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Free Hand is an album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant that was released in 1975. It also marked their first album under their new label, Chrysalis Records in the U.K. This album is noted for its high production values, and a less dissonant, more accessible feel than their previous album The Power and the Glory. It was their highest-charting album in the U.S. and the only one to crack the Top 50 on the Billboard album charts.
The 1990 CD version released by the re-issue label One Way Records of Albany, New York mistakenly used an alternate rough mix version of the album. This version revealed some different musical details. Alucard/EMI re-released the CD in 2009, "from the original 1/4-inch tapes through 24bit 96k Hi-Resolution transfer."
Track listing
All songs composed by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman and Ray Shulman, except where noted.
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"Just the Same" |
5:33 |
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"On Reflection" |
5:43 |
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"Free Hand" |
6:14 |
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"Time to Kill" |
5:08 |
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"His Last Voyage" (R. Shulman, Minnear) |
6:26 |
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"Talybont" (instrumental) |
2:43 |
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"Mobile" |
5:03 |
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"Just The Same" (Live) (on the 35th anniversary CD edition) |
4:50 |
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"1976 Intro Tape" (previously unreleased) |
1:39 |
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"Just The Same" (BBC session John Peel) |
6:05 |
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"Free Hand" (BBC session John Peel) |
6:08 |
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"On Reflection" (BBC session John Peel) |
5:42 |
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"Give It Back" (International 7" mix) |
3:48 |
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"I Lost My Head" (7" mix) |
3:29 |
Personnel
- Gary Green – acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 7), electric guitar (tracks 5-7), electric guitars (tracks 1-4), descant recorder (tracks 2, 6), co-lead vocals on track 2
- Kerry Minnear – Electric piano (tracks 3, 4), piano (tracks 1-5, 7), Hammond organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Moog (tracks 1, 2, 4), Clavinet (tracks 3, 5-7), synthesizer (tracks 1, 3, 6), harpsichord (tracks 2, 6), glockenspiel (track 2), vibraphone (tracks 1, 2, 5), marimba (track 2), tympani (track 2), harp (track 2), cello (track 2), tenor recorder (track 6), lead vocals on tracks 2-5
- Derek Shulman – lead vocals on tracks 1-4 and 7, treble recorder (track 6), alto saxophones (track 1)
- Ray Shulman – bass, violin (track 7), viola (track 2), electric violin (track 7), co-lead vocals on track 2
- John Weathers – drums (tracks 1-5, 7),[3] bass drum (track 6), tom-tom (track 6), cowbell (track 3), tambourine (tracks 1, 6, 7), percussion (track 7), frame drum (track 7)
There are no instrument credits listed on the album.
Credits
- Engineer – Gary Martin
- Assistant engineer – Paul Northfield
- Graphics artwork by – Richard Evans
Charts
Release history
References
- ↑ Taylor, Robert (2011). "Free Hand - Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ↑ Pardo, Pete (2011). "Review: 'Gentle Giant: Free Hand-35th Anniversary Edition (remaster)' - Sea of Tranquility - The Web Destination for Progressive Music!". seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ↑ Gentle Giant's website (www.blazemonger.com/GG/)
External links
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| | Other releases |
- Playing the Fool
- In Concert-BBC Radio 1
- Out of the Woods
- The Last Steps
- Under Construction
- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents
- Out of the Fire
- Totally Out of the Woods
- Live in Rome 1974
- In'terview in Concert
- In a Palesport House
- Experience
- Artistically Cryme
- Endless Life
- The Missing Face
- Prologue
- Scraping the Barrel
- Playing the Cleveland
- Live in New York 1975
- Live in Santa Monica 1975
- Live in Stockholm '75
- King Alfred's College Winchester
- Giant on the Box (DVD)
- GG at the GG (DVD)
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