Voiceprint Music - Release

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£10.99

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Catalogue number

VP500CD

Release date

28/09/2009

Format

Label

Voiceprint

The Giles Brothers

1962-1967

Disc 1

1. Little Sue 2. Julie 3. Big Big Fella 4. Don’t Ever Change 1781 5. Breakups 6. A Love Like Ours 7. In A Big Way c/w 8. Lucky Date 9. Go Away 10. Lollipops & Roses 11. Hello Josephine 12. Move On Over 13. You’ve Sure Got A Funny Way 14. I’m Coming Home 15. Sarah Darling 16. It’s Not As Easy 17. Boyfriends & Girlfriends 18. Shot On Sight 19. Kick The Donkey 20. Nightmares In Red 21. Nobody Knows The Game 22. One In A Million 23. Most Likely You Go Your Way... 24. Murder

The Giles Brothers are famous for being founders of the band Giles Giles and Fripp, which eventually metamorphosed into King Crimson, one of the giants of Progressive rock. Mike Giles would be a founder of King Crimson along with Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald and Greg Lake. Peter Giles would also join King Crimson briefly in 1970.

The recordings on this album however come from a period when the Giles brothers were members of a number of pure pop, R n B and soul influenced bands. Whilst the material is quite unlike anything the Giles brothers were subsequently involved in these recordings are of a historic nature and as individual singles all the tracks are incredibly collectable.

All the tracks come from the personal archives of Peter and Mike Giles and as such are an interesting look into a period of time during the Giles brother's careers that has previously been less than well documented. The recordings have all been re mastered for this release giving them the best possible quality and this release is the first release that gathers together all of these historic performances on one disc.

Reviews

....The nine 45s plus half a dozen EMI out-takes the Giles Brothers appeared on as members of a succession of early-mid '60s pop outfits (The Dowlawn Brothers, Trendsetters Ltd, The Trend and the Brain) from the duo's pre-crimson days make for fascinating listening.

Grahame Bent

Peter and Michael Giles are surely the most underated siblings in music. By the time they contributed to the early King Crimson (Michael founded the group with Robert Fripp) they had been in various bands for the previous seven years at least...

...The good folks at Voiceprint Records have done more than most to keep interest in the brother's earlier work. The Giles, Giles and Fripp album 'The Brondesbury Road Tapes' is a fascinating collection of previously unreleased material which remained for some thirty-odd years in a private collection before Voiceprint issued the album.

Now Voiceprint have released the work that the Giles Brothers recorded between 1962 and 1967 and it's going to be something of an eye-opener even for those who have always expected the unexpected from this most extraordinary drummer and bassist....

...This is a fascinating collection of thats that even if they weren't connected by the Giles Brothers would put to shame many of those sixties compilations of rare recordings that appera frequently.

All These recordings have come from the personal archives of Peter and Michael Giles and apart from the odd pop and crackle are presented in fantastic sound for their age and origin. Although this release with obviously appeal to followers of the Giles Brothers there is so much here that anyone who has even the slightest interest in British pop music before and just after those four guys from Liverpool changed the face of music forever will simply love.

Malcolm Carter