The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp
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"The Saga of Rodney Toady" and "Just George"
Released in 1968, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp was the first album by Giles, Giles and Fripp, the band that would become the progressive rock group King Crimson before the release of it's second album.
The songs that comprise "The Saga of Rodney Toady" were on the first side of the original vinyl album and the "Just George" songs were on the second side. The names of the parts came from the titles of spoken word pieces recited by members of the band linking the music together.
The album mixes various styles such as folk, classical, pop, psychedelic rock and sacred music.
Just Who Were Giles, Giles and Fripp?
Featuring brothers Michael Giles on drums and vocals, Peter Giles on bass guitar and vocals, and rounded out by Robert Fripp on guitar, Giles, Giles and Fripp was an English group that formed in the Bournemouth, Dorset area in 1967 when the Giles brothers advertised for a singing keyboard player and Fripp, a non-singing guitarist responded and was hired anyway.
The debut album, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp, and two singles, did not sell well.
They added Ian McDonald on saxophone, flute and clarinet, and former Fairport Convention vocalist Judy Dyble. Their next studio sessions including "She Is Loaded" and "Under the Sky" were rejected by the record company, Deram.
These rejected tracks now appear as bonuses on the CD reissue of the album, but Dyble is not on them.
The group continued to record at home, Dyble was only with the group for a short time, but did perform with the group on a few songs including "Make It Today" and demo versions of "Under The Sky" and "I Talk to the Wind" ("I Talk to the Wind was later rerecorded by King Crimson, and appears on their debut, "In The Court Of The Crimson King").
A collection of the home recordings were eventually released in 2002 as The Brondesbury Tapes. The finished recordings are mono, but many have excellent sound quality and are close to studio sound for the period.
Michael Giles, Robert Fripp and Ian McDonald went on to form the first lineup of King Crimson, with bassist/vocalist Greg Lake and lyricist Peter Sinfield after Peter Giles left the group in late 1968.
The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp
The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles Giles & Fripp
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The Saga of Rodney Toady
1. North Meadow
2. Newly-Weds
3. One in a Million
4. Call Tomorrow
5. Digging My Lawn
6. Little Children
7. The Crukster
8. Thursday Morning
Just George
9. How Do They Know
10. Elephant Song
11. The Sun Is Shining
12. Suite No. 1
13. Erudite Eyes
Bonus Tracks
14. She Is Loaded
15. Thursday Morning
16. Under the Sky
17. One in a Million
18. Newly-Weds
19. Thursday Morning
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Brondesbury Tapes
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Over 70 minutes in length with sleeve notes by Peter Giles.
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2. Digging My Lawn (a)
3. Tremelo Study In A Major (Spanish Suite)
4. Newly Weds
5. Suite No. 1
6. Scrivens
7. Make It Today (A)
8. Digging My Lawn (b)
9. Why Don't You Just Drop In (i)
10. I Talk To The Wind (1)
11. Under The Sky (*)
12. Plastic Pennies
13. Passages Of Time
14. Under The Sky (**)
15. Murder
16. I Talk To The Wind (2)
17. Erudite Eyes
18. Make It Today (B)
19. Wonderland
20. Why Don't You Just Drop In (ii)
21. She Is Loaded
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poddys
Oct 3, 2009 @ 5:03 am | delete
- I hadn't heard of them before I researched famous people from Bournemouth for my lens. They sound about as far as you can go from King Crimson which amazes me. Added this and the other related lenses about Bournemouth folk to my Bournemouth lens.
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mulberry
Jun 11, 2009 @ 3:15 pm | delete
- This was all news to me. I enjoyed the music, a lot actually.
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lakeerieartists
Dec 28, 2008 @ 7:48 pm | delete
- I obviously need to learn more about progressive rock. Must listen to music more. LOL.
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