Under Construction (Gentle Giant album)

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Under Construction
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	1997
Recorded	Various
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	146:28
Label	Alucard
Gentle Giant chronology
	Under Construction (1997)	Scraping the Barrel (2004)

Under Construction was the first of two box sets of the English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1997.

This was to collect together all the unreleased material, demos, outtakes and the odd live recordings that were available to the band.

[edit] Track listing

• Disk 1 - Total Time 73:00 - Entirely Unreleased Material

1. Radio Bit – 0:13
2. Freedoms Child – 3:57
3. Hometown Special – 4:24
4. Weekend Cowboy – 3:46
5. Bringing Me Down – 5:50
6. Nothing at All – 8:23
7. Rondo-Playing the Game – 1:33
8. DVS Guitars – 6:28
9. Robin Hood – 1:40
10. Interview Whispers – 1:04
11. Interview [Live] – 7:00
12. Timing [Live] – 9:49
13. Unreleased Civilian Track – 4:59
14. You Haven't a Chance – 4:12
15. Sample Archive – 9:18

• Disc 2 - Total Time 73:18 - Demos and Out-takes

1. House, the Street, the Room – 1:50
2. Prologue – 0:40
3. School Days – 2:54
4. Peel the Paint [Demo Version] – 0:22
5. Peel the Paint [Studio] – 4:22
6. Mr. Class and Quality – 3:02
7. Advent of Panurge – 0:56
8. "SHH" – 0:15
9. Inmates Lullaby – 3:37
10. Way of Life – 7:07
11. Experience – 6:51
12. So Sincere [Demo Version] – 3:30
13. So Sincere [Studio] – 3:28
14. Intro 74 – 2:23
15. Cogs in Cogs – 1:43
16. Intro 76 – 1:40
17. Just the Same – 1:42
18. Free Hand – 2:58
19. Time to Kill – 3:32
20. Interview Demo – 2:02
21. Give It Back – 2:23
22. Design – 0:46
23. Another Show – 2:24
24. Empty City – 3:36
25. I Lost My Head [Demo Version] – 2:31
26. I Lost My Head [Studio] – 1:41
27. Convenience (Clean and Easy) – 1:03
28. Freedoms Child [Demo Version] – 3:18
29. Kerry – 0:01

All songs written by Shulman, Shulman, Shulman and Minnear and arranged by Gentle Giant.

[edit] Personnel

• Gary Green - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, 12 string wah-wah guitar, donkey's jawbone, cat calls, voice
• Kerry Minnear - electric piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, Moog, piano, celeste, clavichord, harpsichord, tympani, maracas, lead vocals
• Derek Shulman - alto sax, clavichord, cowbell, lead vocals
• Phil Shulman - alto & tenor sax, clarinet, trumpet, piano, claves, maracas, lead vocals
• Ray Shulman - bass, violin, viola, electric violin, Spanish guitar, tambourine, 12 string guitar, organ bass pedals, skulls, vocals
• Martin Smith - drums, tambourine, gongs, side drum

[edit] Release details

• 1997, UK, Alugard ALU GG CD1, Release Date ? ? 1997, CD
• 2001, UK, Alugard PINKGCD1, Release Date 5 November 2001, CD (reissue)

Gentle Giant

Derek Shulman | Ray Shulman | Gary Green | Kerry Minnear | John Weathers

Phil Shulman | Martin Smith | Malcolm Mortimore

Discography

Main Albums: Gentle Giant | Acquiring the Taste | Three Friends | Octopus | In a Glass House | The Power and the Glory | Free Hand | Interview | Playing the Fool | The Missing Piece | Giant for a Day | Civilian

Other Releases: In Concert-BBC Radio 1 | Out of the Woods | Under Construction | Scraping the Barrel | Giant on the Box | GG at the GG

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