Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (1973)
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (1973)
reissue of 2009 (the date of release: January the 12th, 2010)
EAC | FLAC tracks +CUE +LOG +600 dpi Full Scans = 266 Mb | RAR 3% | RS
Genre: Progressive Rock | Label: Alucard | Catalog Number: ALU-GG-010
reissue of 2009 (the date of release: January the 12th, 2010)
EAC | FLAC tracks +CUE +LOG +600 dpi Full Scans = 266 Mb | RAR 3% | RS
Genre: Progressive Rock | Label: Alucard | Catalog Number: ALU-GG-010
A note from a CD sticker:
Re-Mastered from the original 1/4 inch tapes thru 24bit 96k Hi-Resolution Transfera fragment of a review @musictap.net:
….The Gentle Giant label (Alucard – named after a track on their first album and is Dracula spelled backwards) has received the rights to reissue all of the albums from Free hand to Giant for a Day. Civilian, the last one, has never been remastered and is now hard to obtain. I have not been able to find out its status yet. The first four albums are available in Germany on the Repertoire label, remastered by Eroc (the former drummer of Grobschnitt) and, in my opinion, the finest remasterer (is that a word? – I guess not but I like it) in the business today. As a quick aside, go to the Rep website and have a look at the beautifully crafted packaging and the older recordings listed – fantastic stuff).
And so, beginning with the release of their fifth album, In a Glass House, a new series of remastered albums come from Gentle Giant. Since finding the best sound quality I can of my favourites is one of my passions, I welcomed the announcement late last year that Gentle Giant had obtained the rights to a majority of their back catalogue and would begin a series of reissues in the new year. The first three, In a Glass House, The Power and the Glory and Free Hand, have arrived and I have listened to them and compared them to my other copies. To say it quickly, I think the new editions have better sound overall. To be clear, there was nothing wrong with the 35th Anniversary DRT remasters from five years ago; but these new issues have a warmth about them and a more succinct lower register that improve the overall listening experience.
In a Glass House has an interesting history. Back in the vinyl days, the powers that be at the time decided not to release In a Glass House in North America, which enraged fans who immediately had to start importing copies from Europe. The album cover was a beautiful work of art as well: a transparency over negatives of individual band members performing – like looking at them through a window. With the coming of CD, all of the GG albums were released eventually on different labels in North America and Europe. The rights for Glass House at some point reverted back to Gentle Giant, who reissued it on their own label in 2000. This CD remastered reissue was an exact replica of that wonderful vinyl cover, including the grainy feel and transparency. The sound was a huge improvement over the standard CD issued sometime in the early 90s (it is still available at their website). In 2005 DRT reissued Glass House as part of their GG 35th anniversary remastering program. I, for one, thought the sound was an improvement yet again, though it was standard CD packaging. And now we have Alucard back again with what I would call the definitive remaster, taken from the original ¼ inch tapes and lovingly restored (I’ll be keeping my vinyl replica of course!)….
Tracks:
1. The Runaway (7:15)
2. An Inmate's Lullaby (4:40)
3. Way of Life (7:52)
4. Experience (7:50)
5. A Reunion (2:11)
6. In a Glass House (8:26)
Line-up:
- Gary Green / 6 & 12 string guitars, mandolin, percussion, alto recorder
- Kerry Minnear / keyboards, tuned percussion, recorder, vocals
- Derek Shulman / vocals, alto sax, soprano sax, recorder
- Ray Shulman / bass guitar, violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals
- John Weathers / drums, percussion
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