot; Once released by WWA, Giant approached Ellis, sensing a sympathetic ear. A deal was quickly finalised.<br /> <br /> Inevitably, these unsettling events made their mark on Giant's music. Throughout their later years, Gentle Giant albums featured many songs which dealt with all aspects of life as rock musicians, and not surprisingly [[Free Hand]] has more than most. The title track is a defiant parting shot at WWA, and an expression of the optimism which swept through the band once their problems were resolved. [[ Mobile]] looks at the uncertainty and insecurity of life on the road, whilst [[Just The Same]] concerns itself with the pretentiousness of the music business, and the frustrations of being regarded as something other than you are simply because you become famous. Even [[On Reflection]], an apparently personal account of a failed relationship, could be re-interpreted in the light of the group's recent difficulties.<br /> <br /> Putting their troubles behind them, Gentle Giant embarked on extensive tours of North America and Europe, plus a short tour of the UK, to promote the release. Within six months they had recorded a follow-up, [[Interview]], which was again the focus of hectic promotional activity. Looking back on this period early in 1977, vocalist Derek Shulman remarked &quot;Terry made us work, and the whole buzz of playing live came back. We started talking again, enthusing as we had done before [[Octopus]], (their fourth album, recorded late in 1972). The live recordings made during the band's 1976 European tour, released early the following year on the double album [[Playing The Fool]], bear witness to Giant's new-found inspiration.<br /> <br /> [[Free Hand]] was to become their most successful effort; in America it peaked at No. 48, their best placing in a run of chart albums which stretched from [[Octopus]] in 1973 to [[The Missing Piece]] in 1977. In Britain, where their following remained fiercely loyal but relatively small, [[Free Hand]] made a fleeting appearance in the lower reaches of some album charts, the only one of their twelve albums to do so. Their new label's publicity drive, some favourable airplay, and the attention of one or two rock journalists (most notably Phil Sutcliffe of 'Sounds') all helped, but in retrospect the album's success was well-deserved on its own merits. It was, perhaps, more commercial than previous releases, but still had the complexity and polish fans had come to expect.<br /> <br /> The incredible range of Gentle Giant's music is evident throughout. From the intricate vocal fretwork of [[On Reflection]] and the delicate medieval flavour of [[Talybont]] to the Celtic-tinged rock of [[Time To Kill]] and the jagged rhythms of [[Just The Same]], all those diverse elements which made the band so strikingly original are skillfully blended and perfectly executed.<br /> <br /> Another opportunity to compare the new material with earlier efforts came with the release of [[Giant Steps - The First Five Years]], a Phonogram retrospective issued late in 1975. Drawing from all six previous albums, this collection demonstrated that these elements had all been present in Giant's music from the outset, but never before had they been brought together so convincingly.<br /> <br /> [[Free Hand]] is the only one of Gentle Giant's Chrysalis-period studio albums which has previously been available on CD, and then only in the States. Now, along with the other four - [[Interview]], [[The Missing Piece]], [[Giant For A Day]] and [[Civilian]] - it is being given a long-overdue British CD release. The band's music, with its tonal range and painstaking attention to sound quality, was made for CD. [[Free Hand]] sounds as fresh today as it did on first release, a fitting tribute to the compositional skills and expertise of five dedicated musicians.<br /> <br /> - [[Alan Kinsman]]. Many thanks for their assistance to [[Kerry Minnear]] and [[Ray Shulman]].<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == One Way Records CD releases ==<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Label Information<br /> |-<br /> | USA<br /> | [[One Way Records]], CDL-57338. &quot;AM6/CDL-57338&quot; is printed on the inner rim of the disc. ''(Out of print and recalled due to poor quality)''<br /> |-<br /> | USA<br /> | [[One Way Records]], CDL-57338. &quot;ESK&amp;lt;010&amp;gt;CDL57338&quot; is printed on the inner rim of the disc. Fans report that some discs are labeled 57388, 01&amp;lt;block&amp;gt; 94, and either 1 1-1-2 EMI JAX, 1-1-3 EMI JAX, 1-1-4 EMI JAX, or 1-1-5 EMI JAX.&quot;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> The second [[One Way]] CD release has much better sound than the first, but it was created from a very unusual master tape. Rich Goodhart reports the tape &quot;is a quickly made rough mix tape of the finished multi-tracks, never intended to be a master tape and shouldn't even be thought of as one. How One Way got ahold of it is a mystery to me, though I am glad they did for the alternate view.&quot; Some of the instrumental and vocal parts are different from those of the original album! <br /> <br /> * Some of the lines in &quot;Time To Kill&quot; are sung by Derek Shulman instead of Kerry Minnear; for example, &quot;And with no questions then, he finds his way.&quot;<br /> * The drums in &quot;On Reflection&quot; enter half a verse earlier than in the original. <br /> * And worst of all, at the climax of &quot;On Reflection,&quot; when the full band comes CRASHING in, the drums are barely audible!<br /> <br /> In addition, there are a few extra measures on the guitar/drum break of &quot;Just the Same.&quot; Finally, if you have a good stereo system, you can hear some background noise like lip smacks and breathing. Details on this master tape can be found in issue 3 of [[Proclamation magazine]].<br /> <br /> === Defects ===<br /> <br /> The first One Way release has terrible sound quality. It is very muddy and lacks treble. Supposedly, it was not mastered from an original master tape. After complaints from listeners, One Way recalled the disc from stores, remastered the disc, and rereleased it.<br /> <br /> Both One Way discs used incorrect or poorly chosen master tapes. Both One Way discs incorrectly say that the album was made in 1972.<br /> <br /> The second One Way disc is missing the drum roll at the very end of the album.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Free Hand review from Keyboard Magazine]]<br /> * [[Free Hand review by Chris (German)]]<br /> * [[Free Hand review by Ian McGrath]]<br /> * [[Free Hand review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Hand George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hand Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers]]<br /> [[Category:Free Hand]]<br /> [[Category:One Way Records]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking]]<br /> [[Category:DRT Entertainment]]<br /> [[Category:Albums remixed by Steven Wilson]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Civilian&diff=11827 2026-09-06T18:58:58Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=1980<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=12<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=civilian.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> This album shows Gentle Giant's &quot;rocking&quot; side with short, simpler tunes. Some fans hate this album. Others like it, claiming that even though it is more pop-influenced than previous Gentle Giant works, it is still a good album.<br /> <br /> '''Civilian''' was Gentle Giant's final album, not counting the compilations and live albums released after their breakup.<br /> <br /> The bonus track [[Heroes No More]] appears on both the [[One Way]] and [[Terrapin]] CDs. The [[Terrapin]] track is taken from an old cassette recording, but the [[One Way]] track comes from the original master tape.<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - All guitars<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - Keyboards, vocals<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - Vocals<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - Bass, acoustic guitars, backing vocals<br /> <br /> [[John Weathers]] - Drums, backing vocals<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> Words and music by Gentle Giant<br /> Recorded August-November, 1979<br /> <br /> Thanks to: Skinny Bishop for providing fine vintage equipment, etc.<br /> Sibecor Corp. for their Norman guitars, Yamaha drums and Rotosound strings<br /> <br /> All songs © 1980 [[Alucard Publishing]] Ltd.<br /> <br /> An Onward U.S. production engineered and remixed by<br /> [[Geoff Emerick]] at Sound City, Van Nuys, California<br /> Tape operator: Torrie Swensen;<br /> [[Bijou Studios]], Hollywood, California<br /> Second engineer: [[David Zammit]];<br /> Wessex Studios, Highbury, London<br /> Second engineer: Mike Shipley<br /> Design: Nancy Donald/Ginger Canzoneri<br /> Photography: Dan Weiner<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Convenience (Clean And Easy)]] (3:14)<br /> # [[All Through The Night]] (4:20)<br /> # [[Shadows On The Street]] (3:18)<br /> # [[Number One]] (4:39)<br /> # [[Underground]] (3:48)<br /> # [[I Am A Camera]] (3:33)<br /> # [[Inside Out]] (5:51)<br /> # [[It's Not Imagination]] (3:59)<br /> #:[[#That's... All... There... Is....|Ending of the album]] (&quot;That's All There Is&quot;)<br /> # [[Heroes No More]] (4:25) - bonus track<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> We also have the [[Civilian lyrics in French|lyrics in French]].<br /> <br /> '' - English lyrics submitted by Jerry McCarthy''<br /> <br /> === Convenience (Clean And Easy) ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Plastic, plastic, take the modern way.<br /> Simulation, for my instant day.<br /> Why should I care, if you say that it's no good.<br /> It's for me, can't you see?<br /> Convenience, everything is clean and easy.<br /> <br /> I can't read, but then I watch T.V.<br /> Stimulation, they can do it for me.<br /> How can you say, what is right and what is wrong.<br /> It's for you, for me, too.<br /> Convenience, everything is clean and easy.<br /> <br /> Just believe me, it runs like a big machine<br /> It's just for me, can't you see?<br /> Convenience, everything is clean and easy.<br /> <br /> === All Through The Night ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Everyday they clock me, everyday is just the same.<br /> And the people I see, wear the same face as me.<br /> As I turn the handle, time goes slowly by.<br /> Is that all that there is until the day that I die?<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> All through the night.<br /> Through the night.<br /> All through the night.<br /> I can't believe I'm free til morning.<br /> <br /> If I wipe the dirt and sweat,<br /> Then I find that more's still there.<br /> If the summer don't get you,<br /> Then the winter always will.<br /> Try not to think, it never gets nowhere.<br /> But at least everyday ends, and the night's always there.<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> <br /> === Shadows On The Street ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]<br /> <br /> And we're sitting here<br /> Wondering where the peaceful night has gone.<br /> Over factories.<br /> <br /> Shadows on the street, our lives still go on.<br /> Another day, the songs the same.<br /> Forget our dreams, and play the game.<br /> <br /> The shadows on our street are clearer now, in light,<br /> We see, this is as it's meant to be.<br /> Don't look there, just look at me.<br /> <br /> And it's waking now<br /> And the grayness of the day will be here,<br /> Want you near.<br /> <br /> === Number One ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> You walk in here, and it seems you think<br /> You own the place.<br /> You ruin the sinks and you write on the wall.<br /> After all the consideration given you,<br /> I thought you would be grateful,<br /> But no, you're not at all.<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> What can I do, what can I do, I've tried.<br /> What can I say, do it my way.<br /> Don't you forget, never forget,<br /> I'm Number One, yes, I'm Number One.<br /> Number One, and you're still no one.<br /> <br /> You say you're angry,<br /> It doesn't make much sense to me.<br /> You're paying your rent,<br /> And at least you've got a job.<br /> I've explained all the sacrifices offered you.<br /> You take them without thanks,<br /> I forget that you're still slobs.<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> <br /> === Underground ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Wheels go 'round, from end to end,<br /> A passage run, go down, descend.<br /> And underground the air is stale<br /> With blurring light and endless rail.<br /> On the wheels in motion, underground.<br /> <br /> Silent noise, relentless sound.<br /> Through shuttered aisle, the wheels go 'round.<br /> The day is night, yet never still,<br /> &amp;gt;From port to port, with miles to kill.<br /> On wheels in motion, underground.<br /> Just the locomotion, underground.<br /> <br /> Windows dark, no view obscured.<br /> With moving eyes, no sight assured.<br /> Yet moving on, from place to place,<br /> Through corridors, without a face.<br /> On the wheels in motion, underground.<br /> Just the locomotion, underground.<br /> <br /> === I Am A Camera ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> My eyes are ready,<br /> They're focusing on you.<br /> I'm watching every move and all you do.<br /> I see you everywhere,<br /> I'm here and now I'm there.<br /> Nowhere you can hide, you're still in view.<br /> <br /> And when the shutter's open,<br /> Images on my screen,<br /> Sent to the people waiting,<br /> People you've never seen, 'cause<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> I am a camera,<br /> Looking at pictures of you.<br /> I am a camera.<br /> SMILE,<br /> Now you see me, now you don't.<br /> <br /> I'm always working,<br /> At night and in the day.<br /> I'm your security, that's what they say.<br /> And if you think you're free,<br /> Then turn your back on me.<br /> I'll catch you as you look the other way.<br /> <br /> And when the shutter's open,<br /> Images on my screen,<br /> Sent to the people waiting,<br /> People you've never seen, 'cause<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> <br /> === Inside Out ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> As I sit, as the world goes 'round,<br /> In the room I've known before.<br /> Is it me? Am I inside out?<br /> In a dream, as I watch the floor.<br /> <br /> Everywhere, see, they are closing in,<br /> (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)<br /> But you say, no, there's nobody there,<br /> (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)<br /> <br /> How the colors seemed so bright,<br /> Now it feels they've lost their glow.<br /> And the dreams, only nightmares now,<br /> Images, from down below.<br /> Everything is spinning 'round,<br /> 'Round and 'round I go.<br /> (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)<br /> Where's the door, now I don't know.<br /> (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)<br /> <br /> Funny how I lose control.<br /> Funny how, I don't feel me.<br /> But I do feel I'm inside out.<br /> But I hear, I feel, I see.<br /> Everything is getting dark.<br /> No, please don't lock me in.<br /> Am I here, the light is growing dim.<br /> (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)<br /> <br /> === It's Not Imagination ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> Looked in the papers, looked in the magazines<br /> Wanted to find out, to know.<br /> Was there an answer, was there really something.<br /> Hidden beneath them below.<br /> Searched in the light and underneath the pictures.<br /> Something was written there.<br /> And through the smiles and under all the color<br /> A message on everything there.<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> But it's not imagination<br /> Not imagination<br /> It's not me, look and see for yourself.<br /> <br /> Didn't believe it, although I saw myself.<br /> Wanted to look there again,<br /> But it was real and everybody saw it.<br /> When it was shown, pointed out to them,<br /> S.e.xisting, s.e.x.exciting<br /> Written where it doesn't show.<br /> What do we see, the product or the message.<br /> So hard to tell I don't know.<br /> <br /> [Chorus]<br /> But it's not imagination<br /> Not imagination<br /> It's not me, look and see for yourself.<br /> <br /> === That's... All... There... Is.... ===<br /> <br /> At the end of the album, four words are sung: &quot;That's all there is.&quot; (Some CD and vinyl releases are missing this ending, unfortunately.) This sentence was created from music that appeared in four different songs on the album. The words were extracted from the songs and then spliced together.<br /> <br /> The words come from:<br /> <br /> ; That's<br /> : &quot;I'm your security, ''that's'' what they say&quot; (from [[I Am A Camera]], 1:38)<br /> <br /> ; All<br /> : &quot;''All'' through the night&quot; (from [[All Through The Night]], various places)<br /> <br /> ; There<br /> : &quot;Now ''they're'' mine no more&quot; (from [[Heroes No More]], 1:29)<br /> <br /> ; Is<br /> :&quot;Everything ''is'' spinning 'round&quot; (from [[Inside Out]], 4:27).<br /> <br /> This information was uncovered by [[Daniel Barrett]] and Marc Caroul.<br /> <br /> === Heroes No More ===<br /> <br /> (Bonus track)<br /> <br /> '' - Lyrics from [[Proclamation (magazine)|Proclamation]] issue #4''<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> They were standing there - they were so near, yet so far away.<br /> Were they so unreal? Just a dream of someone to be one day?<br /> <br /> There was endless fame. They were heroes, now they're souvenirs.<br /> And through changing years I can still remember - no quite so clear.<br /> <br /> Heroes no more -<br /> Stay with me still.<br /> I dream. I hope. I always will.<br /> <br /> Now they're mine no more as they stand there in the glowing light.<br /> I see every face like my own, but that was another night.<br /> <br /> Now they're just a dream of the time known ever left to fall.<br /> Soon the game begins, but those heroes yours always to recall.<br /> <br /> Heroes no more -<br /> Stay with me still.<br /> I dream. I hope. I always will.<br /> <br /> == Liner notes ==<br /> <br /> &lt;cite&gt; These liner notes are reproduced with the kind permission of the Terrapin Trucking (UK) Ltd. &lt;/cite&gt;<br /> <br /> The twelfth and final Gentle Giant album, 'Civilian', appeared in the spring of 1980, a little over a decade after the bands formation. After ten studio albums in as many years, the band had built up a formidable back catalog of distinctive music which had consistently polarized listeners and defied categorization. True, there had been a steady shift toward a more accessible style, especially after the release of 'Interview' in 1976, but the diverse influences which had been so adroitly combined on their earlier recordings had continued to set their music apart throughout their career.<br /> <br /> 'Civilian' was the final stage in Giant's move toward a more mainstream approach. It was unique among their albums in that the material was written and recorded in America, the territory in which the group had increasingly seen their greatest chance of commercial success. From the outset, vocalist Derek Shulman had shouldered much of the responsibility of dealing with the business side of Gentle Giant, and by the late Seventies, whilst continuing as an active band member, had effectively assumed the role of manager. His decision to relocate in Los Angeles in 1979, the first and only year of the band's existence during which there was no new Giant album, reflected the group's desire to succeed in the US marketplace.<br /> <br /> With Derek settled in California, and after a longer than usual break from the routine of writing, recording, and touring, Gentle Giant reconvened late the same year to begin work on a new album. With a view to achieving a more Transatlantic feel, the band moved temporarily to Los Angeles, where the material for 'Civilian' took shape over a five month period stretching into early 1980. Keyboard player Kerry Minnear, by this time married and with a young daughter, found the exercise something of a strain: 'I must say I didn't really like it over there... I found LA an uncomfortable place, rather threatening. We spent four months writing and another month recording, but I don't have particularly fond memories of any of it.'<br /> <br /> Bassist Ray Shulman was equally unimpressed: 'I had a horrible time... I hated the whole process of going over to California to write, it seemed so unnatural. It definitely wasn't a good experience for me, although I would have to admit it proved quite interesting.'<br /> <br /> Whether the band achieved their goal of a more American ambience is open to debate. 'Civilian' is for the most part, a fairly straightforward high-energy rock album, undoubtedly a musical vindication of Giant's decision to move further towards the rock mainstream, and the logical conclusion of the work begun on 1977's 'The Missing Piece' and continued on 'Giant for a Day' the following year. As for a more American flavor, the main concession to US taste is probably in the song structures, which are generally uncomplicated, but somehow Gentle Giant retained a quintessentially English quality despite all their efforts to accommodate the American ear.<br /> <br /> Starting with 'Convenience (Clean and Easy)', a blistering opener which focuses on the American way of life, 'Civilian' once again shows Giant's ability to write and play in a number of styles. Although the medieval influence has almost totally disappeared, the brooding magnificence of 'Inside Out' and the delicate keyboard work on 'Shadows on the Street', the latter reminiscent of mid-Seventies pieces such as 'Freehand' and 'No God's a Man', maintain the Gentle Giant tradition. Elsewhere, upbeat rock numbers are littered with the prominent motifs and complex instrumental interplay which had always characterized the band's output.<br /> <br /> As a bonus on this, the first reissue of 'Civilian', and therefore it's first outing on CD, a rare previously-unissued tack is included. The sheer complexity of Giant's music and the lengthy process of recording each number to their own exacting standards, meant that the band committed hardly anything to tape which did not make it onto a finished album. 'Heroes' was a rare exception. Recorded during the 'Civilian' sessions, it failed to appear only because of the need to keep running times down on the old vinyl format. Sadly, the original 24-track master of 'Heroes' has been lost so a cassette copy has been used to allow it's inclusion here, but any loss of quality is more than offset by it's rarity value.<br /> <br /> Despite the obvious strength and immediacy of 'Civilian', opinions of the album differ widely within the group. Ray Shulman's intense dislike of the American experience probably goes a long way to explaining his antipathy. He has previously described it as 'a disaster', and more recently said: 'It didn't feel as if it was going anywhere... Even now, I just can't listen to it.&quot; Kerry Minnear found himself contributing more to this album than to it's immediate predecessors, and professes himself to be happy with the results. Drummer John Weathers, the only member of Giant still gigging (with Welsh survivors Man), remains most enthusiastic: 'It was a fantastic album... There's some tremendous stuff on there. For me 'Number One' is one of the best things we ever recorded.'<br /> <br /> Sadly for the faithful few, 'Civilian' was to be Gentle Giant's swansong. After a short break, the band met in New York for some promotional work prior to their scheduled Spring tour of the States. Kerry had never enjoyed touring, but now the prospect of a lengthy separation from his wife and child whenever the band took to the road was enough to convince him that it was time to call it a day. He broached the subject with Derek during their stay in New York and was surprised to find that the vocalist had been thinking along much the same lines. Considering it better - and fairer - to do so sooner rather than later, the two immediately announced their decision to quit. There was no question of Gentle Giant continuing without them, and the group went on to fulfill their live obligations in the knowledge that they would be their last.<br /> <br /> Although bootleg recordings of gigs on this final tour show the band had lost none of its power and precision, it was an uncharacteristically undisciplined affair in other respects, as Ray Shulman later recalled, 'It was very decadent in a way, very drunken... I remember our last gig in Milwaukee, we had this crazy prize-giving ceremony, issuing all our road crew with different 'trophies'. The crowd couldn't work it out - They'd come to see a music show, and instead there was this mad spectacle. It became remarkably self-indulgent at times.'<br /> <br /> Since Gentle Giant's demise, the Shulman brothers have remained active within the music business, Derek choosing to stay in the States to work for Phonogram, and later running his own label. Ray, meanwhile, returned to England to pursue a career as a producer, initially working with acts on the One Little Indian label, but more recently branching out to build his reputation through work with other artists. Kerry Minnear spent the early Eighties working with a Christian group in Cornwall, contributing to several 'praise tapes', including a collection of Christmas carols for which he wrote new arrangements. These days he makes his living from teaching music, and from the occasional foray into the world of TV music, but has plans to record an album of his more recent compositions when time and money permit.<br /> <br /> Guitarist Gary Green elected to stay in America, and according to Ray lives 'somewhere in the middle of nowhere, occasionally putting in an appearance with local bands.' Meanwhile John Weathers thunders on, as powerful as ever, propelling Man to further glories.<br /> <br /> 'Civilian' was the last in a line of strikingly original albums, each with it's own character, but each recorded with the same care and attention to detail. Gentle Giant were a unique proposition, five talented musicians with the ability to blend widely differing musical traditions into a coherent whole. Ray Shulman later summed up the band's philosophy thus: 'We could never see the point in doing anything twice - we are always looking for something new, something different.' Kerry Minnear contends that 'The chemistry between us was something you could never reproduce - I don't think any of us could ever find it with anyone else. It was a thoroughly professional band, almost total co-operation and tremendous mutual support.'<br /> <br /> Their music is undoubtedly not to everyone's taste, but for those who take the time and trouble to listen, the rewards are considerable.<br /> <br /> ''- Alan Kinsman. With thanks for their assistance to Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman and John 'Pugwash' Weathers.''<br /> <br /> == Press release ==<br /> <br /> ''This is a Civilian press release, circa 1980.''<br /> <br /> Since the release of their first album in 1971, the members of Gentle Giant have enjoyed a continuing reputation as one of the first and best of England's &quot;progressive&quot; bands. They're one of the longest-lasting as well; the present line-up consists of four founding members plus drummer John Weathers, who has been in the band for seven years and as many albums.<br /> <br /> The Giant's longevity has been no easy thing to come by. The band has survived trials that would rend lesser groups asunder within months: slow acceptance in their homeland; lack of record label support in the vital early stages of their development; the pressures of international touring without adequate preparation; and the obvious difficulties that come with bringing forth music that's adventurous and &quot;different&quot; and with finding an audience for it.<br /> <br /> There's plenty in the other side of the balance, and that's what's kept Gentle Giant alive and continuing to adventure. An audience came to Gentle Giant relatively quickly--an international audience, bringing the band fans throughout Europe and North America. The determined spirit of the members of Gentle Giant is not to be dismissed lightly; never has there been any attempt to disband in the face of adversity. And, certainly, there's the music. With their opening out of what had been standard and accepted forms of rock and roll, the members of Gentle Giant make major contributions to the post-Sgt. Pepper listening generation.<br /> <br /> All of which is a rather grand way of putting what the group themselves tend to understate. Indeed, when home-turf critics began to dismiss Gentle Giant's early albums as overreaching in their drawings from classical, jazz and pop forms, the group provided a cheerfully disdainful reply--by lighting up a huge, flashing &quot;Pretentious&quot; sign behind themselves onstage during some of the more sophisticated passages.<br /> <br /> Derek and Ray Shulman, together with a third brother, Phil, began their musical careers in a number of bands playing dance music--not disco in those days, but largely rhythm and blues. The most notable early incarnation of the Shulman brothers was an organization named [[Simon Dupree and the Big Sound]] (Derek was &quot;Simon Dupree&quot; in the event that anybody would inquire), who recorded an album and a few singles--two of which, &quot;Kites&quot; and &quot;For Whom The Bell Tolls,&quot; place in the British charts.<br /> <br /> As the Shulmans played more and more, they began to grow dissatisfied with what was essentially a limiting format. &quot;We were getting more familiar with our instruments,&quot; explains Derek. &quot;It was a natural enough progression, really, growing from our own increased musical awareness and from simple boredom with playing the same old things all of the time.&quot;<br /> <br /> The Shulmans took a year off before regrouping as Gentle Giant in 1970. Joining them at that time were blues and jazz guitarist Gary Green, a Royal Academy of Music graduate keyboardist Kerry Minnear, and the first of a succession of drummers that would end three years later with the permanent addition of John Weathers--an alumnus of the Graham Bond Organization and the Grease Band. Phil Shulman retired in 1972.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> [[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. &quot;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,&quot; says Derek.<br /> <br /> 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. &quot;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.&quot;<br /> <br /> The result is available for all to hear. &quot;the ardent fans who have loved us should be pleased, but I think we will be making some new fans, too.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;[[Civilian]] isn't a concept album as such, but it does have the thread of what we're thinking about running through it. The lyrics aren't quite as personal as they may have been in the past; they're much more--how shall I say it?--aware. But there's no heavy social content. We're not politicians, after all. We come from an urban environment, and we try to bring that into our music. When the record goes on the turntable, people will know immediately what the song's about.&quot;<br /> <br /> In support of the album, Gentle Giant are preparing for a lengthy touring schedule. Derek says that they're looking forward to it. &quot;Back in the early days, being on the road was pretty harrowing. There's a saying among British musicians that if you can make it through your first U.S. tour, you'll be around for a long time. We did, and we have been. This time, we're going to put the album on the road and be a band again... a band of musicians, who enjoy what we're doing. We want to eat, breathe and live Gentle Giant. We're entering the decade with a really optimistic feeling.&quot;<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == CD Details ==<br /> <br /> The bonus track &quot;Heroes&quot; on the [[Terrapin]] disc (RGF CD 1008 or TRUCKCD 008) was taken from a cassette tape and is of low quality. The [[One Way]] and [[DRT]] releases used the real master tape.<br /> <br /> === Defects ===<br /> <br /> Terrapin disc:<br /> <br /> * The final words sung on the album, &quot;That's all there is,&quot; are missing.<br /> <br /> * There is a &quot;click&quot; at 3:36 in track 7, &quot;Inside Out.&quot; Also, at 3:08, there is a barely audible dropout.<br /> <br /> * In all track listings, the title of track 5 is incorrectly given as &quot;All Through The Night&quot; (duplicating the title of track 2). The correct title is &quot;Underground.&quot; (This was fixed in a later pressing.)<br /> <br /> * In the lyrics section, the title &quot;Shadows on the Street&quot; is incorrectly written as &quot;Shadows in the Street.&quot; This error also appears on the original LP sleeve.<br /> <br /> One Way Records CD:<br /> <br /> * Same &quot;click&quot; and dropout as the Terrapin disc. The other Terrapin problems are NOT present.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Civilian review by Steve Lottich]]<br /> * [[Civilian review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Civilian George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == Articles ==<br /> <br /> * [[Excerpt from Beware Radio 1984]]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_(album) Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with John Weathers]]<br /> [[Category:Civilian]]<br /> [[Category:One Way Records]]<br /> [[Category:Terrapin Trucking]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Acquiring_the_Taste&diff=11826 2026-09-06T18:57:35Z

<p>Dan: /* CD releases */</p> <hr /> <div>{{otheruses|article=Acquiring the Taste}}<br /> {{album<br /> | year=1971<br /> | inFirstTwelveAlbums=2<br /> | isOfficial=yes<br /> | isLive=no<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=att.gif<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == About the Album ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's second album was a departure from the blues and soul influences found on their [[Gentle Giant (album)|debut]]&lt;nowiki&gt;: more experimental, more dissonant, and even more diverse instrumentation. From the liner notes: &lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt; &quot;Acquiring the taste is the second phase of sensory pleasure. If you've gorged yourself on our first album, then relish the finer flavours (we hope) of this, our second offering.<br /> <br /> &quot;It is our goal to expand the frontiers of contemporary music at the risk of being very unpopular. we have recorded each composition with the one thought - that it should be unique, adventurous and fascinating. It has taken every shred of our combined musical and technical knowledge to achieve this.<br /> <br /> &quot;From the outset we have abandoned all preconceived thoughts on blatant commercialism. Instead we hope to give you something far more substantial and fulfilling. All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste.&quot;<br /> <br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> This album was also released in the [[Motive]] series by Mercury, but only the word &quot;Motive&quot; appears on the cover, so it looks like the album title.<br /> <br /> === Musicians ===<br /> <br /> [[Gary Green]] - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, 12 string wah-wah guitar, donkey's jawbone, cat calls, voice<br /> <br /> [[Kerry Minnear]] - electric piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, Moog, piano, celeste, clavichord, harpsichord, tympani, maracas, lead vocals<br /> <br /> [[Derek Shulman]] - alto sax, clavichord, cowbell, lead vocals<br /> <br /> [[Phil Shulman]] - alto &amp;amp; tenor sax, clarinet, trumpet, piano, claves, maracas, lead vocals<br /> <br /> [[Ray Shulman]] - bass, violin, viola, electric violin, Spanish guitar, tambourine, 12 string guitar, organ bass pedals, skulls, vocals<br /> <br /> [[Martin Smith]] - drums, tambourine, gongs, side drum<br /> <br /> Assisted by [[Paul Cosh]] (trumpet, organ) and [[Tony Visconti]] (recorder, bass drum, triangle).<br /> <br /> (Dan's note: other members of the band played recorder too, though this is not listed on the album cover.)<br /> <br /> Other liner notes:<br /> <br /> We are deeply indebted to:<br /> [[Martin Rushent]], Big A and Garybaldi at [[Advision Studios]]<br /> Bill Price at A.I.R. Studios<br /> [[Chris Thomas]] - Moog Programmer<br /> [[Paul Cosh]] - Ace Trumpeter and Good Viber<br /> Park - Amplifiers that don't give up<br /> <br /> Produced by [[Tony Visconti]]<br /> <br /> (Arranged by Gentle Giant)<br /> <br /> All pieces written by: [[Shulman, Shulman, Shulman and Minnear]]<br /> All selections published by Dick James Music, Inc. (BMI)<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # [[Pantagruel's Nativity]] (6:50)<br /> # [[Edge Of Twilight]] (3:47)<br /> # [[The House, The Street, The Room]] (6:01)<br /> # [[Acquiring The Taste (song)|Acquiring The Taste]] (1:36)<br /> # [[Wreck]] (4:36)<br /> # [[The Moon Is Down]] (4:45)<br /> # [[Black Cat]] (3:51)<br /> # [[Plain Truth]] (7:36)<br /> <br /> == Lyrics ==<br /> <br /> {{lyrics permission}}<br /> <br /> '' - submitted by Jerry McCarthy''<br /> <br /> === Pantagruel's Nativity ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]<br /> <br /> How can I laugh or cry<br /> When my mind is sorely torn?<br /> [[Badabec]] had to die<br /> Fair [[Pantagruel]] is born<br /> Shall I weep, yes, for why?<br /> Then laugh and show my scorn<br /> <br /> Born with a strength untold<br /> Foreseen to have great age<br /> Set in [[Gargantua|Gargantuan]] mould,<br /> Joyful laugh, yet quick to rage<br /> Princely wisdom, habits bold;<br /> Power, glory, lauded sage<br /> <br /> Pantagruel born -- the earth was dry and burning<br /> In Paradise dear Badabec prays for him<br /> Pantagruel born -- the earth was dry and burning<br /> In Paradise dear Badabec prays for him.<br /> <br /> Pantagruel born -- the earth was dry and burning<br /> In Paradise dear Badabec prays for him<br /> <br /> How can I laugh or cry<br /> When my mind is sorely torn?<br /> Badabec had to die;<br /> Fair Pantagruel is born<br /> Shall I weep, yes, for why?<br /> Then laugh and show my scorn.<br /> <br /> === Edge Of Twilight ===<br /> <br /> {{otheruses|article=Edge of Twilight}}<br /> Lead vocals: [[Kerry]]<br /> <br /> The moon is down<br /> Casting its shadow over the night-haunted town<br /> Mystical figures under the silence of light<br /> <br /> The trembling air<br /> Drifts slowly unseen over the houses there<br /> And echoes changing into the voices of night<br /> <br /> On the edge of twilight whispering<br /> Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper,<br /> On the edge of twilight whispering<br /> Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper<br /> <br /> Elusive time<br /> In limbo active in never ending mime<br /> The edge of twilight into the darkness of day<br /> <br /> === The House, The Street, The Room ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]]<br /> <br /> The room and street are known only to me and a few<br /> I won't tell nobody<br /> A place to meet where no-one can tell you what to do<br /> I won't tell nobody<br /> Here,<br /> Awake in sleep<br /> Together<br /> <br /> My time is spent in chains and confusion in my head<br /> I don't tell nobody<br /> I keep my pains and swallow the harsh tears that I shed<br /> I don't tell nobody<br /> Here,<br /> In reverie<br /> Together<br /> <br /> I find escape in the street, in the house, in the room<br /> I become somebody<br /> I cast my die and leave all my troubles in the room<br /> I become somebody<br /> Here,<br /> Awake in sleep<br /> Together<br /> <br /> === Acquiring The Taste ===<br /> <br /> ''Instrumental''<br /> <br /> === Wreck ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]] (verses), [[Kerry]] (middle section)<br /> <br /> The ship's rising up from the sea to the sky heyeheh Hold on<br /> Just one sorry scream and a desperate cry heyeheh Hold on<br /> Their lives pass before them before they die heyeheh --<br /> <br /> The sea yawns around like a boiling hell heyeheh hold on<br /> And souls disappear with the toll of that bell heyeheh hold on<br /> The arms of the sea they are dragging them down heyeheh hold on<br /> And sorrows and sins they are lost as they drown heyeheh --<br /> <br /> How strange when you think that the sea was their way;<br /> And a meaningless death is the price they pay<br /> For their living was made from the deep<br /> To their people in comfort and keep<br /> Keep all their people and places there<br /> Never to be seen again, never to be loved and their last embrace --<br /> And the kiss has a salt bitter taste<br /> <br /> Now all that remains is the deep cruel sea heyeheh hold on<br /> And wreckage of things that used to be heyeheh hold on<br /> No stone marks the place of that watery grave heyeheh hold on<br /> Together they die both the weak and the brave heyeheh hold on<br /> <br /> The arms of the sea.... etc.<br /> <br /> === The Moon Is Down ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Derek]], [[Phil]]<br /> <br /> And the horse riding up through the red skies<br /> The moon is down<br /> With a gold coloured bird through the cloud flies<br /> The moon is down<br /> Look East to the Sun, Oh where do they run<br /> Look East to the Sun, Oh where do they run<br /> They live in my dreams,<br /> in my dreams, in my dreams<br /> <br /> And the Moon and the Earth they were mating<br /> The moon is down<br /> And the Angels of hell they were waiting<br /> The moon is down<br /> Oh bride of the winds, Reward for their sins<br /> Oh bride of the winds, Reward for their sins<br /> They live in my dreams,<br /> in my dreams, in my dreams<br /> <br /> There's a chaos of visions and voices<br /> Sad is the laugh of the clown<br /> now the old moon is down.<br /> <br /> === Black Cat ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: [[Phil]]<br /> <br /> There's a cat prowling through the streets at night<br /> And she's black and her eyes are burning yellow<br /> fierce and bright<br /> The lights are darkened;<br /> Senses sharpened;<br /> Wide awake<br /> <br /> As she acts out her past of Jungle days<br /> When the night was her friend in many other<br /> different ways<br /> It gave protection<br /> Of detection<br /> By her prey<br /> <br /> With a sway and swing she walks away<br /> And the look in her eye it never seems<br /> to say<br /> The way she's feeling<br /> No revealing,<br /> Black Cat Ways<br /> <br /> === Plain Truth ===<br /> <br /> Lead vocals: ensemble (verses), [[Derek]] (chorus)<br /> <br /> ''[[Gary]]: &quot;Tell [[Frank Covey|Frank]] to order me...uh...two Wimpeys and a portion of chips, will ya? With onions, and tomato sauce on the chips, please.&quot;''<br /> <br /> Why do you question<br /> When there's no answer told?<br /> Plain truth is nothing<br /> You can't buy it when it's sold<br /> <br /> Save all your money<br /> And they won't reason why<br /> Why all the worry?<br /> They'll spend it when you die<br /> <br /> Chorus:<br /> Don't look for something<br /> Plain truth is nothing,<br /> nothing but the plain truth<br /> <br /> You stand and wonder<br /> Just let it warm your skin<br /> Take all the living<br /> Live life and let it win<br /> <br /> Plain truth means nothing<br /> Cry, laugh and cry again<br /> You question answers<br /> Born, live and die, Amen<br /> <br /> Chorus:<br /> Don't look for something<br /> Plain truth is nothing,<br /> nothing but the plain truth<br /> <br /> ''first and second verse and chorus''<br /> <br /> {{cool stuff}}<br /> <br /> {{scores for album}}<br /> <br /> == Defects ==<br /> <br /> On numerous CD releases, the first two notes of track 4, &quot;Acquiring the Taste&quot; are out of tune. In fact, the first note slides upward and sounds strangely &quot;filtered&quot; as well. Some people believe this is not a defect because their vinyl versions of the song also begin this way. But some vinyl versions do not. A correct answer has finally been obtained from the composer, [[Kerry Minnear]]. Yes, it is a defect. In fact, Kerry has never even heard the &quot;bending&quot; version of the piece! He guesses that maybe someone damaged a master tape and then tried to repair it. [Big thanks to [[Geir Hasnes]] for tracking down the answer!]<br /> <br /> The compilation album [[Edge of Twilight (album)|Edge of Twilight]] does not have the &quot;bent first note&quot; defect.<br /> <br /> The LINE CD release from the 1990s misspells the album title as &quot;Aquiring the Taste&quot; on the spine of the case.<br /> <br /> == Reviews ==<br /> <br /> * [[Acquiring the Taste review by Glen Bourgeois]]<br /> * [[Acquiring the Taste review by Jason Rubin]]<br /> * [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/gentle.htm#Taste George Starostin review]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquiring_the_Taste Wikipedia entry]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Albums with Derek Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Phil Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Ray Shulman]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Kerry Minnear]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Gary Green]]<br /> [[Category:Albums with Martin Smith]]<br /> [[Category:Acquiring the Taste]]<br /> [[Category:Vertigo]]<br /> [[Category:PolyGram]]<br /> [[Category:Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.]]<br /> [[Category:LINE Records]]<br /> [[Category:Repertoire Records]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Unreleased_boxed_set_from_PolyGram&diff=11825 2026-08-08T12:18:48Z

<p>Dan: Redirected page to PolyGram unreleased boxed set</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[PolyGram unreleased boxed set]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Live_In_Brussels_1974&diff=11824 2026-07-07T12:07:00Z

<p>Dan: Dan moved page Live In Brussels 1974 to Live in Brussels 1974</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Live in Brussels 1974]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Live_in_Brussels_1974&diff=11823 2026-07-07T12:07:00Z

<p>Dan: Dan moved page Live In Brussels 1974 to Live in Brussels 1974</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2025<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Live In Brussels 1974.png<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Live In Brussels 1974''' is a bootleg on the Homespun label. The track list appears to be the audio from the German ZDF TV program found [[Giant On The Box]].<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # The Runaway<br /> # Excerpts From Octopus<br /> # Advent Of Panurge<br /> # So Sincere</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Capitol_Studios,_West_Hollywood,_California,_February_13,_1975&diff=11822 2026-06-16T11:08:20Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2022<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Capitol Studios West Hollywood 1975.jpg<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Capitol Studios, West Hollywood, California, February 13, 1975''' is a vinyl bootleg on the Outsider Records label. It may be the same concert as [[Proclamation - Live 1975]].<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # Experience<br /> # So Sincere<br /> # The Advent of Panurge<br /> # Mister Class and Quality?</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=File:Greatest-ever-prog-rock-box.jpg&diff=11821 2026-06-14T23:33:04Z

<p>Dan: Dan uploaded a new version of File:Greatest-ever-prog-rock-box.jpg</p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Album covers]]<br /> [[Category:Albums by various artists]]</div>

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<p>Dan: /* Tribute Albums */</p> <hr /> <div>All [[Gentle Giant]] albums.<br /> <br /> == The Original 12 Albums ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant released 11 studio albums and [[Playing the Fool|one live album]] during their career from 1970 to 1980.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (album)|gg.gif|Gentle Giant}}<br /> | {{dlink|Acquiring the Taste|att-front.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends|tf-eu.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Octopus|octopus-eu.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Glass House|iagh.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Power and the Glory|tpatg.gif}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Free Hand|fh.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Interview|interview.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Fool: The Official Live|ptf.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece|tmp.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant for a Day|gfad.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Civilian|civilian.gif}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Later Releases ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's popularity rose again in the 1990s and beyond, as these later releases (and some new [[#Compilation Albums|compilations]] and [[#Tribute Albums|tribute albums]]) attest. Each of these contains unreleased material from Gentle Giant's lifetime.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|In Concert|bbc.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Out of the Woods|ootw.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Last Steps|laststep.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Under Construction|uc.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents|kbfh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Out of the Fire|ootf.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Totally Out of the Woods|tootw.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Rome 1974|liverome.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In'terview in Concert|iic.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Palesport House|palesport.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Experience (album)|explive.jpg|Experience}}<br /> | {{dlink|Artistically Cryme|artcryme.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Endless Life|endless-official.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Face|missingface-glasshouse.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prologue (album)|prologue-alt.jpg|Prologue}}<br /> | {{dlink|Part of Their Past|potp.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Scraping the Barrel|scraping.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Cleveland|playcleveland.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Live in New York 1975|liveinny.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Santa Monica 1975|santamonica1975.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Stockholm '75|live-in-stockholm-med.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|King Alfred's College Winchester|Kingalfs1971.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Memories Of Old Days (album)|Memories-of-old-days-4cd.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live at the Bicentennial|live_at_the_bicentennial.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Three Piece Suite|three piece suite.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Unburied Treasure|unburied treasure.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980|front row center cover.png}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Compilation Albums ==<br /> <br /> Numerous collections and greatest hits albums have appeared over the years.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Three Friends|ggtf.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Steps - The First Five Years|gsteps.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Edits|giantedits.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Pretentious - For the Sake of It|pretentious.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (Motive)|motive.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (Super Star)|superstar.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Original Studio Gentle Giant, Vol 1|tosggv1.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Original Studio Gentle Giant, Vol 2|tosggv2.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Inside Gentle Giant|Inside_gentle_giant.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Circling Round the Gentle Giant|circling.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Il Rock|ilrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Il Grande Rock|ilg.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Champions of Rock|champions.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Edge of Twilight (album)|eot.jpg|Edge of Twilight}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; In'terview|gg-int-russian-2cd.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Free Hand &amp; In'terview|fhint.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece &amp; Giant for a Day|mpgfad.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Fool &amp; Civilian|ptfciv.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Essential of Gentle Giant|essential.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Acquiring the Taste|gg-att.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Octopus|gg-oct.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends &amp; Octopus|tf-oct.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends &amp; Free Hand|tf-fh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Octopus &amp; The Power and the Glory|oct-tpatg.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|In a Glass House &amp; Interview|iagh-int.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece &amp; Giant for a Day (Russian)|tmp-gfad-russian.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Way of Life (album)|wayoflife.jpg|Way of Life}}<br /> | {{dlink|I Lost My Head (The Chrysalis Years 1975-1980)|ilostmyhead.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant/Acquiring the Taste (2012)|gg-att-2012.jpg|Gentle Giant/Acquiring the Taste}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends/Octopus (2013)|tf-oct-2013.jpg|Three Friends/Octopus}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Unburied Treasure CD sampler|Unburied treasure cd sampler.jpg}}<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Unofficial Recordings on LP or CD ==<br /> <br /> These recordings are legal in some countries, but not in others. See my [[bootleg]] policy.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Amongst the Darkers|darkers.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Foole - A Stake in the Heart|foole.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Foole in Wonderland|ptfiw.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gargantua|gargantua.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Last Giant Step|lgs.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Steps Forward|forward.gif}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Electronic Genius|elec-genius.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ultrasonic 75|ultra.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Glass House Tour '74|gh74.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Toad in the Hole|toad.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In'terview in Concert (bootleg)|iic.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Palesport House (bootleg)|palesport.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Playing for Fools|pff.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prologue (bootleg)|prologue.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Artistically Cryme (bootleg)|artcryme.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Dog's Life (bootleg)|dogslife.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant Complete MP3's|mp3-all-russian.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Face (bootleg)|missingface.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Cleveland (bootleg version)|playcleveland.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Endless Life (bootleg)|endless.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Santa Monica Freeway|smf.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece Tour|mpt.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Baltimore 1975|baltimore.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Azrael's Tear (album)|azt.jpg|Azrael's Tear}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Hollywood Bowl|hollywoodbowl.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Czech Out|czechout.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gothenburg|gothenburg.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Watford|watford.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live Quebec 1973 Palais Montcalm|GG_PalaisMontcalm_front.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The WLIR FM Sessions|fm-lir-sessions.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|City Hermit: British Radio Sessions &amp; Rare Early Tracks 1970-1972|city_hermit_british_radio_sessions.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ohio Runaway|Ohio Runaway cover.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Capitol Studios, West Hollywood, California, February 13, 1975|Capitol Studios West Hollywood 1975.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live In Brussels 1974|Live_In_Brussels_1974.png}}<br /> | {{dlink|Proclamation - Live 1975|Proclamation Live 1975.png}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Tribute Albums ==<br /> <br /> These albums contain Gentle Giant compositions played by other artists, or music based on Gentle Giant samples. Also see some GG [[tribute bands]], a [[list of artists who covered Gentle Giant]], and [[:Category:GORGG albums|albums by members of GORGG]].<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Tracks|tracks-square.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant for a Life|gfal.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|knots (album)|knots.jpg|knots}}<br /> | {{dlink|Great Gargantuas|great gargantuas.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ibrido Hot Six Plays Acquiring The Taste|ibrido-att.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Other Face of the Gentle Giant - Live|The-other-face-of-the-gentle-giant.jpg}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Sampler Albums ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant pieces have been included in some multi-artist sampler albums.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Do It Rock|doitrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Vertigo Trip|vtrip.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Suck It and See|ssas.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Progressives|progressives.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|J. L. Marsh &amp;amp; Musicland &quot;Sampler&quot;|jlmarsh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|What's in Store for You No. 2|wisfy2.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|What's in Store for You No. 3|wisfy3.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|T'anks for the Mammaries|tanks.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Hotter and Tighter|hotter.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Hot Shots|hotshots.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Rock Legends|rocklegends.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Rock Heroes|40rh.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Der Sampler 33|der.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Classics and Rarities 1969-1973 Volume One|vcar.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Munich City Nights|mcn.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|And the Heavens Cried|athc.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Supernatural Fairy Tales|sft.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prog Rock Anthems|pra.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Symphonic Rock|symphrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Show that Never Ends|theshow.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Still Dizzy After All These Years|stilldizzy.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Legends of Rock: The Progressive Rockers|lortpr.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Legends of Rock: The British Rock Invasion|lortbri.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Best of Progressive Rock|bestofprog.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|I Love You|iloveyou.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Lost Gems|lostgems.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Art Rock Live|artrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Best Prog Album in the World Ever|bestprogalbum.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Easy Rider|easyrider.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Life:Styles Vol.3 Compiled by Kenny Dope|life-styles-kenny-dope.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Greatest Hits of Acid Rock|greatest-hits-acid-rock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Dock Rock presents Classic Rock Weekend|classic-rock-weekend.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Wondrous Stories|Wondrous Stories cover.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prog Rocks|prog-rocks.png}}<br /> | {{dlink|Greatest Ever! Prog Rock, The Definitive Collection|Greatest-ever-prog-rock-box.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Produced by Tony Visconti|Produced by Tony Visconti.jpg}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Singles ==<br /> <br /> See [[singles]].<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[List of Gentle Giant songs]]<br /> * [[List of artists who covered Gentle Giant]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Discographies]]<br /> [[Category:Gentle Giant]]<br /> [[Category:Music]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=11818 2026-06-14T23:28:55Z

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Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=11817 2026-06-14T23:27:25Z

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Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Gentle_Giant_discography&diff=11816 2026-06-14T23:24:11Z

<p>Dan: /* Unofficial Recordings on LP or CD */ Capitol Studios West Hollywood 1975</p> <hr /> <div>All [[Gentle Giant]] albums.<br /> <br /> == The Original 12 Albums ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant released 11 studio albums and [[Playing the Fool|one live album]] during their career from 1970 to 1980.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (album)|gg.gif|Gentle Giant}}<br /> | {{dlink|Acquiring the Taste|att-front.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends|tf-eu.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Octopus|octopus-eu.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Glass House|iagh.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Power and the Glory|tpatg.gif}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Free Hand|fh.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Interview|interview.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Fool: The Official Live|ptf.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece|tmp.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant for a Day|gfad.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Civilian|civilian.gif}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Later Releases ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's popularity rose again in the 1990s and beyond, as these later releases (and some new [[#Compilation Albums|compilations]] and [[#Tribute Albums|tribute albums]]) attest. Each of these contains unreleased material from Gentle Giant's lifetime.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|In Concert|bbc.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Out of the Woods|ootw.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Last Steps|laststep.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Under Construction|uc.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents|kbfh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Out of the Fire|ootf.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Totally Out of the Woods|tootw.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Rome 1974|liverome.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In'terview in Concert|iic.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Palesport House|palesport.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Experience (album)|explive.jpg|Experience}}<br /> | {{dlink|Artistically Cryme|artcryme.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Endless Life|endless-official.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Face|missingface-glasshouse.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prologue (album)|prologue-alt.jpg|Prologue}}<br /> | {{dlink|Part of Their Past|potp.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Scraping the Barrel|scraping.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Cleveland|playcleveland.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Live in New York 1975|liveinny.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Santa Monica 1975|santamonica1975.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Stockholm '75|live-in-stockholm-med.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|King Alfred's College Winchester|Kingalfs1971.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Memories Of Old Days (album)|Memories-of-old-days-4cd.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live at the Bicentennial|live_at_the_bicentennial.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Three Piece Suite|three piece suite.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Unburied Treasure|unburied treasure.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980|front row center cover.png}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Compilation Albums ==<br /> <br /> Numerous collections and greatest hits albums have appeared over the years.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Three Friends|ggtf.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Steps - The First Five Years|gsteps.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Edits|giantedits.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Pretentious - For the Sake of It|pretentious.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (Motive)|motive.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (Super Star)|superstar.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Original Studio Gentle Giant, Vol 1|tosggv1.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Original Studio Gentle Giant, Vol 2|tosggv2.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Inside Gentle Giant|Inside_gentle_giant.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Circling Round the Gentle Giant|circling.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Il Rock|ilrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Il Grande Rock|ilg.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Champions of Rock|champions.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Edge of Twilight (album)|eot.jpg|Edge of Twilight}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; In'terview|gg-int-russian-2cd.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Free Hand &amp; In'terview|fhint.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece &amp; Giant for a Day|mpgfad.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Fool &amp; Civilian|ptfciv.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Essential of Gentle Giant|essential.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Acquiring the Taste|gg-att.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Octopus|gg-oct.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends &amp; Octopus|tf-oct.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends &amp; Free Hand|tf-fh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Octopus &amp; The Power and the Glory|oct-tpatg.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|In a Glass House &amp; Interview|iagh-int.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece &amp; Giant for a Day (Russian)|tmp-gfad-russian.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Way of Life (album)|wayoflife.jpg|Way of Life}}<br /> | {{dlink|I Lost My Head (The Chrysalis Years 1975-1980)|ilostmyhead.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant/Acquiring the Taste (2012)|gg-att-2012.jpg|Gentle Giant/Acquiring the Taste}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends/Octopus (2013)|tf-oct-2013.jpg|Three Friends/Octopus}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Unburied Treasure CD sampler|Unburied treasure cd sampler.jpg}}<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Unofficial Recordings on LP or CD ==<br /> <br /> These recordings are legal in some countries, but not in others. See my [[bootleg]] policy.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Amongst the Darkers|darkers.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Foole - A Stake in the Heart|foole.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Foole in Wonderland|ptfiw.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gargantua|gargantua.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Last Giant Step|lgs.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Steps Forward|forward.gif}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Electronic Genius|elec-genius.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ultrasonic 75|ultra.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Glass House Tour '74|gh74.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Toad in the Hole|toad.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In'terview in Concert (bootleg)|iic.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Palesport House (bootleg)|palesport.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Playing for Fools|pff.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prologue (bootleg)|prologue.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Artistically Cryme (bootleg)|artcryme.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Dog's Life (bootleg)|dogslife.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant Complete MP3's|mp3-all-russian.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Face (bootleg)|missingface.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Cleveland (bootleg version)|playcleveland.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Endless Life (bootleg)|endless.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Santa Monica Freeway|smf.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece Tour|mpt.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Baltimore 1975|baltimore.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Azrael's Tear (album)|azt.jpg|Azrael's Tear}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Hollywood Bowl|hollywoodbowl.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Czech Out|czechout.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gothenburg|gothenburg.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Watford|watford.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live Quebec 1973 Palais Montcalm|GG_PalaisMontcalm_front.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The WLIR FM Sessions|fm-lir-sessions.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|City Hermit: British Radio Sessions &amp; Rare Early Tracks 1970-1972|city_hermit_british_radio_sessions.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ohio Runaway|Ohio Runaway cover.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Capitol Studios, West Hollywood, California, February 13, 1975|Capitol Studios West Hollywood 1975.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live In Brussels 1974|Live_In_Brussels_1974.png}}<br /> | {{dlink|Proclamation - Live 1975|Proclamation Live 1975.png}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Tribute Albums ==<br /> <br /> These albums contain Gentle Giant compositions played by other artists, or music based on Gentle Giant samples. Also see some GG [[tribute bands]], a [[list of artists who covered Gentle Giant]], and [[:Category:GORGG albums|albums by members of GORGG]].<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Tracks|tracks-square.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant for a Life|gfal.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|knots (album)|knots.jpg|knots}}<br /> | {{dlink|Great Gargantuas|great gargantuas.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ibrido Hot Six Plays Acquiring The Taste|ibrido-att.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Other Face of the Gentle Giant - Live|The-other-face-of-the-gentle-giant.jpg}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Sampler Albums ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant pieces have been included in some multi-artist sampler albums.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Do It Rock|doitrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Vertigo Trip|vtrip.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Suck It and See|ssas.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Progressives|progressives.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|J. L. Marsh &amp;amp; Musicland &quot;Sampler&quot;|jlmarsh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|What's in Store for You No. 2|wisfy2.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|What's in Store for You No. 3|wisfy3.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|T'anks for the Mammaries|tanks.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Hotter and Tighter|hotter.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Hot Shots|hotshots.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Rock Legends|rocklegends.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Rock Heroes|40rh.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Der Sampler 33|der.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Classics and Rarities 1969-1973 Volume One|vcar.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Munich City Nights|mcn.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|And the Heavens Cried|athc.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Supernatural Fairy Tales|sft.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prog Rock Anthems|pra.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Symphonic Rock|symphrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Show that Never Ends|theshow.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Still Dizzy After All These Years|stilldizzy.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Legends of Rock: The Progressive Rockers|lortpr.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Legends of Rock: The British Rock Invasion|lortbri.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Best of Progressive Rock|bestofprog.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|I Love You|iloveyou.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Lost Gems|lostgems.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Art Rock Live|artrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Best Prog Album in the World Ever|bestprogalbum.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Easy Rider|easyrider.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Life:Styles Vol.3 Compiled by Kenny Dope|life-styles-kenny-dope.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Greatest Hits of Acid Rock|greatest-hits-acid-rock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Dock Rock presents Classic Rock Weekend|classic-rock-weekend.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Wondrous Stories|Wondrous Stories cover.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prog Rocks|prog-rocks.png}}<br /> | {{dlink|Greatest Ever! Prog Rock, The Definitive Collection|Greatest-ever-prog-rock-box.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Produced by Tony Visconti|Produced by Tony Visconti.jpg}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Singles ==<br /> <br /> See [[singles]].<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[List of Gentle Giant songs]]<br /> * [[List of artists who covered Gentle Giant]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Discographies]]<br /> [[Category:Gentle Giant]]<br /> [[Category:Music]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Proclamation_-_Live_1975&diff=11815 2026-06-14T23:22:43Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2026<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Proclamation Live 1975.png<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Proclamation - Live 1975''' is a bootleg on the Homespun label. From the track list, it looks like a rebranding of [[Playing the Foole - A Stake in the Heart]] or perhaps [[Capitol Studios, West Hollywood, California, February 13, 1975]].<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # Experience<br /> # So Sincere<br /> # The Advent of Panurge<br /> # Mister Class and Quality?</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Capitol_Studios,_West_Hollywood,_California,_February_13,_1975&diff=11814 2026-06-14T23:22:04Z

<p>Dan: Created page with &quot;{{album | year=2022 | isOfficial=no | isLive=yes | isCompilation=no | image=Capitol Studios West Hollywood 1975.jpg }} &#039;&#039;&#039;Capitol Studios, West Hollywood, California, February 13, 1975&#039;&#039;&#039; is a bootleg on the Outsider Records label. == Track List == # Cogs In Cogs # Proclamation # Funny Ways # Experience # So Sincere # The Advent of Panurge # Mister Class and Quality?&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2022<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Capitol Studios West Hollywood 1975.jpg<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Capitol Studios, West Hollywood, California, February 13, 1975''' is a bootleg on the Outsider Records label.<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # Experience<br /> # So Sincere<br /> # The Advent of Panurge<br /> # Mister Class and Quality?</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=File:Capitol_Studios_West_Hollywood_1975.jpg&diff=11813 2026-06-14T23:21:11Z

<p>Dan: Category:Album covers</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> [[Category:Album covers]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Live_in_Brussels_1974&diff=11812 2026-06-07T20:21:34Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2025<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Live In Brussels 1974.png<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Live In Brussels 1974''' is a bootleg on the Homespun label. The track list appears to be the audio from the German ZDF TV program found [[Giant On The Box]].<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # The Runaway<br /> # Excerpts From Octopus<br /> # Advent Of Panurge<br /> # So Sincere</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Live_in_Brussels_1974&diff=11811 2026-06-07T20:20:48Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2025<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Live In Brussels 1974.png<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Live In Brussels 1974''' is a bootleg on the Homespun label. This is probably the audio from the German ZDF-TV program found [[Giant On The Box]].<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # The Runaway<br /> # Excerpts From Octopus<br /> # Advent Of Panurge<br /> # So Sincere</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Egentilgen_Giant&diff=11810 2026-06-07T19:22:41Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Egentilgen Giant''' is a Swedish progressive rock band that records [[Gentle Giant]] songs. It was formed by [[Dan Bornemark]]. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They've created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos] of their in-house performances.<br /> <br /> == Musicians ==<br /> <br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/artist/4M3AbyPL4qW3ylfgFEdq3w Hjördis Bornemark] - vocals &amp; violin<br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/artist/17betNcuRBPcj7sJrruOTy Signe Bornemark] - vocals, percussion &amp; other stuff<br /> * [https://soundcloud.com/niklox Niklas Ekelund] - guitar<br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/user/fulcanelli Björn Wictor] - bass<br /> * Bengt Baadtoft Johnson - drums<br /> * [[Dan Bornemark]] - vocals, keyboards<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribute bands]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Egentilgen_Giant&diff=11809 2026-06-07T19:21:54Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Egentilgen Giant''' is a Swedish progressive rock band that records [[Gentle Giant]] songs. It was formed by [[Dan Bornemark]]. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They've created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos] of their in-house performances.<br /> <br /> == Musicians ==<br /> <br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/artist/4M3AbyPL4qW3ylfgFEdq3w Hjördis Bornemark] - vocals &amp; violin<br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/artist/17betNcuRBPcj7sJrruOTy Signe Bornemark] - vocals, percussion &amp; other stuff<br /> * Niklas Ekelund - guitar<br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/user/fulcanelli Björn Wictor] - bass<br /> * Bengt Baadtoft Johnson - drums<br /> * [[Dan Bornemark]] - vocals, keyboards<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribute bands]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Egentilgen_Giant&diff=11808 2026-06-07T19:21:29Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Egentilgen Giant''' is a Swedish progressive rock band that records [[Gentle Giant]] songs. It was formed by [[Dan Bornemark]]. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They've created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos] of their in-house performances.<br /> <br /> == Musicians ==<br /> <br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/artist/4M3AbyPL4qW3ylfgFEdq3w Hjördis Bornemark] - vocals &amp; violin<br /> * [https://open.spotify.com/artist/17betNcuRBPcj7sJrruOTy Signe Bornemark] - vocals, percussion &amp; other stuff<br /> * Niklas Ekelund - guitar<br /> * Björn Wictor - bass<br /> * Bengt Baadtoft Johnson - drums<br /> * [[Dan Bornemark]] - vocals, keyboards<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribute bands]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Egentilgen_Giant&diff=11807 2026-06-07T19:18:46Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Egentilgen Giant''' is a Swedish progressive rock band that records [[Gentle Giant]] songs. It was formed by [[Dan Bornemark]]. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They've created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos] of their in-house performances.<br /> <br /> == Musicians ==<br /> <br /> * Hjördis Bornemark - vocals &amp; violin<br /> * Signe Bornemark - vocals, percussion &amp; other stuff<br /> * Niklas Ekelund - guitar<br /> * Björn Wictor - bass<br /> * Bengt Baadtoft Johnson - drums<br /> * [[Dan Bornemark]] - vocals, keyboards<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribute bands]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Egentilgen_Giant&diff=11806 2026-06-07T19:17:42Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Egentilgen Giant''' is a Swedish progressive rock band that records [[Gentle Giant]] songs. It was formed by [[Dan Bornemark]]. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They've created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos] of their in-house performances.<br /> <br /> == Musicians ==<br /> <br /> * Hjördis Bornemark - vocals &amp; violin<br /> * Signe Bornemark - vocals, percussion &amp; other stuff<br /> * Niklas Ekelund - guitar<br /> * Björn Wictor - bass<br /> * Bengt Baadtoft Johnson - drums,<br /> * Bornemark - vocals, keyboards<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribute bands]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Egentilgen_Giant&diff=11805 2026-06-07T19:16:26Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Egentilgen Giant''' is a [[Gentle Giant]] tribute band formed by [[Dan Bornemark]]. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They've created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos] of their in-house performances.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribute bands]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Egentilgen_Giant&diff=11804 2026-06-07T19:16:18Z

<p>Dan: Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Egentilgen Giant&#039;&#039;&#039; is a Gentle Giant tribute band formed by Dan Bornemark. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They&#039;ve created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos] of their in-house performances. Category:Tribute bands&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>'''Egentilgen Giant''' is a [[Gentle Giant]] tribute band formed by [[Dan Bornemark]]. It features several of his family members and other musicians. They've created [https://www.youtube.com/@egentligengiant many YouTube videos]<br /> of their in-house performances.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribute bands]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Dan_Bornemark&diff=11803 2026-06-07T19:14:13Z

<p>Dan: </p> <hr /> <div>'''[http://danbornemark.se/ Dan Bornemark]''' of Sweden is one of Gentle Giant's most active fans. He created [[Scraping the Barrel]] and [[Under Construction]] and is a fine composer in his own right (see [[Fruiktsallad]] and more).<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]<br /> [[Category:Scraping the Barrel]]<br /> [[Category:Under Construction]]<br /> [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Gentle_Giant_Home_Page&diff=11802 2026-06-07T19:12:37Z

<p>Dan: /* Finding your way around */</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;homepagebanner&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;homepagebanner-text&quot;&gt;{{hello}}&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;homepagetopcontent&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;homepagenews&quot;&gt;<br /> == News ==<br /> {{news}}<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> __NOTOC__<br /> == Finding your way around ==<br /> {| class=&quot;home-page-browser&quot;<br /> |- align=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |class=&quot;treeview&quot; | '''Browse by category''':<br /> {{treeview}}<br /> |class=&quot;guidedtour&quot; | '''Guided tour''' (a few topics to get you started):<br /> * [[General topics]]<br /> * [[Albums and music]]<br /> * [[Fan activity]]<br /> * [[Concerts and memories]]<br /> * [[Music and MIDI files]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Contributing material ==<br /> <br /> Please [[Project:Contributing material|contribute material to this site]]!<br /> <br /> {{site stats}}<br /> <br /> This site receives about 20,000 visits per month (as of December 2023).<br /> <br /> [[Category:Web sites]]<br /> [[Category:Gentle Giant]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Gentle_Giant_discography&diff=11801 2026-06-07T12:25:42Z

<p>Dan: /* Unofficial Recordings on LP or CD */</p> <hr /> <div>All [[Gentle Giant]] albums.<br /> <br /> == The Original 12 Albums ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant released 11 studio albums and [[Playing the Fool|one live album]] during their career from 1970 to 1980.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (album)|gg.gif|Gentle Giant}}<br /> | {{dlink|Acquiring the Taste|att-front.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends|tf-eu.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Octopus|octopus-eu.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Glass House|iagh.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Power and the Glory|tpatg.gif}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Free Hand|fh.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Interview|interview.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Fool: The Official Live|ptf.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece|tmp.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant for a Day|gfad.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Civilian|civilian.gif}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Later Releases ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant's popularity rose again in the 1990s and beyond, as these later releases (and some new [[#Compilation Albums|compilations]] and [[#Tribute Albums|tribute albums]]) attest. Each of these contains unreleased material from Gentle Giant's lifetime.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|In Concert|bbc.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Out of the Woods|ootw.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Last Steps|laststep.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Under Construction|uc.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents|kbfh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Out of the Fire|ootf.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Totally Out of the Woods|tootw.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Rome 1974|liverome.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In'terview in Concert|iic.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Palesport House|palesport.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Experience (album)|explive.jpg|Experience}}<br /> | {{dlink|Artistically Cryme|artcryme.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Endless Life|endless-official.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Face|missingface-glasshouse.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prologue (album)|prologue-alt.jpg|Prologue}}<br /> | {{dlink|Part of Their Past|potp.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Scraping the Barrel|scraping.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Cleveland|playcleveland.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Live in New York 1975|liveinny.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Santa Monica 1975|santamonica1975.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live in Stockholm '75|live-in-stockholm-med.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|King Alfred's College Winchester|Kingalfs1971.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Memories Of Old Days (album)|Memories-of-old-days-4cd.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live at the Bicentennial|live_at_the_bicentennial.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Three Piece Suite|three piece suite.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Unburied Treasure|unburied treasure.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Front Row Center: US Dates 1976-1980|front row center cover.png}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Compilation Albums ==<br /> <br /> Numerous collections and greatest hits albums have appeared over the years.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Three Friends|ggtf.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Steps - The First Five Years|gsteps.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Edits|giantedits.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Pretentious - For the Sake of It|pretentious.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (Motive)|motive.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant (Super Star)|superstar.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Original Studio Gentle Giant, Vol 1|tosggv1.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Original Studio Gentle Giant, Vol 2|tosggv2.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Inside Gentle Giant|Inside_gentle_giant.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Circling Round the Gentle Giant|circling.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Il Rock|ilrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Il Grande Rock|ilg.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Champions of Rock|champions.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Edge of Twilight (album)|eot.jpg|Edge of Twilight}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; In'terview|gg-int-russian-2cd.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Free Hand &amp; In'terview|fhint.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece &amp; Giant for a Day|mpgfad.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Fool &amp; Civilian|ptfciv.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Essential of Gentle Giant|essential.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Acquiring the Taste|gg-att.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant &amp; Octopus|gg-oct.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends &amp; Octopus|tf-oct.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends &amp; Free Hand|tf-fh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Octopus &amp; The Power and the Glory|oct-tpatg.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|In a Glass House &amp; Interview|iagh-int.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece &amp; Giant for a Day (Russian)|tmp-gfad-russian.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Way of Life (album)|wayoflife.jpg|Way of Life}}<br /> | {{dlink|I Lost My Head (The Chrysalis Years 1975-1980)|ilostmyhead.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant/Acquiring the Taste (2012)|gg-att-2012.jpg|Gentle Giant/Acquiring the Taste}}<br /> | {{dlink|Three Friends/Octopus (2013)|tf-oct-2013.jpg|Three Friends/Octopus}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Unburied Treasure CD sampler|Unburied treasure cd sampler.jpg}}<br /> <br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Unofficial Recordings on LP or CD ==<br /> <br /> These recordings are legal in some countries, but not in others. See my [[bootleg]] policy.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Amongst the Darkers|darkers.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Foole - A Stake in the Heart|foole.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Foole in Wonderland|ptfiw.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gargantua|gargantua.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Last Giant Step|lgs.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Steps Forward|forward.gif}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Electronic Genius|elec-genius.gif}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ultrasonic 75|ultra.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Glass House Tour '74|gh74.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Toad in the Hole|toad.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In'terview in Concert (bootleg)|iic.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|In a Palesport House (bootleg)|palesport.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Playing for Fools|pff.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prologue (bootleg)|prologue.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Artistically Cryme (bootleg)|artcryme.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Dog's Life (bootleg)|dogslife.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gentle Giant Complete MP3's|mp3-all-russian.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Face (bootleg)|missingface.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Playing the Cleveland (bootleg version)|playcleveland.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Endless Life (bootleg)|endless.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Santa Monica Freeway|smf.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Missing Piece Tour|mpt.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Baltimore 1975|baltimore.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Azrael's Tear (album)|azt.jpg|Azrael's Tear}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Hollywood Bowl|hollywoodbowl.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Czech Out|czechout.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Gothenburg|gothenburg.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Watford|watford.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live Quebec 1973 Palais Montcalm|GG_PalaisMontcalm_front.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The WLIR FM Sessions|fm-lir-sessions.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|City Hermit: British Radio Sessions &amp; Rare Early Tracks 1970-1972|city_hermit_british_radio_sessions.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ohio Runaway|Ohio Runaway cover.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Live In Brussels 1974|Live_In_Brussels_1974.png}}<br /> | {{dlink|Proclamation - Live 1975|Proclamation Live 1975.png}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Tribute Albums ==<br /> <br /> These albums contain Gentle Giant compositions played by other artists, or music based on Gentle Giant samples. Also see some GG [[tribute bands]], a [[list of artists who covered Gentle Giant]], and [[:Category:GORGG albums|albums by members of GORGG]].<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Giant Tracks|tracks-square.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Giant for a Life|gfal.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|knots (album)|knots.jpg|knots}}<br /> | {{dlink|Great Gargantuas|great gargantuas.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Ibrido Hot Six Plays Acquiring The Taste|ibrido-att.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|The Other Face of the Gentle Giant - Live|The-other-face-of-the-gentle-giant.jpg}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Sampler Albums ==<br /> <br /> Gentle Giant pieces have been included in some multi-artist sampler albums.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;discography&quot;<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Do It Rock|doitrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Vertigo Trip|vtrip.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Suck It and See|ssas.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Progressives|progressives.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|J. L. Marsh &amp;amp; Musicland &quot;Sampler&quot;|jlmarsh.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|What's in Store for You No. 2|wisfy2.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|What's in Store for You No. 3|wisfy3.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|T'anks for the Mammaries|tanks.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Hotter and Tighter|hotter.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Hot Shots|hotshots.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Rock Legends|rocklegends.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Rock Heroes|40rh.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Der Sampler 33|der.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Classics and Rarities 1969-1973 Volume One|vcar.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Munich City Nights|mcn.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|And the Heavens Cried|athc.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Supernatural Fairy Tales|sft.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prog Rock Anthems|pra.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Symphonic Rock|symphrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|The Show that Never Ends|theshow.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Still Dizzy After All These Years|stilldizzy.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Legends of Rock: The Progressive Rockers|lortpr.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Legends of Rock: The British Rock Invasion|lortbri.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Best of Progressive Rock|bestofprog.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|I Love You|iloveyou.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Lost Gems|lostgems.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Art Rock Live|artrock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Best Prog Album in the World Ever|bestprogalbum.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Easy Rider|easyrider.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Life:Styles Vol.3 Compiled by Kenny Dope|life-styles-kenny-dope.jpg}}<br /> |-<br /> | {{dlink|Greatest Hits of Acid Rock|greatest-hits-acid-rock.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Dock Rock presents Classic Rock Weekend|classic-rock-weekend.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Wondrous Stories|Wondrous Stories cover.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Prog Rocks|prog-rocks.png}}<br /> | {{dlink|Greatest Ever! Prog Rock, The Definitive Collection|Greatest-ever-prog-rock-box.jpg}}<br /> | {{dlink|Produced by Tony Visconti|Produced by Tony Visconti.jpg}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Singles ==<br /> <br /> See [[singles]].<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[List of Gentle Giant songs]]<br /> * [[List of artists who covered Gentle Giant]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Discographies]]<br /> [[Category:Gentle Giant]]<br /> [[Category:Music]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Live_in_Brussels_1974&diff=11800 2026-06-07T12:24:16Z

<p>Dan: Created page with &quot;{{album | year=2025 | isOfficial=no | isLive=yes | isCompilation=no | image=Live In Brussels 1974.png }} &#039;&#039;&#039;Live In Brussels 1974&#039;&#039;&#039; is a bootleg on the Homespun label. == Track List == # Cogs In Cogs # Proclamation # Funny Ways # The Runaway # Excerpts From Octopus # Advent Of Panurge # So Sincere&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2025<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Live In Brussels 1974.png<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Live In Brussels 1974''' is a bootleg on the Homespun label.<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # The Runaway<br /> # Excerpts From Octopus<br /> # Advent Of Panurge<br /> # So Sincere</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Releases_from_2025&diff=11799 2026-06-07T12:21:49Z

<p>Dan: Created page with &quot;Category:Releases by year&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Releases by year]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Releases_from_2026&diff=11798 2026-06-07T12:21:39Z

<p>Dan: Created page with &quot;Category:Releases by year&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Releases by year]]</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=Proclamation_-_Live_1975&diff=11797 2026-06-07T12:21:16Z

<p>Dan: Created page with &quot;{{album | year=2026 | isOfficial=no | isLive=yes | isCompilation=no | image=Proclamation Live 1975.png }} &#039;&#039;&#039;Proclamation - Live 1975&#039;&#039;&#039; is a bootleg on the Homespun label. From the track list, it looks like a rebranding of Playing the Foole - A Stake in the Heart. == Track List == # Cogs In Cogs # Proclamation # Funny Ways # Experience # So Sincere # The Advent of Panurge # Mister Class and Quality?&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{album<br /> | year=2026<br /> | isOfficial=no<br /> | isLive=yes<br /> | isCompilation=no<br /> | image=Proclamation Live 1975.png<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Proclamation - Live 1975''' is a bootleg on the Homespun label. From the track list, it looks like a rebranding of [[Playing the Foole - A Stake in the Heart]].<br /> <br /> == Track List ==<br /> <br /> # Cogs In Cogs<br /> # Proclamation<br /> # Funny Ways<br /> # Experience<br /> # So Sincere<br /> # The Advent of Panurge<br /> # Mister Class and Quality?</div>

Dan https://gentlegiantmusic.com/w/index.php?title=File:Live_In_Brussels_1974.png&diff=11796 2026-06-07T12:14:09Z

<p>Dan: Dan moved page File:Live In Brussells 1974.png to File:Live In Brussels 1974.png without leaving a redirect</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> [[Category:Album covers]]</div>

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