Ian McDonald, Michael Giles
McDonald And Giles (LP)
LabelPanegyricGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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Following the meltdown of the original King Crimson lineup, Ian McDonald and Michael Giles brought brother Peter Giles back, which helps to account, in some ways, for the resemblance of this album to the 1968 Giles, Giles & Fripp recordings -- though the songs here tend to go on at some length, combining prog rock's traits of length and multiple sections with some of the lighter feel of the GG&F days. The 20-minute "Birdman" tends toward self-indulgence, while "Tomorrow's People - The Children of Today" loses focus halfway and spends the next four minutes being a blithering -- if pretty -- musical idiot. The main attraction is really the performances turned in by McDonald and the Giles brothers -- they all sound fabulous, even when waffling musically, while Michael Giles has a unique drum tone that never has been duplicated (Giles himself abandoned the sound for his later career in Jackson Heights and as a session drummer). Peter Giles returned to the accounting trade, alas, while Ian McDonald eventually wound up as part of Foreigner, which is another tale entirely.
Release notes
Cut from a new transfer of the original master for the first time since its original release, the underground classic debut from McDonald and Giles. 200-gram super-heavyweight vinyl
| A1 | Suite In C; Including Turnham Green, Here I Am And Others | 11:21 | |
| A2 | Flight Of The Ibis | 3:18 | |
| A3 | Is She Waiting? | 2:40 | |
| A4 | Tomorrow's People – The Children of Today | 7:00 | |
| Birdman | |||
| B1.a | The Inventor's Dream (O.U.A.T) | ||
| B1.b | The Workshop | ||
| B1.c | Wishbone Ascension | ||
| B1.d | Birdman Flies! | ||
| B1.e | Wings In The Sunset | ||
| B1.f | Birdman - The Reflection | ||
- Mike Gray
- Arranged By (A1, B1.a to B1.f), Conductor
- Ian McDonald
- Arranged By, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Zither, Vocals, Other [Sundries], Music By (A1 to A3, B1.a to B1.f), Words By (A1, A3)
- Michael Giles
- Arranged By, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Music By (A4), Words By (A4)
- Peter Giles
- Bass Guitar
- Brian Humphries
- Engineer
- Richard Digby Smith
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Jasdaface
- Lacquer Cut By
- Jason Mitchell
- Mastered By
- Steve Winwood
- Organ, Piano [Solo On Turnham Green] (A1)
- Charlotte Bates
- Painting [Cover]
- Richard DiLello
- Photography By
- Michael Blakesley
- Trombone (A4)
- BP Fallon
- Words By (A2)
- Peter Sinfield
- Words By (B1.a to B1.f)
