Monday, January 10, 2011

GG - 1975-11-12 - Stockholm


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Dr. Forrester said...

GENTLE GIANT
Karhuset (Club Karen), Stockholm, Sweden
1975-11-12 (November 12th 1975)
Sound: A - FM Radio Broadcast


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

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


01. Cogs In Cogs
02. Proclamation
03. The Runaway/Experience
04. So Sincere/Drum Bash
05. Plain Truth/Violin Solo
06. Free Hand **
07. Just The Same

** There is a section of this track missing towards the end - in essence,
the final verse - rather than attempt any sort of patch or edit, I have
left this exactly as it came to me on CD-R.


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


This recording is from a Swedish radio broadcast of Gentle Giant's
gig at Stockholm University on November 12th 1975. I've seen the
venue for this gig quoted as both "Club Karen" and "Karhuset" - as
far as I can make out, one may simply be a translation of the other -
perhaps another Dime member could clarify this? Whichever is correct,
the gig definitely took place at Stockholm University.

As before, I'll quote the entry for this gig that appears on Jack Skelly's
GG gig list (at http://members.aol.com/JAskelly/GGtourhistory.html) -
"Karen, although not technically part of Stockholm University, is operated
by the faculty of that University. For this concert, it was privately rented
by the one of the University's students who then booked Giant. The show was
recorded by Sweden's Radio 3 and then broadcast in edited form, at a later
date, possibly a week later. A slightly different edit of this show was
also re-broadcast in January of 1976 as part of the Tonkraft series. The
original producer at Radio 3 has attempted to locate any remaining portions of
the concert that were not broadcast, but was unsuccessful and believes they no
longer exist".

Good sound, and a pretty good performance - the lead vocals are occasionally a
touch below par, but this is generally a vintage GG gig. Shame about the missing
section of "Free Hand", but that's life, I guess...

January 10, 2011 at 3:33 AM

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