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McDonald And Giles - 200 Gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl - Sealed

MCDONALD & GILES McDonald And Giles (2023 UK/EU limited edition LP pressed on 200-gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl, the underground classic debut album from Ian McDonald and Michael Giles, cut from a new transfer of the original master forthe first time since its original 1970 release. Gatefold picture sleeve with original cover artwork, hype sticker & factory sealed)

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Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Friday 22nd November
Release Date 3rd Nov 2023
Release Year 2023 - 1 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Inner Knot Panegyric
Complete Stock List Go to McDonald & Giles
Product Catalogue No DGMLP7
Music Genre Progressive, 70s Artists, 70s Rock
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
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• Cut from a transfer of the original masters for the first time since 1970
• Mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering
• Pressed on 200gram Super-Heavyweight vinyl at Vinyl Factory UK
• Official vinyl release

The shock of King Crimson’s arrival, ascendancy and transatlantic success – all in a period of just under a year - carried within it the seeds of the line-up’s implosion in December of 1969 when Ian McDonald and Michael Giles left the band.

Taking up the option to record an album as a duo - with Michael’s brother Peter taking the role as bass guitarist – the eponymous album was recorded in the summer of 1970 and released in the UK in November of that year. It was and remains a minor classic of the late British Underground era – an album that could only come from that particular time and place and, very obviously, an album that was always intended as just that – a studio construct with no evidence that it was ever imagined as music that could or might be played on the 1970 gig circuit – (though some of the material would be performed more than thirty years later in 2002 by the 21st Century Schizoid Band).

Inevitably perhaps, there was some continued crossover with King Crimson activities – both Michael and Peter played on the Jan/April sessions for Crimson’s “In the Wake of Poseidon” prior to the recording and Peter Sinfield contributed lyrics for side 2 of McDonald & Giles’ ‘Birdman’. Inevitable also, that some material had a shared lineage with KC, most notably in ‘Flight of the Ibis’, as it was the original melody for what became ‘Cadence and Cascade’.

But if Mike’s instantly recognisable drum sound and position as that generation’s most gifted drummer and Ian’s skills as a multi-instrumentalist and composer were, by this point, established, the considerable charm of the record comes from the different direction in which the duo took some of the familiarities from their earlier shared band – both compositionally and in arrangements – the vocal harmonies on Birdman more reminiscent of late Giles, Giles and Fripp, the expanded sound coming – not from a mellotron but from full string and brass sections, Steve Winwood’s piano and organ solo sound on the ‘Turnham Green’ section of album opener ‘Suite in C’ would be instantly familiar to anyone who had heard the July 1970 released “John Barleycorn Must Die” album and the overall album had a gentler, more wistful, autumnal sound than anything Crimson would record.

Although not a huge success when initially released, the album became a cult favourite and garnered a broader following over the ensuing years to the point where it is now much better known than it was in 1970/71.

The original stereo masters to the album – along with the original multi-track tapes – were returned to the control of the artists in late 2021. This is the first official release of the album on vinyl in decades & the first time since 1970 that the album has been cut from the original masters.

SIDE A
1. SUITE IN C; including TURNHAM GREEN, HERE I AM and others
2. FLIGHT OF THE IBIS
3. IS SHE WAITING?
4. TOMORROW’S PEOPLE - THE CHILDREN OF TODAY

SIDE B
1. BIRDMAN; involving
THE INVENTOR’S DREAM (O.U.A.T.)
THE WORKSHOP
WISHBONE ASCENSION
BIRDMAN FLIES!
WINGS IN THE SUNSET
BIRDMAN - THE REFLECTION

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Recording Artist McDonald & Giles
Product Title McDonald And Giles - 200 Gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl - Sealed
Product Information McDonald & Giles McDonald And Giles - 200 Gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info
Artists Related To 21st Century Schizoid Band, Adrian Belew, Al Et Al, Andy Summers & Robert Fripp, Boz Burrell, CJ3: Crimson Jazz Trio, David Cross, Eddie Jobson, Freeway, Giles, Giles & Fripp, Gordon Haskell, Ian McDonald, Ian Wallace (Crim), Jack-Knife, John Wetton, King Crimson, Michael Giles, Mogul Thrash, Pete Sinfield, Qango, Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp & Brian Eno, Ten Seconds, The California Guitar Trio, The Grid / Fripp, The Roches, Tony Levin, Toyah & Fripp, Trendsetters Limited, Trey Gunn, U.K.
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