Monday, January 10, 2011

GG - 1973-10-29 - Frankfurt

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  1. GENTLE GIANT
    Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
    1973-10-29 (October 29th 1973)

    AUD - B

    Lineage - unknown analog source>CD-R>dBpowerAMP>FLAC level 4>you

    (Checked with EAC to ensure that this is not MP3 sourced).



    01. The Runaway
    02. Way Of Life
    03. Funny Ways
    04. Knots
    05. The Advent Of Panurge
    06. Nothing At All (including drum solo/percussion bash)
    07. Plain Truth (including violin solo)
    08. In A Glass House (including guitar solo) - incomplete

    Derek Shulman - vocals, saxes, bass guitar
    Ray Shulman - vocals, bass guitar, violin
    Kerry Minnear - vocals, keyboards, cello, vibes
    Gary Green - vocals, lead guitar
    John Weathers - drums, percussion


    This is a fairly good audience recording, considering when it was made, a bit "muddy"
    at times, but generally very listenable. I've certainly heard worse... probably a "B",
    although as I've said before, these things are very much down to personal taste.
    As always, I've done a couple of mp3 samples to help you make up your own mind.

    It came to me on CD-R, and I've left things pretty much as they were - I've just made three
    minor amendments to the recording, removing approximately one second of drop-out during the
    audience reaction after The Advent Of Panurge, and removing about 40 seconds of auditorium
    noise that followed the applause for Plain Truth and preceded the re-appearance of the band
    for the encore (In A Glass House). Sadly, the encore was incomplete, suffering a rather
    hurried fade-out on my version, so I tidied this up without removing any actual music - I
    simply made the fade-out a little less jarring. I believe the recording sounds a little
    smoother as a result, and no changes to the music itself have been made.

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