Giles, Giles and Fripp

 

Artist:  Giles, Giles and Fripp

Origin:  Bournemouth, Dorset, England

Genre:  Psychedelic Rock, Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion

Original line-up:

Robert Fripp:  Guitar

Peter Giles:  Bass

Michael Giles:  Drums, Vocals

Giles, Giles and Fripp were an English Rock Group from Bournemouth, Dorset, formed in 1967, featured brothers Michael Giles (Drums, Vocals), and Peter Giles (Bass, Vocals), and Robert Fripp (Guitar from King Crimson).   The band's music showed an electric mix of Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Folk, Jazz, and Classical influences.

Title:  The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles and Fripp (1968)

Genre:  Psychedelic Rock, Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion

Label:  Deram Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  North Meadow (2:29)

 2.  The Saga Of Rodney Toady - Part 1 (0:29)

 3.  Newly-Weds (2:07)

 4.  The Saga Of Rodney Toady - Part 2 (0:27)

 5.  One In A Million (2:25)

 6.  The Saga Of Rodney Toady - Part 3 (0:19)

 7.  Call Tomorrow (2:31)

 8.  The Saga Of Rodney Toady - Part 4 (0:25)

 9.  Digging My Lawn (1:50)

10. The Saga Of Rodney Toady - Part 5 (0:15)

11. Little Children (2:48)

12. The Crukster (1:35)

13. Thursday Morning (2:50)

14. How Do They Know (2:14)

15. Just George - Part 1 (0:12)

16. Elephant Song (3:15)

17. Just George - Part 2 (0:10)

18. The Sun Is Shinning (3:06)

19. Just George - Part 3 (0:13)

20. Suite No. 1 (Instrumental) (5:33)

21. Just George - Part 4 (0:14)

22. Erudite Eyes (5:05)

23. She Is Loaded (3:11)

24. Under The Sky (4:01)

25. One In A Million (Mono Single Version) (2:25)

26. Newly-Weds (Mono Single Version) (2:44)

27. Thursday Morning (Mono Single Version) (2:57)

28. Thursday Morning (Stereo Single Version) (2:57)

Personnel:

Robert Fripp:  Guitar, Mellotron, Spoken Word

Peter Giles:  Bass, Lead & Backing Vocals

Michael Giles:  Drums, Percussion, Lead & Backing Vocals, Spoken Word

Additional Musicians:

Nicky Hopkins:  Keyboards

Mike Hill:   Keyboards

Ted Baker:  Trombone 

Cliff Hardy:  Trombone

Raymond Cohen:  Violin

Gerry Fields:  Violin

Kelly Isaccs:  Violin

Boris Pecker:  Violin

William Reid:  Violin

G. Salisbury:  Violin

John Coulling:  Viola

Rebecca Patten:  Viola

Alan Ford:  Cello

Charles Tunnell:  Cello

The Breakaways:  Backing Vocals

The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles and Fripp is an album by Giles, Giles and Fripp, was released on September 13, 1968 by Deram Records.  For Music Collectors.