 4 CDs covering Gentle Giant’s Chrysalis albums plus many bonus tracks
Format: CD / Cat No: CRB1085 / Released: 18/06/2018
Track Listing: CD 1: 1. Just The Same (2012 Remaster) / 2. On Reflection (2012 Remaster) / 3. Free Hand (2012 Remaster) / 4. Time To Kill (2012 Remaster) / 5. His Last Voyage (2012 Remaster) / 6. Talybont (2012 Remaster) / 7. Mobile (2012 Remaster) / 8. 1976 Intro Tape (Previously Unreleased 2012 Remaster) / 9. Just The Same (John Peel Session 2012 Remaster) / 10. Free Hand (John Peel Session 2012 Remaster) / 11. On Reflection (John Peel Session 2012 Remaster) / 12. Give It Back (International 7" Mix 2012 Remaster) / 13. I Lost My Head (7" Mix 2012 Remaster)
CD 2: 1. Interview (2012 Remaster) / 2. Give It Back (2012 Remaster) / 3. Design (2012 Remaster) / 4. Another Show (2012 Remaster) / 5. Empty City (2012 Remaster) / 6. Timing (2012 Remaster) / 7. I Lost My Head (2012 Remaster) / 8. Two Weeks In Spain (2012 Remaster) / 9. I'm Turning Around (2012 Remaster) / 10. Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It (2012 Remaster) / 11. Who Do You Think You Are? (2012 Remaster) / 12. Mountain Time (2012 Remaster) / 13. As Old As You're Young (2012 Remaster) / 14. Memories Of Old Days (2012 Remaster) / 15. Winning (2012 Remaster) / 16. For Nobody (2012 Remaster)
CD 3: 1. (a) Just The Same / (b) Proclamation [Live 2012 Remaster] / 2. On Reflection (Live 2012 Remaster) / 3. Excerpts From 'Octopus' Live (Live 2012 Remaster) / 4. Funny Ways (Live 2012 Remaster) / 5. (a) The Runaway / (b) Experience [Live 2012 Remaster] / 6. So Sincere (Live 2012 Remaster) / 7. Free Hand (Live 2012 Remaster) / 8. Sweet Georgia Brown (Live 2012 Remaster) / 9. (a) Peel The Paint / (b) I Lost My Head [Live 2012 Remaster]
CD 4: 1. Words From The Wise (2012 Remaster) / 2. Thank You (2012 Remaster) / 3. Giant For A Day (2012 Remaster) / 4. Spookie Boogie (2012 Remaster) / 5. Take Me (2012 Remaster) / 6. Little Brown Bag (2012 Remaster) / 7. Friends (2012 Remaster) / 8. No Stranger (2012 Remaster) / 9. It's Only Goodbye (2012 Remaster) / 10. Rock Climber (2012 Remaster) / 11. Thank You (7" Single Edit A) / 12. Words From The Wise (7" Single Edit B) / 13. Convenience (Clean And Easy) [2012 Remaster] / 14. All Through The Night (2012 Remaster) / 15. Shadows On The Street (2012 Remaster) / 16. Number One (2012 Remaster) / 17. Underground (2012 Remaster) / 18. I Am A Camera (2012 Remaster) / 19. Inside Out (2012 Remaster) / 20. It's Not Imagination (2012 Remaster)
More information: This four-disc box set covers the years that Gentle Giant spent with Chrysalis Records between 1975 and 1980. Compiling six albums along with are 7" mixes, b-sides and a John Peel sessions, 7" mixes and a 16-page booklet containing sleeve notes by Daryl Easlea including interviews with the band. This is packaged in a new clamshell box with 4CDs in card wallets and a 16 page booklet.
Gentle Giant was born out of the ashes of Simon Dupree & the Big Sound, a successful UK rock and R&B-based outfit led by the Shulman Brothers. In 1970, the brothers founded Gentle Giant. Derek was lead vocalist and played alto sax and bass, Ray sang and played bass & violin, and Phil handled the saxophone and added vocals. Kerry Minnear, on keyboards, came straight from the Royal Academy of Music, and Gary Green became guitarist. John Weathers joined the band in 1972 and was the drummer for these 2 albums.
Gentle Giant’s utilization of complex classical chord and time patterns, together with hard rock, blues, jazz and even medieval melodies, set them apart from other “progressive” groups of their time or since.
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