Thank you Squire Jaco! Spot-on review. The recording quality is WAY better than I expected it to be. The recordings on this disc span four sessions between 1970 and 1975. If you've heard other live versions of Excerpts from Octopus -- e.g. the ones included on the GG at the GG recording or King Biscuit -- THIS disc has the "cleanest" variation I've ever heard, complete with the Yankee Doodle recorder segment. The last track, On Reflection, is similarly arranged like the GG concert version, but the vocal mix is perfect. And City Hermit is worth the whole disc alone.
Gute Auswahl der BBC Sessions zwischen 1970 und 1975. Speziell die Session vom Dezember 1974, produziert von Tony Wilson im Rahmen des lgendären -John Peel- Formats " Sounds of the 70s" , die herausragende Live-Transkription der Titel " Proclamation, Expperience, Aspirations und Cogs in Cogs " des im gleichen Jahr veröffentlichten Albums - the Power and the Glory- wird jeden Gentle Giant Fan, und jeden der es werden möchte, begeistern.
British prog -rock at his best. 100%ige Kaufempfehlung.
5つ星のうち4.0Another excellent live cd from peak GG...
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Last time I checked, there were close to TWENTY live and/or BBC session albums by Gentle Giant. So it might get a little difficult for newcomers to figure out which one(s) to get.
This is one of 'em.
"Playing The Fool" is their best live cd in terms of performance, sound quality and song selection. (If you don't have that one yet, come back here in three weeks after you've digested that gem...;-) And their "King Biscuit Flower Hour presents..." cd is another fine product. But I like this "Out of the Woods" cd a lot, partly because the band always finds a new wrinkle to throw into these already great songs, and also because this is about the only place you'll find the 5-minute opener "City Hermit". That song is in mono, and not on the same level of sound quality as the rest of the album - but still quite adequate, and the song itself is a worthy addition to your GG catalogue. Ya needs it.
Not much more to say - it's live Gentle Giant, so it's great. I think it's one of their top 3 live cd's. There - I did the research for ya...
I value interesting music that is played and recorded well. This cd's rating was based on: Music quality = 9.3/10; Performance = 9.0/10; Production = 8.5/10; CD length = 10/10. Overall score weighted on my proprietary scale = 9.2 ("4-1/2 stars")