McDonald & Giles - M onald & Giles [Audio CD]

McDonald & Giles - M onald & Giles [Audio CD]

McDonald & Giles - M onald & Giles [Audio CD]

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Product Description Jewel case CD set + 12 page booklet About the Artist 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, eventually, be performed by the 21st Century Schizoid Band in 2002). 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 reception over the decades to the point where it is now much better known than it was in 1970/71. Always concerned that the mixes on the album as released were rushed and never quite completed in the manner the artists would have preferred, in 2001 Ian and Michael revisited the album – making slight edits to the original masters and remastering the entire recording. It is that master that is now being reissued more widely for this release. While working on this reissue it was discovered that the original multi-track tapes for the entire album may exist. The possibility remains that the multi-tracks – if in reasonable/rescuable condition could be used to deliver a surround sound mix. An official vinyl release of the album is also planned. Tracklisting 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 5-10 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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