Gentle Giant / Acquiring the Taste

Tracklist

• CD 1: Gentle Giant
• 1
  Giant
  6:24
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Funny Ways
  4:27
• 3
  Alucard
  6:01
• 4
  Isn’t It Quiet and Cold?
  3:49
• 5
  Nothing at All
  9:07
• 6
  Why Not?
  5:31
• 7
  The Queen
  1:41
  2.0 ★
• CD 2: Acquiring the Taste
• 1
  Pantagruel’s Nativity
  6:51
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Edge of Twilight
  3:46
• 3
  The House, the Street, the Room
  6:01
• 4
  Acquiring the Taste
  1:36
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Wreck
  4:36
• 6
  The Moon Is Down
  4:45
• 7
  Black Cat
  3:50
• 8
  Plain Truth
  7:37

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Three Piece Suite

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Giant on the Box

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Civilian

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Interview

Interview 1976

Free Hand

Free Hand 1975

Release credits

• Chris Thomas
  Moog [1-5]
• Clare Deniz
  cello [4]
• Derek Shulman
  alto saxophone [1, 6], bass guitar [4], clavichord [3], cowbell [3], lead vocals [1.1-3, 1.5-6, 2.3, 2.5-6], vocal [1-2, 7-8]
• Gary Green
  12 string guitar [1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6-7], bass guitar [3], electric guitar [5, 8], guitar [1-7], mandolin [3], quijada [7]
• Kerry Minnear
  Hammond organ [2.1-3, 1.1-3, 1.5-7], Minimoog [2.1-5, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7], bass guitar [2], celesta [3], cello [1.2, 2.2-3, 2.7], claves [7], clavichord [3], electric piano [2.2, 2.6, 1.3], harpsichord [2, 5-6], lead vocals [1.3, 1.6, 2.1-2], maracas [7], mellotron [2.1, 2.5-6, 1.1, 1.6], piano [1.2, 1.5, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.8], tack piano [4], timpani [1.1, 1.3, 2.2], vibraphone [1.3, 2.1, 2.7], vocal [3, 5-6, 8], xylophone [2.2-3, 1.4]
• Martin Smith
  drums (drum set) [2.1-3, 2.5-8, 1.1-3, 1.5-7], gong [2], snare drum [4], tambourine [1]
• Paul Cosh
  tenor horn / alto horn [1]
• Phil Shulman
  alto saxophone [1.3, 2.6], clarinet [2-3], claves [7], lead vocals [1.2-5, 2.5, 2.7], maracas [8], piano [3], soprano recorder [6], tenor recorder [6], tenor saxophone [1.5, 2.1, 2.6], treble recorder / alto recorder [6], trumpet [1.1-3, 1.6-7, 2.1, 2.3], vocal [1-3, 6, 8]
• Ray Shulman
  12 string guitar [6], acoustic guitar [5], bass guitar [2.1-3, 2.5-8, 1.1-3, 1.5-7], bass pedals [6], classical guitar [2-3], electric guitar [5-7], electric violin [8], tambourine [5], triangle [2], viola [7], violin [1.2, 1.4, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.7], vocal [1-3, 6]
• Roy Thomas Baker
  recording [1-7]
• Tony Visconti
  bass drum [7], guest [3, 5, 7], producer, soprano recorder [5], tenor recorder [5], treble recorder / alto recorder [3, 5], triangle [7]

Issues

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  Gentle Giant / Acquiring the Taste

  2x CD
  2012