--- Sez MICHAEL DOYLE to DAVID MARHEINE ---
 DM>I received a 2 CD _Giant For A Life_ tribute album yesterday...
 MD> A Gentle Giant tribute CD!?  Where do I get one?
Italy.  Chris Topham can prolly help you out.  (Which way did you
come in?)  Send me an e-mail (you're midiot@something, right?) if
you need his address...  david.marheine@yops.com should work.
 
 MD> Civilian, alas, stinks.
It's even lousy New Wave.  One song from it appears on the tribute,
an admirably weird choice, I think.
 MD> "Free Hand" from '75 is EXCELLENT.  The follow up "Interview" very,
 MD> very good, but short.
 MD> The pre-"Free Hand" albums "The Power And the Glory" and
 MD> "In a Glass House" are pretty good too. The post-"Interview" albums get
 MD> very spotty...
 MD> But by far the best album of GG's to start with has got to be the
 MD> double live "Playing the Fool."  Despite your stated dislike of 70's
 MD> live albums in-general, this one does not exhibit the flaws you listed;
 MD> it's simply a fantastic album, covers most of their previous material,
 MD> and shows this band could actually play all that complex stuff LIVE.
Thanks for the input.  I'll probably start nabbing whatever I can find
on vinyl inexpensively.  I'm guessing _PTF_ was too long for a single
CD, but it souds like it's worth checking out...  _Free Hand_ seems to be
readily available cheaply on CD...
Later,
DM
... Veni, vidi, velcro: I came, I saw, I stuck around.
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