GILES GILES & FRIPP - The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles Giles & Fripp (remastered)
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GILES GILES & FRIPP
The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles Giles & Fripp (remastered)
Panegyric
heavyweight vinyl LP Cat: DGMLP 8Rel: 7 Jul 25
Post Rock/Experimental Side 1 - Track 1. North Meadow Side 1 - Track 2. Newly-Weds Side 1 - Track 3. One In A Million Side 1 - Track 4. Call Tomorrow Side 1 - Track 5. Digging My Lawn Side 1 - Track 6. Little Children Side 1 - Track 7. The Crukster Side 1 - Track 8. Thursday Morning Side 2 - Track 1. How Do They Know Side 2 - Track 2. Elephant Song Side 2 - Track 3. The Sun Is Shining Side 2 - Track 4. Suite No 1 Side 2 - Track 5. Erudite Eyes
The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles And Fripp might not have made waves when it landed in 1968, but it's since become a cult curiosity for anyone tracking the tangled roots of King Crimson. The trio of Michael Giles, Peter Giles and Robert Fripp wove a quilt of psych, chamber folk, jazz daftness and classical eccentricity, within a spoken-word skit framing device (a la 'The Saga Of Rodney Toady', 'Just George'). It's less a precursor to In The Court Of The Crimson King than a sidelong step into the British art-pop twilight zone, with Fripp still years away from his feedback-drenched grandeur. Though it reportedly sold only 500 copies at first, reissues with bonus demos and singles have helped rescue it from obscurity, especially the 2001 Brondesbury Tapes, capturing home-recorded sketches that fill in the backstory.
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