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Артист: Gentle Giant Альбом: Free Hand 1975, 1993 Жанр: Prog-Rock/ Art Rock..... Формат файла: eac-cue-log-wv-scans-iso Ссылка: CD 72 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

cue & log tagged within, scans are inside

неуклонно продолжаем генеральную линию Прогрессивному Року - Прогрессивные формы релиза (и для другой музыки - также!)
погнали дальше со спасибами runo и всем другим друзьям

TRACKLIST

1. JUST THE SAME 2. ON REFLECTION 3. FREE HAND 4. TIME TO KILL 5. HIS LAST VOYAGE 6. TALYBONT 7. MOBILE

Gentle Giant's "Free Hand": A Progressive Rock Classic!, December 15, 2001
Reviewer: James P. Zaworski (Joliet, IL USA)
Gentle Giant is one of the most interesting progressive rock bands that has ever been. From 1970 to 1980, they put out some of the most provacative, fascinating, and musically complex music in progressive rock. In the middle of their career, they put out a release calle "Free Hand".
Free Hand: Arguably their most popular album (with the possible exception of "In a Glass House"), and certainly one of their best! It was released in 1972, and is their third recording. The first track, "Just the Same", starts with the snapping of fingers, making a nice tempo, and it is then accompanied by a keyboard rhythm, and electric guitar, and then explodes into a heavy bass, drums, and vocals: "See me, What I am, What I was, What I'll be....", as Derek Shulman belts out the lyrics in his inimitable style (and subtlety accompanied by strange saxophones, clarinets, and horns). Changes and more changes, musically, rhythmically, and in time and tempo, abound throughout this catchy, strangely mellow, and at times, heavy, and excellent song.
The second track is called "On Reflection", and is one that continues to display the unexpected virtousity, and inventiveness, and talent of Gentle Giant. It is a song in which all five members of the group sing, in a juxtaposed harmony that is reminiscent of Medieval English minstrel music. Lovely! (Especially Kerry Minnear's soft vocals in the middle of this song).
The third track, and title track, is "Free Hand", and is my favorite song on this recording. This one is really powerful! Back is the driving bass guitar work of Ray Shulman, and the excellent guitar work of Gary Green. Also on this song are all the unexpected changes in tempo, it is like 4 or 5 songs in one!
The fourth track is "Time to Kill", and starts with the sounds from the original computer game, "Pong". A medium level Giant song, it does groove in it's own way.
The fifth track is "His Last Voyage", and begins with a mellow bass line, compliment by vibes and guitar, and then melding perfectly into a lovely vocal harmony, with Minnear in the lead. This is a very dreamy song, and quite ethereal.
The sixth track is entitled "Talybont", is an instrumental piece, and is another of my favorite songs on this album. Again, it displays that hard-to-put-your-finger-on-quality and medieval feel that much of Gentle Giant's music is famous for.
It comes complete with harpsichord, electric guitar and bass, recorder, moog synthesizers, flute, tambourine, and drums.
The seventh, and final track on this recording is "Mobile", and this exhibits the kind of driving, 'rolling' heavy bass lines, raucous vocals of Derek Shulman, and soft keyboard/harpsichord work of Minnear, eclectic electric guitar work of Gary Greene, fantastic drumming of John Weathers. It is also complete and replete with the strangeness and altogether weirdness of Gentle Giant. At times, it is like they are 'punk classical', from Mozart's time, especially when the bass player, Ray Shulman, pulls out his electric violin, and has a go in the middle of the song!

So, by all means, stretch the limits of your imagination, and expand your musical horizons with the boundless possibilities of Gentle Giant!

This post has been edited by OlCh on 19-03-2008, 11:25

SPOILER!

EAC extraction logfile for CD Gentle Giant / Free Hand (Truck CD 004) Used drive : Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache Read offset correction : 48 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Used output format : Internal WAV Routines 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo Other options : Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Installed external ASPI interface Range status and errors Selected range Filename _Gentle Giant - Free Hand (Truck CD 004).wav Peak level 88.7 % Range quality 100.0 % CRC 65232B5E Copy OK No errors occured End of status report

This post has been edited by OlCh on 19-03-2008, 11:25

Да, всем скучно стало! Везде перемены.
10ХХХ!!!

Естественно у меня Free Hand одна, в другой мышка!
Я имел в виду не качество звука (оно на высоте), а муз. содержание.

а я и имел в виду музыкально-поэтическое, так сказать, содержание

На самом деле, просто, Free Hand и последующий диск 1976 года Interview, более навороченные и их с первого раз просечь тяжело!

Потом будет концертный альбом 1977 года Playing The Fool , на котором многие вещи с Free Hand звучат гораздо более интересно и изысканно!
К сожалению, у меня нет последних трех студийных дисков GG: The Missing Piece, Civillian и Giant For A Day. Хотя они уже не звучат так "прогрессивно" как классические диски 1972-76 гг, ради полноты коллекции было бы не дурно их заиметь!

У кого-нить они имеются?

ну вот теперь всё понятно, а я думаю что такое. До этого момента понимал. А с этого альбома.... А OlCh всё на скрытный музыкально-поэтический смысл напирает...

Откопал у себя американский Vertigo - Gentle Giant- Aquiring the Taste 1971 года!
Если надо, то тоже раздадим!

задницу покажи плис... не свою, конечно

задницу покажи плис... не свою, конечно
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[QUOTE=OlCh,17-11-2006, 21:26]
[QUOTE=runo,17-11-2006, 18:45]
Откопал у себя американский Vertigo - Gentle Giant- Aquiring the Taste 1971 года!


Вот какая она!

с такой - есть в сети, правильный рип и картинки

Тогда отбой!
Three Friends (Columbia CK 31649) тоже не надо?!

This post has been edited by runo on 17-11-2006, 22:19

этого не встречал

ed2k://|file|Gentle%20Giant%201977%20The%20Missing%20Piece%20EAC-WV%20by%20coconut.rar|242664535|6DAA4400051345E9E1FEA41C60D553CC|/

без картинков, но правильный рип

ed2k://|file|Gentle%20Giant%201977%20The%20Missing%20Piece%20EAC-WV%20by%20coconut.rar|242664535|6DAA4400051345E9E1FEA41C60D553CC|/

без картинков, но правильный рип

Ну это у меня ьтоже есть - я имел в виду оригинальный диск!
Но в принципе на Interview заканчивается по настоящему прогрессивный GG и начинаются эксперименты и заигрывания с коммерцией!
А концертный диск 1977 года - это уже так сказать красивая лебединая песнь!

This post has been edited by runo on 18-11-2006, 11:28