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The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp

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Giles Giles & Fripp Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Saga of Rodney Toady: North Meadow
2 Saga of Rodney Toady: Newly-Weds
3 Saga of Rodney Toady: One in a Million
4 Saga of Rodney Toady: Call Tomorrow
5 Saga of Rodney Toady: Digging My Lawn
6 Saga of Rodney Toady: Little Children
7 Saga of Rodney Toady: The Crukster
8 Saga of Rodney Toady: Thursday Morning
9 Just George: How Do They Known
10 Just George: Elephant Song
11 Just George: The Sun Is Shinging
12 Just George: Suite No. 1
13 Just George: Erudite Eyes
14 She Is Loaded
15 Thursday Morning [Mono Single Version]
16 Under the Sky
17 One in a Million [Mono Single Version]
18 Newly-Weds [Mono Single Version]
19 Thursday Morning [Mono Single Version]

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2008 digitally remastered and expanded edition of this Psychedelic/Pop album from Michael Giles, Peter Giles and Robert Fripp, now featuring six bonus tracks. This great 1968 album is where it all began for the King Crimson stalwarts. An excellent late 60's album which touches on Psychedelic Pop, (often compared to early Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd) with Jazz influences and a whimsical brand of surreal humor. Fripp's guitar is on top form on "Suite No. 1" and shows the shape of things to come when in 1969 when he and Mike Giles teamed up with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald to form King Crimson. Esoteric.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 5.67 x 0.35 inches; 3.46 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Esoteric Recordings
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2008
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 15, 2008
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Esoteric Recordings
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0013NBBPQ
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 101 ratings

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Christopher Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars An enlightening record that is a must for King Crimson and McDonald & Giles lovers
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2022
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This is pre-King Crimson and pre-McDonald and Giles by only a year or two, but it is so totally different as to be seen as a decade’s difference. There are subtle hints of what was to come - certain bass riffs, jazz based counterpoint drum riffs, staggeringly good staccato runs on guitar, strong keyboard and flute contributions - but nothing here would hint at the depth and ground-breaking nature of what would come in 1969 and 1970. The growth and maturity of these excellent musicians in those couple of years is staggering. But, now, to the record at hand.

The record is ostensibly broken into three parts. The first is a group of nine songs mostly written by the Giles brothers around a story line penned by Fripp, although the songs do not directly pertain to the story line. Same with the second group of songs, this time, bracketing a repeated dialog thread. The third part is a collection of many of the songs from the earlier parts, mastered to be released as singles, all of which were abject failures. There is a certain Monty Pythonish humor and lighthearted ‘poppiness’ to most of the songs that makes you wonder what these guys were trying to accomplish. I mean, my god, The Beatles were releasing the White Album for Christ’s sake! That said, the songs are tight, well-written (great hooks), well-produced and, of course, the musicianship is excellent. There are numerous songs that have become ear worms as they are just so damn good in their pop style.

So, for those prog lovers who have to have the entire catalog of their gods (as I have to do), this is a key addition. Young, amorphic, exuberant and thoroughly enjoyable!
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pain doc
5.0 out of 5 stars pecursor to King Crimson
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021
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This album is a humourus way to present some very important messages per the lyrics. In addition, the music is preminescent of King Crimson and Giles, Giles, and McDonald that followed KC. All great music and worth hearing if you ever liked KC.
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Anibal J. Rosario Planas
4.0 out of 5 stars Cheerful Insanity indeed
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2009
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This is one of the craziest albums I've ever heard (and I've heard quite a few). But it is very interesting. Fans of King Crimson can get a piece of the beginings of the band, although their musical approach on this one is a bit different. Just like Pink Floyd in the Syd Barrett era, this is a less polished, more experimental work from a very "early version" of Crimson, still looking for their own place within the 60's crazy, creative and insane psychedelic music scene.
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Shawn
5.0 out of 5 stars No Fippotronicks
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2006
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To anyone loking for The Cimson King you will not find him in this collection. Instead you will find R.Fripp to be more of a court jester. This cd leans more towards the jazzy silly side of progrock and thats a good thing.I thought at best this disk would be a dark and forboading peek into a tangled web of 9/8 time sigs and elaborate melodies oddly it sounds to me as if Caravan and Cream made a record. I love both those bands and this CD.I just wanted to give a friendly heads up to anyone who thinks this will be 21st century schizoid music.
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Andrew West
5.0 out of 5 stars Strangely Catchy
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2013
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I bought the CD not knowing what to expect. I bought as a fan of vintage King Crimson. The tunes are funny, short, catchy, and somewhat odd. "One in a Million" is a tune that is catchy enough to have been a top ten pop song, but the subject is so strange that nobody heard it. I can hear the group experimenting with sounds that I think began to prepare them (Fripp and one Giles brother) for King Crimson.
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Samancer FerrarinBerry
5.0 out of 5 stars Rare classic
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2020
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Classic pre Crimson Robert Fripp, almost impossible to find in the states
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bob drobneck
5.0 out of 5 stars As listed. Timely delivery. Smooth transaction.
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020
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As listed. Timely delivery. Smooth transaction.
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Commando Big
4.0 out of 5 stars It the real deal
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2014
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The very first album from the original Crim-sters. Very talented gents in their own time. Great to listen how they were forming their uniqueness both individually and as a group.
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Vincenzo Gatti
5.0 out of 5 stars Graditissima sorpresa
Reviewed in Italy on July 14, 2023
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Di questo disco non si parla un gran bene nella "letteratura specializzata", ed è un peccato. Fripp, Giles e Giles, cioè tre componenti storici dei King Crimson, compongono tutto il materiale e sono affiancati da archi e fiati. Ciò non esclude che i tre suonino con la consueta maestria. La musica ricorda Beatles, Moody Blues ma anche Who e Small Faces. Il lavoro vanta una suite e quindi si affianca a opere ben più note (e in effetti migliori) del 1968-69. Suonato molto bene, forse un po' troppo scanzonato.
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WPL119
5.0 out of 5 stars Smooth and carefree
Reviewed in Germany on April 26, 2021
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The record arrived in perfect condition. So fine packaging and the record arrived within the promised timeframe. Smooth transaction.

The record itself is sort og typical english psychedelic whimsy with a jazzy edge, from 2 of the founding members of King Crimson. There's a lot of humour and otherworldly feel to this record. There's none of the dark, symphonic, polyrhytms that would be incorporated in King Crimson's music. This is three guys in a seemingly carefree world. Nevertheless the music is executed with enormous talent and potential and nothing like you would expect from Robert Fripp, Peter Giles and Michael Giles. The record can in places remind me of the album Igginbottom's Wrench, which has Allan Holdsworth featured as guitarist.
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John S. Gray
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2018
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Ancient rare recording that originally sold a mere 600 copies worldwide.
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Richard
5.0 out of 5 stars Where "it" all began ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2014
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(...unless you count The Brain's classic "Nightmares in red" 45, which I don't, as only Pete was on it for certain...)

A wonderfully warm, witty, strange, crafted LP of great songs, superbly arranged & played. "Of its time", certainly, but nonetheless an oft unfairly maligned recording; there's so much great music & defiant iconoclasm here. King Crimson fans & afficionados of late 60s psychedelic pop music, look no further ("The Brondesbury tapes" are also more than worthy of investiagtion should you be of either persuasion); but give it a go anyway.
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Filo
3.0 out of 5 stars DELICIOSO!
Reviewed in Spain on November 10, 2012
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Es un disco de 19 cancioncillas deliciosas, alegres en su mayoría, nada que ver con King Crimson, aunque la guitarra de Robert Fripp se distingue perfectamente, se parece más a los primeros Caravan, por los toques jazzy, con influencias de The Beatles y algún ramalazo de Beach Boys.
Originalmente de 1968, y reeditado en 2008 con 6 bonus tracks, muy bien remasterizado, el sonido es muy bueno.
Lo peor, son las parrafadas entre canción y canción, por lo demás, está bien.
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