ALUGG046; CD). Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Live at the Bicentennial 1776-1976, an Album by Gentle Giant. Visit musicMagpie for great deals and super savings with FREE delivery today! ??? Live at the Bicentennial 1976 is Gentle Giant's first 'official' live recording since Playing the Fool Live in the 1970's and features Gentle Giant at it's most unedited, uninhibited and unrepentant. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2016, Great quality reminder of how good they were live on the interview tour, Good alternative to live Playing The Fool, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 December 2014, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2015. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. I recently saw John McLaughlin and 4th Generation at the Royal Festival Hall, which had a similar effect. Despite a slew of concert recordings released over the last two decades, 1977’s “Playing The Fool” has been GENTLE GIANT’s only official live platter. More and more concerts are being available to the fans from different sources such as: Officially by RCA or the "fan" label called FTD (Follow That Dream). 28/04/2021. © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The band at the time was on tour promoting their eighth album, Interview and it was recorded that night for a local radio station, WLIR in Long Island. Live at the Bicentennial 1976 is Gentle Giant's first 'official' live recording since Playing the Fool Live in the 1970's and features Gentle Giant at it's most unedited, uninhibited and unrepentant. GENTLE GIANT released LIVE AT THE BICENTENNIAL 1776-1976, in 2014. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. ALUGG046; CD). Gentle Giant Live at the Bicentennial 1776-1976 is a live album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant recorded in Hempstead, New York on 3 July 1976. The recording was not supposed to be a 'live album', so the levels and sound quality are occasionally dubious. I do not often write reviews but after hearing this set and in particular last track on the 1st disc, So Sincere, I felt compelled to write something meaningful. Apart from the exceptional blast of the final December 1976 Tour the year was an inevitable downward spiral. 2014 Preview SONG TIME Intro / Just the Same (Live) 1. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released in July 1971 in the United States by Capricorn Records.As the title indicates, the recording took place at the New York City music venue Fillmore East, which was run by concert promoter Bill Graham. This page includes Live at the Bicentennial's : cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, free MP3 download (stream), buy online links: amazon, ratings and detailled reviews by our experts, collaborators and … 36 mins Available for 17 days. Over all, "Live At The Bicentennial" is a very refreshing live album, (especially those GG fans used to wading through "Official Bootlegs" of abysmal quality.) The mono album, available in multiple formats but most commonly as a two-CD set, consists of 56 songs and 13 tracks of dialogue; 30 of the songs had never been issued previously by the Beatles. Ships Free in the U.S. This show was broadcast on WLIR back when such fun things like these were fairly … Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads, including interest-based ads. Please try again. This page contains detailed performer credits and artist credits (line-up and band members), songs and tracks list, reviews, information and album cover graphic picture or DVD cover graphic or picture. At Fillmore East is the first live album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band, and their third release overall. All tracks are written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, and Ray Shulman. There were no major set-list changes, no dramatic "emotional roller-coaster" of 1974 and no high-flying "Huntsville" 1975 excitements. Live At the Bicentennial 1976 is Gentle Giant's first 'official' live recording since Playing the Fool Live in the 1970s and features Gentle Giant at its most unedited, uninhibited and unrepentant. I have appreciated the music of Gentle Giant for over forty years and this album really is very special. Find album credit information for Live at the Bicentennial 1976 - Gentle Giant on AllMusic Titled 'Gentle Giant Live At The Bicentennial', the recording was taken from a concert on July 3rd 1976 at the Calderone Theater, Hempstead, Long Island, USA, which was broadcast for a local radio station. The third and final encore, played after midnight, featured the band singing and playing "Happy Birthday" to the USA. Some nice performances, but nothing that can't be heard on other releases in much better sound quality. Titled “Gentle Giant Live at the Bicentennial,” the recording was taken from a concert on the eve of the United States' 200th Birthday--July 3rd 1976 at the Calderone Theater, Hempstead, Long Island, which was broadcast on radio station, WLIR. PERRY COUNTY, Mo. Looking for Gentle Giant - Live at the Bicentennial 1976 CD / Album? 6:19 PREVIEW On Reflection (Live) 3. Live at the Bicentennial 1776-1976, an Album by Gentle Giant. Live at the Bicentennial 1976 is Gentle Giant's first 'official' live recording since Playing the Fool Live in the 1970's and features Gentle Giant at it's most unedited, uninhibited and unrepentant. There are no overdubs or other recording enhancements on this very live recording. There were three encores that evening which included "Peel the Paint", "I Lost My Head" and a rendition of Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour". However, the band was quite intrigued to hear songs like "Give It Back" and "Timing" played live, as they were rarely featured in its repertoire. This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale. The recording is taken from a radio station broadcast of a concert on July 3rd 1976 at the Calderone Theater, Hempstead, Long Island. Try again. That and their 2-CD set of a live performance at the Calderone Theatre in Hempstead, New York for the Bicentennial celebration in which the band performed on July 3 rd, 1976 on the eve of America’s 200 th Birthday. News. So Sincere is extraordinary, there is an amazing exhibition in the playing of group percussion. Simply awesome. There are no overdubs or other enhancements on this very live recording. The quality of these releases are superb in the majority of cases with some rare exceptions. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Gentle Giant - Live At The Bicentennial 1776-1976 at Discogs. A (A La Mode) [The 40th Anniversary Edition], Three Piece Suite (5.1 & 2.0 Steven Wilson Mix) CD & Blu-Ray, Unburied Treasure (Ltd 29CD+Blu-ray Box Set). A two CD live concert that’s pretty representative of what the band was playing at the time, about when Interview was released, including some twists and turns. Live coverage of the prorogation of Parliament ahead of the Queen's Speech on 11 May. The band heard this recording for the first time only recently! Complete your Gentle Giant collection. Buy Live At The Bicentennial (CD) by Gentle Giant (CD $14.98). Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. Live at the Bicentennial 1776-1976 This is a 2-CD set of the Calderone Theater concert from July 3, 1976. The concert played that evening was recorded live for a radio station nearby, Gentle Giant was touring North America and Europe promoting its new album In'terview. I thoroughly recommend this live set by the hugely talented and unique Gentle Giant. The CD was released by Alucard Music in 2014. Gentle Giant Live at the Bicentennial 1776-1976 is a live album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant recorded in Hempstead, New York on 3 July 1976. This 2-CD set finishes up with "Free Hand", which is unfortunately where the recording of the performance stopped. Unable to add item to List. Anne Brontë: 'Amid the brave and strong' A new exhibition for Anne Brontë's bicentenary 01/02/2020 - 01/01/2022 Bronte Parsonage Museum The Brontë Lounge with Michael Stewart An evening with the writer of the forthcoming "Walking the Invisible" 27/05/2021 Online - zoom event Bicentenary Conference 2021 'I wished to tell the truth': Anne Brontë at 200 03/09/2021 - 05/09/2021 If you do not want to accept all cookies or would like to learn more about how we use cookies, click "Customise cookies". Live at the Bicentennial is a music live recording by GENTLE GIANT (Eclectic Prog/Progressive Rock) released in 2014 on cd, lp / vinyl and/or cassette. The band’s next official live set is Live At The Bicentennial, and is being planned for release on November 18. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Live at the Bicentennial 1976 - Gentle Giant on AllMusic - 2014 Released 18 November 2014 on Alucard (catalog no. This excerpt starts with John Wethers on percussion and slowly the rest of the band join in, playing all sorts of percussion which results in a truly hair raising crescendo. The recording is taken from a radio station broadcast of a concert on July … Prime Minister's Questions. It features Gentle Giant unedited, uninhibited and unrepentant. The CD was released by Alucard Music in 2014. The 2CD Live At The Bicentennial represents their July 3rd, 1976 set at the Calderone Theater, in Hampstead, Long Island. The inclusion of tracks from "Interview" played live alone makes this release a must-have for any GG fans, as "Interview" tracks were a rather rare occurance in GG's Live repertoire, and with them being offered at this good of an audio quality is a miracle. "On the eve of the Bicentennial celebrations in the USA in 1976, Gentle Giant played at the Calderone Theater in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. 2014 2X CD in a digipak. 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