Scraping the Barrell

Scraping the Barrell Artist: Gentle Giant
Label: Alucard
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 8044710004738
ASIN: B0006I8X7S


Release Date: 2004-12-02

Scraping the Barrell


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Tracks:

  1. Giant [Vocal Mix]
  2. Alucard [Derek, Master of Ceremonies]
  3. Pantagruels Nativity [Vocal Mix]
  4. Schooldays [Piano, Studio]
  5. Schooldays [Grand Piano, Studio]
  6. Working All Day [Demo Version]
  7. Peel the Paint [Different Solo]
  8. Mr. Class & Quality [Intro Bits + Complete Solos]
  9. Three Friends [Piano Experiment]
  10. Three Friends [Vocal Mix]
  11. Kerry's Kindness
  12. Think of Me With Kindness [Studio Outtake]
  13. Keyboard Concerto
  14. In a Glass House (Intro)
  15. Runaway/Experience [Segue]
  16. Way of Life [Without Vox]
  17. Proclamation [Rehearsal Before Take]
  18. Proclamation [Demo Version]
  19. Playing the Game [Experiment]
  20. Playing the Game [Pick'n'Mix]
  21. Playing the Game [Alternative Part]
  22. Boogie and the Woogie [Cogs]
  23. No God's a Man [Demo Version]
  24. No God's a Man [Vocal Mix]
  25. Face [Demo Version]
  26. Valedictory [Starts]
  27. Power and the Glory [Inbetweenies]
  28. Power and the Glory [Demo/Band/Studio Pick'n'mix]
  29. Power and the Glory [Second Song]
  30. With Gentle Giant on Kmet [Jingle]
  31. On Reflection [Rehearsal Chaos]
  32. Free Hand Riff
  33. His Last Voyage [Vocal Mix]

Tracks:

  1. His Last Voyage [Demo Version]
  2. Talybont [Special Mix]
  3. Talybont [Demos]
  4. Mobile [Demos]
  5. Mobile [Studio Outtake]
  6. Give It Back [Guitar]
  7. Give It Back [Funny Voices]
  8. Another Show [m8]
  9. Empty City [Studio Outtake]
  10. Empty City [Guitar and Rhodes Mix]
  11. Empty City [Vocal Mix]
  12. Timing [Demo Version]
  13. Intro '77
  14. Two Weeks in Spain [Rehearsal]
  15. Two Weeks in Spain [Studio]
  16. 12 Bar Warmup + Who Do You Think You Are? [Outtake + Rehearsal]
  17. Rock Me Baby
  18. As Old as You're Young
  19. Winning [Band Rehearsal - Odd M8]
  20. Winning [Lights Rehearsal - Pinewood]
  21. For Nobody
  22. For Nobody [Vocal Mix]
  23. Friends [Demo Version]
  24. Rock Climber [Band Rehearsal]
  25. Shadows on the Street

Tracks:

  1. Home Again
  2. Moog Fugue
  3. Move Over
  4. Really Don't Know
  5. Heaven's Tears
  6. Flower Arranging
  7. Living in a Restaurant
  8. You Make Me Very Happy
  9. Get out of My Way
  10. Wisdom Was Calling
  11. Good Christian Men Rejoice
  12. Hava Nagila
  13. Homeland
  14. Burn My Working Clothes
  15. On Safari - Gentle Giant,
  16. Starting Line [Demo Version]
  17. Running Away [Demo Version]
  18. Our World
  19. Back to the Front
  20. Prehistoric Boss Level
  21. Volcano

Tracks:

  1. Chrysalis Demo: You Make Me Very Happy - Kerry Minnear
  2. Portfolio: Pick-Me-Up - Kerry Minnear
  3. Portfolio: Sorry - Kerry Minnear
  4. Portfolio: Headline - Kerry Minnear
  5. Portfolio: Theme for Life - Kerry Minnear
  6. Portfolio: Olympics '92 - Kerry Minnear
  7. Portfolio: Rain Again - Kerry Minnear
  8. Portfolio: This Country - Kerry Minnear
  9. Portfolio: This Country [2004 Mix] - Kerry Minnear
  10. Staring Line
  11. Running Away 2
  12. Is This a Tunnel?
  13. Dance
  14. Friday Night Suit
  15. 1977 Groove - Gary Green
  16. 1979 Noodle 1 - Gary Green
  17. 1979 Noodle 2 - Gary Green
  18. 1982 Mikal [Electric Guitar] - Gary Green
  19. 1982 Mikal [Acoustic Guitar] - Gary Green
  20. 1993 Waltz Through the Night - Gary Green
  21. 1982 Ray Demo - Ray Shulman
  22. Showmix - Ray Shulman
  23. Giant [Hammond Bass]
  24. Giant [Tenor Horns]
  25. Giant
  26. Nothing at All [Foggy Moog]
  27. Pantagruels Nativity [Guitars]
  28. Pantagruels Nativity [Mellotron Note]
  29. Pantagruels Nativity [Moog Flute]
  30. Pantagruels Nativity [Moog Melody]
  31. Pantagruels Nativity [Tambourine]
  32. Pantagruels Nativity [Trumpets]
  33. House, The Street, The Room [Count-In]
  34. House, The Street, The Room
  35. House, The Street, The Room [Moog 1]
  36. House, The Street, The Room [Moog 2]
  37. House, The Street, The Room [Muted Piano]
  38. House, The Street, The Room [Orchestra 1]
  39. House, The Street, The Room [Orchestra 2]
  40. House, The Street, The Room [Orchestra 3]
  41. House, The Street, The Room [Orchestra 4]
  42. Schooldays [Mandolin]
  43. Schooldays [Percussion and Snare]
  44. Schooldays [Slow Drums]
  45. Schooldays [Soft Drum Hits]
  46. Schooldays [Spinet and Guitar]
  47. Peel the Paint [Moog Modular]
  48. Mr. Class and Quality
  49. Mr. Class and Quality [Tambourine]
  50. Cry for Everyone [Moog]
  51. Knots [Wah Rhodes]
  52. Think of Me With Kindess [Never Used Mellotron]
  53. River [Cello]
  54. River [Varispeed Cymbals]
  55. River [JPW Groove]
  56. River [Moog]
  57. River [Wah Guitar and Violin]
  58. Proclamation [Ride 32rds]
  59. Proclamation [Guitar and Rhodes Run]
  60. Proclamation [Rhodes Bass Note]
  61. Playing the Game [Hammond Solo]
  62. No God's a Man [Hammond]
  63. Face [JPW Groove Outtake]
  64. Power & The Glory [Guitar Solo]
  65. Power & The Glory [Moog 1]
  66. Power & The Glory [Moog 2]
  67. Just the Same [2 Minimoogs]
  68. Just the Same [FX Vibes]
  69. Just the Same [Hand Claps]
  70. Just the Same [Saxes]
  71. Just the Same [Snare Drum Outtake]
  72. Just the Same [Tambourine]
  73. On Reflection [Moog and Harp]
  74. On Reflection [Timpani]
  75. Time to Kill [Piano Stabs]
  76. Mobile [Violins]
  77. Mobile [Violin Solo]
  78. Mobile
  79. Mobile [Guitar]
  80. Interview [Guitar + Hammond]
  81. Interview [Honky Tonk Solo]
  82. Interview [Leslie Clavinet + Vox]
  83. Interview [Rhodes]
  84. Give It Back
  85. Give It Back [Clavicord]
  86. Give It Back [Clavinet]
  87. Give It Back [JPW Count-In]
  88. Give It Back [JPW]
  89. Give It Back [Marimba I & II]
  90. Give It Back
  91. Give It Back [Rmi Electric Piano]
  92. Design [Orchestral Percussion Boogie]
  93. Design [Big Drums]
  94. Design [Conga and Guiro Groove]
  95. Design [Finger Cymbals]
  96. Design [Percussion Combo]
  97. Design [Triangle Mutes and Roll]
  98. Design [Triangle]

Tracks:

  1. Another Show [Prepared Piano]
  2. Another Show [Hammond Hi Notes]
  3. Empty City [String Machine]
  4. Empty City [Violin]
  5. Interview [JPW Groove 1 Outtake]
  6. Interview [JPW Groove 2 Outtake]
  7. Betcha Thought [Guitar]
  8. Betcha Thought [Moog Solo 1]
  9. Betcha Thought [Moog Solo 2]
  10. As Old as You're Young [Tambourines]
  11. Winning
  12. Winning [Moog]
  13. Winning [Rhythm Machine]
  14. Winning [Shaker and Cowbell]
  15. Living in a Restaurant [Kitchen Percussion 1]
  16. Living in a Restaurant [Kitchen Percussion 2]
  17. Gong and Cymbals in Bath
  18. 2 Inch Tape Noise Waves
  19. Visuals [CD-ROM Track]
  20. Gentle Giant: Nothing at All (Piano Solo)
  21. In a Glass House: Loop Idea Going into Inmates Lullaby
  22. In a Glass House: Piano and Vox Improvisation
  23. Plymouth: Octopus
  24. Torino: The Runaway
  25. Torino: Way of Life
  26. Torino: Funny Ways
  27. Torino: Excerpts from Octopus
  28. Torino: Nothing at All
  29. Torino: Plain Truth
  30. Power and the Glory: Recording So Sincere [Complete]
  31. Power and the Glory: So Sincere Clavinet Riff & Glockenspiel
  32. Power and the Glory: The FBI File #1
  33. Power and the Glory: The FBI File #2
  34. Free Hand: Just the Same [Backing Track]
  35. Free Hand: On Reflection [Clavinet Composing/Improvising]
  36. Free Hand: On Reflection [Celesta]
  37. Free Hand: Free Hand [Piano Composing/Improvising]
  38. Free Hand: Free Hand [Backing Track]
  39. Free Hand: Time to Kill [Backing Track]

Tracks:

  1. Free Hand: His Last Voyage [Vocal Demo]
  2. Octopus: Octopus in Rehearsal 1975
  3. Interview: Interview [Counter Melody]
  4. Interview: Interview [Trying Rhythms]
  5. Interview: Interview [Rehearsal]
  6. Interview: Give It Back [Guitar]
  7. Interview: Empty City [Accoustic Guitar]
  8. Interview: Empty City [Electric Guitar]
  9. Interview: Timing [Guitar Part Check]
  10. Interview: Timing [Rehearsal]
  11. Interview: I Lost My Head [Composing 1]
  12. Interview: I Lost My Head [Composing 2]
  13. Interview: I Lost My Head [Clavinet Guide]
  14. Interview: I Lost My Head [Rehearsal]
  15. Pinewood Rehearsal: The Runaway - Experience
  16. Pinewood Rehearsal: As Old as You're Young
  17. Pinewood Rehearsal: On Reflection [Interrupted But Continues]
  18. Pinewood Rehearsal: Just the Same - Playing the Game
  19. Pinewood Rehearsal: Memories of Old Days
  20. Pinewood Rehearsal: Winning
  21. Pinewood Rehearsal: For Nobody [Not Complete]
  22. Pinewood Rehearsal: Funny Ways
  23. Pinewood Rehearsal: The Face - Plain Truth
  24. Pinewood Rehearsal: So Sincere
  25. Pinewood Rehearsal: Free Hand [Interrupted]
  26. Missing Piece: I'm Turning Around [Rehearsal]
  27. Missing Piece: Mountain Time (Piano)
  28. Missing Piece: Mountain Time [Girls]
  29. Missing Piece: Memories of Old Days [Guitar Rehearsal]
  30. Missing Piece: Memories of Old Days [Guitar Studio]
  31. Missing Piece: Memories of Old Days [Harmonics + Hammond Organ]
  32. Missing Piece: Winning [Rehearsal]
  33. Giant for a Day: Words from the Wise [Band Demo]
  34. Giant for a Day: Thank You [Band Demo]
  35. Giant for a Day: Spookie Boogie [Band Demo]
  36. Giant for a Day: Little Brown Bag [Band Demo]
  37. Giant for a Day: It's Only Goodbye [Band Demo]
  38. Giant for a Day: Freedoms Child [Band Demo]
  39. Giant for a Day: Unknown Giant for a Day Demo
  40. Civilian: All Through the Night [Rehearsal]
  41. Civilian: It's Not Imagination [Rehearsal]
  42. Oddities: Fine Friends You Turned Out to Be
  43. Oddities: Guitar Duet [Rehearsal]
  44. Oddities: Groove - Kerry
  45. Oddities: Guitar Thing
  46. Oddities: Derek - Possible Robin Hood Thing 1
  47. Oddities: Derek - Possible Robin Hood Thing 2
  48. Oddities: Derek - Possible Robin Hood Thing 3
  49. Oddities: Glockenspiel
  50. Grundig Tape: Every Day - 1964 - Kerry Minnear
  51. Grundig Tape: Phantom Brothers - Kerry Minnear
  52. Grundig Tape: Kerry's Old Grey Whistle Test - Kerry Minnear
  53. Jazzy Me Tape: Jazzy Me - Kerry Minnear
  54. Jazzy Me Tape: Make It Work (Pain) - Kerry Minnear
  55. Jazzy Me Tape: That's One Idea - Kerry Minnear
  56. Jazzy Me Tape: One More Chance - Kerry Minnear
  57. Peter Brooksmith Songs: Some Other Time - Kerry Minnear
  58. Peter Brooksmith Songs: Turn Out the Sun - Kerry Minnear
  59. Peter Brooksmith Songs: An Echo of Today - Kerry Minnear
  60. Wakehurst Road Multy's: He Started to Dance - Kerry Minnear
  61. Wakehurst Road Multy's: I Watch You - Kerry Minnear
  62. Wakehurst Road Multy's: The Baby Is Crying - Kerry Minnear
  63. Wakehurst Road Multy's: We've Taken All the Flags Away - Kerry Minnear
  64. Wakehurst Road Multy's: Writing for Sturminster Newton's Choir - Kerry Minnear
  65. Wakehurst Road Multy's: Fairground [Kerry's Demo/Band Demo] - Kerry Minnear
  66. Very Fragile Tape: Et Resurexit - Kerry Minnear
  67. Very Fragile Tape: Shepherd's Be - Madrigal - Kerry Minnear
  68. Bell Street Work Tapes: Fathers Touch - Kerry Minnear
  69. Bell Street Work Tapes: Piano Riff - Kerry Minnear
  70. Bell Street Work Tapes: Home Again [Demo Version] - Kerry Minnear
  71. Bell Street Work Tapes: Are You Making Money? [Demo Version] - Kerry Minnear
  72. Bell Street Work Tapes: Flower Arranging [Demo Version] - Kerry Minnear
  73. Bell Street Work Tapes: I Wanna Live - Kerry Minnear
  74. Bell Street Work Tapes: Beautiful Vocal Line - Kerry Minnear
  75. Bell Street Work Tapes: I'm Gonna Change - Kerry Minnear
  76. Chrysalis Demo: Really Don't Know - Kerry Minnear
  77. Chrysalis Demo: Heaven's Tears - Kerry Minnear
  78. Chrysalis Demo: Flower Arranging - Kerry Minnear
  79. Chrysalis Demo: Living in a Restaurant - Kerry Minnear

Similar Items:

  1. Gg at the Gg: BBC Sight & Sound in Concert
  2. Under Construction
  3. Live in Santa Monica 1975
  4. Free Hand
  5. The Power and the Glory

Album Description

4-CD set of rare tracks, 2 discs crammed with special mixes, demos, edits and outtakes from Gentle Giant's private stock of vintage recordings. Three new compositions that reunite four members of the band. One jam-packed disc with never before heard solo project material by Kerry Minnear, Gary Green, Ray Shulman and John P. Weathers, and a previously unreleased single from Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. One full to overflowing data disc entirely dedicated to audio files and visuals. Over 200 mp3 files covering 8 hours of bonus audio including rehearsals, concerts, demos, a single and a sample archive with almost 100 original Gentle Giant studio sounds and more! 2004.

Album Details

This is the Ultimate Treasure Chest, for the Faithful Gentle Giant Fan, and Will Give the New Listener a Chance to Discover One of the Worlds Most Competent Bands and their Creative Minds! Two Discs Cranned with Special Mixes, Demos, Edits and Outtakes from Gentle Giant's Private Stock of Vintage Recordings. One Jam-packed Disc with Never Before Heard Solo Project Material by Kerry Minnear, Gary Green, Ray Shulman and John P. Weathers, and a Previously Unreleased Single from Simon Dupree and the Big Sound! also Includes a 32 Page Booklet with Comments from Band Members and the Producer plus a Gentle Insight to the Giant Legend as Told by Guitarist Gary Green!

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars scraping something.......2005-01-21

um, not so much. there's no real music to be found here. lots of pieces of music, lots of bad (really bad) solo stuff from the guys that sounds like the worst of cheesed out eighties rock and some sound files. oh, there's two pretty good concerts (kinda--one of them is actually the rehearsal before a concert so no audience) on the data disc, but that hardly justifies the sixty to eighty dollars you're going to spend. the booklet isn't even that good. i love gentle giant, they're one of my favorites of the prog scene, but i'm going to be selling this soon.

4 out of 5 stars GENTLE ON MY MIND.......2005-01-09

If anything, the work of Gentle Giant continues to grow in stature. During the 1970s they may have seemed marginalized, especially to U.S. audiences, by the then more popular successes of Yes, King Crimson and Genesis, to name just some of the peer group. Yet, there was always something distinctive about Gentle Giant. Their music demanded some greater effort on the part of the listener. They were rarely, if ever, too flashy or too showy. Their writing and performing seemed so precise, so absolute that it was hard to imagine anything that the music was lacking, or that anything could be added. They managed a sort of off-balance balance, if there is such a thing.

"Scraping the Barrel" is an honest enough name. Had this collection of outs and fragments been released a few years after Gentle Giant disbanded it would have seemed to be almost useless. But given the distance of some thirty years, it comes across as a compelling and important document. But, again, you must make adjustments as a listener.

Like "Under Construction" but on a grander, more obsessive scale, "Scraping the Barrel" is a technical marvel that needs to be approached with an interest in two things that are atypical in most people's way of listening to recorded music. The first is an interest in process, in the way in which music is approached by the composer. By getting a snippet of vocal work here, the development of a bass line there, the music Gentle Giant listeners are familiar with begins to take shape over multiple takes and variations. It's not as boring or academic as it might seem because if the music of Gentle Giant shares one overriding characteristic, it is the characteristic of tightly enmeshed, mutually dependent parts. Hearing some of the parts free of their surroundings adds an immense sense of appreciation to what you already know of the finished work.

The second is an interest in cataloging. Any music that even brushes the world of pop is usually deemed disposable, along with the circumstances of its creation. Back catalogs can be messy, especially for a group that was dogged by contract and label issues during most of its career. Here, the history gets un-blurred. "Scraping the Barrel" and the earlier "Under Construction" put all the band's work in context and in perspective. And the addition of extensive downloadable samples do a nice job of projecting Gentle Giant into a new sort of future, while being let in on the process of their composition and recording adds yet another layer of detail on to their remarkable studio work.

Not for everyone, but definitely for everyone that cares about this music.

3 out of 5 stars Approach with caution..........2004-12-24

Made in UK in 2004, Serial# ALUGG-04, Playing Time 748:14

That's right: about 12 and a half hours of audio content !!!

So forgive me for not listening to this set 3 or 4 times before posting this review (that's usually what I do before forming an opinion...)

The GG die-hard fan out there is already familiar with the concept used to make this album: for those of us owning "Under Construction", this 4 disc collection is an extension (and a HUGE one!) of quite an array of "writing" sessions, demos, and various snippets of GG tracks; there is (proportionally) very little finished material herein... this is NOT a 'best of' or anything of the sort.

A brief summary of what's found here? Disc 1 (33 tracks!) contains, for the most part, what they refer to as "Vocal Mix" pieces, a sort of "vocal track" only, with the music barely audible in the background (possibly spilling from the headphones into the microphone when recording the voices); or just the piano track when recording the song...

Disc 2 (25 tracks) is a bit more interesting as it continues the strategy of disc 1, but also contains some demos: many tracks last more than 2 minutes ?!?

Disc 3 (21 tracks) is, in my opinion, the most interesting musically as it contains "solo" material, but those are actually "songs", and not just "snippets" of songs. An interesting exploration covering very early to post-GG material.

Disc 4 (215 (yes 215) audio tracks) is a "data disc": it will NOT play in a CD player, and contains a plethora of files that you need to play in your PC; and is made up of basically 4 sections:

a) photos/videos/home movies/song lyrics,
b) more "under construction" material,
c) some concert material from Plymouth and Torino (those of you who have "In a Palesport House" will be impressed here: there's been some serious clean-up of those recordings and are a VERY welcome addition to your collection), as well as a concert rehearsal recorded in Elstree. And last, but certainly not least,
d) a "sample" file, made up of 94 (!) snippets.

Pretty tough to sum up all that's on here, other than it's NOT the type of CD where you just "push play" !

This is for the die-hard fan, and has very uneven interest: but hey, even "ups-and-downs" still mean it they have "ups".

The booklet contains some comments from the band members, and the most memorable to me will remain the one describing what could be the next release: the possibility of putting together tape hiss + stuff that ended up on the editing floor of the recording studio, and calling the whole thing "Acquiring The Waste".

Music Album:

  1. Accept the Gift of Sin ~ Rozz Williams
  2. Almost Level With the Ground ~ Magnolia Thunderfinger
  3. Where Our Love Grows ~ Swing Out Sister
  4. Cicadelic Sixties, Vol. 7 : From Texas To Tucson ~ Various Artists
  5. Loco Princess ~ Taimane Gardner
  6. Live in Nottingham 1990 ~ Hawkwind
  7. Take a Ride ~ Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
  8. Sweet Inspiration ~ Delaney Bramlett
  9. Love Era//Irony ~ Peter Koppes
  10. Mellow Rock Hits Of The '70s: Summer Breeze ~ Various Artists

Music Album

Music Album

Music

Mojo Radio ~ Lo 'Jo

This Will Be: The Jazzpar Prize ~ Chris Potter

Monk in Copenhagen ~ Thelonious Monk Quartet

Conception ~ Miles Davis With Stan Getz and Lee Konitz

Singles ~ Marilyn Manson

Oltre ~ Claudio Baglioni

Ruff Cut: Original Sounds ~ Jah Works

Diamond of a Day

Cordao Dos Dias ~ Lara, Anthony

Egoism ~ Eldorado