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Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste album

  • Performer: Gentle Giant
  • Genre: Rock
  • Title: Acquiring The Taste
  • Style: Prog Rock
  • Country: UK
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Description

All songs written by Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman and Kerry Minnear and arranged by Gentle Giant.

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Acquiring the Taste is the second album of English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1971. It was the final album by the band to feature original drummer Martin Smith. The recording was made at the following studios. Advision Studios – (Engineers: Martin Rushent, Big A & Garybaldi). Studios, London – (Engineer: Bill Price).

Gentle Giant - Wreck 4:44. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste (Full Album) 39:15. Gentle Giant - The Moon Is Down (SHM-CD Version 2010) (1971) 4:47. Gentle Giant - Black Cat 3:55.

The band's second album is a major advance on its first, featuring superior singing, playing, and songwriting, as well as a more unified sound, without sacrificing the element of surprise in the first record. Many of the melodies and even the riffs here (check out Gary Green's first guitar flourish on "Pantagruel's Nativity") have a pretty high haunt count, and all of the musicianship displays an elegance seldom heard even in progressive circles - but the record also, amazingly enough, rocks really hard as well

Setting out their stall before the record even started, the liner notes brazenly proclaimed a modus operandi of expanding the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of being very unpopular, declaring that each song on the album should be unique, adventurous and fascinating, abandoning all preconceived thoughts of blatant commercialism. The LP’s open gatefold

Acquiring The Taste is a music studio album recording by GENTLE GIANT (Eclectic Prog/Progressive Rock) released in 1971 on cd, lp, vinyl and/or cassette. In this regard, Acquiring the Taste is a perfect "stepping stone" between their first eponymous album and Three Friends, on which they first start to develop a truly cohesive sound, and a "direction.

The House, The Street, The Room. А вот в такой симпатичной обложечке был у меня винил Acquiring The Taste в 1986 году. На фирме Mercury выходила эта серия Motive, в ней были ещё другие группы. Забавно, что на фото изображён более поздний состав Gentle Giant: с Джоном Уэзерсом и без старшего Шульмана. А достать пластинку в оригинальном конверте в те годы у нас было нереально: и эту-то привезли предыдущему хозяину из Питера. Я очень долго даже не знал, как выглядит оригинальная обложка.

Gentle Giant is the first album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970. It first appeared in the United States and Canada with the same cover as the Three Friends album. American hip-hop duo Madvillain sampled "Funny Ways" on "Strange Ways" from their album Madvillainy, which was subsequently featured in an episode of the television show The Boondocks.

Финансовые услуги оказывает: АО "Тинькофф Банк", АО "Тинькофф Страхование"

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Pantagruel's Nativity
Alto Saxophone, Vocals – Derek ShulmanBass, Vocals – Ray ShulmanDrums, Tambourine – Martin Smith Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Gary GreenOrgan, Mellotron, Vibraphone, Synthesizer [Moog], Lead Vocals – Kerry MinnearTenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Vocals – Phil Shulman*
6:49
A2 Edge Of Twilight
Bass, Violin, Guitar [Spanish Guitar], Vocals – Ray ShulmanClarinet, Vocals – Phil Shulman*Drums, Gong, Drum [Side Drum in Percussion Section] – Martin Smith Electric Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Cello, Timpani, Xylophone, Synthesizer [Moog], Lead Vocals – Kerry MinnearVocals – Derek Shulman
3:48
A3 The House, The Street, The Room
Bass, Violin, Guitar [Spanish Guitar], Vocals – Ray ShulmanClarinet, Piano, Trumpet, Vocals – Phil Shulman*Drums – Martin Smith Guitar, Bass – Gary GreenLead Vocals, Clavichord – Derek ShulmanOrgan, Piano, Celesta, Clavichord, Xylophone, Synthesizer [Moog], Vocals – Kerry MinnearRecorder – Tony ViscontiTrumpet, Organ – Paul Cosh
6:04
A4 Acquiring The Taste
Synthesizer [Moog] – Kerry Minnear
1:36
B1 Wreck
Drums – Martin Smith Guitar – Gary GreenLead Vocals – Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman*Piano, Mellotron, Harpsichord, Synthesizer [Moog], Vocals – Kerry MinnearRecorder – Tony ViscontiViolin, Bass, Tambourine – Ray Shulman
4:37
B2 The Moon Is Down
Bass, Twelve-String Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer [Bass Pedals], Vocals – Ray ShulmanDrums – Martin Smith Guitar – Gary GreenHarpsichord, Piano, Electric Piano, Mellotron, Vocals – Kerry MinnearLead Vocals, Alto Saxophone – Derek ShulmanTenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Vocals – Phil Shulman*
4:45
B3 Black Cat
Bass Drum, Triangle – Tony ViscontiBass, Violin, Viola, Percussion [Skulls] – Ray ShulmanCello, Tambourine, Maracas, Vibraphone – Kerry MinnearCowbell, Vocals – Derek ShulmanDrums – Martin Smith Lead Vocals, Claves – Phil Shulman*Twelve-String Guitar [Twelve String Wah-Way Guitar], Percussion [Donkey's Jawbone], Vocals [Cat Calls] – Gary Green
3:53
B4 Plain Truth
Drums – Martin Smith Guitar, Vocals [Voice at Start of Track] – Gary GreenMaracas, Vocals – Phil Shulman*Piano, Vocals – Kerry MinnearViolin [Electric Violin], Bass – Ray ShulmanVocals – Derek Shulman
7:42

Companies, etc.

  • Published By – Sidney Bron Music Co. Ltd.
  • Manufactured By – Phonogram, Inc.
  • Distributed By – Phonogram, Inc.
  • Mastered At – Masterdisk
  • Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
  • Published By – Dick James Music, Inc.

Credits

  • Arranged By – Gentle Giant
  • Mastered By – Gilbert Kong
  • Producer – Tony Visconti
  • Programmed By [Moog Programmer] – Chris Thomas
  • Written-By – Shulman*, Minnear*, Shulman*, Shulman*
  • Written-By, Arranged By [Percussion Section] – Kerry Minnear (tracks: A2)
  • Written-By, Arranged By [String Quartet] – Kerry Minnear (tracks: B3)

Notes

Terre Haute pressing.

Reissue with "UFO" labels.
Variant from Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste. Category VEL 1005 and side indicators appear on labels.

Gatefold jacket with band name outlined in black on cover.

Acquiring the Taste is the second phase of sensory pleasure. If you've gorged yourself on our first album, then relish the finer flavours (we hope) of this, our second offering.

It is our goal to expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of being very unpopular. We have recorded each composition with the one though - that it should be unique, adventurous and fascinating. It has taken every shred of our combined musical and technical knowledge to achieve this.

From the outset we have abandoned all preconceived thoughts on blatant commercialism. Instead we hope to give you something far more substantial and fulfilling. All you need to do is sit back and acquire the taste.

We are deeply indebted to:
Martin Rushent, Big A and Barybaldi at Advision Studios.
Bill Price at A.I.R. Studios
Paul Cosh - Ace Trumpeter and Good Viber
Park - Amplifiers that don't give up.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped, variant 1): VEL-1005 A-CT2 MASTERDISK A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped, variant 1): VEL-1005 B-CT2 MASTERDISK B
  • Matrix / Runout (Both sides, runout, etched, variant 1): 1 T G.K.
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped, variant 2): VEL-1005 A-CT2 MASTERDISK A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, etched, variant 2): 1T G.K. 9
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped, variant 2): VEL-1005 B-CT2 MASTERDISK
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, etched, variant 2): 1T G.K. B11
  • Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
6360 041 Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Vertigo 6360 041 UK 1971
RJ-7236 Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste ‎(LP, Album, Promo) Vertigo RJ-7236 Japan 1977
842 917-2 Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste ‎(CD, Album, RE) Vertigo 842 917-2 Europe Unknown
842 917-2 Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste ‎(CD, Album, RE) Vertigo 842 917-2 Germany Unknown
6360 041 Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste ‎(LP, Swi) Vertigo 6360 041 Germany 1971

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