GILES GILES & FRIPP Cheerful Insanity LP DERAM 1968 UK orig Stereo KING CRIMSON
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GILES, GILES and FRIPPMICHAEL GILES, PETER GILES, ROBERT FRIPP
plus NICKY HOPKINS, MIKE HILL, T. BARKER, THE BREAKAWAYS, etc.
Giles, Giles & Fripp -- whose name always sounded more like an accounting firm
than a rock group -- only existed for a little more than 15 months.
They never got to play a single live performance under their own name,
never charted a single anywhere in the world, and were so obscure
in their own time and their own country that the one album that they recorded
for English Decca Records' Deram label sold fewer than 1000 copies.
But out of that trio grew the band that became King Crimson
"THE CHEERFUL INSANITY OF GILES, GILES AND FRIPP"
Produced by WAYNE BICKERTON
1968 LP DERAM RECORDS SML 1022 STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
Released in a laminated cover (front only)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: DERAM - 'RED/WHITE' LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover (spine & rear only): SML 1022
Catalog on labels: SML 1022 (ZAL 8330 / ZAL 8331)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ZAL-8330-1W JT
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ZAL-8331-1W JT
On labels: upper rim text reads "Made in England by The Decca Record Co. Ltd."
J/T stereo
?1968 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 6 o'clock)
On Back Sleeve: Stereo SMLP 1022 (also playable in Mono)
© 1968, The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Deram Records, The Decca Record Company Limited,
Decca House, 9 Albert Embankment, London, S.E.1.
Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited
Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd.
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: THE SAGA OF RODNEY TOADY:
NORTH MEADOW - NEWLY WEDS - ONE IN A MILLION
CALL TOMORROW - DIGGING MY LAWN
LITTLE CHILDREN - THE CRUKSTER - THURSDAY MORNING
Side B: JUST GEORGE:
HOW DO THEY KNOW - ELEPHANT SONG
THE SUN IS SHINING - SUITE No.1 - ERUDITE EYES
grading
RECORD EX (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX (please, see pictures and read above description)
This pre-King Crimson aggregate involves the talents of Michael Giles (drums/vocals),
Peter Giles (bass/vocals), and Robert Fripp (guitar/vocals) accompanied by a plethora of studio musicians,
most notably keyboardist Nicky Hopkins and backing vocalists the Breakaways.
By any standards The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp is one of the more eclectic albums
to have been issued during the psychedelic rock movement of the late '60s.
The album was initially issued in September of 1968 on the Decca Records subsidiary Deram,
whose releases were aimed specifically at the alternative or progressive rock market.
That said, this disc is a far cry from the type of material that other artists on the label such
as the Moody Blues, Caravan, or Pacific Drift were concurrently issuing.
The original record album was divided into two sections: "The Saga of Rodney Toady" and "Just George,"
which were named after the respective spoken word pieces that link the musical works on the A- and B-sides.
Musically, Giles, Giles & Fripp are wholly unlike anything before or since.
Drawing upon folk, classical, pop, and even sacred music, each track brings a fresh listening experience...(AllMusic)
