The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles. Giles & Fripp (The Songs) [12" VINYL]

The first standalone release of the songs from Giles, Giles & Fripp’s 1968 debut album, now with spoken word sections removed. New 2025 remaster by David Singleton. Vinyl cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering CD mastered by Alex R. Mundy at DGM. LP pressed on 200-gram superheavyweight vinyl. While 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. Experiencing 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. In 1968, "The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp" 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. For 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. For 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. Product Details Artist: GILES. GILES & FRIPP Title: The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles. Giles & Fripp (The Songs) Catalogue Number: DGMLP8 Barcode: 633367797315 Label: DGM PANEGYRIC Tracklisting A1. North Meadow A2. Newly-Weds A3. One In A Million A4. Call Tomorrow A5. Digging My Lawn A6. Little Children A7. The Crukster A8. Thursday Morning B1. How Do They Know B2. Elephant Song B3. The Sun Is Shining B4. Suite No. 1 B5. Erudite Eyes