Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste Vinyl

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Gentle giant acquiring the taste vinyl. Prog rock gentle giant acquiring the taste 1971 gatefold 1 press uk vinyl discogs. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2020 gatefold vinyl release of acquiring the taste on discogs. Vinyl lp album reissue gatefold country. As always with great prog albums they need a few spins before you really get into them but then they just get better with each play.

Acquiring the taste gentle giant s second album from 1971 featured a winning combination of complex compositions haunting melodies and inventive production courtesy of tony visconti. In 1973 i discovered gentle giant through their octopus album. Their second album acquiring the taste was originally released in the summer of 1971 and was produced by tony visconti like their debut album. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of their debut album and to meet fans repeated requests prog rock icons gentle giant are releasing their first four albums as special vinyl editions.

This may have come out after the band split in the early 80s. 180g black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with the original artwork including all lyrics. Gentle giant vinyl reissues. I recall i liked a lot about acquiring the taste but i played it less than octopus and three friends because i looked at it as an album where gentle giant were finding themselves as writers.

Acquiring the taste is the second album of english progressive rock band gentle giant released in 1971. I then worked my way backwards to three friends and acquiring the taste. This is a reissue of acquiring the taste from polygram germanys motive budget series. Badabec had to die fair pantagruel is born shall i weep yes f.

Vinyl lp album stereo gatefold 1 press uk country. Gentle giant acquiring the taste three friends octopus article by. The cover is inaccurate as the long term lineup are shown as they were in the late 70s and the sleeve doesn t show founding former members phil shulman and the late martin smith yet it has john. It was the final album by the band to feature original drummer martin smith.

The first album gentle giant is perhaps a bit rough around the edges in places but it s still a great album with fantastic musicianship and creativity and acquiring the taste is a classic. Vertigo 6360 041 format.