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Re: Gentle Giant 'Acquiring The Taste'
Oct 25, 2007, 08:34
IanB wrote:


Gentle Giant were more like a British version of The Band. Not ashamed of their essential Englishness and a gang of musical grave robbers as skilled as Robertson, Manuel and Danko. In touch with the core Rock ideal but not afraid of a detour that flew in the face of everyone else.


Second album is probably the place to start. Avoid everything after 1977 and deffo seek out 'His Last Voyage' on Free Hand because it is just so damned bizarre. Emma Kirkby and Bobby Hutcherson join Steeleye Span.



I found the one '75 live set I got by them too 'busy'. The 72 and 73 sets are far less bpm. It's one thing I don't like in prog people trying to show off about how much they can fit in each moment and thereby losing resonance. I do like them earlier on where they are more spacious even if they keep switching over instruments every other moment.
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