Better than its predecessors...
eveoflove | North York, Ontario Canada | 04/11/2001
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Made in UK in 2000, Serial GLASS-103-CD, Playing Time 76:54The record company responsible for bringing us the "Live Rome 1974" and "In A Palesport House" albums did somewhat of a better job on this release.The recording quality is poor but listenable, but there's been some sporadic editing in a few tracks. Still, it's a tolerable listen.Recorded in 1976 during the "Interview" tour, the set list includes "Proclamation", "On Reflection", "Interview", "The Runaway/Experience", "So Sincere", "Excerpts from Octopus", as well as the rarely heard "Give It Back" and "Timing" (with a very long violin solo), while "Free Hand" closes the disc.These CDs are for the true, unconditional fan. If you don't have any of these 3 discs, start with this one: if you can't tolerate the recording quality of the tapes used, don't bother with the other 2. The performances are good, but the sound quality is what will prompt you to listen to "Playing The Fool" instead."
Poor sound - Basically "Playing the Fool" with a few more tr
Daniel J. Larubio | Philadelphia | 01/31/2009
(2 out of 5 stars)
"King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Rush, Jethro Tull, all good bands & I enjoy their music but, I LOVE Gentle Giant!!! They are, in my opinion, the best out of all of those bands. This recording, while many of the performances are good, sounds like it was recorded from a "boom box" (remember those?). I bought this CD for the "Interview" tracks for this was my favorite GG album (along side "Free Hand" & "The Power & the Glory"). I really liked the performance of "Timing" until it got to the violin solo which, in addition to becoming monotonous after 5 minutes was also kind of annoying. (no offense Ray) After this solo, they don't go back into the song - by this time I'm actually kind of pissed! The thing is "Timing" is such a killer groove, very funky (killer bass line!) & rocks solid all at the same time - so try & understand! Aside from the "Interview" tracks, the rest of the CD is pretty much the same as GG's "Playing the Fool" CD."
Track Listings (9) - Disc #1