Monday, January 10, 2011

GG - 1975-11-12 - Stockholm


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  1. 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...

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