Genre: Progressive Rock
Year Of Release: 2023
Duration: 00:36:56
Label: Alucard Records
Quality: Blu-ray
Number of channels : 2.0, 5.1
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 14950 kbps 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: DTS-HD Master Audio English 6305 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6305 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio #3: LPCM Audio English 13824 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
“Interview” was the eighth studio album of Gentle Giant and was released April 23rd, 1976. Stylistically it continued in the vein of their preceding album, “Free Hand” released the year before. “Interview” further displayed the eclectic and versatile nature of the band, from reggae influenced grooves to ethereal a cappella vocal passages and furiously complex rockers. Award winning producer and musician Steven Wilson has remixed “Interview” in Dolby Atmos and 5. 1 surround sound. Wilsons attention to detail and deep respect for the source material makes the album sound as fresh today as it did on first release. In addition, the original flat mix, original 1976 quad mix and an instrumental mix will all be included on a CD/Blu-ray.
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Gentle Giant – The Missing Piece (Steven Wilson 2024 Remix) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:55 minutes | 802 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alucard
The Missing Piece is a unique album in the Gentle Giant catalog. One half experimenting with new styles not tried before, and the other half proving that when it came to progressive rock, they had few equals. It perfectly represents the versatility, sense of humour and compositional genius of this most singular of bands. Including the same personnel that had recorded the previous years In’terview – Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Gary Green and John ‘Pugwash’ Weathers, and yet it felt different. Marking a change in direction following their successful In’terview tour, the album received mixed reviews upon its initial release, but has since grown in stature, praised for its forward-thinking sound and experimental nature. We are now pleased to present this record in its full glory and the best it’s ever sounded.
Continuing his association with Gentle Giant, award winning producer and musician Steven Wilson has remixed The Missing Piece in Dolby Atmos, Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound and Instrumental Mixes. His tonal range and painstaking attention to sound quality gives the album a fresh and exhilarating sonic lift. Within the Blu-Ray are newly created visuals for each track.
Available in aTri-fold digisleeve plus booklet with CD including 2024 Steven Wilson Remix and Blu-Ray including 2024 Steven Wilson Remix, Dolby Atmos, Stereo and Instrumental Mixes.
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Gentle Giant – In’terview (2023 Steven Wilson Remix) (1976/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:01 minutes | 694 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chrysalis Records
In’terview was the 8th album by Gentle Giant, originally released in April 1976. Having toured non-stop with artists like Jethro Tull, Yes, Frank Zappa etc. the band had gone from stregnth to strength. By the time of their previous album, Free Hand, the bad had become a headliner in their own right.
In’terview ultilizes complex classical chord and time patterns, together with hard rock, blues, jazz and even medieval melodies, set them apart from other progressive groups of their time or since. Interview was a concept album based around an imaginary interview with the band, giving them the opportunity to satirize the music industry and its relationship with the media.
Award winning producer and musician Steven Wilson has added his delicate touch in remixing In’terview. His tonal range and painstaking attention to sound quality make In’terview sound as fresh today as it did on first release.
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Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 34:07 minutes | Scans included | 1,38 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 657 MB
Features the 2010 DSD mastering based on Japanese original analog tape. Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players). DSD transferred by Manabu Matsumura.
Returning to Gentle Giant’s fourth album after any kind of lengthy absence, it’s astonishing just how little Octopus has dated. Often written off at the time as a pale reflection of the truly gargantuan steps being taken by the likes of Jethro Tull and Barclay James Harvest, the band’s closest relatives in the tangled skein of period prog, Gentle Giant often seemed more notable for its album art than its music. Octopus, however, marries the two seamlessly, with the cover speaking for itself, of course. And the mood continues within, the deliciously convoluted opening “The Advent of Panurge” itself riding waves of sonic tentacles as Gary Green’s guitar shrieks short but so effective bursts around the thundering bass and, occasionally, churchy organ. Against the pulsating volume of the album’s heavier tracks – “Panurge” is joined by “A Cry for Everyone” – the band’s excursions into less excitable territory are never less than captivating. Twiddly though they are, the sometimes a cappella “Knots,” the lilting “Dog’s Life,” and the Yes-with-fiddles-ish “Raconteur Troubadour” all have moments of sublime sweetness, while the instrumental “The Boys in the Band” is a succession of quirky showcases for, indeed, all the boys. Occasionally arrangements do get overly cluttered – with each of the six bandmembers doubling up on at least three different instruments, there’s a distinct sense of overdubs for overdubbing’s sake. Follow the key instruments alone, however, and the soundscapes not only make perfect sense, but so do the flourishes and intrusions that rattle around. And the end result is an album that has withstood the test of time a lot better than anyone might have expected.
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Title: Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock
Production/Label: Alucard Publishing Limited
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Container/Video/Audio codec: BDMV/AVC/DTS, PCM
Duration: 03:56:20
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 14811 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6498 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#3: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#4: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4613 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#5: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 35.4 GB
Following the highly successful releases of the Steven Wilson remixes of ‘The Power And The Glory’ and ‘Octopus’, Steven has now remixed a specially curated selection of songs and compositions from the band’s first three albums (Giant, Acquiring the Taste, Three Friends) presented in both 5.1 surround sound and stereo. Only a few songs from each of the band’s first three albums are known to exist as multi-tracks, with the rest presumably lost, and it is these nine tracks – plus the previously unreleased pre-debut song ‘Freedom’s Child’ – that have been remixed by Steven Wilson for this very special release.
‘Three Piece Suite’ includes the songs ‘Giant’, ‘Nothing At All’ and ‘Why Not’ from the first album ‘Giant’; ‘Pantagruel’s Nativity’, ‘The House, The Street, The Room’ from the second album ‘Acquiring The Taste’; and ‘Schooldays’, ‘Peel the Paint’, ‘Mr. Class And Quality’ and ‘Three Friends’ from the album ‘Three Friends’. The previously commercially unreleased song ‘Freedom’s Child’ is from the first recording sessions with legendary producer Tony Visconti. The liner notes contain an essay by noted journalist Anil Prasad, in which Gentle Giant’s members reflect upon the writing and recording sessions. Furthermore, Steven Wilson and Tony Visconti share their observations about the early days of this unique collection of timeless music from one of progressive rock’s most influential bands.
Tony Visconti: “I was a very optimistic young man in 1970… I thought music like theirs would save the world from mediocrity. I couldn’t wait to sink my teeth in it.”
Steven Wilson: “There was never a question of trying to outdo the original mixes, but offer different perspectives on them.”
This Blu-Ray + CD Digipak contains the new Steven Wilson mixes both in 96/24 PCM and in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound Master Audio. The Blu-ray also includes animated videos for the Steven Wilson mixes, instrumental mixes of all tracks, as well as flat transfers of all three complete albums in their original mixes.
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Artist: Gentle Giant
Title: The Power and the Glory
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Label: © Alucard Publishing Ltd.
Release Date: 1974/2014
Recorded: December 1973 – January 1974, Advision Studios, London
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Size: 21.82 GB
• 2014 New 5.1 & Stereo Mix by Steven Wilson
Length: 00:41:17
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 23912 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 7574 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: EEnglish LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
• Instrumentals Stereo Mix
Length: 00:46:31
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 11994 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
• 1974 Original Stereo Mix
Length: 00:37:23
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 11994 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
A brand new mix in both high resolution stereo and 5.1 surround sound of this classic album from one of the most gifted and ambitious but perhaps also most underrated of the original wave of seventies progressive rock bands. For many (including Steven) The Power and the Glory from 1974 is their masterpiece. The remix was done from the master tapes at 96/24 and this is the 2 disc Blu-Ray/CD edition on the band’s own label Alucard. Also includes bonus tracks of the non-album title-track (originally released as a single), and an alternate take of Aspirations. The Blu-Ray also includes animated videos for the whole album, and exclusive instrumental mixes.
The group’s first U.S. release in two years featured ornate playing from Kerry Minnear on keyboards and Gary Green’s loudest guitar work up to that time. The Power and the Glory is also a fairly dissonant album, yet it made the charts, albeit pretty low. There seems to be a unifying theme having to do with one’s place in the social order, but it’s very vague in contrast to Pink Floyd’s re-creations of the post-’60s drug experience, Yes’ sweeping album-length suites, and ELP’s sci-fi epics. “No God’s a Man” is an infinitely more challenging piece of music than anything on Jethro Tull’s Aqualung, but that wasn’t a commercial virtue; nor could the electric violin break on “The Face” or the rippling electric guitar passages throughout cover the effort involved in absorbing these songs. The Power and the Glory vaguely resembled Genesis’ early art-rock albums, but without any presence as charismatic as Peter Gabriel. “Playing the Game” and “So Sincere” were the most accessible tracks and ended up as key parts of their concert set. –Bruce Eder
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Artist: Gentle Giant
Title: Octopus
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Sympho Rock
Artist: Gary Green (Electric guitars, maracas), Kerry Minnear (Piano, Hammond, Minimoog, electric piano, Mellotron, Clavinet, harpsichord, regal, vibraphone, tambourine, cello, lead vocals and backing vocals), Derek Shulman (Lead vocals, alto saxophone), Phil Shulman (Trumpet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, mellophone, lead vocals and backing vocals), Ray Shulman (Bass, violin, viola, electric violin, acoustic guitar, tambourine, backing vocals), John Weathers (Drums, bongos, varispeed cymbal, xylophone)
Label: © Alucard Publishing/Universal
Release Date: 1972/2015
Recorded: July 24 – August 5, 1972, Advision Studios, London, England
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 14948 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 7753 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
UK prog rockers Gentle Giant‘s fourth album, Octopus has been remixed (in part) by Steven Wilson for an expanded CD+Blu-ray audio reissue. The new edition of the 1972 album sees Wilson remix five of the eight tracks for stereo and 5.1 surround sound (this is due to missing multi-tracks). The remaining three tracks (Advent of Panurge, Raconteur Troubadour and The Boys in the Band) are the original stereo remixes on the CD and on the blu-ray have been processed through Penteo upmix software for 5.1 surround sound. Steven did this for Broken on Tears For Fears‘ Songs From The Big Chair, if you remember. Both discs also include a bonus track of a 16 minute live version of Extracts from Octopus, again newly mixed into stereo and 5.1 surround sound.
As well as the album tracks in 96/24 Stereo LPCM & DTS 5.1 Master Audio, the blu-ray element of this set contains a flat transfer of the original 1972 mix, and instrumental versions of the five stereo remixes, all in high resolution.
Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite (Steven Wilson Mix) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:09 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Progressive Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alucard
“Three Piece Suite” follows the highly successful reissues of “The Power And The Glory” and “Octopus”, and features Steven Wilson mixes of a specially curated selection of songs taken from the band’s first three albums (“Gentle Giant”, “Acquiring the Taste”, “Three Friends”). The album also includes the previously unreleased song “Freedom’s Child” (from the band’s first recording sessions with producer Tony Visconti).
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Gentle Giant – Free Hand (2021 Steven Wilson Mix) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:11 minutes | 698 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chrysalis Records
GG’s seventh album – originally released in 1975 – Free Hand is arguably the Giant’s most accessible and vibrant release and saw the band competing with the likes of Genesis, Yes and Jethro Tull on an equal footing.
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