Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool

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Gentle Giant
Playing The Fool

Album UK 1977 on Chrysalis label
Rock (Prog Rock)

Recorded live at various locations in europe from September to October 1976. Released on a green Chrysalis label in a fold-out cover. The first 10,000 copies included a booklet.

Musicians

	Gentle Giant , *1970 GB album by
	Gary Green g, *1950 GB acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, vocals, percussion, alto recorder, recorder, descant
	Ray Shulman b, vn, *1949 GB bass, violin, acoustic guitar, recorder, descant, written by
	John Weathers dr, perc, *1947 GB drums, vibraphone, vocals, percussion
	Kerry Minnear , *1948 GB keyboards, cello, vibraphone, vocals, percussion, recorder, tenor, written by
	Derek Shulman voc, *1947 GB vocals, alto saxophone, bass, percussion, recorder, descant, written by

Producers

Geoff Allman design

Murray Carden design

Paul Northfield engineer

Phil Sutcliffe liner notes, booklet

David Zammit mixed by, live mix

Composers

Derek Shulman

Kerry Minnear

Ray Shulman

Ben Bernie

Kenneth Casey

Maceo Pinkard

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Just The Same	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	11:13
2	Proclamation On Reflection	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	6:24
3	(Octopus) Boys In The Band	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	15:35
4	Funny Ways	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	8:35
5	In A Glass House	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	9:31
6	So Sincere	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	10:22
7	Free Hand	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	7:40
8	Sweet Georgia Brown	Gentle Giant	Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard	1:15
9	Peel The Paint / I Lost My Head	Gentle Giant	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman	7:35

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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