I'm a big Gentle Giant fan too.
If you can get it get the DVD. I think the keyboardist from GG is actually
selling this himself.
First saw it a Dave Bradley's house. Poorly recorded by todays standards,
but the playing is spectacular.
I would get the live album "Playing the Fool" first.
I would also recommend:
(in this order)
Freehand
Octopus
In a Glass House
Interview
Power and Glory
The Missing Piece and Civilian are more commercial but also quite good.
I'd stay away from:
Three Friends
Giant for a Day
There are also a couple of early albums which are not as good IMHO:
Gentle Giant and Acquiring the Taste
There are a whole bunch of live albums taken from various radio shows and
concerts.
Most of these are not well recorded, but there are some real gems because
the playing often transcends the poor quality.
Proghead Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Zacherl (aka TonTaub) " <egroups@...>
To: <MOTM@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:30 PM
Subject: [motm] Re: classic synth records
> Hi Juergen!
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>>>I go to a local used record store (in Detroit area) and usually find
>>>prog rock stuff - sometimes Gentle Giant or Camel records, which are
>>>always worth the few bucks on the sticker, even if they are not awesome
>>>records.
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>> Ahhh, but ∗every∗ record from Gentle Giant is awsome !!
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> Some of the records have been rereleased on the occasion of their 35th
> anniversary.
> Any particular recordings you'd recommend since that's a lot?
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> In a Glass House
> Interview
> Playing the Fool
> Free Hand
> ...
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> Michael.
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