1975-01-24 - GG - Toronto

Gentle Giant
Convocation Hall, Toronto
24th January 1975

FLAC files ripped from CDR I got in a trade with a member of O-R.
Sound quality is good.

01. intro - Cogs In Cogs
02. Proclamation
03. Funny Ways
04. The Runaway - Experience
05. features from Octopus
06. intro to So Sincere
07. So Sincere
08. Plain Truth
09. Mister Class & Quality - Peel The Paint - Valedictory

line up
Derek Shulman - vocals
Ray Shulman - bass
Kerry Minnear - keyboards
Gary Green - guitar
John 'pugwash' Weathers - drums

As fans of GG will know, seeing the band live was like watching a group of jugglers as they would play each others instruments, even swapping mid song. So the above credits don't really do them justice.

I didn't receive any artwork for this concert. I'd sure like some.

From Jack Skelly's site (which can now be found at http://www.ggtourhistory.50webs.com/):
"Jan. 24 Toronto, Ontario
University of Toronto - Convocation Hall the Myles and Lenny Band opened this show. a tape of Giant's performance exists which shows that Derek had problems with his microphone and monitor at the beginning. this is easily explained by the fact that their own sound system did not arrive for some reason, necessitating the last minute rental of a replacement system. accordingly, the gig was quite late starting. the tape of this show also includes one of Ray's most energetic violin solos known on any recording. ironically, Ray was not even using his own violin this evening, as it was stolen before the show. he borrowed a violin from Lenny Solomon, a member of the opening band. a second audience tape, recorded by someone else in the crowd, is also known to exist. in addition to this, a small bit of the soundcheck was also recorded and, on it, the band can be heard running through a little of So Sincere plus an instrumental version of No God’s a Man, a song never known to be played live in concert"


files included
9 x FLAC files
1 x .log file
1 x .txt info file
1 x .md5 file

As ever, I can't seed 24/7.
I will be probably missing in the evenings, UK time, so as to avoid upsetting my ISP.
Don't panic I will ensure someone gets a complete seed.