For long time this remained the only existing bootleg of Gentle Giant. The first further bootlegs will appear not earlier than in the Compact Disc era, I never ever saw any other Gentle Giant bootleg on vinyl. This LP was already enough famous at the time, till the point that the band itself decided to adopt the title for the official double live "Playing the fool" (omitting the final E) that saw the light 2 years later.
This bootleg, despite what stays written on the sleeve,
1 - is not live
2 - wasn't recorded during any "American tour".
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List:
1. Proclamation - 2. Funny ways - 3. Experience - 4. So sincere - 5. The advent of Panurge - 6. Mr. Class & Quality - 7. The power & the glory.
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All the tracks were recorded in studio, but they're all alternate versions of the originals. So many of these re-constructed and variated versions served as a framework for the forthcoming concerts, because here we have the same arrangements in the way we hear them on the live albums. Shame for "Mr. Class and Quality" which is suddenly interrupted: it's quite rare to find this song around on bootlegs, the band stopped playing this track live, at least from 1973 on. I don't know if this bootleg was ever reissued on CD, anyway, as it usually happens by me, this is the vinyl rip - no surprise. At the end of the album there is "The power and the glory", the original studio track that didn't appear on the same-titled LP, but on single. I didn't take it away, so the bootleg is complete, for purists... :-)
This bootleg, despite what stays written on the sleeve,
1 - is not live
2 - wasn't recorded during any "American tour".
**********************
List:
1. Proclamation - 2. Funny ways - 3. Experience - 4. So sincere - 5. The advent of Panurge - 6. Mr. Class & Quality - 7. The power & the glory.
*****************************
All the tracks were recorded in studio, but they're all alternate versions of the originals. So many of these re-constructed and variated versions served as a framework for the forthcoming concerts, because here we have the same arrangements in the way we hear them on the live albums. Shame for "Mr. Class and Quality" which is suddenly interrupted: it's quite rare to find this song around on bootlegs, the band stopped playing this track live, at least from 1973 on. I don't know if this bootleg was ever reissued on CD, anyway, as it usually happens by me, this is the vinyl rip - no surprise. At the end of the album there is "The power and the glory", the original studio track that didn't appear on the same-titled LP, but on single. I didn't take it away, so the bootleg is complete, for purists... :-)
The COUNTESS
One of my favourite bands they are. Their sound is not easy to listen to but it is thrilling to my ears.
ReplyDeleteI always frequent people who are Classical musicians, quite a few of them are into Rock or Prog or Folk, but in the case of Gentle Giant, there were some who remained shocked and admired, for the exrtreme cure, the unlimited creativity of such great musicians... And this is something objective.
ReplyDeleteCheers from the Countess :-))