Sad Lovers & Giants

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2002's Melting In The Fullness Of Time was their first new music for 11 years
2002's Melting In The Fullness Of Time was their first new music for 11 years

Sad Lovers & Giants are a rock band from Watford, England who formed in 1981. Their sound blends post-punk, folk and psychedelia and has seen them described as 'a pastoral Pink Floyd'.

The band's members have included Garçe (vocals), Tristan Garel-Funk (who went on to form The Snake Corps) (guitar), Tony McGuinness (now part of the trance trio Above & Beyond) (Guitar), Cliff Silver (bass), Ian Gibson (bass), David Wood (keyboards and saxophone), Juliet Sainsbury (keyboards) and Nigel Pollard (drums & percussion).

The original line up produced two albums, Epic Garden Music and Feeding the Flame, but split up in 1984 on the verge of commercial success. They returned in 1987 after a personnel change and released The Mirror Test, Headland and Treehouse Poetry before their label, Midnight Music, went bust in and the band split once again. E-mail From Eternity, a 'best of' compilation was released by Cherry Red in 1996 after picking up the Midnight catalogue from the receivers. The band rose from their frequently raked ashes to release a brand new album called Melting in the Fullness of Time in 2002 and played in Italy for the first time a year later. They are currently in rehearsals with new material and live shows a distinct possibility. If they can get a new keyboard player....

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 1982 Epic Garden Music CHIME 00.01 (Midnight Music)
  • 1983 Feeding the Flame CHIME 00.03 (Midnight Music)
  • 1984 In the Breeze CHIME 00.07 (Midnight Music)
  • 1986 Total Sound CHIME 00.22 (Midnight Music)
  • 1987 The Mirror Test CHIME 00.30 (Midnight Music)
  • 1988 Les Années Vertes CHIME 00.40 (anthology - Midnight Music)
  • 1990 Headland CHIME 01.10 (Midnight Music)
  • 1991 Treehouse Poetry CHIME 01.20 (Midnight Music)
  • 1996 E-mail From Eternity (The Best of Sad Lovers & Giants) CDMGRAM 104 (Anagram Records, distributed by Cherry Red)
  • 2000 La Dolce Vita (Sad Lovers & Giants Live in Lausanne) VKR001CD (Voight-Kampff Records)
  • 2001 Headland and Treehouse Poetry VKR002CD (Voight-Kampff Records)
  • 2002 Melting in the Fullness of Time VKR003CD (Voight-Kampff Records)

[edit] 12" Singles

  • Man of Straw (DONG 5) "Man of Straw", "Cow Boys (version)", "Close to the Sea"
  • Seven Kinds of Sin (DONG 31) "Seven Kinds of Sin", "The Outsider", "Ours to Kill"
  • White Russians (DONG 34) "White Russians", "A Map of My World", "Life Under Glass"
  • Cow Boys (DONG 36)
  • Sleep / A Reflected Dream (DONG 40) with The Essence
  • Clocks Go Backwards (DONG 59)

[edit] 7" Singles

  • Clé LM 003 (Last Movement) "Imagination", "When I See You", "Landslide"
  • Colourless Dream LM 005 (Last Movement) "Colourless Dream", "Things We Never Did"

Initial copies were pressed with the labels backwards.

  • Lost in a Moment DING 1 (Midnight Music) "Lost in a Moment", "The Tightrope Touch"
  • Man of Straw DING 5 (Midnight Music0 "Man of Straw", "Cow Boys"

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