GENTLE GIANT
Hempstead, NY, USA
Calderone Concert Hall
1980-05-24

Opening act: Regina Richards and the Red Hots

FM stereo broadcast - WLIR
Sound quality: B and B+ (re-seeder's rating)

Derek Shulman - vocals
Gary Green - guitar
Kerry Minnear - keyboards
Ray Shulman - bass
John T. Weathers - drums

01. Convenience 03:30 (**)
02. All Through The Night 04:29
03. Free Hand 07:12 (*)
04. Memories Of Old Days 08:07
05. Knots / Playing The Game 08:40 [switches to mono for part of the song]
06. Giant For A Day 03:53
07. Inside Out 06:22 (*)
08. It's Not Imagination 03:58 (**)
09. Underground 07:34
10. band intro / For Nobody 05:03
11. The Advent Of Panurge 06:25
12. Number One 05:55

(*) missing banter after song
(**) dropouts

Total time: 1:11:13

Lineage: FM -> ? -> CD-R -> FLAC via Nero

This concert was broadcast live as it happened on May 24th. By June 14th, the band had played their last concert. It features a startling different version of "Knots" as well as some different instrumentation.

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THE NOTES ABOVE ARE ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TORRENT (MOSTLY NOT WRITTEN BY ME)

Seeded on TTD by rayeemarc on 2021-05-04
- Also seeded on DIME by Doinker on 2006-12-18. Info file for the rayeemarc version is almost almost identical to Doinker's, but I can't be sure if it was a true reseed.
Reseeded on DIME by iggy1 on 2026-01-26
- No audio changes made to FLAC files
- Tagged and renamed files
- Created new FFPs to reflect new file names
- Added information to info file
- Added photos from Gentle Giant Tour History http://ggconcerts.on-reflection.org/part8.htm

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From Gentle Giant Tour History:

"Broadcast live over New York City's WLIR radio station. Regina Richards and the Red Hots, a Brooklyn dance music act, played in the opening slot. Their short set was not well received. During Memories of Old Days, Gary's acoustic guitar died, so he finished the song using an electric guitar. As the band began playing the song Giant For a Day, a fan tossed a poster at Derek on which he had painted the mask from the front cover of the album of the same name. Derek held it up during the tune and the poster remained on stage for the rest of the concert, first near the bass drum, then in front of the keyboards. During the encore, Derek dedicated the song Number One to the New York Islanders hockey team who had just won their league championship on that very day. While singing the song, he even wore an Islanders shirt presented to him before the number. On this particular occasion, Derek introduced himself as Ted Nugent."

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