{"title":"Giles, Giles and Fripp","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-cheerful-insanity-of-giles-giles-and-fripp-the-songs","title":"The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp – The Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile 1967 is rightly remembered for an abundance of classic albums, there were also quieter debut LPs emerging, signalling popular music’s imminent changes to a more rock-oriented, musician-centred approach. It was also the year that Robert Fripp applied for a ‘singing organist’ role advertised by brothers Peter and Michael Giles, despite having no experience either as a singer or organist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExperiencing a few challenges and disappointments on the way, the year was an exciting one for the trio, who recorded a series of demo tapes which eventually led to them being offered a record deal with Decca Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, \u003cem\u003eThe Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles \u0026amp; Fripp\u003c\/em\u003e album was released, bringing a mix of folk and psychedelic pop interspersed with Goon-ish humour, a slightly confusing cocktail of seriousness and comedy but nonetheless an album showing some beautiful harmonies and fine guitar playing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor all its lack of commercial success, the album has been reissued on several occasions – though never in an edition that focuses purely on the songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this updated 2025 release, the somewhat dated spoken word\/humourous interludes have been removed which has allowed for the songs to flow as an album revealing it as a charming, sometimes whimsical example of late British psychedelic music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Panegyric","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51864536613195,"sku":"R8961-0973","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51864536645963,"sku":"R8961-2172","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ab67616d0000b273995c38b220ea79d853d64626.jpg?v=1747933878"},{"product_id":"a-selection-from-the-brondesbury-tapes","title":"The Brondesbury Tapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoving into 93a Brondesbury Road in 1968, Peter Giles, Michael Giles and Robert Fripp’s North London flat soon became a centre of creative activity for the trio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeeling energised after the frustrations they’d experienced while recording \u003cem\u003eThe Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles \u0026amp; Fripp \u003c\/em\u003eat Decca, they soon established their living space into a home studio (consisting of one Revox reel-to-reel tape machine) which was frequently visited by ex-Fairport Convention vocalist Judy Dyble, a then unknown Ian McDonald and, later in 1969, by Greg Lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musical output from that period is often mentioned as providing King Crimson fans with a glimpse into the early incarnation of the band’s sound and composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe popular Crimson ballad ‘I Talk To The Wind’ appears here in two early versions with one featuring Peter Giles on vocals and the other with Judy Dyble on vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParts of Fripp’s ‘Suite No.1’ would later be transformed into ‘Prelude: Song Of The Gulls’ and his ‘Why Don’t You Just Drop In’ became, with new lyrics, ‘The Letters’ for 1971’s album “Islands”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fripp-composed ‘Passages of Time’ is also of interest, consisting of a driving bolero rhythm and a middle-eight section that would later find its way onto King Crimson’s “In the Wake of Poseidon” as ‘Peace - A Theme’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the audio quality is limited in places due to the original source, the 2025 remastering by David Singleton has improved the sound significantly compared to previous issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Panegyric","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51864591663435,"sku":"R4316-9660","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51864634753355,"sku":"R4316-6515","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Giles_Giles_Fripp-ASelectionfromTheBrondesburyTapes-CD-DGM5028-0633367797629-FL.jpg?v=1747935036"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/giles-giles-and-fripp.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}