Gentle Giant
Derek Shulman- vocals
Kerry Minnear- keyboards
Gary Green- guitar
Ray Shulman- bass
John T. Weathers- drums
Paradise club
Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
May 22, 1980
(1st show of 2)
first uploaded by Doinker in late 2007,
the fpt and MD5 files are different in this
but the sound files are exactly the same, no changes were made.
performance quality: A (inspired, tight set)
recording quality: B+
source: master audience tape
runtime: 77:45
lineage: Realistic twinhead microphone >
Sony 158 cassette deck (dolby B on) >
TDK-SA cassette > soundforge 4.5 >
CD > CD extractor > FLAC 6 > torrent.
setlist:
1: tuning
2: convenience >
3: all through the night >
4: free hand
5: memories
6: knots >
7: playing the game
8: giant for a day >
9: inside out
10: it's not imagination
11: underground > drums
12: for nobody
13: encore break (with commentary)
14: encore: the advent of panurge
15: crowd cheering for more
comments:
the 1st of Gentle Giant's 2 last shows in Boston touring their
album "Civilian", no unusual songs in this show, but one of the
better sounding Gentle Giant recordings I've heard and a nice show.
The sound is clear, you can hear it all, recorded about 25 feet
from center stage in the middle, it's a You are There production.
One of what was to be one of glasnostrd19's 1st 25 upload shows for
December 2006 whose files were lost in my dead computer, but saved
on glitchless discs, then upload was delayed by port and firewall problems.
This show is unedited, except for the tape flip (which was not one
of my best splicing jobs but better than just a plain splice) Tape flipped
between songs. Nothing is missing at all from this show. I did quite a bit
of ICPVR (individual clap peak volume reduction) on this because it was a
fairly "clappy" and enthusiastic audience, still is but not as overbearing
now, and the clapping is mostly between songs when the band is not playing
or talking. If you like Gentle Giant at all, you'll want to hear this.
I like them alot, saw them 3x, but this was my only GG master.
Wish I'd done it the other 2x in 75, only have partial tapes of those
and they were both very good shows. If you're having a Giant
spring jones, this should help alot. This was meant to be up for
Chanukah 2006. So much for that plan, long story, but at last Gentle
Giant in Boston has arrived on the dime. This torrent ends with
an announcement that there are 400 people waiting outside to get
into the second show, which is probably the only reason there was no
second encore. This crowd was really in Giant spirits and gave them
a very warm reception "all through the night". Not a weak number in
the whole set, all very nicely played and sounding clear to the ear.
The only one I know who taped the late show had his master stolen before
I could get a copy (same raw deal for Bruford 80 late show) but both of
mine survived, so here it is for all to enjoy, now a second time master seed.
Thanks much to Doinker for uploading this show while I was wrestling with
port and firewall cybernightmares. now that those rotten (0% seeding problems)
days seem to be behind me, I can keep this seeded which is why I'm uploading
this now (again).
Do not sell this recording.
Trade freely and losslessly.