@@PeterParisius Compared to all the accolades radio airplay and record sales that other bands of that era of the 70s received yes most definitely criminally underrated.
Grew up in a small town literally in the middle of North Dakota. Was starting to get into music but options were limited in the early 70s. When I got out of High School I moved to Minneapolis. First concert I ever went to was in August of 1972. Black Sabbath. And guess who the opening band was? Gentle Giant. So the First band I ever saw live was Gentle Giant. I had heard the name and seen the albums but had never heard the music. They were great. Fast forward to 2014. Cruise To The Edge. Prog cruise. Three Friends is on the ship. I saw both performances . 42 years apart. I did get to talk to Gary Green and Malcolm Mortimore and told them of the large gap between the shows. They were both a little surprised. When Three Friends played on the Cruise they were in one of the clubs on the ship. Both times the room was packed to beyond capacity. And not just with passengers but with members of other bands playing on the Cruise. Definitely a memorable time. I do have some live video I shot on the cruise on my UA-cam channel if anyone is interested.
Terribly underrated with absolutely incredible talent in so many ways. As a drummer, John Weathers was a huge influence on me back in the '70s. They were a GREAT band.
I discovered this band just this year. Having heard only Acquiring... and Octopus, these guys are already becoming my favourite folksy prog act. I love their grand sound full of medieval themes and fantastic instrumentation. Nice commentary on their body of work. I need to check out more.
In fact, Malcolm Martimore only entered the band in the album "Three Friends". "Acquiring the Taste" was recorded with Martin Smith on drums. John Weathers joined the band after the recording of "Three Friends".
@@kipponi I vividly remember listening to a radio interview with Frank in the mid 70's. They asked Frank if there were any bands currently playing that caught his interest and he said yes, there was one. Gentle Giant. I still remember that to this day. I had heard of GG but wasn't a fan yet. But if someone like Frank was praising them I knew this was a band I had to look into. Became a huge fan after that to this day.
My Ranking 1 Acquiring The Taste 2 Three Friends 3 In a Glass House 4 Octopus 5 The Power and the Glory 6 Gentle Giant 7 Free Hand 8 Interview 9 Civilian 10 Missing Piece 11 Giant for a Day
Dude, you left off the ending of that Sabbath tour story. First, it was also their first US tour, so when it became apparent that it just wasn't going to work with Sabbath's fan base, they were strung out high and dry and 1000s of miles from home. In steps Jethro Tull, who were also on tour in the States. Ian and the boys caught the last Giant/Sabbath show, realized the plight Giant were in, and offered them a spot on their tour, thus saving the band's American debut, at bare minimum, and possible the fate of the band itself, as they were mightily bummed at the time.
Knew they toured with JT, but not the back story of it. Very cool indeed. I've always had the feeling that GG was an influence on Jethro Tull after that, especially on "Passion Play".
As a big prog fan in the 70s, I saw Gentle Giant, probably on their last tour, at the Tower in Philly. I didn't really know much about them, just their reputation, but it was an amazing show, and I still to this day remember the song "Underground" as being awesome at that show.
Their sophomore "Acquiring the Taste" is my favorite. I did actually see them in '79, long after their early '70s peak. I was worried it might be sparcely attended, but to our surprise, it was a packed to the gills rollicking sell out. Good show too.....
Just discovered this band and got to say the tracks think of me with kindness ,way of life and a few others are the best and most out there experimental music I’ve ever heard,why as a huge music fan it’s taken me so long to even know they existed shows how underrated this band actually are.
Excellent anthology, you nailed it, exactly how I felt about GG and those albums. My favorite band of all time. I am actually the engineer who recorded the 'Live at the Agora Ballroom' Cleveland, Ohio performance in 1977-The CD you showed. (I need to get a copy of it). Thanks for doing this tribute.
Well done, Pete! The first complete history of Giant I ever saw! When I was in 'high' school in the 70s, Welcome Back My Friends, Yessongs and Playing the Fool were all next to each other. Ray was one of my bass idols; I played along with Knots, Freehand, etc. I still get angry at UA-cams of their live shows, because they NEVER show Ray's incredible opening to Freehand. I agree with your 'I don't get it' comment. Even among hard core proggers back then, many dismissed GG as 'math rock'! Excuse me? I think 'on reflection', many in the US couldn't latch on to the inclusion of British madrigal music and vocal harmonies mixed with other elements. Finally, I had the pleasure of attending both the 'Fool and Missing Piece tours, both at The Palladium in NYC. The best thing about GG live? They NEVER played the same setlist! My experience with the 'Fool tour was ENTIRELY different than the album. A great group; I wish you could have 'experienced' them in person. Again, thanks for a job well done! -Bert
The first album I heard from them was: In a glass house in 1980. I was 11 at the time and it totally blew me away. I completely agree with your appraisal. An excellent video. Regards, Matt.
matt lee I am impressed that you were able to get their music at 11 yrs.old. I know people twice that age that don't get it. It takes a musically mature head to appreciate them. Good on ya!
I love your passion for music. It’s infectious. You’ve got me chasing music I have never heard or not heard in years. Your taste in music is so very close to mine that I figure if you like it there’s a very good chance I will like it too. Thanks for the great videos. I’m playing catch up at the moment.
October 23, 1974 - Joint in the Woods - changed my life of music forever. Thank you Kerry for embracing this young kid and bringing him to your inner circle. A lifetime of memories.
I saw them in Chatham UK on the Glass House tour. Central Hall, quite a small venue and ideal. They played the breaking glass on loop VERY LOUD as the run into the show. Almost did my ears in before the show started. Great show and one of the few bands that have the sound at a realistic level. One that shows them off rather than have you deaf at the end of it.
Thoroughly enjoyable review of one of my favourite bands of all time. Followed them from the early mid-70s when they were touring promoting the release of Octopus. I still have perfectly clear memories of the first time I saw Phil and the boys. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, City Hall. Pretty sure they were the support for Groundhogs. Not a logical mix but the Geordie punters were more accepting of GG's music than US Sabbath fans were later 😅. Couldn't believe how musically diverse a rock band could be: the instruments, the talents, the sublime music. An astounding band, every member, for all the reasons stated in this excellent history. Very enjoyable, thank you! 😙😆
I live in West Virginia not far from Winchester Virginia where in the days of my youth Capitol had a pressing plant out where Trex is now. Anyhow a guy that ran a little shop out of his rural home used to go there and essentially take the rejects or garbage I’ve heard, come back and sell to us for crazy prices like 25 or 50 cents for cassette tape or a buck or two for records. Remember when the Beatles red and blue comps came out, he had bunch of them. Everyone in our town had the red and blue vinyl got a lot of good exposure to those bands that way Anyway sorry this is long but we got our hands on GG this way in late 70s, I remember we were driving home and my friend popped in his power and the glory cassette and I was dumbfounded.. about 5 minutes later the driver guitar player…hits the eject, rolls down the window and tosses it into the field. He couldn’t understand it but it was funny forever to us caused we loved them…He never got Zappa either…some people just aren’t built to think that much….certainly,I kept mine …and here we are years later
Their live show was seamless. They moved from one instrument to another while something was going on elsewhere on stage and then BAM, there would be Minnear on vibes and then suddenly Ray on violin then Derek on trumpet....just as they got to certain parts of their music there would be someone to play the part. To this day, they are the greatest band I have ever seen live! Nowadays technology can almost guarantee a band will sound good. Back then, the dynamics, vocals, and everything to do with the sound had to do with how the musicians played together. They were the greatest at it!
You’re so right! GG didn’t use back-up musicians, tapes, computers - they were just five of the most gifted musicians (in any genre) ever to grace a stage. I say that as a musician myself - a keyboard player who people say is pretty good. But then I watch the five of them effortlessly making their way through complex time signatures and polyrhythms, and realise how much I have to learn. Total respect, gentlemen!
In A Glass House. The vinyl had a unique cover, stark black, a cellophane window (the glass house, of course) with a sleeve that slid in and out featuring black on white silhouette images of the members playing various instruments. I still have it, I think. Need to check. I still listen to them. That was my intro to the Giant. Wow did they begin to hit at the worst possible moment for a prog rock band: New Wave didn't really require musicians, Punk made them the enemy, and then along comes MTV. Game over. I heard Frank Zappa mention them as the only interesting thing going on in music at the time in an interview. Nice job on this video, thanks.
Good work! Bought the vinyl of Three Friends around 1972 -73 (Octopus wasn’t out yet), because I thought it looked like a prog band. I became a fan for life!
I enjoy your enthusiasm for your subject SOT. It's a shame one can't open out old-fashioned record sleeves. The art work just doesn't have the same impact as a CD cover. Octopus is a great example. Little did we know that we were enjoying a golden age of art that would disappear almost overnight.
Thanx for Your great exposée of Gentle Giant's music! I agree almost with your view on good vs not so good songs, except "It's Only Goodbye". I think itś a wonderful and haunting song, with Gary Greens slow recurring guitar theme, and solo, so beautiful that it hurts. I saw GG live twice in Stockholm, Sweden 1975 & 1976. I reviewed then in the local paper in my northern hometown Umeå, pictures and all. I was almost knocked to the floor by their music and Live stage show with all the instrument changes in mid song; Hammond organ to vibraphone or cello, bass guitar to violin, electric guitar to recorder, drums to vibraphone, electric guitar to acoustic guitar and back aso, aso! Umeå was like a "Ground Zero" for GG music, but understandable No local band even Tried to do a cover of Gentle Giant's incredible songs. Thanx again!
Ax handle to the guy who thumbs-down!! Great show here. Saw GG in Dallas. Same night Zepplin was in town... I think. Too much weed back then. Memory was we went to crash the gate at reunion and missed out. Hit a local club/pool hall (with picnic tables, a stage and curtain) across the Trinity river and they were there. Met some friends (3 to be exact!) and had a great time. Weird dayz.
Great comprehensive review. I was at that White Plains concert in 75 and also when they did Central Park I believe the following year. One of the best live bands by far, the level of musicianship the best I have ever seen or heard. Their opening acts were Gary Wright in White Plains and Starcastle in Central Park.
Good job! Yes they were amazing live. Are you in our fb group? You'd like it I think. Gentle Giant influenced many players over the years. Also, they owed a lot to Tull as in England they opened for them and it gave GG some real traction. Thanks for posting!
Great job. My first time seeing gentle giant was opening up for Yes on the relayer tour. Didn't care for yes at the time came to see gentle giant. Second time was in San Jose Center for the Performing Arts we had first row seats. Pablo Cruise opened up and nobody cared to see gentle giant so we ran to the front row. Only three rows. Last time was at the Roxy Hollywood civilian tour three shows we saw one of them and they did tour the Civilian album. Their last shows.(Giant Steps?) I heard Derek say they called themselfs Gentle Giant because there was so much musical information presented in a gentle way presented
Stilll listening regularly. Who would have thought after so many years. Got the first taste in 73-74. Friend of mine played Glass House, Experience and I was hooked on master inner voices. Finally got to see them, by chance heard an ad on radio for show that night at a local club. It was June 3, 1980 (2 weeks before final concert), The Agora ballroom in Houston (it had changed to the Palace but we still called it Agora). Just a night club setting at a table 40 feet from stage front center, having cocktails. It was superb. We were fortunate to have so many great artist's visit Houston from that period. Tull, ELP, Yes, Strawbs, Al Stewart, original Genesis, and Renaissance in Jones hall (the exceptional home of the symphony).
My favorite band of the 70's. Have all the records including imports of Three friends, Octopus and In a glass house. Remastered CD,s and remixes by Steven Wilson. I saw the band in Montreal about a month after Playing the fool came out and also the Missing piece tour. Great playing and amazing vocal live, underrated. No Auto-Tune, Playing the fool is a benchmark live album.
I heard Alucard on John Peel’s radio show, immediately hooked until today! Saw them live in Oxford in 1972 or 3, got most of the 70’s albums on vinyl. Love the first album, Octopus and In a Glass House. I also loved Snow White Kite - bit like Hotlegs (later 10cc) and I’m a Neanderthal Man!
I've been a GG fanatic since 1974, and I appreciate what a true fan you are. Thanks for your thoughtful share! Just one point I can't let slide. Interview is not only one of their best albums, it is also one of the best albums ever recorded.
i got hooked with the release of Octopus. Saw them 4 or 5 times in Toronto. Bought all the early albums as imports for the great covers. Amazing live, too bad you missed them.
Hey Pete, Thanks for the great retrospective. Not to put to fine a point on it but I love this effing band. The first album I heard by them was Acquiring the Taste back in the day. I’ve been a fan ever since. I have to agree with you in re Playing the Fool. It’s a fantastic live album. How they could pull this shit off live is unbelievable. I wish I got to see them.
Gentle is one of my 4 preferred artists of the progressive period. Ending in 75. More, they are one of the best bands of all time. However, after the unique classic 4, and Phil's departure, GG never sounded the same. But it was good anyway, especially Free Hand. Best album: Acquiring the Taste.
Thanks for sharing your research and true enthusiasm . One of my favorite bands and nailed it big time. Everything I wanted and needed to know. I call you a friend now. Subscribed!
Sou apreciador em grande medida do grupo e de suas criações musicais, altamente sofisticadas e complexas. Muito grato por postar o seu traçado da trajetória do "Gigante Gentil". Abraços!
EXCELLENT history of one of my favorite bands of all time! I’ll never forget being introduced to them by some friends in high school. They played Peel the Paint for me.....WOW! Different than anything I had heard or have heard since. Saw them once in Kleinhan’s music hall. Never forget, what exceptional talent🎼
My favorite GG albums, in no particular order : In A Glass House, Free Hand, Power and the Glory, plus the opening track Prologue from Three Friends, which is my favorite of all their tracks.
I have every single LP they ever made - love them / and only got to know about them from a 2nd hand record shop owner I got to know well in the 90's and bought them all then. Great band
I was lucky enough to see them live in, I think, 1975. Amazing show. For outright virtuosity plus relentless energy, only ELP could compete with these guys. One of the things I remember the most is the sheer joy that radiated from the band. They clearly loved what they were doing. It wasn't about cranking out a hit. It was purely the music. When the show ended, I couldn't believe it was over. I checked the time and, yes, they gave a full concert. Time was just swallowed up in the moment.
Hello. Great job reviewing the Gentle Giant albums, enjoyed it a lot. I’m older than you, so based on a recommendation from a guy in the record store I started listening to them, and I had all their albums, though I only have “Playing the Fool” among live albums. I think you could have divided their albums into 2 periods, the first 4 and then the rest. On the song Interview, they sing, “After the fourth one, realization…” Yes, the 5th and 6th albums were amazing, but I read where Shulman said that the record company thought that “In A Glass House” was no good, so they wouldn’t promote it. Indeed, “The Power and the Glory” was incredible. I think you could have said that “Cogs In Cogs” was an example of the permutations and counterpoint they often used. But you got it right, an incredible arrangement for sure. I was studying in the USSR, that was intense, and I listened to the second side of that album many times there (on cassette). You may find this hard to believe, but I really didn’t like “Interview,” so I wrote them a letter and said I was disappointed in the way they were going, not-so-good albums after the 5th and the 6th (though in retrospect “Free Hand” was great), and they answered my letter with “The Missing Piece.” I know why there is a piece missing from the Giant’s head on the back cover. I thought that was a great album, but indeed they had to change styles because rock music was changing. Notice, that was the only studio album with no lyrics. I could tell you the lyrics if I knew you. Agree that their next album was quite weak. I thought “Civilian” was great, and the only time I saw them live was soon after that album came out. They proved that they could adapt to any changes in music on that album, but clearly that had had enough, so we can be grateful for 10 great albums. Thanks a lot. A good journey through a great band’s music.
I enjoyed this video. I grew up in LA and went to many concerts. I saw Gentle Giant live about 7 or 8 times. I first saw them in 1973 when they played the Whiskey A GoGo for a week. I was in high school and didn’t drive yet. We were blown away the first night and came back for 2 more shows that week. Also saw them over the next few years at the Shrine Auditorium and the Santa Monica Civic Center. They were such an amazing band, especially live. So original, talented and fun. I totally understand when people don’t get them, but me and my friends sure did. I also loved the Mother’s of Invention who many people did not like but were also (like GG) amazing musicians.
For the last week or so, thanks to you, Pete, I've been going through their catalog on my music app, and man, never have I been so consistently blown away time and time again. How many bands release six great albums in a row, all different, all remarkably innovative and with unparalleled musicality? Most amazing of all is that I never heard of this band until I started watching your videos. Most UK prog, with the exception of King Crimson, I have never really dug that much (e.g. ELP, Yes, Genesis, Tull), but Gentle Giant is far superior, IMO, which makes it even more incomprehensible to me that I have only now caught on to them I would only add a bit heavier emphasis to new GG listeners and audiophiles to check out THREE PIECE SUITE, which you didn't mention has a 5.1 mix of selections from their first three LPs, AND visual accompaniment (animated shorts) for each selection as well. The remixes by Steven Williams are just fantastic, with the last three selections comprising side two of the THREE FRIENDS album, which is a perfect ending since that one is currently my favorite (but I haven't really gotten around to really digesting albums 4, 5, and 6 yet, so that may change). Another reason to recommend THREE PIECE SUITE more highly, particularly if you stream your music from a subscription app, is that this is the only GG release currently available in ultra high definition. When I streamed this album through a tube amp with a digital analog converter, it was audio nirvana all the way.
I had tickets to see them in 1980 on the CIVILIAN tour-in Poughkeepsie NY. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled day of show. No reschedule and, unfortunately, no more GG. They decided to lay it to rest after that tour. There is a YT audio of a live show in CT from that same tour. I missed them in the mid 70s in my hometown of Roanoke VA. I found out after the show-they were buried in a multi-act lineup which included Foghat(yikes!). It distresses me that they aren't better known. Recently, there was a "best prog rock keyboardist" list and not ONE mention of Kerry Minnear. That is inexcusable. He was inextricably involved in the composition of GG's music; utilizing his degree in Composition from the Royal Academy in London. His ability as a composer and as a keyboardist, cellist, tuned percussionist and vocalist put him at the top of any mention of Progressive Rock keyboardists. He has a thorough and deep understanding of English Renaissance music-vocal and instrumental ( weaving devices such as "hocketing" into "On Reflection" from FREE HAND). It is gratifying to see the interest in their music today. Derek and Ray both went on to great success as executives at Atlantic and Elektra Records-respectively. Until recently, Gary Green, Malcomb Mortimer and initially, Kerry Minnear, had a band called Three Friends, continuing to play GG's music. Gary suffered a heart attack-I've not heard whether he will be able to continue Three Friends(actually, now, since Kerry isn't involved, Two Friends). I wish him all the best and to the other members as well.
Starting with Joe Walsh and Joe Jackson. I moved onto Frank Zappa and King Crimson. Then I learned of GG. My life truly changed at that moment. I was always curious what GG would sound like with Greg Lake as a vocalist/ second guitarist would have sounded like.
Its so freaky, I was listening to Gentle Giant before and after work on the way home,and came home to this wonderful video...:) What a great underrated and overlooked band,who should be played on classic rock radio. Favorite album is a tossup between Freehand and Power And The Glory, with School Days being my 2nd favorite and In A Glasshouse being 3rd. I own the Simon Dupree and the big sound album but its pretty used and beat up. I used to have the live 1977 album on vinyl, but stupidly sold it. Even their overplayed songs,I never get tired of. So many twists and turns in all of their albums,even the crappy ones....there's always a handful of good melodies and cool instrumental passages.
Unfortunately they probably werent satanic enough. The industry is ALL ABOUT satanism crap. If the band isnt interested in selling out to satan - this satanic industry wont play them or promote them. Its a completely perverted system. Any artist getting play and gigs has HAD to sell out to satan, otherwise they can stay poor and non promoted. Basically every single movie star and commercialized musician has had to sellout. Isnt that weird to know nowadays in the great awakening? Something to keep in mind.
@@roniszR - really? You must not be listening to lyrics. You are obviously one of the 80% sleepyheads. Wake up! Its was too obvious. How embarrassing for you. Go drink another glass of flouride water. It's red pill time. You don't have a choice. Welcome to the rabbot hole. You will be a dumb American NO MORE.
Simeon Lazaris wow you are an idiot. You are right I don’t listen to lyrics because I’m a jazz musician and are way more interested in the instrumentation. You must have some weird radio stations where you come from because in my town they play things like Rush the Cars.
With respect to their last album, Civilian, and Pete's comparison to the releases from the other prog bands of the day...it's 1979, so we're actually talking Rush, Hemispheres (1978), Genesis, And Then There Were Three (1978), Yes, Tormato (1978) and Jethro Tull Stormwatch (1979).
They opened for Zappa once but the acoustics at the place was so bad they ended up missing the main show, despite being great fans. Zappa was also known to listen to GG at the time.
Thank you so much for sharing. I've not encountered a band like Gentle Giant since the incredible King Crimson and I never thought I would. Gentle Giant has changed my mind that there are a few other bands worth discovering from this incredible period in music. Please do a review of the Gentle Giant 'Unburied Treasures' box set. By the look of things you have most of the recordings that will be in the set but also by the look of things there are at least 7 previously unreleased live albums you HAVE to have being a massive fan. Feel good because although the first run of the box set sold out in record time, there is another 1000 copies of the set being released again as the band was blown away that they were so popular which is great to see. I've been watching these live snippets of the band and I've not heard or seen a single clip I have not only immensely enjoyed but been blown away with. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time and sadly so very neglected by the mainstream music business. Anyway, 'Burning Shed' just do a google search and you will find them, are doing pre-orders for the 2nd 1000 set release of 'Unburied Treasure' and I'd be shocked if you didn't see some extreme value in obtaining this set. PS. I'm looking at those Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree Blu-ray releases and seriously considering getting them. Could you please share with us if the 24bit/96KHz quality on the bluray is superior to the current available album releases. Thank you, Sean.
Excellent synopsis of one of my favorites and certainly one of the most influential on my own, and others, compositions in Hands. You've favorably reviewed our albums in the past and keenly picked up on the GG influence. To me it's as plain as the nose on your face and I always felt we owed them so much. But you're one of the few reviewers to have picked up on it and now I know why. Your GG knowledge is impressive and much appreciated. Keep up the great work Pete.
greatest most criminally underated band ever
1359401 CRIMINALLY OVERLOOKED. I agree!
Underrated??? Why!
@@PeterParisius Compared to all the accolades radio
airplay and record sales that other bands of that era of the 70s received yes most definitely criminally underrated.
@@chrischoir3594 Yeah thats obvious i meant the public generally overalll
@@PeterParisius Yeah, not underrated. One of the best and most well known prog rock bands(among prog fans anyway).
Grew up in a small town literally in the middle of North Dakota. Was starting to get into music but options were limited in the early 70s. When I got out of High School I moved to Minneapolis. First concert I ever went to was in August of 1972. Black Sabbath. And guess who the opening band was? Gentle Giant. So the First band I ever saw live was Gentle Giant. I had heard the name and seen the albums but had never heard the music. They were great.
Fast forward to 2014. Cruise To The Edge. Prog cruise. Three Friends is on the ship. I saw both performances . 42 years apart. I did get to talk to Gary Green and Malcolm Mortimore and told them of the large gap between the shows. They were both a little surprised.
When Three Friends played on the Cruise they were in one of the clubs on the ship. Both times the room was packed to beyond capacity. And not just with passengers but with members of other bands playing on the Cruise. Definitely a memorable time. I do have some live video I shot on the cruise on my UA-cam channel if anyone is interested.
I was on that 2014 CTTE cruise! 3 Friends were excellent!
Terribly underrated with absolutely incredible talent in so many ways. As a drummer, John Weathers was a huge influence on me back in the '70s. They were a GREAT band.
Hands down my favorite band. I love everything about them. I wish I was born in a different time so I could have followed them on tour.
One of my all time favorite bands. Thanks for this.
2! Top 3 definitely!
Gentle Giant created music that was balanced on a tight rope. Not many imitaters. They can't be imitated.
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Curved Air maybe? not enough output, but definitely a killer prog band. Steward Copeland from the Police played on a few CA recordings.
people have tried ua-cam.com/video/Swce0roU3iE/v-deo.html
svot mchtrgor. three friends does it pretty welll.
I discovered this band just this year. Having heard only Acquiring... and Octopus, these guys are already becoming my favourite folksy prog act. I love their grand sound full of medieval themes and fantastic instrumentation. Nice commentary on their body of work. I need to check out more.
In fact, Malcolm Martimore only entered the band in the album "Three Friends". "Acquiring the Taste" was recorded with Martin Smith on drums. John Weathers joined the band after the recording of "Three Friends".
YES! YES! YES!!!!!!
Playing The Fool was the first GG album that I bought in 1997. Loved them ever since.... and I still have that on LP.
I believe the legendary Frank Zappa was also a GG fan.
Yes he was.
@@kipponi I vividly remember listening to a radio interview with Frank in the mid 70's. They asked Frank if there were any bands currently playing that caught his interest and he said yes, there was one. Gentle Giant. I still remember that to this day. I had heard of GG but wasn't a fan yet. But if someone like Frank was praising them I knew this was a band I had to look into. Became a huge fan after that to this day.
@@jrgmmg5659 I just heard that radio interview. It is here somewhere in UA-cam. About 1min it lasts.
@@kipponi Please link or something. That'd be so cool if it were true! :)
@@andrejz8954 It is a short radio talking here in UA-cam. I find it by accident. He liked GG.
My Ranking
1 Acquiring The Taste
2 Three Friends
3 In a Glass House
4 Octopus
5 The Power and the Glory
6 Gentle Giant
7 Free Hand
8 Interview
9 Civilian
10 Missing Piece
11 Giant for a Day
The Lax 100% agreement with you on that ranking
1.3 friends
2. AcquiringTT/Octopus
3.Gentle Giant/The power and the glory
4.In a glass house/Free hand
5. Interview/Civillian
Great listing!! am into to it 92%! just adjust Three Friends as 1.
Where is the Love button for this one?
Great reviews of one of my favorite bands. Honest and to the point.
Thanks.
oddboxTopper couldn’t agree more!!! If only Pete put out daily content I’d lose my mind
Dude, you left off the ending of that Sabbath tour story. First, it was also their first US tour, so when it became apparent that it just wasn't going to work with Sabbath's fan base, they were strung out high and dry and 1000s of miles from home. In steps Jethro Tull, who were also on tour in the States. Ian and the boys caught the last Giant/Sabbath show, realized the plight Giant were in, and offered them a spot on their tour, thus saving the band's American debut, at bare minimum, and possible the fate of the band itself, as they were mightily bummed at the time.
That's an awesome story! Already had respect for Tull, and this story reinforces that. GG are incredible and underrated.
Origami Mambo Project, That is a strange and wonderful tale as well. Where was this show?
Delighted to read this story. Very cool of Tull. Saw them twice in Seattle; with Steeleye Span and later with Yes.
I saw GG open for Jethro Tull at the Baltimore Civic Center.
Mind still blown.
Knew they toured with JT, but not the back story of it. Very cool indeed. I've always had the feeling that GG was an influence on Jethro Tull after that, especially on "Passion Play".
Such a great prog-rock band. One of the best ever. Excellent musicians, killer albums, and a true masterpiece: Free Hand.
I was introduced to GG only 5 years ago. Amazing stuff. Wish I would have known about them in the seventies.
At least you are enjoying it noe. It is Timeless music!
Live in smaller venues was pretty damn special! Thanks for the great retrospective!
As a big prog fan in the 70s, I saw Gentle Giant, probably on their last tour, at the Tower in Philly. I didn't really know much about them, just their reputation, but it was an amazing show, and I still to this day remember the song "Underground" as being awesome at that show.
I love their song UNDERGROUND!
Gentle Giant Were a Great Band, So Much talent it Was Unreal...Saw Them Live many Times in The UK..They Never let you Down...Awesome
Their sophomore "Acquiring the Taste" is my favorite. I did actually see them in '79, long after their early '70s peak. I was worried it might be sparcely attended, but to our surprise, it was a packed to the gills rollicking sell out. Good show too.....
Sat front and centre with my brother and cousin at Paramount Northwest, Seattle, March 1977, Free Hand tour. A great concert.
Nice review of my Fave Prog Band.
My Top 3 Albums: Octopus, In A Glass House and Free Hand
Don't ever stop making videos. These are fantastic, especially this one. Gentle Giant was amazing.
Just discovered this band and it’s already 2020. Better than never! Good stuff.
congrats you have discovered the greatest most criminally underated band ever
Just discovered this band and got to say the tracks think of me with kindness ,way of life and a few others are the best and most out there experimental music I’ve ever heard,why as a huge music fan it’s taken me so long to even know they existed shows how underrated this band actually are.
Congrats you have discovered the greatest most criminally underated band ever
Excellent anthology, you nailed it, exactly how I felt about GG and those albums. My favorite band of all time. I am actually the engineer who recorded the 'Live at the Agora Ballroom' Cleveland, Ohio performance in 1977-The CD you showed. (I need to get a copy of it). Thanks for doing this tribute.
Well done, Pete! The first complete history of Giant I ever saw! When I was in 'high' school in the 70s, Welcome Back My Friends, Yessongs and Playing the Fool were all next to each other. Ray was one of my bass idols; I played along with Knots, Freehand, etc. I still get angry at UA-cams of their live shows, because they NEVER show Ray's incredible opening to Freehand. I agree with your 'I don't get it' comment. Even among hard core proggers back then, many dismissed GG as 'math rock'! Excuse me? I think 'on reflection', many in the US couldn't latch on to the inclusion of British madrigal music and vocal harmonies mixed with other elements. Finally, I had the pleasure of attending both the 'Fool and Missing Piece tours, both at The Palladium in NYC. The best thing about GG live? They NEVER played the same setlist! My experience with the 'Fool tour was ENTIRELY different than the album. A great group; I wish you could have 'experienced' them in person. Again, thanks for a job well done! -Bert
I just discovered this band a few days ago and I'm loving it. Already listened of most of their music while playing minecraft.
The first album I heard from them was: In a glass house in 1980. I was 11 at the time and it totally blew me away. I completely agree with your appraisal. An excellent video. Regards, Matt.
matt lee I am impressed that you were able to get their music at 11 yrs.old. I know people twice that age that don't get it. It takes a musically mature head to appreciate them. Good on ya!
Thanks for all the great GG recording synopsis and agree that Playing The Fool is one of the best all time live albums. Just incredible!
I Had Three friends for decades but for some odd reason I never went beyond it but I have grown to love these guys
I love your passion for music. It’s infectious. You’ve got me chasing music I have never heard or not heard in years. Your taste in music is so very close to mine that I figure if you like it there’s a very good chance I will like it too. Thanks for the great videos. I’m playing catch up at the moment.
October 23, 1974 - Joint in the Woods - changed my life of music forever. Thank you Kerry for embracing this young kid and bringing him to your inner circle. A lifetime of memories.
I saw them in Chatham UK on the Glass House tour. Central Hall, quite a small venue and ideal. They played the breaking glass on loop VERY LOUD as the run into the show. Almost did my ears in before the show started. Great show and one of the few bands that have the sound at a realistic level. One that shows them off rather than have you deaf at the end of it.
so did i
Thoroughly enjoyable review of one of my favourite bands of all time. Followed them from the early mid-70s when they were touring promoting the release of Octopus. I still have perfectly clear memories of the first time I saw Phil and the boys. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, City Hall. Pretty sure they were the support for Groundhogs. Not a logical mix but the Geordie punters were more accepting of GG's music than US Sabbath fans were later 😅.
Couldn't believe how musically diverse a rock band could be: the instruments, the talents, the sublime music. An astounding band, every member, for all the reasons stated in this excellent history. Very enjoyable, thank you! 😙😆
I live in West Virginia not far from Winchester Virginia where in the days of my youth Capitol
had a pressing plant out where Trex is now. Anyhow a guy that ran a little shop out of his rural home used to go there and essentially take the rejects or garbage I’ve heard, come back and sell to us for crazy prices like 25 or 50 cents for cassette tape or a buck or two for records. Remember when the Beatles red and blue comps came out, he had bunch of them. Everyone in our town had the red and blue vinyl got a lot of good exposure to those bands that way
Anyway sorry this is long but we got our hands on GG this way in late 70s, I remember we were driving home and my friend popped in his power and the glory cassette and I was dumbfounded.. about 5 minutes later the driver guitar player…hits the eject, rolls down the window and tosses it into the field. He couldn’t understand it but it was funny forever to us caused we loved them…He never got Zappa either…some people just aren’t built to think that much….certainly,I kept mine …and here we are years later
Their live show was seamless. They moved from one instrument to another while something was going on elsewhere on stage and then BAM, there would be Minnear on vibes and then suddenly Ray on violin then Derek on trumpet....just as they got to certain parts of their music there would be someone to play the part. To this day, they are the greatest band I have ever seen live! Nowadays technology can almost guarantee a band will sound good. Back then, the dynamics, vocals, and everything to do with the sound had to do with how the musicians played together. They were the greatest at it!
You’re so right! GG didn’t use back-up musicians, tapes, computers - they were just five of the most gifted musicians (in any genre) ever to grace a stage. I say that as a musician myself - a keyboard player who people say is pretty good. But then I watch the five of them effortlessly making their way through complex time signatures and polyrhythms, and realise how much I have to learn. Total respect, gentlemen!
In A Glass House. The vinyl had a unique cover, stark black, a cellophane window (the glass house, of course) with a sleeve that slid in and out featuring black on white silhouette images of the members playing various instruments. I still have it, I think. Need to check. I still listen to them. That was my intro to the Giant. Wow did they begin to hit at the worst possible moment for a prog rock band: New Wave didn't really require musicians, Punk made them the enemy, and then along comes MTV. Game over. I heard Frank Zappa mention them as the only interesting thing going on in music at the time in an interview. Nice job on this video, thanks.
Love this group. You hear it well and explain.
Good work! Bought the vinyl of Three Friends around 1972 -73 (Octopus wasn’t out yet), because I thought it looked like a prog band. I became a fan for life!
i saw the giant live in NYC .. it was the tour when they recorded the live albulm... awesome!
First saw them opening for Focus in Springfield Ma. 1975? What a show.
I enjoy your enthusiasm for your subject SOT. It's a shame one can't open out old-fashioned record sleeves. The art work just doesn't have the same impact as a CD cover. Octopus is a great example. Little did we know that we were enjoying a golden age of art that would disappear almost overnight.
Awesome well done sir-thanks for this retrospective of the greatest band ever
Thanx for Your great exposée of Gentle Giant's music! I agree almost with your view on good vs not so good songs, except "It's Only Goodbye". I think itś a wonderful and haunting song, with Gary Greens slow recurring guitar theme, and solo, so beautiful that it hurts. I saw GG live twice in Stockholm, Sweden 1975 & 1976. I reviewed then in the local paper in my northern hometown Umeå, pictures and all. I was almost knocked to the floor by their music and Live stage show with all the instrument changes in mid song; Hammond organ to vibraphone or cello, bass guitar to violin, electric guitar to recorder, drums to vibraphone, electric guitar to acoustic guitar and back aso, aso! Umeå was like a "Ground Zero" for GG music, but understandable No local band even Tried to do a cover of Gentle Giant's incredible songs. Thanx again!
I was totaly hammered when i listened too.....in a glass house.......the power and the glory.....octopuss......and on and on........rick.
Ax handle to the guy who thumbs-down!! Great show here. Saw GG in Dallas. Same night Zepplin was in town... I think. Too much weed back then. Memory was we went to crash the gate at reunion and missed out. Hit a local club/pool hall (with picnic tables, a stage and curtain) across the Trinity river and they were there. Met some friends (3 to be exact!) and had a great time. Weird dayz.
Great job, Pete. I love all your videos, this is one of the best.
Great comprehensive review. I was at that White Plains concert in 75 and also when they did Central Park I believe the following year. One of the best live bands by far, the level of musicianship the best I have ever seen or heard. Their opening acts were Gary Wright in White Plains and Starcastle in Central Park.
Pete, I assume you have seen the new Proclamation fan/band video. What a great experience to see the six of the all together!
Favorite band. Saw them a number of times in the early 70s. Shame you didn't see them live. Unbelievable live show!
Good job! Yes they were amazing live. Are you in our fb group? You'd like it I think. Gentle Giant influenced many players over the years. Also, they owed a lot to Tull as in England they opened for them and it gave GG some real traction. Thanks for posting!
They gor their name from Rabelais!!!!!
Great band Pete thanks for this great music
Great job. My first time seeing gentle giant was opening up for Yes on the relayer tour. Didn't care for yes at the time came to see gentle giant. Second time was in San Jose Center for the Performing Arts we had first row seats. Pablo Cruise opened up and nobody cared to see gentle giant so we ran to the front row. Only three rows. Last time was at the Roxy Hollywood civilian tour three shows we saw one of them and they did tour the Civilian album. Their last shows.(Giant Steps?) I heard Derek say they called themselfs Gentle Giant because there was so much musical information presented in a gentle way presented
Stilll listening regularly. Who would have thought after so many years. Got the first taste in 73-74. Friend of mine played Glass House, Experience and I was hooked on master inner voices.
Finally got to see them, by chance heard an ad on radio for show that night at a local club. It was June 3, 1980 (2 weeks before final concert), The Agora ballroom in Houston (it had changed to the Palace but we still called it Agora). Just a night club setting at a table 40 feet from stage front center, having cocktails. It was superb.
We were fortunate to have so many great artist's visit Houston from that period. Tull, ELP, Yes, Strawbs, Al Stewart, original Genesis, and Renaissance in Jones hall (the exceptional home of the symphony).
I saw Gentle Giant in Houston,Texas(1980).
My favorite band of the 70's. Have all the records including imports of Three friends, Octopus and In a glass house. Remastered CD,s and remixes by Steven Wilson. I saw the band in Montreal about a month after Playing the fool came out and also the Missing piece tour. Great playing and amazing vocal live, underrated. No Auto-Tune, Playing the fool is a benchmark live album.
LOVE YOUR SHOWS! thank you, very informative
Thanks for this! What a great band!!!
Best band I never saw
I heard Alucard on John Peel’s radio show, immediately hooked until today! Saw them live in Oxford in 1972 or 3, got most of the 70’s albums on vinyl. Love the first album, Octopus and In a Glass House. I also loved Snow White Kite - bit like Hotlegs (later 10cc) and I’m a Neanderthal Man!
My all time favorite band. Great stuff !
I've been a GG fanatic since 1974, and I appreciate what a true fan you are. Thanks for your thoughtful share! Just one point I can't let slide. Interview is not only one of their best albums, it is also one of the best albums ever recorded.
i got hooked with the release of Octopus. Saw them 4 or 5 times in Toronto. Bought all the early albums as imports for the great covers. Amazing live, too bad you missed them.
Hey Pete,
Thanks for the great retrospective. Not to put to fine a point on it but I love this effing band. The first album I heard by them was Acquiring the Taste back in the day. I’ve been a fan ever since.
I have to agree with you in re Playing the Fool. It’s a fantastic live album. How they could pull this shit off live is unbelievable. I wish I got to see them.
Fantastic! Great material
I have "Kites" and "We Are the Moles" on the Abbey Road 1965-69 CD compilation. Excellent CD. A must have.
I saw Giant live twice, 76 and 77, at the Tower Theatre in Phila. Great, great shows.
Gentle is one of my 4 preferred artists of the progressive period. Ending in 75. More, they are one of the best bands of all time. However, after the unique classic 4, and Phil's departure, GG never sounded the same. But it was good anyway, especially Free Hand. Best album: Acquiring the Taste.
I saw their next to last show in Houston in 1980.Remember it well and a great hang afterwards and chat with them
Thanks for sharing your research and true enthusiasm . One of my favorite bands and nailed it big time. Everything I wanted and needed to know. I call you a friend now. Subscribed!
Sou apreciador em grande medida do grupo e de suas criações musicais, altamente sofisticadas e complexas. Muito grato por postar o seu traçado da trajetória do "Gigante Gentil". Abraços!
EXCELLENT history of one of my favorite bands of all time! I’ll never forget being introduced to them by some friends in high school. They played Peel the Paint for me.....WOW! Different than anything I had heard or have heard since. Saw them once in Kleinhan’s music hall. Never forget, what exceptional talent🎼
Very interesting. Thank you very much!
Great explanation of all the GG albums! Thanks Pete!
Great review! Thank you so much!
My favorite GG albums, in no particular order : In A Glass House, Free Hand, Power and the Glory, plus the opening track Prologue from Three Friends, which is my favorite of all their tracks.
3 great!!! and Prologue is the best opening of all prog albums!
I have every single LP they ever made - love them / and only got to know about them from a 2nd hand record shop owner I got to know well in the 90's and bought them all then. Great band
so much variety and testing the limits
I was lucky enough to see them live in, I think, 1975. Amazing show. For outright virtuosity plus relentless energy, only ELP could compete with these guys. One of the things I remember the most is the sheer joy that radiated from the band. They clearly loved what they were doing. It wasn't about cranking out a hit. It was purely the music. When the show ended, I couldn't believe it was over. I checked the time and, yes, they gave a full concert. Time was just swallowed up in the moment.
Saw them on the Free Hand , Interview Playing the Fool and Missing Piece tours. Fabulous live show. One of my favorite bands.
Thanks!
I saw Gentle Giant live on 1 december 1975 in Carré Amsterdam. Incredible...
Hello. Great job reviewing the Gentle Giant albums, enjoyed it a lot. I’m older than you, so based on a recommendation from a guy in the record store I started listening to them, and I had all their albums, though I only have “Playing the Fool” among live albums. I think you could have divided their albums into 2 periods, the first 4 and then the rest. On the song Interview, they sing, “After the fourth one, realization…” Yes, the 5th and 6th albums were amazing, but I read where Shulman said that the record company thought that “In A Glass House” was no good, so they wouldn’t promote it.
Indeed, “The Power and the Glory” was incredible. I think you could have said that “Cogs In Cogs” was an example of the permutations and counterpoint they often used. But you got it right, an incredible arrangement for sure. I was studying in the USSR, that was intense, and I listened to the second side of that album many times there (on cassette).
You may find this hard to believe, but I really didn’t like “Interview,” so I wrote them a letter and said I was disappointed in the way they were going, not-so-good albums after the 5th and the 6th (though in retrospect “Free Hand” was great), and they answered my letter with “The Missing Piece.” I know why there is a piece missing from the Giant’s head on the back cover. I thought that was a great album, but indeed they had to change styles because rock music was changing. Notice, that was the only studio album with no lyrics. I could tell you the lyrics if I knew you.
Agree that their next album was quite weak. I thought “Civilian” was great, and the only time I saw them live was soon after that album came out. They proved that they could adapt to any changes in music on that album, but clearly that had had enough, so we can be grateful for 10 great albums.
Thanks a lot. A good journey through a great band’s music.
I enjoyed this video. I grew up in LA and went to many concerts. I saw Gentle Giant live about 7 or 8 times. I first saw them in 1973 when they played the Whiskey A GoGo for a week. I was in high school and didn’t drive yet. We were blown away the first night and came back for 2 more shows that week. Also saw them over the next few years at the Shrine Auditorium and the Santa Monica Civic Center. They were such an amazing band, especially live. So original, talented and fun. I totally understand when people don’t get them, but me and my friends sure did. I also loved the Mother’s of Invention who many people did not like but were also (like GG) amazing musicians.
Michael Musgrove Gentle Giant at the Whisky? Wow, some extremely lucky people.
For the last week or so, thanks to you, Pete, I've been going through their catalog on my music app, and man, never have I been so consistently blown away time and time again. How many bands release six great albums in a row, all different, all remarkably innovative and with unparalleled musicality? Most amazing of all is that I never heard of this band until I started watching your videos. Most UK prog, with the exception of King Crimson, I have never really dug that much (e.g. ELP, Yes, Genesis, Tull), but Gentle Giant is far superior, IMO, which makes it even more incomprehensible to me that I have only now caught on to them
I would only add a bit heavier emphasis to new GG listeners and audiophiles to check out THREE PIECE SUITE, which you didn't mention has a 5.1 mix of selections from their first three LPs, AND visual accompaniment (animated shorts) for each selection as well. The remixes by Steven Williams are just fantastic, with the last three selections comprising side two of the THREE FRIENDS album, which is a perfect ending since that one is currently my favorite (but I haven't really gotten around to really digesting albums 4, 5, and 6 yet, so that may change).
Another reason to recommend THREE PIECE SUITE more highly, particularly if you stream your music from a subscription app, is that this is the only GG release currently available in ultra high definition. When I streamed this album through a tube amp with a digital analog converter, it was audio nirvana all the way.
I had tickets to see them in 1980 on the CIVILIAN tour-in Poughkeepsie NY. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled day of show. No reschedule and, unfortunately, no more GG. They decided to lay it to rest after that tour. There is a YT audio of a live show in CT from that same tour. I missed them in the mid 70s in my hometown of Roanoke VA. I found out after the show-they were buried in a multi-act lineup which included Foghat(yikes!). It distresses me that they aren't better known. Recently, there was a "best prog rock keyboardist" list and not ONE mention of Kerry Minnear. That is inexcusable. He was inextricably involved in the composition of GG's music; utilizing his degree in Composition from the Royal Academy in London. His ability as a composer and as a keyboardist, cellist, tuned percussionist and vocalist put him at the top of any mention of Progressive Rock keyboardists. He has a thorough and deep understanding of English Renaissance music-vocal and instrumental ( weaving devices such as "hocketing" into "On Reflection" from FREE HAND).
It is gratifying to see the interest in their music today. Derek and Ray both went on to great success as executives at Atlantic and Elektra Records-respectively.
Until recently, Gary Green, Malcomb Mortimer and initially, Kerry Minnear, had a band called Three Friends, continuing to play GG's music. Gary suffered a heart attack-I've not heard whether he will be able to continue Three Friends(actually, now, since Kerry isn't involved, Two Friends). I wish him all the best and to the other members as well.
Starting with Joe Walsh and Joe Jackson. I moved onto Frank Zappa and King Crimson. Then I learned of GG. My life truly changed at that moment. I was always curious what GG would sound like with Greg Lake as a vocalist/ second guitarist would have sounded like.
Its so freaky, I was listening to Gentle Giant before and after work on the way home,and came home to this wonderful video...:) What a great underrated and overlooked band,who should be played on classic rock radio. Favorite album is a tossup between Freehand and Power And The Glory, with School Days being my 2nd favorite and In A Glasshouse being 3rd. I own the Simon Dupree and the big sound album but its pretty used and beat up. I used to have the live 1977 album on vinyl, but stupidly sold it. Even their overplayed songs,I never get tired of. So many twists and turns in all of their albums,even the crappy ones....there's always a handful of good melodies and cool instrumental passages.
Unfortunately they probably werent satanic enough. The industry is ALL ABOUT satanism crap. If the band isnt interested in selling out to satan - this satanic industry wont play them or promote them. Its a completely perverted system. Any artist getting play and gigs has HAD to sell out to satan, otherwise they can stay poor and non promoted. Basically every single movie star and commercialized musician has had to sellout. Isnt that weird to know nowadays in the great awakening? Something to keep in mind.
I never hear satanic music on the radio
roniszR I never hear good music on the radio.....so yeah Gentle Giant wouldn't fit in with mainstream stations.
@@roniszR - really? You must not be listening to lyrics. You are obviously one of the 80% sleepyheads. Wake up! Its was too obvious. How embarrassing for you. Go drink another glass of flouride water. It's red pill time. You don't have a choice. Welcome to the rabbot hole. You will be a dumb American NO MORE.
Simeon Lazaris wow you are an idiot. You are right I don’t listen to lyrics because I’m a jazz musician and are way more interested in the instrumentation. You must have some weird radio stations where you come from because in my town they play things like Rush the Cars.
Gentle Giant the most talented Rock band ever!!
They were/are the greatest most criminally underated band ever
Great review Pete!! I agree with you regarding their debut. I like the Steven Wilson remixes as well. Take care.
Very informative video about a very talented band.Good job.
With respect to their last album, Civilian, and Pete's comparison to the releases from the other prog bands of the day...it's 1979, so we're actually talking Rush, Hemispheres (1978), Genesis, And Then There Were Three (1978), Yes, Tormato (1978) and Jethro Tull Stormwatch (1979).
Great stuff.For me the artist who comes closest to the kind of weirdness of Gentle Giant would be Zappa.Obviously without the english folky thing.
Zappa appreciated GG, too!
They opened for Zappa once but the acoustics at the place was so bad they ended up missing the main show, despite being great fans. Zappa was also known to listen to GG at the time.
Cheers Pete, Great reviews of one of my fav bands , glass house / 3 friends my favs
Loving the videos man! Keep up the great work :)
Huge fan. Thanks for your take on the giant. Agree glass house and 3 friends my favs 👍🏻😉
Thank you so much for sharing. I've not encountered a band like Gentle Giant since the incredible King Crimson and I never thought I would. Gentle Giant has changed my mind that there are a few other bands worth discovering from this incredible period in music. Please do a review of the Gentle Giant 'Unburied Treasures' box set. By the look of things you have most of the recordings that will be in the set but also by the look of things there are at least 7 previously unreleased live albums you HAVE to have being a massive fan. Feel good because although the first run of the box set sold out in record time, there is another 1000 copies of the set being released again as the band was blown away that they were so popular which is great to see. I've been watching these live snippets of the band and I've not heard or seen a single clip I have not only immensely enjoyed but been blown away with. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time and sadly so very neglected by the mainstream music business. Anyway, 'Burning Shed' just do a google search and you will find them, are doing pre-orders for the 2nd 1000 set release of 'Unburied Treasure' and I'd be shocked if you didn't see some extreme value in obtaining this set. PS. I'm looking at those Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree Blu-ray releases and seriously considering getting them. Could you please share with us if the 24bit/96KHz quality on the bluray is superior to the current available album releases. Thank you, Sean.
I absolutely loved Octopus and Missing Piece. I got to see them around 1981 in Norman Oklahoma of all places. Great show.
Excellent synopsis of one of my favorites and certainly one of the most influential on my own, and others, compositions in Hands. You've favorably reviewed our albums in the past and keenly picked up on the GG influence. To me it's as plain as the nose on your face and I always felt we owed them so much. But you're one of the few reviewers to have picked up on it and now I know why. Your GG knowledge is impressive and much appreciated. Keep up the great work Pete.
Thanks Clay! Check out our Top Prog Rock Albums of the '70s-The Underground show. I discuss the first Hands album there!
Will do! Thanks Pete.
Phantastic band! Still one of my favourites.
Yes indeed they create something new but I can’t left behind the fact JETHRO TULL has been big influence in all they’re music 🎵 progression