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CUVEE 
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 Topic: Gentle Giant (Free Hand)Posted: January 09 2022 at 11:34 |
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I will receive Gentle Giant - Free Hand album on Saturday with Blu-Ray + CD. I really did not know of this band in the 70's but pick out from record store the album "Playing The Fool" with double vinyl LP that still is in mint or near mint condition, still in a protective jacket for the album I bought in 1985. It seems "Freehand" well liked today.
 
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richardh
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Posted: January 10 2022 at 04:31 |
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Probably their best album although I usually go with The Power and The Glory as that feels more 'complete' to me. By 1975, prog bands had pushed it to the limit and GG was no exception.
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: January 10 2022 at 04:49 |
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It's excellent (and still only my eight GG-favorite out of their eight first albums).
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Heart of the Matter
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Posted: January 10 2022 at 06:18 |
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I picked this up from a discount batch of LPs (a lifetime ago), and never had a regret at it.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 10 2022 at 06:38 |
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I'm on a Gentle Giant marathon today, but given a Free Hand, I'm afraid I'm still not Acquiring the Taste for Gentle Giant by the time I've reached their seventh album.
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: January 10 2022 at 06:40 |
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My favorite GG album. The Wilson surround mix of "On Reflection" is stunning. Enjoy.
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I prophesy disaster
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Posted: January 10 2022 at 07:21 |
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Doug Helvering did a Daily Doug episode on the entire Free Hand album. |
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Boojieboy
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 17:10 |
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I'd put that one near the middle ranking of their albums. Certainly strong and varied, though not as overtly prog as the first five albums. If not their most accessible album, certainly among the top three in that regard.
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 17:13 |
But Gentle Giant certainly deserve all the Power and the Glory for such an excellent discog (well, barring some of the later ones). I'll bring Three Friends over to my place so I can introduce them to the band's music
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Take me down, to the underground
Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
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Sacro_Porgo
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 18:20 |
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Got this album for Christmas. Love it.
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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miamiscot
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Posted: January 12 2022 at 07:50 |
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My favorite Gentle Giant album!!!
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Posted: January 14 2022 at 01:47 |
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An absolute masterpiece. I've been following them since the '70s and Free Hand is my favourite GG album.
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Posted: January 14 2022 at 04:04 |
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Been a while since i gave it a listen, I will try and change that.
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Posted: January 14 2022 at 10:39 |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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mellotronwave
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Posted: January 28 2022 at 15:08 |
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The Power and the glory and Free Hand are my favorites GG
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Posted: January 28 2022 at 15:13 |
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If you have the opportunity , listen to their BBC recordings
Out of fire double CD Totally of of ht woods one CD and also : The King Biscuit Flower Hour ( recorded in january 75 at the NYC Academy of music) one CD |
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Posted: January 28 2022 at 15:13 |
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Totally out of the woods*
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